Cops Hunt Robber... By Giving Him a MySpace Account

That is some outside-the-box police work, but it hinges on a) someone both recognizing the perp , and b) that someone being willing to turn the perp in. "A brazen bank robber with nothing but a baseball cap and dark sunglasses hiding his face is one of the latest members of...

EMI Says It Recieved An Approach From Warner Music (3rd Update)

"EMI Group Plc, the U.K. music company that cut its forecasts twice in the past month, received a takeover approach from Warner Music Group Corp. in the second attempt at a merger in a year. There is ``no proposal currently for the EMI board to consider,'' the company said...

New system controls computer worms

Score one for the good guys"U.S. scientists have created anti-worm computer technology that can identify and contain "worms" milliseconds after a cyberattack begins. A worm is a type of computer virus that doesn't alter files but resides in active memory and can duplicate...

Gadget toilet made for modern kings and queens

"SINGAPORE (Reuters Life!) - Think you deserve a throne? A U.S. plumbing firm has created a luxury toilet equipped with laptop computer and flat-screen TV which it plans to give away in an online sweepstake."

Obama Takes Campaign Online

"At his first rally since announcing his presidential exploratory committee, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) appealed yesterday for support from the young people who had mobilized for the event online. The gathering of several thousand students at George Mason University in...

Bed shortage met with 'virtual' solution

"Five "virtual beds" have been created at Halifax-area psychiatric wards to deal with a bed shortage for patients with serious mental illnesses. The plan was developed after people with mental illnesses were showing up at emergency rooms needing hospitalization, but there was...

RSPB Makes Investment in Dee Wildlife

The RSPB purchased 194 hectares of saltmarsh and adjacent farmland at Burton Marsh Farm, which will in addition allow access to manage around 1,000 hectares of grazable saltmarsh on the English side of the estuary. This strategic purchase now connects the existing land...

Parody President 08

My fellow Americans my name is Joe. Today I anounce my run for the Parody President 08. I like the idea of running for office. There's a positive effect when you run for office. Maybe some will run for office and say, "vote for me, I look forward to blowing up America." I...

A Second Life in Politics

"Jan. 19, 2007— Moments after Nancy Pelosi was sworn in as speaker of the House earlier this month, a little-reported supernatural event took place in Congress. Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.), his arms outstretched, flew into the House chamber, hovered over the dais for a...

A Second Life in Politics

"Jan. 19, 2007— Moments after Nancy Pelosi was sworn in as speaker of the House earlier this month, a little-reported supernatural event took place in Congress. Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.), his arms outstretched, flew into the House chamber, hovered over the dais for a...