AP FACT CHECK: Obama “Infomercial” Avoids Budget Realities

"Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was less than upfront in his half-hour commercial Wednesday night about the costs of his programs and the crushing budget pressures he would face in office....

OPINION: Pakistan National Assembly accepts Musharraf's resignation (you wat...

"Pakistan's Pervez Musharraf has until now stubbornly resisted pressure to quit. Musharraf formally submitted his resignation hours earlier after a televised address announcing that he would step down -- nearly nine years after he seized power in a...

Anheuser-Busch accepts $52 billion InBev offer

The unsolicited bid by a Belgian-Brazilian brewing company has suceeding in acquiring the iconic American beer company Anheiser-Busch, putting the company in foreign hands for the first time in its history. The...

SUPERVISORY CUSTOMS OFFICER AND SIX OTHERS ARRESTED

SUPERVISORY CUSTOMS OFFICER AND SIX OTHERS ARRESTED                            FOR CORRUPTION AND DRUG...

Pastor John Hagee says he's sorry for anti-Catholic remarks

One wonders how anyone can take this person seriously. My favorite is this line: "he now knew the terms he used to describe the church, such as "the great whore," were "rhetorical devices long employed in...

Morrissey accepts racism apology

Morrissey does seem oddly conservative at times, but racist? Come on. Maybe he really is hated for loving."Music magazine The Word was today forced to apologise to former Smiths frontman Morrissey in the high...

Are We, Who We Are? Or What We Were?

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWe all know racism exists in some form or another, will Technology and Immigration eradicate Racism one day? What with vast developments in technology and immigration,...

I had this happen with my myspace account shortly before getting hacked; I no...

"DNS addresses are text-strings like www.citibank.com. The Internet’s routing infrastructure doesn’t know anything about DNS addresses. Instead, a DNS address must be translated into an IP address before data can be routed to it. Your browser translated the DNS address...

Motivation through Hardship

"Motivation through Hardship Sometimes, the best lessons and the strongest motivations come from our hardest experiences in life. My friend Quinn Simons and I met in college in Colorado, became fast friends, and...

Temporary 'Enjoyment Marriages' In Vogue Again With Some Iraqis

"BAGHDAD -- Fatima Ali was a 24-year-old divorcee with no high school diploma and no job. Shawket al-Rubae was a 34-year-old Shiite sheik with a pregnant wife who, he said, could not have sex with him. Ali wanted someone to take care of her. Rubae wanted a companion. They met...

Conyers accepts responsibility for possible ethics violations

"Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) has "accepted responsibility" for possibly violating House rules by requiring his official staff to perform campaign-related work, according to a statement quietly released by the House ethics committee late Friday evening. "Conyers should resign.

Blair accepts 'disaster' in Iraq

"Tony Blair has publicly accepted that the violence in Iraq since the US-led invasion in 2003 has been a disaster."

Blair says world should encourage Palestinian unity government - Independent

" Blair says world should encourage Palestinian unity government British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Sunday said the world should restore contacts with the Palestinians if the ruling Hamas group agrees to form a unity government, but only if the coalition accepts Western...

Elgin club accepts car bid (The Courier News)

" • Boys & Girls Club: Donated Corvette goes for $28,000 By Charity Bonner staff writer ELGIN — The Elgin Boys & Girls Club accepted a bid of $28,000 for a donated red 1964 Chevrolet Corvette on Sunday, adding to the approximately $900,000 in capital campaign funds...

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