Day 3 - The Pirate Bay’s ‘King Kong’ Defense

Day three of the trial started with presentation of the amended charges and ended early again with all sides retiring for pizza! " The lawyers representing all four called on the court for the acquittal of their...

Bank of England slashes rates 1% to historic low

The Bank of England today slashed interest rates by a further 1%, bringing the interest rate to a historic low. The interest rate cuts in recent months have been among the fastest in Britain's history."The Bank of...

U.S. Approves Plan to Help Citigroup Weather Losses

"Citigroup executives presented a plan to federal officials on Friday evening after a weeklong plunge in the company’s share price threatened to engulf other big banks. In tense, round-the-clock negotiations that stretched until almost midnight on Sunday, it became clear...

Gaza City blacked out after 4 rockets hit Israel

This has been going on for over a week now. Israeli towns have been under seige near the Gaza border with only minutes notice of in coming rockets.  "Rockets fired from northern Gaza land in western Negev; no injuries, damage reported; Gaza City plunges into darkness...

Obama adviser denies Hamas meeting

Apparently some one is lying? "The office of the President-elect Barack Obama on Tuesday denied a report by Arab sources which claimed that a secret meeting was held between Hamas and Obama's aides in the Gaza Strip prior to the US general elections.

Bank of Japan cuts key interest rate

"Friday October 31, 2:18 am ET By Tomoko A. Hosaka, Associated Press Writer Japan's central bank cuts key interest rate to 0.3 percent in close vote; first cut in 7 years TOKYO (AP) -- The Bank of Japan voted Friday to cut its key interest rate for the first time in more...

Actor Gale Harold Involved In Motorcycle Accident

I always like to blog about celebrities.  Let's face it, any blog about celebrities is link bait.  Here's a guy who made his claim to fame on Queer as folk, now Desperate Housewives, and like Billy...

Schwarzenegger signs bill banning texting by motorists

California will ban drivers from sending text messagesn while driving, after the governor signed legislation banning the practice into law. Since July, California drivers have been banned from using their cell...

Miliband: I toned down conference speech to avoid 'Heseltine moment'

More drama from the Labour Party conference in the UK, as Gordon Brown tries to save his job and David Milliband tries to convince the media that he is not gunning for it. Embarassingly, Milliband was overheard...

Aussie 'free hugs guy' to donate kidney to stranger

In this self centred world at the time when we are witnessing so much of violence, hatred and being carpet-bombed daily with messages of fear and disconnection.Everyone is running for their own life but Juan...

Obesity 'raises miscarriage risk'

This research is new in that it looks at recurrent miscarriage for the first time and seems to show that obese women are in greater danger not only of miscarriage but also of having malformed babies. With obesity...

Calling B.S. on the Idea of 'Marijuana Addiction'

"It's laughable that the Feds are pushing the concept of pot addiction when science shows that withdrawal symptoms from caffeine are far worse.The U.S. government believes that America is going to pot -- literally.Earlier this month, the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse...

TV chef Antonio Carluccio 'stabs himself in the chest with kitchen knife'

" Celebrity chef Antonio Carluccio, is now recovering after the incident Italian TV chef Antonio Carluccio was rushed to hospital after stabbing himself in the chest with a kitchen knife.Doctors feared the blade may have penetrated a lung and took him into intensive care on...

Taleban winning war, says Zardari

"Asif Ali Zardari said, in a BBC interview, that the world and Pakistan were losing the war on terror. "It is an insurgency", he said, "and an ideological war. It is our country and we will defend it. "The world is losing the war. I think at the moment they (the Taleban)...

Deadly bombings hit Algerian town

"Twelve people have been killed and 42 injured by twin car bombs that hit a barracks and a bus in Bouira, south-east of the Algerian capital. The government said the blasts went off 15 minutes apart early on Wednesday. The attacks come one day after a car bomb killed 48...

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