Gates fires air force chiefs over nuclear blunders

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates fired the air force secretary and chief of staff Thursday, holding them responsible for an erosion of standards that led to two major nuclear-related blunders.Gates said "a...

Death Penalty: U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens Changes His Mind.

United States Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens changes his mind on support of the death penalty, and according to the National Coalition Against the Death Penalty "These things about the death penalty were...

Mother's heartbreak: How 30 blunders by hospital killed my newborn baby

"Lisa Callaway's son Alwyn weighed 7lb 8oz, with perfectly formed limbs and a shock of dark hair. But the baby she and husband William had longed for lived only two days, killed by the professionals entrusted with...

Is Bill Clinton Detrimental to Hillary's Campaign?

Is Bill Clinton Detrimental to Hillary's Campaign? With the recent Rants from former president Clinton on the Nevada Caucus's, Calling Obama's history of opposition to the war a "Fairy Tale", and his television...

NHS is facing £4.5bn compensation bill over babies damaged at birth by hospi...

"The NHS is facing £4.5bn in compensation claims over alleged blunders by midwives and doctors that have left babies suffering severe brain damage, The Observer can reveal. The huge sum is detailed in confidential data from the NHS Litigation Authority, which handles most of...

May I present Mrs. Malaprop and the Rev. Spooner?

President George W. Bush takes a lot of heat for his verbal gaffes, like "Hispanically" and "misunderestimate." But the truth be told, malapropisms know neither political nor linguistic boundaries. Last January,...

Biggest big-money blunders

For connoisseurs of scandal, the current flap over options backdating is weak tea. Greg Reyes, a former chief executive of Brocade Communications Systems (BRCD, news, msgs), isn't even accused of enriching himself. Rather than stealing from shareholders, Steve Jobs has...

Five Blunders with Social News and Bookmarking

Listen. Can you hear it? All the buzz about social media marketing? What you might not know is that with all that sound there’s an awful lot of noise. That difficulty manifests itself in the form of basic misconceptions, blunders and flat out mistakes when trying to...

Cheney: Talk of blunders in Iraq is 'hogwash'

"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Vice President Dick Cheney on Wednesday dismissed as "hogwash" the suggestion that blunders may have hurt the administration's credibility on Iraq and led members of Congress on both sides of the aisle to question President Bush's plan to send more troops...

Full Speed Ahead

"Don Rumsfeld is the finest Secretary of Defense this nation has ever had. --Dick Cheney This is scary. The president of the United States of America has created a hellish disaster that has resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians and thousands of...

One of These Blunders Could Cost You a Fortune in 2006...

"In fact, any number of investing blunders can ruin your year in 2006. That's why I keep a running list of these potentially fatal landmines taped to my computer monitor at all times -- to make certain my Inside Value subscribers are advised. At last count, there were 10 of...

Three Deadly Investing Blunders You MUST Avoid in 2006:

"Three common investing blunders threaten your financial security, beginning in early 2006. Consider all three carefully. Because any ONE of them can shatter your dreams of long-term wealth and dash your hopes for a worry-free, financially secure future -- unless you take...

Overcoming the Fear of Making Mistakes

"When I was a little girl growing up, my parents frequently warned me against making mistakes. They believed that as long as I did things slowly and carefully, and learned from other people’s blunders, there was no need for mistakes to be made. Whenever I did screw up I was...

Confessions of an IT pro: My nine biggest professional blunders

"Confessions of an IT pro: My nine biggest professional blunders"

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