Who's who on Obama's new team

Who's who on Obama's new team Since winning the US presidential election, Barack Obama has wasted little time assembling a team to help him govern. The BBC News website has put together...

Heathrow T5 was 'national embarrassment'

The botched opening  of Heathrow's Terminal 5 generated lot of bad publicity and now even the British MP's have cited errors, inadequate training behind the chaos and called it a national embarrasment. The...

Driver died sitting in car blaze

A woman in a car accident in the UK burnt to death when she refused to leave her vehicle after the accident, an inquest has been told. Truly a bizarre story."A driver burnt to death after refusing to leave her vehicle when it was set alight following a crash, an inquest was...

We finally Found American flags at the Convention

"For two days RedState has been at the Democratic Convention trying to find American flags. Sure, when the television cameras come on for prime time network coverage, the Democrats have been passing out flags like...

My human rights have been breached': Glitter flies back to Britain and clai...

"Gary Glitter finally arrived in Britain yesterday – claiming he was the victim of a ‘show trial’ and that his human rights were breached. The shamed pop star paedophile was given VIP treatment at Heathrow and smirked as he was fast-tracked through the airport with a...

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Time to re-Pass the GI Bill in the USA

"By JOEL MCNALLY  Tuesday, June 3, 2008As someone who opposed the Vietnam War and didn’t spit on a single soldier, I have never believed those stories about servicemen in uniform encountering a tsunami...

The Memories of Butterflies

Not a Flaming Lips album, but a real-life study done on cognition and life cycles: butterflies remember what happened to them way back in the caterpillar days."In a study published yesterday in Public Library of...

Poor diet kills 70,000 Britons every year

 Following on from the news earlier this week that Britons now enjoy fast food more than Americans we have this report on the growing health problems that poor diet is contributing to in Briton. "Almost...

Argentine priest gets life term for 'Dirty War' collaboration

Protestors rejoiced when Christian Von Wernich was convicted in Argentina for his collaboration with the military government during the country's 'Dirty War'.Survivors at the trial said that Von Wernich won the trust of prisoners and then gave material from their confessions...

Michigan tax increases, programs could face tough budget times

"Now that a temporary budget deal has been struck and a protracted partial shutdown of government avoided, Michigan lawmakers have 30 days to work out the specifics of the state's overall spending plan for the new...

Chelsea ease pressure on Avram Grant with 4-0 win

"Chelsea last night eased the pressure on beleaguered manager Avram Grant and ended one of the most stressful weeks in their recent history with a 4-0 Carling Cup win at Hull City.Potential embarrassment was avoided as Chelsea clinched their first victory in five matches and...

Public contracts pledged for disabled workers

"Labour on Tuesday avoided an embarrassing row with unions after ministers agreed to use EU procurement rules to provide more public contracts for more than 2,000 disabled workers threatened by redundancy. Peter Hain, work and pensions secretary, told conference that...

Study: US preparing 'massive' military attack against Iran

The United States has the capacity for and may be prepared to launch without warning a massive assault on Iranian uranium enrichment facilities, as well as government buildings and infrastructure, using...

Freeze, WiFi Thief!

Though the maximum penalty for piggybacking someone else's WiFi connection seems unusually stiff (even the lesser penalty that this offender recieved seems a bit harsh), one must question  the...

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