Abbas and Olmert Meet for Talks on Peace Talks

"Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas have met, amid pressure from the US to find a way to restart peace talks. The meeting in Jerusalem was the first in a series of fortnightly talks they agreed on during a visit last month by US Secretary...

Bets Placed, Cards Played, Will Power Takes The Pot! :: MAXINE

"The race starts on a clear, sunny Las Vegas spring day with the temperature in the mid to upper 80's. The attitude of game was made at the very beginning of the race when it saw Paul Tracy pass pole winner Will Power and take the lead of the race from the very first...

Women - Take Some Aspirin To Stay Alive

"Women who take low to moderate doses of aspirin have a reduced risk of death from any cause, especially heart disease-related deaths, according to a new study published on Monday. Researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston examined...

Mayan Priests to Purify Site After Bush Visit

I guess you have to use what voice you have, and make yourself heard. Not many other religions, though, seem to be quite as vocal in pointing out the "ungodliness" of the current White House's treatment of the rest of the world, and of its own citizens."Mayan priests will...

MP3's Loss, Open Source's Gain

This article is linked to djexelta's posting, which you can check out here. In a nutshell, Alcatel-Lucent is using a series of lawsuits to pull itself into profitability, taking advantage of ownership of the MP3 format, which we may have heard of... The goal of these suits...

Trading & Investing Essentials blog by John Forman

This blog has comments, articles, and other information on trading by John Forman, who wrote The Essentials of Trading. John’s been in the markets for almost 20 years. He publishes his thoughts about trading (mostly educational), provides reviews of books and other trading...

Chavez to usher in 'maximum revolution'

This is what a police state looks like."CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- A congress wholly loyal to President Hugo Chavez approved a law today granting him authority to enact sweeping measures by decree. Meeting at a downtown plaza in a session that resembled a political rally,...

Tropical Marathon To Cause Delays And Closures

" Thousands of runners will hit the streets for Sunday’s Tropical Marathon, which means commuters should expect extensive street closures and Metrobus detours. The Tropical Marathon will interrupt regular Metrobus service and cause various street closures in Downtown Miami,...

Movie Indians = the "other"

"No One Ever Sees Indians: A Reflection on Native Cinema Since the beginning of the medium, Native Americans have been portrayed in films. Native American dancers were among the first and common feature in the first coin-operated cine-scope viewers of the late 1800's. Yet,...