Kidnapping a HOAX

" A Southampton Township, Bucks County, woman who reported Tuesday that she and her 9-year-old daughter were kidnapped has been taken into custody in Florida, according to 6abc.com. Authorities began to doubt her...

Democrats making political power push

"There's no denying the overwhelming force of the Democratic Party's Election Day victory at the national level. But will the blue wave that crashed down on Republicans at the presidential and U.S. House levels...

Obama gets big Bucks from Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac

Obama calling himself an outsider and agent of change has CEO of Freddie Mac on his Pay Role.  The fact is  that he has received over 500,000 dollars from folks within Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac.  Some...

English spelling seen as "truely atrosious"

An academic in the UK has suggested that university professors being accepting variant spellings as legitimate, in light of the fact that spelling errors are growing more and more frequent in university courses. Some misspellings that he's suggested accepting include "ignor",...

India Out Innovates the Americans...Even on Social Ventures

This is hilarious...the Indian government has decided that the folks at MIT who are supposed to be innovating and helping with the digital divide in countries like India, are just not good enough at it.  So,...

Napping for $150. Beneficial to Health.

I had an article about napping few weeks back and how it is beneficial to combat daytime sleepiness. Between waking up late in the morning, caffeine, and 20 minute afternoon naps, napping is the best choice of...

Canada: Cut off Mexican worker pipeline: Critics

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorYou know if Ghost Consultants were given 20 year prison sentences this would stop immediately.Certainly scammers will always find a way to grab some cash from the poor,...

McCain's "Remove GasTaxes" Leadership or Folie

"With oil set to break through the $120 mark and pump prices forecast to hit $4 bucks or more a gallon, Presidential candidate John McCain has called for all levels of government to remove their tax on gas. While...

7 painless moves to save $1,000

Yes, it's possible to whittle your budget without suffering. Small savings, month in and month out, can fatten your bank account without cramping your style."Do you wish you could save an extra $1,000 this year without downgrading your lifestyle? It is possible to save big...

Hubby in jail over Facebook

"A HUBBY was jailed for breaking a court order not to contact his estranged wife after website Facebook sent her an automatic email. Engineer Dylan Osborn, 37, only joined the social-networking site to look at a pal’s wedding photos. It then sent an invite to be a...

Leona Helmsley Left Her Dog 12 Million Bucks

From the files of "Crazy Lady Leaves (type of pet) $(insane number)", Leona Helmsley (proclaimed "Queen of Mean") left her dog $12 million bucks! $12 Million! This should be illegal, right?  Totally nuts."On...

Personal Cell Phone Numbers Are Only a Click Away

"Home phone numbers have been available to the public for a long time, so many Americans treasure the fact that their cell numbers can be kept private -- or so they think. Now, all it takes is a few bucks and Internet access to find tens of millions of personal cell phone...

$700 Worth of Dog Poop

I honestly wish I could make stuff up that was this cool. An elderly woman was dogsitting for her granddaughter, and her friend left her purse unattended... the first hundred bucks were easily found, chewed up and strewn about the house. The other $700, though, was a...

Big Mac Immigration - The Humanitarian Hypocrisy of US Immigration Policy

"At once diminutive and globe spanning, few objects are more quintessentially American than the humble Big-Mac. It is at once real and artificial, mass produced and made to order, personal, global, inexpensive,...

Auto show rolls out of rain, into Bristol (phillyburbs.com)

" ByKWAME ABASI PATTERSON Bucks County Courier Times Sunday's rainfall drove the Lower Bucks County antique automobile club's 24th annual automobile show into Bristol on Sunday. Antique cars of all makes and model made Mill Street in Bristol look like it was 50 years younger,...

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