Obama likely change CIA, NI directors: report

"WASHINGTON: The current chiefs of National Intelligence and the CIA expect to be replaced when Barack Obama takes over as US president on January 20, a U.S. daily reported Wednesday.Several senior Democrats oppose keeping National Intelligence director Mike McConnell and...

Lunchtime Lock-in at schools to stop rush for chippie

Many well run secondary schools already operate this system unless a child has specific permission to go home for lunch - and that means home - not hanging around the shopping arcades or fast food outlets. With...

Man Charged in Christmas Card Slaying

Allegedly this guy went up to a couple random people, starting yelling about god and attacked them, killing a 74 year old man only steps outside his home, as he was delivering christmas cards."A man described as a former honour student looked distressed and dishevelled...

US restaurant case demonstrates how virus spreads

"The case demonstrates how easily and quickly a virus -- in this case a norovirus -- can spread and shows how standard cleaning does a poor job of eliminating viruses. One of the workers vomited into a trash can and then continued preparing food, including an appetizer...

Long Duck Dongs: Evolution and Sexual Organs

The interesting thing here (as it were) is that ducks seem to be able to grow their phalluses in competition with each other, thus eliminating their need to receive about 90% of email spam. However, female ducks...

Guest Blogger: Hamdan and the Youngstown Framework (ACSBlog)

"Guest Blogger: Hamdan and the Youngstown Framework  —  By Aziz Huq, Associate Counsel of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law  —  It is not too early to mark the Supreme Court's decision in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld as a...

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