Half a Decade of War: Five Years After Iraq Invasion, Soldiers Testify at Win...

" AMY GOODMAN: [Five years ago] on March 19th, 2003, the US began bombing Baghdad. The invasion was on. Six weeks later, President Bush stood under a banner reading “Mission Accomplished” and declared an end to major military combat operations in Iraq. Now, half a...

Belly-button stud shot through girl in car crash 'like a bullet'

"A teeenager has given a warning of the dangers of body piercing after she was skewered by her belly button stud in a car crash Jessica Collins, 19, was left fighting for her life when the silver stud in her belly button pushed through her body - ending up just millimetres...

Police Blow Up Church Porn CDs

This is a follow-up to alaaron's earlier posting. Maybe detonating the offending CD players was a bit excessive. The "off" switch would have sufficed, no?"Three CD players hidden under a cathedral's pews blared sexually explicit language in the middle of an Ash Wednesday...

Utilities switching - savings made simple.

"Select your current energy supplier and estimate your annual bill amount, leave amount blank if not applicable."

Eric Shipton: Mapping the Blank

"Eric Shipton: Mapping the Blank The territory west of the Shaksgam river in northern Pakistan—the Sarpo Laggo and Shimshal valleys, the Baltoro, Biafo, Hispar, and Braldu glaciers, and the Aghil range—is Shipton country, severely contoured, and with the highest...

Can You Live Long and Prosper?

"Daniel Fish, a New York City lawyer who specializes in helping elderly clients, keeps a small collection of blank birthday cards in his desk drawer. The number 100 is on the front of each one. (Hallmark says it sells 85,000 such cards a year.) "I'm just waiting for the 105s...