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The Seedier side of NY's Dollar -dance clubs
" NEW YORK (AP) -- As neon lights bathe the dance floor of the darkened nightclub, a group of young women from Latin America sit at tables, sipping water or soda and waiting for men to approach and hand them...
The BMW of Bongs (Or Mercedes Benz depending on your preference)
I stumbled onto this story by accident (no really!!!) and even though it is a bit of old news, I thought it was worth sharing on here. "Being the responsible lot that we are, Crave occasionally posts public... Opposition-controlled accountability body to dig up the dirt on Musharraf
"The influential Public Accounts Committee of the Pakistani parliament is now officially to be controlled by the opposition and headed by Nisar Ali, a close aide of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, and is likely to start with gusto by digging up the dirt on former...Japanese Elephant Better at Math than American Students
Yup, it's true. It really is true."The elephant's memory is legendary, but in a large, gray surprise to science, the mighty Asian elephant turns out to have a distinct flair for math as well Under carefully controlled experimental conditions — essentially...Russia Formally Recognizes Georgia Rebel States
After a fierce but brief firefight between Georgian and Russian forces, an uneasy truce has developed. One that could be threatened by today's announcement from Russia, supporting the 'rebel' regions in Georgia as independent states. Washington is calling this... Eight million at risk of ID fraud after hackers hit hotel chain
The world's largest hotel chain has fallen victim to a hacker, amd as a result as many as eight million people's identity information could be at risk."Up to eight million people are at risk of ID fraud after a... Too Little Sleep Can Make Us Go Violent
"Too Little Sleep Can Make Us Go Violent Options Edit Add to group Delete Viewable by anyone ...iPhone 3G Shortage: PR Stunt or controlled damage
"Nobody knows how to play with the media more than Apple does, even when a bad news can damage their profits Apple turns it into good news and generate more positive buzz than bad. Take for example the recently...Abu Dhabi fund buys NYC Chrysler building for $800m
Here's some good ol' fashioned wheeling and dealing for the Tech & Biz channel: earlier today, an investment fund controlled by the government of Abu Dhabi bought New York City's famous Chrysler Building for $800... "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired"
""Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired" (June 9, HBO) explores the implausible events that took place between these dates, along with details, before and after, that forever altered the life and career of acclaimed... WWII bomb detonated in London
A neighbourhood near the future Olympic Park in east London was getting back to normal today after being evacuated for a few hours while British Army engineers denotated a large WWII bomb that was unearthed this... Sydney police boss 'in drug ring'
A police chief in Syndey has been accused of some very serious conspiracy charges."A senior Australian police officer has been charged in connection with an alleged international plot to import half a tonne of drug-making chemicals.Mark Standen is accused of conspiracy to...SUPERVISORY CUSTOMS OFFICER AND SIX OTHERS ARRESTED
SUPERVISORY CUSTOMS OFFICER AND SIX OTHERS ARRESTED FOR CORRUPTION AND DRUG... Tibetan monks in Lhasa disrupt government tour
Last night we posted a story about a group of Tibetan monks who disrupted a government tour for international journalists intended to showcase the restored peace of the Tibetan capital.Today, the Associated Press, which had a correspondent on the tour, filed a lengthier, more... Monk protest scuppers controlled media tour of Tibet
In a shocking display of defiance and certain risk to their lives, a group of monks in Tibet ambushed an organised media tour by the Chinese government."Tibetan monks staged a daring protest against Chinese rule, disrupted anofficial government tour for foreign journalists...
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