Government launches leftover plea to fight world food shortage

A new report on the growing global food crisis will call for people in developed countries to stop throwing away edible leftovers."FAMILIES can help ease world food shortages by being less wasteful, a Government report will claim today. As Gordon Brown arrives at the G8...

USDA: Most recalled beef has probably been eaten

Here's your daily OH MY GOD, WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE alert:"Federal officials are trying to track down the 143 million pounds of beef recalled Sunday, but they say that most of it has probably been eaten."

Dragon causes panic - reports man eaten

This just goes to show that while we think our lives are in danger living in the urban jungle, for some their lives are at threat from much more real dangers."The media in PNG is abuzz with reports that a dragon is on the loose, with the potential to kill anyone who crosses...

Glamorous Art couple in double suicide

"On the evening of July 10, rising art star Jeremy Blake returned to his New York apartment, a converted rectory at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery that he shared with his girlfriend, Theresa Duncan. The couple, extremely devoted and still very much in love after 12 years,...

H5N1 - Jakarta slaughters backyard fowl

" Jakarta (dpa) - Government authorities slaughtered thousands of chickens and other fowl kept in backyard farms and in cages in the Indonesian capital Jakarta Sunday, in an attempt to stop the spread of bird-flu virus that has killed at least five people in two weeks. South...

Chips with everything!

"FISH and chip shops are Northamptonshire's most popular businesses, according to a new report. The business transfer agent, SBS Commercial, said chippies had emerged as the type of business people most want to own, after the firm compiled a list of the region's top-selling...