Teenager Commits Suicide Live On The Internet

A 19 year old man has committed suicide watched live on the web by thousands, some of whom goaded him on, it has been revealed.  The teen has been named as Abraham Biggs of Florida.   " A 19-year-old man in Florida committed suicide live on the internet as hundreds...

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...

Indianapolis Motor Speedway Unifies With First Entrant List :: The EDJE

"Indianapolis Motor Speedway Position Pole - Image Credit: Ballhype.comIndianapolis Motor Speedway Unifies With First Entrant ListThe list features thirty-two drivers named for the 39 car entries, an increase of...

B.C. introduces carbon tax

British Columbia 's Liberal Government introducing a Carbon Tax has Citizens fuming over what is seen as a Massive Tax Grab, contrary to what Politicans say to the media.  Past and present Polls shows an...

Vancouver: Fast-food Bomber's Victim Commits Suicide

You know there will be a long lineup at office Water Coolers this morning, with many thirsting for answers, leaving many to surmise or theory's of rumour and innuendo worthy of a National Enquirer story. Certainly...

Owner of destroyed B.C. restaurant commits suicide

More unfortunate news concerning the Taco Del Mar restaurant explosion and fire in Vancouver, B.C."The owner of a Vancouver restaurant destroyed in a suspected arson attack has committed suicide, police said...

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...

You're Going to Hell..in Brooklyn

"Breathing that uncanny haunted house air of plaster, wet wood, plastic and face-paint briefly returned me to my 10-year-old self. I believed in fear, guilt, punishment and being dragged away by drooling, cackling...

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...

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