VP Debate: Fact check for Biden & Palin

"WASHINGTON - Facts went adrift on taxes, deregulation and more Thursday when Republican Sarah Palin and Democrat Joe Biden clashed in the vice presidential debate. Some examples: PALIN: Said of Democratic...

The Exiles: Film about Native Americans Exiled in Their Own Land Revived

Sherman Alexie, who can be a real hoot, has some poignant things to say about this film revival."THE Exiles,” a film about American Indians living on the edge of downtown Los Angeles in the 1950s, is both a chronicle and a casualty of neglect: a movie about a forsaken...

Antarctica: Deja Vu- Cruise ship hits iceberg again

A second Cruise Ship (Norwegian)  The MS Fram, hit an Antarctic iceberg in what is a second incident in a month where Nature seems to say Back off!  No one hurt as the Photos posted show the incident...

End justice nightmare

Again, the only way to effect change is in the hands of the  voters. "It is so sadly amusing. Listening to some highly touted experts talk about justice. That somehow concerns expressed by common folk have no...

Stranded migrants disappear in European waters

Migrants trying to make it to Europe from Libya have disappeared after sending up an emergency call for help to the British Authorities. Cornish coastguards have been unable to find the vessel, apparently...

3 missing from perfect yacht

Three men are missing from a yacht that was in perfect order in a mystery that is as if from the Bermuda Triangle.The yacht was first spotted by a Customs helicopter on routine patrol."The yacht was first spotted adrift on the outer Great Barrier Reef on Wednesday and when...

Update on Jim Gray disappearance. Help still needed

Jim Gray took his sail boat and left alone to spread his mother remains in the San Francisco Bay Area a few days ago. He has not been seen or heard ever since. The Coast Guard started a search and came out empty handed, had to give up. Then a few friends and colleagues of...

Lord Mayor's Show

This annual event has been taking over the streets of London for nearly 800 years now. The parade involves over 6,000 people, bands, over 140 decorated floats, costumed performers and a gilded State Coach that the Lord Mayor travels in. If you aren't sick of fireworks by this...

New problem for drifting ship

"A 4,500-tonne ship adrift in the North Sea has managed to avoid hitting a gas platform - but is on course to collide with another rig, the Coastguard said. The vessel, Vindo, broke down near the Murdoch platform, 75 miles from Theddlethorpe St Helen in Lincolnshire. The...

Giant ice island breaks off Arctic shelf

"An ice island the size of a small city is adrift in the Arctic after breaking free from one of Canada's largest ice shelves, scientists said today. The ice island is 37 metres (120ft) thick and measures 9 miles by 3 miles, according to the CanWest News Service. It broke...

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