I had to re-read this story about five times to grasp fully what I was reading: occasional Black Eyed Pea popstar Fergie is set to star with Academy Award winning actor, Daniel Day-Lewis (and a cast of other...
The polls have opened in Mongolia for the first general election in four years."Voters started queuing well before polling stations opened, many riding into villages on camel and horseback to cast their votes. Mongolia's potential mineral wealth has been a campaign issue,...
Equality minister Harriet Harman has set out a plan to allow British firms to discriminate in favour of female and ethnic minority job applicants. The new plan would not require firms to do so, but would allow them...
"The technology of pinholes is not new. Neither was it invented by man. Use of principle of pinholes by nature can be seen in the eyes of the mollusk Nautilus found in the Indian and Pacific oceans. It uses its pinhole eyes effectively to scavenge for food."
Janet Jackson is teaming up with MTV to produce a new reality show. Just what the airwaves need, in my snarky opinion."Untitled project, which has already started casting, will feature Jackson as she mentors a group of aspiring singers and dancers. Project will be shot in the...
For once it was true: one vote could have made all the difference." BISMARCK, N.D. - Pillsbury Mayor Darrel Brudevold said voter turnout in the city's primary election usually is fairly high. "I dare say a half-dozen people usually make it to the polls," he said. That...
"Not even those on ballot turn out to vote in tiny North Dakota town By JAMES MacPHERSON, AP Posted: 2008-06-15 21:28:09 BISMARCK, North Dakota (AP) - Pillsbury Mayor Darrel Brudevold said voter turnout in the city's primary election usually is fairly high."I dare say a...
Tim Kretschmann is a radio show host who has launched TKPN, an Internet radio networkthat includes a half-hour weekly program dedicated to beauty pageants called the PageantCast, found online at www.pageantcast.com....
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A group of protestors have stopped a coal train in its tracks in the UK, after attachign lines to the train's wheels to stop it from moving."About 30 climate campaigners have halted a train taking coal to one of Europe's biggest power stations in North Yorkshire. A giant...
"Voters go to polls in Lisbon referendumThe country's electorate today goes to the polls to vote in the Lisbon Treaty referendum. Polling stations opened at 7am and will stay open until 10pm to encourage as many people as possible to vote."
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The world has a supply of oil, but will the United States ever be allowed to grow beyond being the third largest producer of oil in the world? Image Credit: Daniel Taghioff - Writing on the WallThe Truth Behind...
Former British PM Tony Blair's signature project in the middle east - a Palestinian water agency - took a major step backwards today when Hamas soldiers took over the North Gaza Sewage Treatment Works project. The project was set to build a water treatment plant and is...
Emmylou Harris has long been one of my favorites. She gives one heckuva concert, and above all else, she has always seemed real. Now a thoughtful profile confirms that Harris is, indeed, real--and has lived her own...
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has almost given his backing to Obama, when he was speaking at the D6 conference in California today. "The conservative Murdoch said it's likely that Obama will defeat McCain in the...
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"CANNES, France (AFP) — Sandra Corveloni won the best actress prize Sunday at the Cannes film festival for a performance as a pregnant single mother of four in the Brazilian megalopolis Sao Paulo in "Line of...