Senator Bennett bet Romney, surprised that he's not McCain's choice

"Utah Republican Sen. Bob Bennett's prediction yesterday that John McCain would pick Mitt Romney as his running mate was dead wrong. But he lost no time in talking up the attributes of McCain's choice - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.     "While her appointment comes...

China evacuates 160,000 over quake lake fears

" Tons of earth-moving equipment and explosives have been flown to the site of the quake-created dam in southwestern China's Beichuan county. Engineers are attempting to create a spillway to relieve water pressure as the Jianjiang River fills in behind the massive pile of...

BC's JFK Love Child: "DNA testing won't change it"

The media reports and confirmation that Vancouver's Jack Worthington, 46 is former U.S. President John F. Kennedy's Love Child born in the early 1960's. Worthington it is said by some bears an uncanny resemblance...

WiMax preview in store for city

"Driving on Chicago's Wacker Drive, you can get a wireless Internet connection that fills a laptop's screen with full-size, full-motion, television-quality video, but only if you have a WiMax chipset plugged into your computer. In a preview of the WiMax wireless broadband...

McMansions 'wasting water'

"McMansions 'wasting water' By Mary Bolling May 17, 2007 12:00am Article from: Herald-Sun Font size: + - Send this article: Print Email * Minister says large homes soak up scarce resources * Wants smaller homes built on new estates * Says consituents' homes suffer...

McMansions 'wasting water'

"McMansions 'wasting water' By Mary Bolling May 17, 2007 12:00am Article from: Herald-Sun Font size: + - Send this article: Print Email * Minister says large homes soak up scarce resources * Wants smaller homes built on new estates * Says consituents' homes suffer...

'Giving the world something to look at' — Ethanol use is second nature in B...

"SAO PAULO, Brazil: The gap between rich and poor is wide in Brazil, but its drivers are largely equal at the pump. Day laborers jammed in minivans and professionals motoring solo in air-conditioned comfort can buy gasoline — or pay about 40 percent less per tank for...

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