Beating Aussies, India gear up for England

"RAJKOT: Buoyant India hope to build on their impressive Test success over Australia by defeating England in a seven-match one-day series starting on Friday. Mahendra Dhoni's home team takes the field for the first match here just four days after conquering world champions...

FCC Head Voices Support For Other Uses Of Vacant Airwaves

"WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- A day before Google Inc. (GOOG) co-founder Larry Page makes a high-profile appearance in Washington to advocate for access to unused TV airwaves, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said he favors the idea."" "I do think we need...

Two Republicans endorse Obama

Two Republicans, one a former representative from Iowa and the other a former Alaska legislator, have come out and publicly supported the presidential candidacy of Barack Obama."Barack Obama likes to talk about...

UK Police starve out climate camp protesters

The 'Climate Camp' at Kingsnorth Power Station in the UK has had access to food supplies cut of by UK police as they attempt to starve out environmental protestors who are against plans to build a new coal fueled...

Lieberman: Obama choosing to lose Iraq war

Sen. Evan Bayh, is being paranoid to see American combat troops withdraw from Iraq."Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama is choosing to lose the Iraq war by planning to withdraw American combat...

Who Is the San Francisco Hacker?

"San Francisco Department of Technology employee Terry Childs was in a jail cell Friday, accused of illegally locking out fellow authorized network administrators from the city computer network he helped build. But as the case against Childs entered its sixth day, questions...

Madeleine McCann has been missing for a year

It has now been a year since Madeleine McCann went missing from her family's holiday hotel room in Portugal. Many feel that her family is no closer to finding her, and have admitted support for their campaign is...

London mayoral election: Brown faces first poll test

Londoners go to the polls today to select a new mayor, the most powerful directly elected position in the UK. The vote is being seen as a major test for Prime Minister Gordon Brown. A loss for Labour incumbent...

EU says China is the source of half of all dangerous goods seized in 2007

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCertainly no big surprise to North Americans and the Media who knew all along, besides China's major problem with Pollution featured by a New Environmental studay...

When Users Attack

Sites that focus on user-generated content put tremendous power in the hands of those users. Such power can be used for the good of the community, or for ill. What's an admin to do? A panel at SXSWi (South by...

"Speechless" #11: Laura Linney

"CAST: Laura Linney CREATIVE TEAM: George Hickenlooper, Alan Sereboff, Kamala Lopez, Jill Kushner MUSIC: Anthony Marinelli TECHNICAL TEAM: Joel Marshall, Justin Shumaker, Clint Bennett This is the 11th of the Writers Guild Of America member-conceived Internet videos for...

Naomi Campbell lands job as political reporter

Nothing against Naomi, but what???  Why?"Supermodel Naomi Campbell has embarked on a new career after accepting a role as a political reporter for a British publication. The catwalk beauty, 37, has been...

50 Cent Plays Concert in Kosovo

Is 'the ghetto' the same worldwide? Curtis 'Fiddy' Jackson suggests that his own American gangsterpeneur experience allows youth in violence-plagued regions such as Kosovo, Iraq, Israel, and Beirut to identify...

Thoughts on Occasion of Islam's 10,000th Terror Attack Since 9/11

"Thoughts on Occasion of Islam's 10,000th Terror Attack Since 9/1111/17/07  What a difference six years makes! In the mind-numbing aftermath of 9/11, who would have guessed that within just a few years American politicians would be campaigning on promises to ensure the...

"30 DAYS OF NIGHT" With Melissa George

"Horror movies tend to keep Australian actress Melissa George up at night. She is not spooked watching them. Rather, she's wary of being haunted by her decision to act in them. That's not to say blood, guts and ghosts haven't been kind to George, the 31-year-old former Home...

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