Death penalty for cyber terror in Pakistan

"Causing death through “cyber terrorism” will be punishable by death in Pakistan, according to a decree issued by President Asif Ali Zardari yesterday. The Prevention of Electronic Crimes law will be applicable to anyone who commits a crime detrimental to national...

Democrats adopt goal of health care guarantee

" Democrats shaped a set of principles Saturday that commits the party to guaranteed health care for all, heading off a potentially divisive debate and edging the party closer to the position of Barack Obama's defeated rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton.Obama, soon to be the...

Briton commits suicide by jumping from crane tower in Kuta, Bali

"A British national was found dead at the site of an apartment building project on Jalan Dewi Sri here on Tuesday after jumping from the top of a 35-meter-high crane tower in what police believe was a suicide.The foreigner, identified as Philip Pocklington (35), had...

Jail break guard commits suicide

"A guard named in a note left by two inmates who bored holes in their cell walls to escape from a New Jersey prison has committed suicide. The guard's body was found at his home with a self-inflicted gunshot wound on the day he was due to be interviewed about the...

Take the Pledge

"Yesterday General Petraeus testified that the Biden/Warner resolutions and those like them encourage the enemy.What does it mean, "to encourage the enemy?"It means that the enemy gathers will and strength from the prospect of a collapsing political will to seek victory in...

Speech Terror Claim Debunked A Year Ago

A claim made by President Bush in his State of the Union speech last night, that an attack on an L.A. skyscraper had been averted, was universally debunked as a hoax by Mayors, CIA, FBI and NSA personnel and counter-terror experts nearly a...

Fox issues threats to sites linking to YouTube videos

Cory Doctorow has a very interesting column today about the lengths media corporations will go to enforce its control over the web. In this case, Fox is issuing legal threats to sites that link to material that Fox claims has been stolen from it.An analogy would be if police...

Father-in-law of Landis commits suicide (Reuters)

" SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - The father-in-law of disgraced Tour de France winner Floyd Landis has committed suicide, police said on Wednesday. David Witt, 57, the stepfather of Landis' wife, Amber, died on Tuesday of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, San Diego Police...

'As the World Turns' actor commits suicide (AP)

" 1 hour, 6 minutes ago HUNTINGTON, New York - Benjamin Hendrickson " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web " /> Benjamin Hendrickson , an Emmy Award-winning actor on the "As the World Turns" soap opera, committed suicide this week with a gunshot to the head, police...