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Tushar Mathur, mentioned in SmartMoney magazine
"months back I received an email from the author of the article Anne Kadet, asking to talk to me over the phone about my experience with Bank of America during my hunt for a mortgage.She as writing about a practice that was now being used by banks called "Price Profiling"....
Mystery illness stops train in northern Ontario
Anyone out there have any other details on this?"Health authorities remain puzzled by an unfolding medical emergency aboard a Via Rail train that has left one woman dead and others seriously ill.Up to 10 of the 264...
Van Capelle Threatens To 'unseat' NYS Legislators
"We used to be attacked for being promiscuous and not being family-oriented. Now that we want the right to marry, we’re being attacked for ruining family values. I’ve been in a monogamous relationship for 31...
A Human Rights Crime
Retired American President and tireless peace activist Jimmy Carter speaks out about the siege of Gaza, and the betrayal of the USA's vaunted stand for Middle East democracy in today's editorial commentary published...
UN relief supplies finally arrive in Myanmar
It's been five days since the cyclone hit Myanmar, and only now is the first UN aid arriving in the country, due to complications over the ruling junta allowing foreign aid into the country."The first seven tons of...
Reality
A cogent, brief assessment of where our capitalist, consumption based global economy is now, how we got here, how it is affecting everything, and what we are facing in a world of ever declining resources and...
4-year-old Children Beaten, Starved and Locked in...
This is another example of the debate of sterilizing stupid people and those who do not have the mental or human capacity to have children or be parents. I have a four year old son, and I can't imagine doing...
Josef Fritzl claims he is not a monster
No, you didn't read the headline wrong.Josef Fritzl, the Austrain man who imprisoned his daughter and fathered seven children by her claims that he is upset by the way the media is portraying him and that he is not a...
Medvedev to become Russian President
Russia is going to get a New President today. A protege of outgoing President Vladimir Putin, new incumbent Dmitry Medvedev will take oath today in the historic Kremlin Palace. He doesn't carry baggage of...
UK CCTV use called 'an utter fiasco'
Fortunately, it is not nearly as bad here in Ireland (yet) ... how is it where you live? I am often asked to cease taking photographs but no one asks for my permission to be videoed (I am referring to street facing...
Child virus fears spread to China's capital
At least 26 children have died in rural China from a virus that is now spreading into Beijing. So far, two kindergartens in the city have been closed against the spread of the outbreak of hand, foot and mouth...
The terrifying case of a British Government whist...
"John Francis Smith gave 20 years of his life to Government Service and in return was denied a pension and had 53 years of his life eradicated.Home Office say all files held on whistleblower John Francis Smith were...
At INDY, "Rookies" Get Their Day In The Sun :: Th...
"Mario discusses strategy with team member after the #96 Visit Mexico City/PCM Dallara has the updated wishbone parts installed. Mario and the rest of the PCM team feel upbeat about being able to get out onto the...
UPDATE:Fritzl planned the improvised dungeon five...
This story becomes more complicated by the day."A relative of Joseph Fritzl, the Austrian man who held his daughter captive for 24 years and fathered seven children by her, has said he was convicted of rape in...
Basquiat and Banksy to cover auction in graffiti
"Daubing the subways of New York in the 1980s with provocative images that shocked the establishment was how it all started. Two decades later, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring and David Salle are being...
