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General Motors' Bust Turns Detroit Into Urban Farming Mecca

For some time now I have been advocating or writing about the need to re-think the role of food production in the context of the new, emerging economic realities.  It seems that we have an early indication of...

Gerardo Garay, one of Mexico's top police officers accused of helping cartel

During a conversation among friends, the probability of death sentence for kidnappers in Mexico was being discussed, then another issue came up as one of the participants mentioned death sentence should be...

McCain aide: Palin's 'going rogue'

"(CNN) -- With 10 days to go until Election Day, long-brewing tensions between GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and key aides to Sen. John McCain have become so intense they are spilling out in public, sources say. ...

PM Gordon Brown has Left Britain "Bust", say Tories

Shadow Chancellor George Osborne has today blasted Prime Minister Gordon Brown as "having left Britain bust".  He was speaking at the Tory Conference in Birmingham.   " BIRMINGHAM (AFP) — The...

Here's How to Fix the Wall Street Mess ...from Michael Moore

This is Part 2 of Michael Moore's latest message. Part 1 is here. –Friends,– The richest 400 Americans -- that's right, just four hundred people -- own MORE than the bottom 150 million Americans combined. 400 rich Americans have got more stashed away than half the...

Osborne says he won't bail out bust UK bankers

The Conservative Party in the UK is havig their party conference today, and as could be expected they are focusing largely on the economy. The shadow chancellor George Osborne has said that the conservatives would not bail out any banks if they were in power. This is...

Zoom Airlines cancels all flights

If you were flying on Zoom Airlines today – all flights have been cancelled.  I was just alerted from a friend of mine at YVR that Zoom went bust and all flights have been cancelled.  Hundreds of...

Another Drug Trafficking Suspect Freed To Leave Maldives

"Abdul Waheed, 29, one of three people arrested in March over a US $1 million drug bust, fled to India this month after a court ruled he should not be kept in detention pending trial, police have said. Under...

Dogs bust inmates using cell phones to carry out crimes

"HAGERSTOWN, Maryland (CNN) -- Chante Wright was set to testify against a career criminal when she was gunned down on the streets of Philadelphia in January. Investigators believe it was a hit ordered from prison, by an inmate using a cell phone. ...

Million Dollar Drug Smuggling Suspect Released To Flee Maldives

"Sri Lankan citizen Sameen Ummul Fahumiyya, 56, arrested in March in connection with a drug bust worth over US $1 million, has returned to Sri Lanka after being released before her trial, police have confirmed. A...

Sean's been nicked

Tough guy actor Sean Bean spends 6 hrs in custody after arrest on suspicion of hitting wife" The heart-throb actor was escorted to a police station after wife Georgina called cops during a row. She...

27 arrests in Quebec child porn ring bust

"MONTREAL -- 27 arrests in Quebec child porn ring bust Canwest News Service Published: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 An extensive child pornography ring has been cracked with the arrest of 27 people, Quebec provincial...

Richmond RCMP busts large drug lab

Last Friday, RCMP busted one of the largest drug laboratory in Richmond, British Columbia. The lab is suspected of producing synthetic drugs and four people are now in custody. Residents of the area are asked to avoid the location for the next few days as investigation...

Largest counterfeit bust in 20 years

A pair of 20-somethings have been charged in a counterfeit scheme worth more than $4 million (in fake Canadian twenties)."Whoever says "crime doesn't pay" has never tried making bank notes.But Police say that's just what two Toronto area suspects did.  Two people were...

The Golden Collapse

Here's an article from Reason Magazine written by Matt Welch. It's about what happened after the tech crash that happened at the turn of the millenium."Despite the considerable hit that the wave of tech publication closures had on the pocketbooks of freelancers like me, it...

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