"Chilli" The 6ft Cow

" His name is Chilli and he's described as a gentle giant. Which is just as well for his handler, Tara Nirula, pictured by his side. His owners have contacted the Guinness Book of Records who are currently...

Israel's Prime Minister to Resign

After months of growing scandal around suspicions he had accepted money from US financier Morris Talansky to fund elections campaigns and a lavish lifestyle in the 13 years before he became premier in 2006, Ehud...

Children's author Harry Horse 'stabbed his wife 30 times' as probe casts doub...

" When children's author Harry Horse and his terminally ill wife were found dead in each other's arms, the world accepted that they had taken their lives with painkillers in a suicide pact. But it has now been revealed that the writer and artist stabbed his...

The Story Behind A NYT Zimbabwe Child Victim Photo--and Why You Won't See ...

This is a fascinating analysis of how a photo of a child, both legs broken by Mugabe thugs, not only came to be--but how it came to not be on the internet. Question: should the New York Times, and Poynter Institute, have with-held internet publication of a photo published in...

Coercion Reported as Zimbabwe Runoff Begins

Update:  Reports are coming in of forced voting: "In Kambuzuma, a Harare suburb, only five people had voted by 9 a.m., and polling officers were left to pass the time chatting. “I don’t see the logic of...

New Osama Tape: Was It Fake?

The Blogs begin to break down the new video."There has been a lot of talk in the blogosphere about Osama’s beard.Was it fake? Was it dyed? There has also been a lot of discussion about the politics in the video....

EXCLUSIVE – The First Published Interview with “The Man Behind the Vloggy...

I had a chance to interview JOE KLEIN the announcer and co-producer of “The Vloggies” last night’s smash hit event in San Francisco! The Vloggies brought down the house, while bringing all those in attendance to their feet as the ceremony drew to a close. I just got off...

US casts doubt on N Korea nuke test reports - ABC Online

" reports The US State Department has cast doubt on media reports that North Korea intends to conduct another nuclear test and has informed China on the matter. "There are a lot of rumours about this, obviously there are some indications, but I would caution people not to put...

At least 21 die as driverless train crashes into maintenance truck - Guardian...

" · Passengers trapped as carriages catch fire · Accident casts shadow over German technology A high-speed driverless magnetic levitation train ploughed into a maintenance truck in northern Germany yesterday, in an accident that casts a shadow over the future of...

Next on menu for Starbucks? It's hot food

According to New York Daily News, Starbucks is making changes to its menu. The coffee giant got 12 percent of its $4 billion in sales through food last year, mostly with cold items like cookies, muffins and...

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