Driver died sitting in car blaze

A woman in a car accident in the UK burnt to death when she refused to leave her vehicle after the accident, an inquest has been told. Truly a bizarre story."A driver burnt to death after refusing to leave her vehicle when it was set alight following a crash, an inquest was...

New Process Unveiled to Pick Top Canadian Judges on Live TV

After the announcement by supreme court Justice Michel Bastarache, the search is on for a new top judge. But the process for how the new judge will be chosen is going to be a little different. From now on, prospective supreme court judges will be vetted by MPs and politicians...

Woman's dead body lies in flat for 35 years

"ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) -- Governments have changed. War erupted and ended. Neighbors had children, and then grandchildren. But Hedviga Golik never left her tiny apartment in Croatia's capital -- until her mummified body was carried out this week, 35 years after she died....

Chelsea vs Manchester United EPL: Preview and Live Score

"Chelsea is going to host Manchester United in a title deciding match of English Premier League 2007-2008 season tomorrow. The match will take place at the Stamford Bridge stadium of Chelsea. This is the last high profile match remaining this season in EPL and the result of...

Who is 'The Throttler'?

I just got an invitation via facebook to join an interesting group.  Check it out:"As recently reported by various news outlets, Bell Canada plans to have its ‘third-party ISP traffic shaping’ policy implemented across its entire network by April 7. This policy is...

PoV: SkypePhone - The Eighteenth Day

“Don’t judge a book by its cover.” I have learned once more. Mee andI had been criticising the day we got our hands on it but I havetotally changed my point of view since I used it from 29th January 2008. Atthe beginning, the very next day we signed a contract with 3...

MoD to be quizzed over lost data

"The information watchdog is to grill the Ministry of Defence over its data protection policies after it lost the personal details of 600,000 people. Defence Secretary Des Brown will also speak in the Commons next week about the latest loss of personal data, which went...

Nice guys finish first

Social responsibility is the new black.  It turns out that consumers actually do care if you're an evil bastard.  So be good.  It's good for business."NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- If you don't stand for a cause, consumers may stop buying your products. That's...

'Monster pig' was a not-so-wild gift named Fred

Raised on a farm, fed to excess and sold a few weeks ago. The "wild" pig shot by young Jamison Stone in Alabama recently captured the imagination of the media. A young hunter slays the behemoth in a three-hour hunt.

A harrowing view from the top: global warming

I've submitted a couple of articles - Tibetans carry on as glaciers fall victim to global warming and Heatwave on the top of the world - regarding the evidence of global warming, climate change - whatever your semantic preference - in the high mountains of the world. And,...