Typhoon 'Ramil' (Lupit) Treatens Central and Northern Luzon again

ARE WE READY NOW?  Typhoon Ramil (Lupit) has started shifting its course... now heading north slowly, possible to turn West today as the treat to Northern Luzon returns...Officials told residents still...

China sends jitters to India through Nepal

"Political and economic dynamics might have changed beyond recognition in the past half-century, but geographical reality appears to be something even Nepal's nuclear-powered neighbors are unable to gloss over. One remains...

Sane Voice from Across the Border - Editorial in Dawn Pakistan

In the current super charged atmosphere where the links with the hard hitting coverage of Mumbai Terror Attacks going round with headings such as Pakistan Army Taunts Indian Army, it is necessary to listen to sane and balanced voices from inside Pakistan.For the uninitiated...

Citi Rescue Talks Underway

"The market shrugged off the prospect of a Citigroup meltdown and focused instead on the leak that Timothy Geithner was Obama's pick for Treasury Secretary. Citi fell another 20%, its shares dropping below $4. Have banking catastrophes become so routine that it is now...

2 Months Left, Bush Says Goodbye, Quietly

"Two months from today, the White House packs up the Bush Family belongings and moves in those of the Obama’s. And it seems President Bush is accepting the ever-nearing end of his term in good spirits. “He’s usually in a good mood,” said Press Secretary Dana Perino on...

Biden health appears very good

"WASHINGTON -- Joe Biden appears to be very healthy, with some routine aging issues, but there's no evidence he's had a brain scan to completely rule out another aneurysm like the one that required emergency...

Searchers find 2 bones near Fossett crash site

"MADERA, Calif. (AP) — Searchers have found what appears to be two large human bones near the crash site of adventurer Steve Fossett’s plane in California’s Sierra Nevada, authorities said Thursday. Madera County Sheriff John Anderson said at a...

‘Little Chicago’ producers say they have a firm timeline

"‘Little Chicago’ producers say they have a firm timeline By Adam Vosler Special to the Olean Times Herald ...

A Full Blown Orgy on Wall Street or I Smell Fish

I know you weren't invited to the party but stick around. We are all going to pay to clean up their mess. To bring you up to snuff on this story, Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne was the first public figure to sound...

No SEX or LSD on Swedish cars

Now thats what I call a headline !!I was worried when I saw this headline that I was going to have to change my behavior patterns, being a Saab owner and all....."While authorities in Sweden have been known to put...

Crash looms as McCain rejects bail

" All eyes will again be on the Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson for a statement to shore up market confidence at the opening today, but it is hard to know what he can say as his authority appears to have been undermined at the highest political level, and President Bush...

Exclusive ABC report questions Palin reason for firing public safety chief

"Legal pleadings filed earlier this week said Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin fired her public safety chief because of a planned trip to lobby Washington to fund a program to fight sexual violence.  That was the "last strraw" of his bucinking...

Palin's husband won't testify in trooper inquiry

"ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CNN) -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's husband won't comply with a subpoena issued by state lawmakers investigating her firing of Alaska's public safety commissioner, the McCain-Palin campaign said Thursday. ...

Reid Blocks Online Predator Bill to Help Obama

"This Congress hasn't accomplished all that much, so you'd think they'd be eager to pass a no-brainer such as bipartisan legislation to protect kids from online predators. You'd be wrong. Last December, the House passed the Securing Adolescents from Exploitation Online Act by...

ACLU wants prisons to become polling places

"There are few radical left-wing organizations more obnoxious than the American Civil Liberties Union. That’s because the ACLU doesn’t just pack a tie-dyed Volkswagen full of leftover San Fransisco hippies and drive to your area to protest, they pack a private jet full...

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