An Imminent Victory for ‘Net Neutrality’ Advocates

"An Imminent Victory for ‘Net Neutrality’ Advocates By Vindu Goel When Comcast admitted last fall that it was blocking — or slowing down, as the company preferred to call it — certain file transfers by customers, a lot of people complained that the company...

City Subpoenas for Access to Tapes of 2004 RNC Protests

FluxRostrum brought this case to may attention.  In New York, the City is trying to get access to the footage taken by RNC Convention protesters and their supporters.  A group has emerged to challenge the request. "At trials stemming from arrests during the 2004...

Samsung Chairman Indicted on Tax Charges

In an extraordinary case, the chairman of Samsung is facing indictment on tax evasion charges."The chairman of Samsung Group, Lee Kun-hee, was indicted Thursday on charges of evading taxes on billions of dollars...

Canadian Muslim women file human rights complaint against Imam

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCertainly a story which would not even make any newspaper if these three Muslim women tried to voice an opinon or question an Imam in the Middle East,  they most...

Politisite Real Time Election Results South Carolina Democratic Primary

 Politisite's  Continuing Coverage from the Congressional Black Caucus CNN Debate to the South Carolina Democratic Primary - This is our Final Part of our Series.  Part Four:  Primary...

New Zealand’s Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) To Pay $10,000 Compen...

"The Employment Relations Authority has ordered ACC to pay almost $10,000 to a woman who was unfairly dismissed, after she and other staff had been targeted in abusive emails. Georgia Choveaux was hired by the Wellington office in August 2004 on a casual contract. She was to...

Supreme Court to Hear Voter Identification Case

This will be an interesting case to follow, considering the controversy surrounding the U.S. voting system."The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether voter identification laws unfairly deter poor and minority...

Home Health Aides Ignored

This is perhaps more of the more highly skilled yet totally ignored professions in the United States. We all grow old and need living assistence at some point. Why treat the people charged with caring for them...

"Stop harrassing me," Michael Moore tells US government

Documentary film director Michael Moore has accused the US government of harassing him over an investigation into a trip he made to Cuba earlier this year for his latest film, according to a story released bythe...

Why won't you pay me the £42.000 you owe me?

"A FORMER mayor's chauffeur who was awarded more than £42,000 for unfair dismissal last year has still not been paid.Image Source Courtesy of: northamptontoday.co.uk" ''I expect the council is trying to save money, after all the recent cutbacks. I think in this case a...

Mary Landrieu hits bottom, keeps digging

"Louisiana Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu had harsh words for the federal government on the eve of hearings into the progress of rebuilding the Gulf Coast following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Landrieu blamed...

Making the Grade

"I got a ping from WKB over at Free Republic. Seems that the abortion advocacy group, naral, has given out grades for killing the unborn, and my home state of Mississippi got a big fat “F”. Outstanding. Keep...

CAIR: Airport security rules shouldn’t apply to us

"A week or so after the TSA took over passenger screening duties at US airports, the Mrs. and I went on a short business/pleasure trip to Las Vegas. Everyone was still kind of wary of airplane travel, and the extra security precautions seemed to us to be quite reasonable in...

Interview Prep for New Grads

"The stakes are high during job interviews, especially when you're a college student who is about to compete for your first job -- the one that could launch your career. It's no wonder you'll be nervous. But you can minimize your anxiety and put yourself in a position to win...

Think You Were Fired Unfairly?

"Your stomach knots and anger flares as you read that little pink slip of paper that just yanked away your professional security. How can you be fired? You race through a mental checklist, grasping for what might have done you in – but you were a loyal employee, you didn't...

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