London's Evening Standard to go Free
London's traditional tabloid the Evening Standard, is set to be free from October 12. The news comes in the wake of the shut down of News International's freesheet hit, thelondonpaper, following pre-tax losses of £12.9 million - and the creation of theblogpaper, a stylised...Florida, Oklahoma move to top of polls
"Florida moved to No. 1 in Sunday's Associated Press poll, Oklahoma is the new No. 1 in the USA Today coaches' poll and USC's victory over cross-town rival UCLA did little to promote the Trojans' far-fetched hopes...U.S. Approves Plan to Help Citigroup Weather Losses
"Citigroup executives presented a plan to federal officials on Friday evening after a weeklong plunge in the company’s share price threatened to engulf other big banks. In tense, round-the-clock negotiations that stretched until almost midnight on Sunday, it became clear...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...
Storm lashes Bangladesh, thousands of houses damaged
The deep depression in the Bay of Bengal has created a cyclonic storm and roar into the West Bengal-Bangladesh coast by Monday afternoon. The tropical storm with winds of up to 80 kph (50 mph) lashed southern Bangladesh early on Monday, damaging thousands of... In gaffe, Biden said FDR led when market crashed
"WASHINGTON - Vice presidential candidate Joe Biden says today's leaders should take a lesson from the history books and follow fellow Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt's response to a financial crisis. "When the stock market crashed, Franklin D. Roosevelt...
Owen still ‘feeling’ KK exit
"Newcastle United striker Michael Owen has admitted that he and his team-mates are still feeling the effects of Kevin Keegan’s departure. The Tyneside outfit remain without a manager after Keegan parted company with the club at the beginning of September. The Magpies have... Hunger in Africa blamed on western rejection of GM food
Environmentalists taking an anti-scientific stance to modern agriculture and in particular to GM crop use are causing hunger in Africa according to Sir David King - the UK government's former chief scientist. This...Afghan forces foil suicide attack in South
Following a suicide attack in Afghanistan in which two suicide bombers killed two policemen and wounded 9 officers and 8 civilians at a police station, elsewhere Afghan authorities were able to foil an attempted suicide bombing."Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) foiled a...4.0 earthquake centered near Alamo
"A magnitude 4.0 earthquake that shook the East Bay on Friday evening jangled a few nerves but caused little damage.The quake, which was felt as a sharp rumble that lasted about seven seconds, struck at 9 p.m. The U.S. Geological Survey reported its epicenter at two miles...Roughly 40 Residents Evacuated After Truck Carrying Chemicals Overturns
This is my hometown. I didnt live too far from where this took place. There is some houses and then the school just to the right (does not show in pic)."About 40 residents in the Erie County Village of Alden have...
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