Beijing residents told to stay home as games open

As the Olympics start on August 8, 2008 , Beijing does its best to keep its citizens at bay while hosting the 2008 Summer Olympics. After seven years of preperation and building, Beijing claimed Friday as an national...

Bill Clinton hints end is near for wife's campaign

Is Bill dropping truth bombs again?"WASHINGTON (AFP) — Former president Bill Clinton dropped a hint Monday that the end might be nigh for his wife Hillary's dogged campaign for the Democratic White House...

Leeds' Weston drops transfer hint

" Leeds' Weston drops transfer hint Weston has played seven times, five from the bench, at Scunthorpe Leeds United midfielder Curtis Weston will not rule out a...

Pakistan To Free Nuclear Weapons Peddler?

With Bush, Cheney and Petraeus ramping up the push to attack Iran for its legal nuclear weapons program, it is amazing that A.Q.Khan, Pakistani creator of the Islamic Bomb, who also sold nuclear weapons technology to...

Bobby Knight Retires

A lighter subject than I usually post, the famed chair throwing coach has had enough. Like him or not he is the winningest coach in  college basketball.  Igrew up in Indiana and watched the glory days. Remember Steve Alford? Anyone? I guess I'm not a spring chicken...

What happens here may not stay here

Only the editor in chief would get away with this type of article, badly written, edited and with racial slurs. "Wesley PrudenNovember 23, 2007 NEW ORLEANS. -- The politicians and the pundits are still sorting through last week's municipal election returns, and the results...

PZZA THRU TXT N UK

Yu can order a Domino's pizza in the UK via SMS, without speaking to anyone,; though a human must carry out the delivery.. until Domino's comes up with a fleet of hovering deliverbots."If you needed another hint as...

U.S. Details Some Data-Mining Programs, Hints at Others

For those who are privacy conscious, forget it. They know who you are, where you live, and how to find you."Data mining in the broad sense is everywhere these days, from online services that analyze blog server logs to supermarket loyalty cards used to decide what coupons are...

Study: Gingseng May Help Fight Cancer

"The first scientific tests of some popular alternative medicine products hint that American ginseng might lessen cancer fatigue and that flaxseed might slow the growth of prostate tumors. But a big study proved shark cartilage worthless against lung cancer, and doctors said...

Fox promises even worse journalism

It's possible that TV audiences will be dumb enough to watch FOX even though they're pitching their new business channel as a conduit for corporate messaging. You know the business news business has the bar set at...

Iran in Iraq: The Power Point Presentation by Spencer Ackerman

" Iran in Iraq: The PowerPoint Presentation By Spencer Ackerman - February 12, 2007, 11:13 AM We've just added yesterday's briefing on Iranian EFPs in Iraq to our Document Collection. This is a 16-page brief presented to reporters, and not the transcript of the press...

The roots of Dalit rage

"The roots of Dalit rage The symbolism of Dalit politics is a tactical response to the threat of violence lurking beneath the surface of Indian democracy. The benevolent tolerance that caste Hindu society affects may well be misplaced. by | Sukumar Muralidharan In January...

One Killed in Southern Indiana Plane Crash

A small plane crash in southern Indiana killed a prominent businessman and philanthropist Tuesday afternoon. The accident happened about a mile east of Washington near the Daviess County Airport. Authorities say something went wrong shortly after take-off when a twin-engine...

Donors get web wish lists from homeless

"VANCOUVER, CALGARY -- The simply written, personal biographies hint at the terrible loneliness and longing that visit the homeless each Christmas. Heartbreaking, too, are the humble requests penned by those who live and sleep on the streets of two of Canada's most prosperous...

10 Ways to Know It's Time to Go

" No matter how much you love your job, you may not love it all the time. Folks with the most fulfilling of professions can still find themselves battling a case of the "Sunday Night Blues." And, from time to time, we may all feel a sense of disenchantment with our employer...

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