Forrest Gump Has Nothing On Cameron Mathison: He's a Superstar!

A rare and difficult condition called Perthes Disease had soap opera actor and a veteran of "Dancing with the Stars," Cameron Mathison, in leg braces as a child. Cameron's own mother, Loretta Mathison, thought he...

LittleBigPlanet of sony: delayed over Koran Phrases

Sony entertainment has delayed the worldwide launch of its latest game LittleBigPlanet, because of the concerns that the background music mentioning phrase sfrom Koran can offend muslim across te world. " ...

Is Being a/the chosen people an entitlement & privilege or a commitment and r...

for the sake of all CreationBy Yoram Getzlerhttp://israelseen.com Chosen for privilege or commitment and responsibility Are being a/the chosen people an entitlement & privilege or a commitment and responsibility? I am beginning to understand that this is the most crucial...

NowPublic Needs to Change - Let Us Be Heard!

One of the newest and best contributors is leaving NowPublic because, as many of us know, things aren't great here. Here's a comment I left for Zichi, the guy who's leaving, and one in which I describe some of...

Torture? We Don’t Know What Real Torture Is!

Opinion" [LINK to video of "tortured" Canadian boy who fought for al Qaeda, watch this first and then read.] Truthfully, I have been questioned much harder by school administrators than this kid, who quite possibly killed an American soldier, was. [Side note: the school...

Consumer inflation in the UK 'could top 4%'

It was announced today that rising food and energy prices could push UK consumer inflation above 4% this year.I have many friends in the UK and they are already feeling the strain on their income - let alone if...

The Concept of Wealth in Traditional Africa

"Most lineages in traditional Africa have a "family pot," a general welfare fund managed by the head of the extended family. Income-earning members are obligated to make contributions to this fund. Obligations...

Karl Rove Joins Fox News Channel

" NEW YORK (Reuters) - Karl Rove, the strategist behind President George W. Bush's ascendancy to the White House, will join Rupert Murdoch's Fox News Channel as a contributor starting with Super Tuesday, the network said. Rove was chief strategist for Bush's 2000...

UN fund raises $420 million from Europe, Canada, developing countries

Christmas will come early to Third World Nations most needy, unfortunately the Status Quo will most likely remain the same in that Despot Dictators will get the Lions share to squirrel away in Swiss Banks or other...

drankkit: Social Networking, But In Person

In order to qualify it as a "world tour", social link-sharing engineers at reddit popped up to Toronto as part of their open-bar meet-and-greet tour; the Canadian megalopolis was shoehorned in between New York and...

Wiki Innovators Rethink Openness

This is the first piece of crowdsourced journalism produced by the Assignment Zero project - a collaboration between Wired and NewAssignment.net - and a huge group of both professional and amateur contributors and...

Tax Cheats Using Your Money to Fund Republicans

"He and brother Charles used some of the tax-evading profits for loans, homes and ranches (two ranches worth $54 million near Aspen, Colo.; condominiums worth $13 million in downtown Aspen; a 95-acre ranch worth $12 million near Dallas; and an oceanfront property worth $8...

Tough Biker Bar is an Easy Sell

"Tough biker bar is an easy sell 01:13 PM CST on Thursday, February 15, 2007 LESLEY TÉLLEZ UP ALL NIGHT Reno's Chop Shop is a biker bar, but it's not the kind of place where the wrong look earns you a knife in the gut. [Click image for a larger version] JASON JANIK/Special...

Tourism: for whose benefit?

"Small Islands Voice Global Forum Tourism: for whose benefit? The notion of a racial divide in the Caribbean tourism industry is a problem that dare not speak its name. It creates discomfort among many of the expatriate hotel owners and managers, and governments are...

Health officials find unsafe mercury levels at 5 more lakes

"Health officials find unsafe mercury levels at 5 more lakes By Todd Hartman, Rocky Mountain News January 25, 2007 State health regulators have discovered unsafe mercury levels in fish in five more Colorado water bodies, including popular Horsetooth Reservoir west of Fort...

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