Gallup Daily: Obama Maintains 6-Point Lead, 49% to 43%

"PRINCETON, NJ -- Gallup's first tracking report based entirely on post-Democratic convention attitudes shows Barack Obama maintaining a six percentage point lead over John McCain, the same as Sunday's report....

Power off for Hundreds After Toronto Vault Fire

It's the second underground fire in Toronto in a week, and the third in Canada this month after last week's power-cutting Vancouver fire. While this one wasn't nearly as serious, hundreds of people were left...

Warner Makes Kid Rock Their Attack Dog; He Turns on Them

Kid Rock did indeed make an announcement about illegal downloading, but it's not the message that Warner Records would have preferred." Atlantic came to him saying he needed to say something publicly because...

Mississippi River levee breaks

UPDATE: 6:13PM ESTThe flooding could slow the US coal exports." Floods on the upper Mississippi River could slow U.S. coal exports because of stalled barge traffic and disrupted rail shipments, some industry...

Not even those on ballot turn out to vote in tiny North Dakota town

"Not even those on ballot turn out to vote in tiny North Dakota town By JAMES MacPHERSON, AP Posted: 2008-06-15 21:28:09 BISMARCK, North Dakota (AP) - Pillsbury Mayor Darrel Brudevold said voter turnout in the city's primary election usually is fairly high."I dare say a...

Is Your Home Ready for Hurricane Season?

Fema Press Release"BILOXI, Miss. -- With the 2008 hurricane season officially here, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency urge residents to take steps to make...

What Wine Choice Says About Your Date!

What interesting insights into your Dates potential as a life partner." What Your Wine Choice Says About You Looking for clues about your date's potential? Look no further than...

Malaysia`s media changes tone after shock poll results

"Malaysia's government-friendly media has changed its tone after shock election gains by the opposition, aiming to win back readers alienated by biased coverage, industry sources said Wednesday. Malaysia's...

Latest Anti-Pot Quack Science: 'Marijuana Makes Your Teeth Fall Out'

"Recent weeks have seen a rash of new studies of marijuana hitting the mass media, generating scary headlines like "Smoking Pot Rots Your Gums," "Cannabis Bigger Cancer Risk Than Cigarettes" and "Pot Withdrawal Similar to Quitting Cigarettes. Most of this coverage can be...

Somewhere Over 'In Rainbows': Radiohead Tops U.S. Charts

In the least suprising music news of the week, Radiohead continues their domination of the music sales charts. In Rainbows shot to No. 1 on the U.S. charts, just days after topping the UK charts, and months after dominating the music blogosphere and world o' pay-what-you-will...

Australian PM announces November 24 poll

The next Australian election will take place on November 24 this year. The ultra conservative Howard government will be hard pressed to win this time around (12% behind in opinion polls). Younger voters have...

I trust McCanns. says Sir Richard

"Multi millionaire Sir Richard Branson said he would be donating £100,000 to the McCanns' legal costs because he "trusted them implicitly" and wanted to ensure they had a fair trial if they were brought before a...

Serviceman Scolded at YearlyKos

This is how Liberals treat our servicemen."As the Military and Progressives panel came to an end, a young man in uniform stood up to argue that the surge was working, and cutting down on Iraqi casualties. The...

Canadian Politicians Make Up Costs Of Piracy Just To Support Push For Stricte...

"It's no secret that the Big Content lobby has been pushing for much more restrictive copyright laws up in Canada, but it's still fairly stunning to see what they've convinced the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology (made up Canadian politicians) to put...

US town set to ban saggy trousers

US town set to ban saggy trousers A man wearing low-slung trousers, exposing his underwear Low-slung trousers are fashionable among some young people A mayor in the US state of Louisiana says he will sign into law a proposal to make wearing saggy trousers an act of indecent...

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