Nato to target Afghan drugs trade

Concerned with growth in drug trade in Afghanistan, NATO forces have been empowered to target opium factories. The UN said in August that poppy production in Afghanistan was down this year after a record-breaking...

Close friend believes Steve Fossett 'had death wish because of guilt over mar...

Here we go the guys reported dead and now we have a nasty assumption from the gutter press. Lets milk the story before he is put into the grave.   " Adventurer Steve Fossett crashed his plane into a remote Californian mountainside in a ‘subconscious death wish’,...

Solar Cell Sets World Efficiency Record At 40.8 Percent

It's an "inverted metamorphic triple-junction solar cell". Advances in solar are going the way of computer processor speed and storage and many other information technologies; increasing power, speed and efficiency, decreasing cost, space, waste.Solar Power to Rule in 20...

What the Palin Pick Says

Here's a different look at the Palin Pick from New York Times columnist, David Brooks:"Op-Ed Columnist, By DAVID BROOKS, ST. PAUL John McCain is not a normal conservative. He has instincts, but few abstract convictions about the proper size of government. He’s a...

Last of Saddam Hussein's Nuclear Program Removed from Iraq

Canadian Company Benefits in Uranium Sale I am sure you will see this all over the Main Stream Media.  The last major remnant of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program — a huge stockpile of concentrated natural...

US net firms to block child porn

In a major concerted effort  from the industry all three big intertent service providers have agreed to block hosting & access to child pornography sites. Industry has been divided on this for a long...

Breakthrough energy discovery?

"Calling it “the ultimate recycling” project, a Georgia agricultural researcher says he has found the solution to the world’s energy crisis. Using a process of genetic modification and cloning of bacterial...

Sri Lanka army claims more gains

The Sri Lankan government is making headway in its operation against the Tamil Tigers (this group always sounds like a sports team to me)." ...

Breakthrough: Concentrated Solar Power All Over Southwest US

This looks very good, folks. "Breakthrough: Concentrated Solar Power All Over Southwest USby David Sassoon - Jan 17th, 2008* Clean Energy* Big Business* Clean Tech Sector* Investors  ....the solar power...

Sandia’s Next Fuel Source: Thin Air

"A research team from Sandia National Laboratories is trying to reverse the combustion process and turn carbon dioxide into liquid fuel. The process works something like this: concentrated solar power from a giant...

Drew Peterson Proves it’s easy to kill your wife

How easy is it to kill your wife in America? If your a Chicago cop real easy. In fact you have to be an idiot to get caught. Look at Drew Peterson. Has anyone done a survey of how many wives have disappeared in...

UBC students create elevator to heavens

In an episode reminiscent of a past South Park episode, titled "A Ladder to Heaven," Stan, Kyle and Cartman want their dead friend Kenny back so badly, they'll try anything. They decide to build a ladder to Heaven...

Latinos make half as much as whites, study finds

And according to some have twice as many jobs!  It remains to be discussed how Latinos will financially grow. Most of the conversation of Latino growth is a population topic. But Hispanics must prepare to become competetive in the financial market place by finding...

Canada high on ecstasy

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorIt would certainly be nice if Canada were known for other things besides BC Bud,  Canada's Meth Mecca,  Nanny State, Crime Haven for Criminals, and now ...

Tummy fat 'can grow new breasts'

"Fat from the tummy or bottom could be used to grow new breasts in a treatment which could be carried out in an hour - or a lunch break. Scientists say they can create a fat mixture with concentrated stem cells, which, when injected into the breast, apparently encourages...

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