Red Cross: Israel's use of white phosphorus not illegal

In the Gaza war as in most warsfacts are being lost in a flood ofpropaganda, with each side tryingto demonize the other without regard to truth, where every horriblerumor is published as fact."The international...

For Better or For Worse Cartoon Strip Will go Back in Time

It's kind of funny really, I've been following Lynn Johnston's immensely popular comic strip 'For Better or for Worse' for about as long as I could read. My mom always said I reminded her of the son Michael, as...

Ancient Tablet with Hebrew Writings Ignites Debate on Messiah and Resurrection

This debate is not based on its authenticity but on what the tablet means and represents. " A three-foot-tall tablet with 87 lines of Hebrew that scholars believe dates from the decades just before the birth of...

Tahoe Fire Makes Comeback

The Angora fire rages on -- firefighters lost control of one section of it, and the fire leaped Highway 89 and forced the evacuation of multiple neighborhoods."The Tahoe Basin's worst fire in a century bolted...

Tanker Explosion Destroys Oakland Interchange

Fortunately the driver survived, and was the only person injured. However, in a region plagued with traffic congestion, this will be the worst infrastructure disaster since the 1989 earthquake. "A section of...

Prank call to Chinese eatery ignites new shock jock uproar

"CBS Radio has suspended two New York City shock jocks after they broadcast a racially charged prank call to a Chinese restaurant. Jeff Vandergrift and Dan Lay, hosts of WFNY-FM's The Dog House With JV and Elvis,...

Storm worm variant ignites e-mail virus deluge

There seems to be a lot of problems on the web in the last week. Sites inaccessible. Email program problems. Webhosts compromised. What's going On? "Thursday likely marked the largest proliferation of e-mail virus attacks in more than a year, according to security company...

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