"The picture postcard was sent in 1929 from Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex, and intended for Mr and Mrs Richardson in East Dulwich, London. However it was not delivered until a week ago when it finally dropped through...
BBC News is reporting that many celebrities were spies for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II. During the time period of World War II, the OSS is said to have had 23,000 covert agents working...
What in the sam hill is Vancouverism, you're asking. Vancouver's city planning philosophy is such a hit with architects they've come up with a new name for it. Apparently we're good at building a dense city that...
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" The New York Times leads with a big story on the growth of al-Qaida in Pakistan and the Bush administration's waffling over plans to give commandos greater latitude to operate in the country's tribal areas. The Washington Post leads locally with the surprise death of a...
Tropical storm Arthur, the first storm of the 2008 Atlantic season, formed earlier near the coast of Belize, but it is expected to weaken later today." But the center said the the storm could reemerge in the Gulf of...
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WEATHER HAZARDS (During The Next 24 Hours)SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK(potential for tornadoes, damaging winds, and large hail within the next 24 hours)ISOLATED Severe Thunderstorms(Microbursts, Large Hail, Isolated...
Wow! A strong and unexpected group of endorsements, the most interesting one being from William Donaldson, who was SEC chair under President Bush I. It reflects the big lack of confidence Wall Street is showing in...
The reaction to the news that the policemen who killed Sean Bell had been acquitted, was one of anger, disappointment, and frustration."The wail that came up from the crowd was as if they heard that Sean Bell had...
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"Colombo (ANTARA News) - British sci-fi guru Arthur C. Clarke will be buried at a private funeral in Sri Lanka's capital on Saturday, a close aide to the late writer said.Clarke, who captured the world's imagination...
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Anyone who has watched the Simpsons News Anchor Kent Brockman, a self important News Anchor who relishes in conspiracy theory and public paranoia will certainly see the...
Elements of the rescue team reported French speleologist Arthur Meauxone age 20 back to safety after being trapped since last wednesday in the grottos at the community of Cuauxuspa, in the municipality of ...
In the past the majority of cannabis sold in Britain was imported but now most is 'homegrown' in factory set ups like this. Ordinary houses on respectable estates are increasingly being used this way,"Police have uncovered one of Leicestershire's biggest-ever cannabis growing...
"It has been revealed that one of the five children killed in the Omagh house fire had called the emergency services minutes before the blaze started.
The body of 13-year-old Caroline McElhill was found with a telephone in one hand and rosary beads in the other.
The PSNI also...
""The result of an evaluation by the ADB has contributed a great deal to the development of the Indonesia- Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT)," Arthur M.D. Batubara, an executive of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin), said here on Monday.
He made...