Google 'Voice Search' hands-on verdict: Awesome

" The new voice-activated Google Mobile app for the iPhone is finally here. Whatever the reason for the delay, it was worth the wait. As we wrote last week, the search app knows when you bring the phone to your...

Gaza City blacked out after 4 rockets hit Israel

This has been going on for over a week now. Israeli towns have been under seige near the Gaza border with only minutes notice of in coming rockets.  "Rockets fired from northern Gaza land in western Negev; no injuries, damage reported; Gaza City plunges into darkness...

Cambridge students 'plagiarising'

A recent poll carried out at the prestigious Cambridge University in the UK showed that nearly half of all students there admitted to plagiarism. In the age of the internet, it seems that plagiarism has become copmmonplace amongst university students."Almost half of students...

Is the Economy that Scary? Halloween sales are Up!

"FAYETTEVILLE - Buying a Halloween costume can get expensive. The average cost of an adult costume is around $40, and kid's costumes aren't much cheaper. In such a scary economy, you wouldn't expect people to be...

David Miliband subjected to 'F-word' tirade from Russian foreign minister

Reports today in the UK claim that when British foreign secretary David Milliband phoned the Russian foreign minister to voice Britain's objections to Russia's actions in Georgia, the foreign secretary went on a profanity-laced tirade. If true, this kind of language would be...

Woman found guilty of microwaving baby

"DAYTON, Ohio (AP) -- A mother was convicted Friday of killing her month-old daughter by burning her in a microwave oven, with jurors rejecting a defense attorney's claims there was evidence that someone else was responsible. ...

FEMA refuses to help local PBS affiliate rebuild

"On the air, WYES-Channel 12 looks fine. Everywhere else, the local PBS affiliate's headquarters near City Park, devastated by 5 feet of Hurricane Katrina levee-failure floodwaters, remains a literal shell of...

Obama: I've decided on my running mate

"CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama said he has decided on his running mate, but he's not saying who it is. ...

Man got 9-foot tapeworm from restaurant

Considering they can get 50' long, and it was a free bonus, I don't know what he was complaining about !" CHICAGO (AP) — A man who contends he got a 9-foot tapeworm after eating undercooked fish has sued a...

Athletic Veil: For Today's Active Muslim Woman

Under developmentIt only takes a snowflake to start an avalanche. The Hijood and Burqini might just be the precipitation million of women of Islam need."SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - First, the burqini, now the...

Sex, Men and Video Tape of Women...

"Sex, Men and Video Tape of Women... Have you ever wondered was going through the minds of financial titans when they make they take huge monetary decisions or risk?  Well...

Man held in Fla. for threatening Obama's life

The scary thing about this story is that for most people who are Obama supporters - this is one of their largest unspoken fears. "MIAMI - A man who authorities said was keeping weapons and military-style gear in...

Six degrees of separation theory is correct

The six (or seven) degrees of separation no longer appears to be a myth now it's been proven by Microsoft in a study of 30 billion text messages, but I guess the chaps at Facebook already know this. It's quite a thought that you can be connected anyone else on the planet so...

Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund

"Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund Paul Graham July 2008 When we read Y Combinator applications there are always ideas we're hoping to see. In the past we've never said publicly what they are. If we say we're...

The two-year-old boy who will only eat yoghurt

"A two-year-old boy has driven his parents to despair by refusing to eat any food apart from yoghurt.Little Bobby Glarvey eats his way through 14 pots of his favourite dairy food every day and refuses to eat...

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