" Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich faced pressure to resign on Wednesday after his arrest on charges he tried to sell U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's Senate seat, swap favors for money and strong-arm a newspaper...
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"Recent weeks have seen a rash of new studies of marijuana hitting the mass media, generating scary headlines like "Smoking Pot Rots Your Gums," "Cannabis Bigger Cancer Risk Than Cigarettes" and "Pot Withdrawal Similar to Quitting Cigarettes. Most of this coverage can be...
Halloween is coming so tis the season.
Mexican Cops Arrest Cannibalism Suspect"MEXICO CITY (AP) - An aspiring horror novelist was arrested after police discovered his girlfriend’s torso in his closet, a leg in...
... or so some believe. Even adjusting for currency values, the price listed below for dino bones seems awfully affordable. "n an attempt to gain healing powers, villagers in central China boiled a ton of dinosaur...
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The New York Times describes in an article that things are pretty much boiling over at the World Bank.Apparently, board members' frustration with Wolfowitz's stance on governance and double standards, plus the attempt to force a neocon agenda upon the bank have even angered...
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"Phil Kent, chairman and chief executive officer of Turner Broadcasting System -- the cable programming giant that owns such fabled networks as CNN, TNT, and Cartoon Network -- was in New York last week for the cable industry's annual gathering.
As we were catching up, Phil...
"I remember the moment I first became intrigued with organizational dysfunction. It was 25 years ago, and I was sitting in my car after my boss had raked me over the coals for exceeding the performance goals that had been established for my position. Yes, I had gone above and...
" BANGALORE, India (AFP) - India's high-tech capital Bangalore, known worldwide as an outsourcing hub, has changed its name to reflect the local language and became "the town of boiled beans". The city in southwest India, capital of Karnataka, will officially use the local...
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