Yahoo Execs Jumping Ship

"Yahoo's executive exodus continues Three more high-ranking officials are leaving Yahoo, as the executive exodus continues at the embattled company. Juan Carlos Perez Yahoo continues to lose high-ranking officials, as more business and technology leaders give up and bail out...

Altered Martin Luther King memorial statue

The 28-foot statue planned for Martin Luther King Jr national memorial is getting a bit of a makeover. The US Commission of Fine Arts has agreed to change the face of the statue as before they said he looked 'too...

Yahoo! Exec Exodus Continues

Yahoo! is hemorrhaging execs these days. The latest to fly the coop is the creator of the Del.ico.us social bookmarking site, Joshua Schachter.""Just time to move on, I think," Schachter said in an e-mail, but...

Olympic networks win right to broadcast from Tiananmen Square

All TV networks planning to broadcast from the Beijing Olympics this summer received the rights today, after paying a rights-holders fee, to broadcast live from Tiananmen Square during the games."China's Olympic...

Malkin to Russia?

On the day of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, the Pittsburgh Penguins may have another pressing concern to deal with.According to a report in the Toronto Star, forward Evgeni Malkin has been offered multi-year contracts...

Air Canada chops 2,000 jobs

Good luck finding cheap air fares with Air Canada this summer, laying off 2,000 staff cannot be good for this ailing airline with skyrocketing fuel costs hitting their bottom line.  First after 9-11 it was a...

Habeas Corpus Hangs in the Balance

Last week, in a controversial decision denounced by President Bush, the Supreme Court restored habeas corpus for Guantanamo Bay prisoners. But as The Guardian argues today, the future of habeas corpus in America...

Yahoo-Google agree online ad deal

Two bitter rivals of online space have finally come together to harness the business opportunities. "Yahoo has agreed a deal with Google which will see Yahoo use the search engine giant's advertising...

On Vetting In The Run-Up To Carter's Second Term :: MAXINE

"Barack Obama Says, "We're not, uh, vetting the, uh, vetters."One has to watch this protracted and convoluted response in order to actually see how weak a response it really is.Video Link Here (Crowd Power...

McDonald's, Tim Horton's And Many Others Ban Tomatoes From All Meals

If you're like me and enjoy a Tomato or two on your sandwhich or burger, you might be out of luck for the foreseeable future. Tim Horton's, McDonalds many other restaurants both big and small all across North...

Texas Governor's Mansion Burns; Arson Suspected

The Governor's Mansion in Texas has fallen victim to a suspected arsonist as it was getting renovated. Aside from serious external damage, some of the contents of the residence were burnt beyond...

Only 18% of World’s Oil Consumed

"The world has tapped only 18 percent of the total global supply of crude, a leading Saudi oil executive said Wednesday, challenging the notion that supplies are petering out. Abdallah S. Jum’ah, president and CEO of the state-owned Saudi Arabian Oil Co., known better as...

Wanted: 'A $100,000 Anthem': CBC

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorOur Canadian Anthem is gone, but not forgotten, an Anthem that can't be sung, for there are no words, but hyme'd universally by all Hockey Fans. An Anthem most Canadians...

BC: Availability of welfare encourages kids to leave school: report

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorSomehow I do not think roving bands of emancipated truant 13 year olds are setting up digs, eating candy and playing video games while on Welfare.  Child Welfare...

Prices drive Zambo poor to begging

Mindanao, the southernmost of the three main Philippine islands, reels from the highest food costs (especially rice) in the country--driven mostly by greed and speculation--this, despite the island's nutrient rich...

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