Vision Braces for Voter Crush

This race is shaping up to be a doozy!""This is a completely different race from anything we've seen before in Vancouver," said Kennedy Stewart, a political scientist at Simon Fraser University. "What's happening...

Debate over fate of Vancouver's famous hollow tree

After withstanding lightning, storms and countless people posing inside it, it sounds like the famous hollow tree of Vancouver's Stanley Park may finally be for the chop. The 2006 winter storms took a serious toll on...

Snowstorms Close in on Eastern US

Once again, winter cuts a frigid swathe across the central Untied States."In western Kentucky, the National Weather Service says snowfall could total 6-8 inches, with some locations possibly receiving up to a foot of...

myspace Prank Leads to Teens Suicide

Here is a story that is tragic. The parents of a myspace member pull a prank on a vulnerable teen who later takes her own life. These parents should be arrested but word is they broke no laws. The blogs are getting...

Dean VS. Mexico Round 2 Oil Industry Hit Hard

Update: "VERACRUZ, Mexico, Aug. 22 Hurricane Dean was over the Bay of Campeche headed for landfall near Veracruz, Mexico, early Wednesday after raking the Yucatan peninsula.TECOLUTLA, Mexico (AP) - Hurricane...

Mexico Braces for Category 5 Monster

"The airport has been hectic for the past two days, and some passengers without confirmed reservations had to sleep in the airport Saturday night. But the airlines are flying in empty planes to add additional flights...

Lebanon braces for power struggle after killing (Reuters)

" By Nadim Ladki 2 hours, 21 minutes ago BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon braced on Wednesday for a bitter power struggle after the assassination of an anti-Syrian Christian cabinet minister which his allies blamed on Syria " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web " /> Syria ....

Iraq Braces for Verdict in Saddam Hussein War Crimes Trial - Voice of America

" Sand report - Download 346k Listen to Sand report Saddam Hussein in court, Sept. 25, 2006 A verdict in Saddam Hussein's long-running war crimes trial is finally near, and could come as early as Sunday morning. From Iraq, VOA's Benjamin Sand reports that security has been...

Pakistan Braces for a Backlash After Taliban Raid

"An air strike on a religious school kills 80, raising prospects for new unrest directed at Musharraf. A Pakistani military air strike on a pro-Taliban religious school in the country's volatile North West Frontier...

Florida braces for hurricane as storm claims life in Haiti - Guardian Unlimited

" Behind the facade, a city left to rot Leader: In praise of ... Bob Dylan Interview: Leonard Downie Jr Oliver Burkeman: on the practice of ghost-riding the whip Andrew Brown: on how much we divulge to Google & co Powell's deputy 'leaked name of CIA agent' 49 killed after jet...

Cities conserve power ahead of heat wave (AP)

" NEW YORK - The lights that decorate the city's East River bridges will remain off to save power as the city braces for potentially record-breaking heat — one of many conservation tactics across the country during soaring temperatures from the Midwest to the Northeast....

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