The War in Iraq: 5 Years Later

Unhappy 5th Birthday, Iraq War!The Iraq War is turning 5 this week and, with nearly 4,000 U.S. soldiers already killed, billions of dollars being spent every minute to maintain it, few prospects of soldiers...

Spitzer 80G Hooker Tab; When you hire a pro ...

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCertainly Spitzers Tab assumed to be as much as $80,000 worth of Tang, certainly shows Good Time Eliot, was giving it as good as it gets, giving New York Taxpayers...

Lalu enjoys Indian Railways while fooders got jail for fodder scam

"Ranchi (ABC Live): New Delhi on Tuesday When Indian Railways Minister Lalu Prasad was delivering his fifth consecutive railways and luring common Indian with his management skills in New Delhi the CBI special court hearing the case of Lalu’s Famed fodder scam delivering...

BP to cut 5,000 jobs as profits fall by a fifth

"Profits at BP, the UK's largest company, fell 22 per cent to $17.29 billion (£8.7 billion) last year. The oil giant confirmed it would cut 5,000 jobs and target a 20 per cent reduction in overheads by the middle of next year. Chief Executive Tony Hayward said the...

Stallone challenges Myanmar junta, eyes "Rambo 5"

"Not satisfied with slugging it out with Myanmar's military government on celluloid in his latest "Rambo" film, Sylvester Stallone wants to go there and confront the junta face-to-face over human rights. Stallone, who said he was gearing up to make a fifth and final...

Radiohead Scores Another U.K. No. 1 Album

What's amazing about the Radiohead juggernaut is that, in the midst of confounding conventional industry revenue models and maintaining their status as darlings of the music blogosphere, they've gone ahead and...

Getting the News was Risky Business in 2007

"A media watchdog group said yesterday that 64 journalists in 17 countries have died while covering the news. Most of the deaths—31—occurred in Iraq, which leads the list for the fifth year. "Working as a journalist in Iraq remains one of the most dangerous jobs on the...

Getting the News was Risky Business in 2007

"A media watchdog group said yesterday that 64 journalists in 17 countries have died while covering the news. Most of the deaths—31—occurred in Iraq, which leads the list for the fifth year. "Working as a journalist in Iraq remains one of the most dangerous jobs on the...

Ondaatje wins fifth Governor General's Award

Canadian novelist and powerhouse Michael Ondaatje has won this year's Governor's General Award for his novel Divisadero, which is called "a remarkable new novel of intersecting lives that ranges across continents...

Lebanese President Calls In Army After Crucial Vote Delayed

As of 4pm EST President Emile Lahoud has called in the army after his political adversaries in parliament blocked the election of the new president, expected to take over the reigns of Lebanon at midnight....

Madonna And Gucci To Raise Funds For Charity In Malawi

"Madonna is joining forces with luxury goods-maker Gucci to raise funds for orphans in Malawi, the impoverished southern African nation where she has been trying to adopt a child since last year. The American pop star and Gucci will host a fund-raising event with dinner, a...

Astronomers excited by discovery of fifth planet

"Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena said a fifth planet had been found circling 55 Cancri, a star located 41 light years from Earth in the Cancer constellation. Geoff Marcy, an astronomer...

Bucket Falls from crane in Manhattan

Wednesday afternoon a bucket fell from a crane in midtown Manhattan injuring 8. "Some streets near Bryant Park remain closed this evening after a bucket full of debris fell 53 stories from the roof of a...

Action Movies Are Milla Jovovich's Favourite

"Best known for her bandaged costume in The Fifth Element, apart from her adrenaline-pumping action sequences in the Resident Evil series, Milla Jovovich is back once again. This time she reprises her role as Alice in the third series of Resident Evil: Extinction. An actress,...

Senior wins girls' race; Horizon boy takes gold

"Jackie Campos made the long trip from Santa Teresa to far East El Paso on Saturday, but she made quick work of El Paso's top runners at the county's largest high school cross country meet. A two-time New Mexico...

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