According to the Project for Excellence in Journalism, fans of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart are well-versed in current events even before tuning in to the popular news-based comedy program."The Project for...
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" Britain is on the verge of a recession and the number of permanent job vacancies is falling, two reports warn today. The British Chambers of Commerce describes the outlook as 'grim' and warns that a recession could start within months. It says it has uncovered evidence...
One of the down sides to the military surge in Iraq, which has been heavily reported on in the UK for the last few weeks but hasn't yet been given much attention in the US, is that it has diverted a huge number of...
" A Texas woman was thrilled to win a competition at a baseball game - but she isn't planning to claim the prize of a funeral and burial plot any time soon. Competition had morbid prizeElaine Fulps was the lucky...
One of Mexico City's anti-kidnapping commander was assassinated earlier today, which makes him the fourth top police authority to be killed in 10 days."One day after acting federal police chief Edgar Millan was...
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"WASHINGTON - Sales of new homes plunged last month to their lowest level in more than 12 years, a grim testament to the problems plaguing the housing sector.
The Commerce Department reported Friday that new-home...
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"There are three things guaranteed to sell a story in the world of celebrity gossip: birth, death and incarceration. This year's hot list of limelight hogs queued up to face arrest ( Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, Nicole Richie, Amy Winehouse), get knocked up or...
"Press Freedom Report Paints Grim Picture for Latin America
November 22, 2007 · No Comments
Journalists in Latin America continue to be the victims of murders, threats and harassment when investigating sensitive subjects such as corruption and drug trafficking, according to...
One of the main aims of this Iraq war was to help the people of this nation - to free them of their despair and suffering under the brutal regime of Sadam. The picture that has emerged is that again we have...
created by Tom van B | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 466 views | 2 comments
This is a clear case of neglect, stupid punk spoiled sh*t
headed actions on the part of Nick Hogan who should trade places with
the victim. He should do serious time for messing this young hero’s
life up and...
"Citigroup shocked investors today with a profits warning after losing billions of dollars in the recent global financial turmoil. Its grim warning came just hours after UBS announced its own substantial losses in the US sub-prime mortgage crisis.
The bank, which is one of...
"A glimpse of evil as ghastly as Americans got in Virginia yesterday tends to cast a pall over the nation. President Bush spoke for millions when he said, "We hold the victims in our hearts. We lift them up in our prayers and we ask a loving God to comfort those who are...
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"Ever since September 2001, the President's central operative image has been "war" -- specifically, his "global war on terror" (promptly transformed into the grim acronym GWOT). With it went the fantasy that we had been plunged into the modern equivalent of World War II...
"WASHINGTON – The most extensive study of the effects of nuclear detonations in four major U.S. cities paints a grim picture of millions of deaths, overwhelmed hospitals and loss of command-and-control capability by government."