About everything but most likely about TopGear

'Ambitious but rubbish' and 'How hard can it be' – you have heard them more than once and twice. And I'm not talking about whole season. Just one episode. Well, 15th season just came and went as there was only...

Behind the politics, Afghan army has a mountain to climb

The problem is NATO could also be training an enemy as well, the rate of trained recruits that go AWOL is what would interest me?  I wonder how well recruits are screened prior to being allowed to join...

NATO Ministers Endorse Wider Afghan Effort

"BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Defense ministers from NATO on Friday endorsed the ambitious counterinsurgency strategy for Afghanistan proposed by Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, giving new impetus to his recommendation to...

Boa::Eat You Up - YUM! OUT TODAY!!!

"Boa::Eat You Up - YUM! OUT TODAY!!! 21 10 2008 Update: BoA comes out today!!! Be sure to grab it like its HOTTT! Thanks to BoA’s Jewelry Box for updates! 10.14.2008. That will be the anticipated release date of BoA’s 1st US...

Boing Jumbo jet retires as 85 bed Hotel

Dios bought the 500-seater jumbo jet, built in 1976, from its last owner Transjet after the air operator went bust in 2002. The Jumbo Hostel, which will remain grounded at the airport, will begin taking...

Tory admits harassing rivals in hate campaign

In a really extraordinary case, a Conservative UK polititian has admitted that he violated the law by menacing his opponants, even going so far as sending hate mail to their homes accusing them of being paedophiles. Methinks the Tories should do a little more vetting for...

California unveils ambitious climate plan

California announced a major plan today to fight global warming. They unveiled an ambitious plan for clean cars, renewable energy and tough caps on big polluting industries."The plan, which aims to reduce...

Ireland in crunch EU treaty vote

People in the Irish Republic are voting today on whether to ratify the European Union reform treaty, which could have a huge impact on European relations."The No lobby has mounted a strong challenge and the result...

House votes to impeach Bush

"An apparently doomed bid to impeach President George W. Bush, largely on charges of misleading the U.S. into the Iraq war, was referred on Wednesday to the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee.On a...

A Bin Laden Brother's Ambitious Bridge Project

"ADEN, Yemen -- Nobody has walked across the Red Sea since Moses parted the waters. But it could happen again under an audacious plan to build the world's longest suspension bridge between Africa and the Arabian...

NASA Encounters Hitch With Mars Lander

"NASA’S ambitious mission to discover if Mars was ever habitable has encountered its first hitch - the protective sheath covering the robotic digging arm of its Phoenix lander has failed to fully unfurl.The malfunction means the elbow joint of the 7.7 ft long arm, which...

UK prime minister, Gordon Brown, said today that Britain would scrap its enti...

UPDATE:Brown takes the lead in scrapping cluster bombs The prime minister, Gordon Brown, said today that Britain would scrap its entire arsenal of cluster bombs and called on other countries to follow his...

World's tallest LEGO tower built

The world’s tallest LEGO structure has been built at the Legoland Windsor theme park in England.  The tower was built from 500,000 LEGO pieces, and is close to 100 feet tall!  Watch the time-lapse...

Scientists Trying to Save Northern White Rhino

The Northern White Rhinoceros is one of the most endangered animals on the planet.  There are only 13 left in the wild, 9 left in captivity, and only a few capable of actually breeding.  Scottish...

EconSM08: More Speakers, More Panels

Here's your chance to see NowPublic's own Leonard Brody live and in person.  "Our EconSM conference planning is kicking into high gear, and we have several new speakers and topics to announce (with more to...

closeSign in to NowPublic

is reporting from