Train collision probe to examine text messages

Authorities in Los Angeles are now looking at the possibility that text messages sent by teenagers to the driver of the commuter train that crashed into a freight train played a role in the accident. Apparently the...

Checking breasts for lumps does not reduce deaths from cancer

Women have been told to be breast aware but now research seems to show that those that do are no safer from cancer than those that don't. Many women it is thought will still choose to self-examine and report when a...

Two of five feet found at shore are from same man, DNA shows

"(CNN) -- Two of five feet that have washed up on the shores of British Columbia are from the same person, but authorities said Tuesday they are a long way from solving the mystery of where they came from. ...

UN Inspectors Examine Site of Alleged Syrian Nuclear Facility

Nine months after it was bombed to rubble by Israeli air strikes, a UN inspections team is headed to the site to check for signs of the alleged nuclear reactor that was being built there.The US and Israel claim the site was a nearly-complete functioning nuclear reactor, which...

Heat, humidity spawn severe storms in Ont., N.B. and Sask.

Severe winds and rain battered a huge swath between Windsor and Toronto and was felt as far away as New Brunswick during the evening and overnight on Sunday. And that big funnel and huge amount of wind you might have...

Of Obama, Democrats, and the Power Elite

Barrack Obama stands poised to become the Democratic candidate for President of the United States, which, in the political climate in the USA right now would seem to insure a certain electoral victory and rocket rise...

'Traffic-shaping' New Internet Buzzword

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorYou know I thought the new Buzzword MisRemembering and MisSpeaking made infamous by Hillary was a new one, apparently this pales in comparison to this weeks New Buzzword...

Supreme Court to examine !@%$#%@ profanity rules

The classic free-speech-versus-protecting-the-tender-ears-of-children debate will resurface in fall when the Supreme Court takes a look at broadcast decency rules against the "F-word and its close cousins" on the...

Problem Gambling & Homeless Australians

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/01/29/2149351.htmProblem gambling a 'root cause of homelessness' By Daniel HoareResearch has pointed to a link between problem gambling and homelessness. While the Australian Federal Government has been quick to act on its election...

Race Spells Trouble for the Dems

"Whenever longtime Democrats gather to note how the chemistry and calculus of the 2008 campaign seem to favor their party this year, one or another will always add some version of the following: "Yeah, but we could screw this up before it's over." Podcast Race and the...

Media Insists On The Horserace When We Want The Issues

 Michele Norris wastes some of John Edwards's time. . . and ours"by Red Wind Thu Jan 17, 2008 at 05:59:16 AM PST As has now been acknowledged by practically everyone, John Edwards don’t get no respect. . . at least not when it comes to the establishment media. Not...

22 killed, 70 hurt in Pakistan Bombing

A suicide bomber laden with an estimated 30lbs of explosives ran up to a police barricade in eastern Pakistan on Thursday morning and blew himself up, killing 20 officers and wounding at least 70 people."A suicide...

Christmas toy: CSI Toy Kit "asbestos warning"

Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas kids from your friendly Chinese Toy Manufacturer,The popular CSI show now comes in Toy Kit form for those up and coming  Crime Scene Investigators, who one day may wonder how come they...

Scans reveal lost gravestone text

"Illegible words on church headstones could be read once more thanks to a scan technology developed in the US. Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University are making high resolution 3D scans of tombstones to reveal the carved patterns in the stone. A computer matches the...

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