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Romney Pulls All Ads in South Carolina, Florida

The AP is reporting that Governor Mitt Romney, following his loss in New Hampshire, has pulled all his ads in South Carolina and Florida. He had been advertising here since January of last year. It was very...

The Death of Katrina Evacuee Victim "Tyeisha Cabrini Martin"

Detectives say that on the night Tyeisha was murdered, she dropped her daughter off at a friend's house. A witness reports seeing Tyeisha get into a car around 6:30 p.m.; police put the time of her death at...

Christian radicals call for holy war against IRS

Extremist Christian radicals, backed and encouraged by an Arizona right-wing legal group, have declared a jihad against the Internal Revenue Service.Some 35 fundamental Christian clerics will openly endorse a...

Google's New Smartphone Wows Consumers, But Enterprises Must Wait

"Google (NSDQ: GOOG), T-Mobile, and htc launched the latest salvo in the smartphone wars as they unveiled the first handset to support Google's Android operating system. The G1 smartphone, manufactured by HTC and...

Human Jet prepares to cross Channel

A man is going to attempt to fly across the English Channel today using a single jet-propelled wing. If he is sucesful, he will set a world record for the flight. If you're there to witness this sight in the UK or...

Fan-Created Hate Sites - Britney Spears Leak Sets Fans Ablaze (VIDEO)

"Do not mess with Britney Spears fans. Instead of a ‘thank you’, Intern Adam is getting lashed at by Britney Spears fans after he leaked her comeback single, Womanizer. Why, you may ask? Because the leak by Adam Sevalia, an intern at Nashville’s 107.5, has caused a...

Bangladesh bans ICL rebels

"The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Wednesday have announced a ten-year ban for 13 of its top cricketers for joining the unauthorised Indian Cricket League (ICL), and is now hoping that the BCCI’s Indian Premier League (IPL) and the Champions Twenty20 League will help...

Buyers Find Bargains at Michigan Foreclosure Auctions

"If you are interested in buying a home but worried about being able to afford it, follow what the other budget-conscious real estate investors and home buyers are doing – participating in Michigan foreclosure...

IPL instrumental in my selection: Dinda

"Thanks to the Indian Premier League, Ashok Dinda said he was expecting the Irani Trophy call-up as he has been doing well in the last one year or so. “This is a great thing to happen to me. In a way I was hoping for it because I have been doing well since last year. It may...

Giuliani and Romney to crash Democrats' Denver party

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When Democrats gather in Denver next week to nominate Barack Obama for president, they'll be joined by such uninvited guests as Republicans Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney. The two former presidential candidates will be among two dozen or so Republicans...

Abandoned ashes stack up at funeral homes

"BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) -- The abandoned ashes are stacked floor to ceiling in the basement of the Graham, Putnam and Mahoney Funeral Parlors, tucked neatly on wooden shelves and tables and in an unused dumbwaiter. ...

Meet Ivy Bean - the world's oldest Facebooker aged 102

"Ivy Bean is a great-grandmother with a difference. At 102 years old she has joined the social networking revolution and become the oldest person on Facebook.The former mill worker, who was born in Bradford in...

Suspect Confesses to Killing Lil Kim Partygoer

"All didn't end well at Lil Kim's 34th birthday party. An employee at a New York karaoke bar where a B-day blowout for the rapper was held Sunday night has been arrested after confessing that he beat a 24-year-old woman to death on the roof of the club while the party was...

Bakewell Pudding seeks EU protection

The Bakewell Pudding is that rare thing a food that can trace its history to a place over many years and becomes synonymous with the place and the place with the food. It is not the same as its imitator the...

Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund

"Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund Paul Graham July 2008 When we read Y Combinator applications there are always ideas we're hoping to see. In the past we've never said publicly what they are. If we say we're...

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