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The End of White Flight
"The End of White Flight For the First Time in Decades, Cities' Black Populations Lose Ground, Stirring Clashes Over Class, Culture and Even Ice Cream By CONOR DOUGHERTYJuly 19, 2008; Page A1 Decades of white flight transformed America's cities. That era is...Mumbai stalled after heavy showers
Incessant rains have stalled India's financial capital Mumbai today. Monday night's rains continued today morning and disrupted life totally in the city. HighTide aggravated the...
Former Nepal king to leave palace today
After being dethroned from kingdom and asked to leave the royal palace, Nepal's ex-king Gyanendra Shah is all set to leave the Narain Haiti Palace on Wednesday. The Palace has been house to 5 generations... French police raid housing projects in Paris suburbs
1,100 police to bring 35 people into custody? I think that qualifies as "spreading fear". "French police carried out a series of high-profile raids in poor suburbs close to the capital on Monday, arresting dozens of... Raj Thackeray arrested
"Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) Chief Raj Thackeray was arrested here on Wednesday on charges of promoting enmity between groups. Thackeray, who was arrested from his central Mumbai residence, was taken in a police van to Vikhroli court in the suburbs where he will be...News/Video: Monster Sea Foam Plagues Australian Beaches
"(Ebru News/AP) A frothy sea foam covered beaches along the coast in New South Wales, today , just one day after bush fires ravaged suburbs in the Perth hills in the country's west, destroying at least five homes and... Wild Storms Sweep Across Victoria
"Wild storms have swept across Victoria, causing flash flooding and trapping several drivers in their cars. The bureau was warning of more severe weather in Melbourne's eastern suburbs last night. Flash flooding has... Australian Drought Causing Homes to Crack
"MELBOURNE'S homes are cracking up and the problem will become worse next year. Inner-city suburbs are being hardest hit as soil continues to dry out because of the prolonged drought, placing further strain on...Wildfire in Santa Barbara County Prompts LA County Smoke Warning
"Wildfire in Santa Barbara County Prompts Los Angeles County Smoke Warning Zaca Fire smoke has in recent days hit Los Angeles suburbs. Last Edited: Saturday, 18 Aug 2007, 9:36 PM PDT Created: Saturday, 18 Aug 2007,...Australian man charged after tank rampage
If you're going to go on a lunatic rampage there's really no better way than in a tank. There has to be footage of this out there somewhere..."SYDNEY (AFP) - An Australian man allegedly used a restored army tank to destroy mobile phone towers on a rampage through Sydney...Does anyone still doubt that the Americas were invaded and occupied through v...
In a disturbing find, scientists uncover the remains of ancestors bearing marks of physical violence at the hands of Spanish Conquistadores. One skull features a musket round to the head.The state of an...Sri Lanka: Bloggers react to eviction of Tamils in Colombo
This is just in from Reuters on the situation in Columbo, Sri Lanka:" COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's Supreme Court on Friday ordered the government to stop evicting minority ethnic Tamils from the capital a day...Costs all around to prolonging the war by Joseph Galloway
"It will be costly and painful to prolong the war in Iraq for another 21 months so that those who started it can hand off the harder decision of how to end it to the next occupant of the White House. President Bush isn't extending and expanding the war in a search for...In the air this week, The Long Commute...Lighten up with some music!
It seems the theme of 'The Long Commute' and life in the burbs versus the cities reappears each Spring like the Loch Ness monster. Train or Car, that is the question.How NYC Govt. Causes Its Own Traffic Jams
"From an article in today’s N.Y. Times about Manhattan’s eternal congestion woes: 35.1% of government workers drive to work instead of taking public transportation, second only to workers in “transportation, warehousing and utilities,” at 36.1%. Comparatively, only...
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