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Cairo Honeymoon: A Tale of Two Nightmares
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorThe last desperate words Newlywed Jennifer on her Cairo Honeymoon would ever envision to hear from her husband Richard would be "Jump, I promise to catch you", You have to...
Fire crews battle Florida brush fire
Fire crews in Florida are trying to control a brush fire that has broken out in Northwest Miami-Dade."The fire is burning near the Metro West Detention Center and the South Florida Reception Center at Northwest 137th Avenue and Northwest 17th Street. The flames, which are...
China down to 12 days of coal stocks
A lot of people relying on this."China's booming economy could be running out of steam – literally. At the end of a cold and stormy winter, the country has just 12 days of coal reserves at most power stations. Some provinces, including Hebei, bordering Beijing, have...
Michelle "Blast Clinton" Malkin on Sleep Deprivation
"In a radio interview Tuesday, Hillary blamed her congenital dissembling on being “sleep-deprived.” If that is so, then Hillary has been a walking zombie for years.This is the woman who insisted for more than a...
Fiery jet Fuel Tanker Crash Closes I-91 Outside B...
Details are still emerging, but it appears a fuel tanker travelling North on I-91 in Chicopee, just West of Boston was involved in a serious accident. Several cars were involved and the fire was still burning an hour...
Trucking in Peril - Life on the Road Trucking New...
"This is probably the worst story I’ve seen in awhile, but it’s all too true. It does contain a little good news, but first the bad news -
"Independent truckers see end of the road
By ELLEN SIMON
Associated Press
As the cost of diesel doubled over the last four years,...
Mall Explosion, fire in Waukegan, IL Suburb of Ch...
Mall Explosion, fire in Waukegan, IL Suburb of Chicago
A shopping Mall in Waukegan, Ill sufferred a mass explosion in a Chicago Suburb. There are several injuries but the number at this time is...
Lesser-known American race riots
"Irish immigrants opposed to Lincoln's Civil War draft, rioted, raping and killing blacks, often mutilating their corpses, as well as burning their homes and businesses."
The truth about carbon offsets: My Brain Hurts.
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorMaybe it is just me, but just reading more Bafflegab on Carbon Offsets makes my Brain Hurt. I am never one to dispute the seriousness of Pollution...
Over 90 fires burning in South Carolina
Over 90 fires burning in South Carolina If you have footage of any fires in South Carolina Please uploaded here and contact Ryan Nadel or Cynthia Yoo as a News service may be interested in...
Australia to say no to aboriginal compensation
Australia rules out aboriginal compensationTue Jan 29, 2008 By Rob Taylor
CANBERRA (Reuters) Australia's government on Tuesday promised an apology for Aborigines forcibly taken from their homes under past assimilation policies, but ruled out compensation payments for...
Heavy snow strands 150,000 in China on Lunar year...
Record snowfalls and ice storms have wreaked havoc in China during one of its busiest holiday travel season."Power cuts blamed on ice and unusually heavy snowfall left almost 150,000 people waiting for trains in the...
BREAKING NEWS: First Cars Run on Algae Biodiesel;...
This is an amazing announcement if what they say is true. People have been trying to figure out algae biodiesel for years!"Just a few hours ago, the world’s first pair of cars to run on algae biodiesel were announced at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival [picture to be...
McDonald's Blames Video Games for Childhood Obesity
Oh, okay, the BigMacs aren't the problem, it's the lack of available green spaces."The chief executive of McDonald’s UK has hit out at video games for being a major cause of the childhood obesity crisis.[He] made...
Kenya govt ready for new vote if ruled by court
"Were the elections rigged or not? I think so, many think so, the
Americans think so, the British think so, and they know the country
well,""Opposition protests in Kenya faltered on Friday and the government said it...
