how Can You Deal With Your Husband's Irritating Habits?

"What's your husband's most annoying habit? Isb it the way he slurps his cereal or cracks his knuckles? Is it the way he breathes, as one woman actually complained?"

BMW recalling 200,000 vehicles

For all you BMW owners out there, you might want to see if your car is on the recall list. So far it is the 2006 3 series, 2004-2006 5 series, and the 2004-2006 X3. The problem is with the deactivation of the...

End of ceasefire 'imminent' as more rockets fired from Gaza

The cease-fire in Gaza appears to be all but over as more rocket attacks have been launched into Israel. It wasn't even able to last mroe than a week." Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired two mortar shells into southern Israel today, as the week-long ceasefire deal...

Zipingku Dam in China may Collapse

Chinese state media says troops are rushing to plug "extremely dangerous" cracks in a dam upriver from an earthquake-hit city. Eye-witness account from Zhang Xiaohui, Luo Jian " Our location now is Zipingpu...

Turning Street Children into Entrepreneurs

" The UN estimates that 500 million people around the world are homeless, and UNICEF estimates India alone has 11 million homeless children on its streets (though it is difficult to pin down the figure). In order...

Adult Cyber Bullying- Should laws protecting children also be applied toward ...

"'Cyber-rape' outlawed: N.J. cracks down on computer-aided crime Date: January 19, 2005 Source: APP.com By: Kathleen Hopkins  WOOD-RIDGE -- It was a sunny spring day when Trish Barteck was trimming plants in her front yard in this Bergen County community on April 19,...

$5000 Reward: Dallas Tiger Killer

"On Christmas Day, the same day the tragic tiger event happened at the San Francisco Zoo, a horrific story seemed to fall through the cracks. Tiger Found Shot To Death in Dallas, TX, the same day an escaped tiger...

Australian Drought Causing Homes to Crack

"MELBOURNE'S homes are cracking up and the problem will become worse next year.  Inner-city suburbs are being hardest hit as soil continues to dry out because of the prolonged drought, placing further strain...

Malaysia cracks down on bloggers

"The Malaysian government has warned it could use tough anti-terrorism laws against bloggers who insult Islam or the country's king."

A country in crisis as fearful government cracks down on Islamist opposition

If you thought there wasn't enough going on in Iraq, this article provides a good overview of what is going on in Egypt: "A country in crisis as fearfulgovernment cracks down on Islamist opposition  . . . dealing a blow to multiparty politics."""The Americans are...

H.Potter's Reign Ends, HairSpray Reign Begins?

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorFirst it was the Virginal 35 year old Baby Boomer Trekkies who were safely ensconced in their parents basement, dressed in Lt. Uhura's uniform, making Vulcan signs out...

The cracks are starting to show

After 30 million years its not surprising the cracks are starting to show. Last week a stone balcony in Glasgow city's Govan Road fell 25ft from the 1906-built Potted Heid listed building onto the street below....

Hacker Cracks a Mac, win a $10,000 prize

A hacker managed to break into a Mac and win a US$10,000 prize as part of a contest started at the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver. The conference organizer decided to offer the contest in part to draw attention to possible security shortcomings in Macs. "You...

Vista Bombs in China - 244 Copies Sold!

Well, the marketing geniuses at Microsoft have really conquered this whole 'new world' thing. I can just see Ballmer sitting in his boardroom yelling, "Asia is ours!" and then doing the monkey dance. Nice work...

Cracks in the Iran nuclear stalemate by Kaveh L Afrasiabi

"Cracks in the Iran nuclear stalemate By Kaveh L Afrasiabi We have been here before many times, with flickers of hope about an imminent breakthrough in the Iran nuclear standoff, only to be dismayed by subsequent developments extinguishing those hopes. This time it may turn...

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