43 stun-gunned at prisons' Take Your Kids to Work Day

" TALLAHASSEE -- A total of 43 children were directly and indirectly shocked by electric stun guns during simultaneous ''Take Your Sons and Daughters to Work Day'' events gone wrong at three state prisons, according to new information provided Friday by the Florida...

Pakistan incurred $34.5 bn losses in war against terror: FM

"NEW YORK: Pakistan suffered huge losses, amounting to US $34.5 billion, since 2001 for its role in the war against terror and wants regional ownership of the crisis in a bid to bring peace and stability to the troubled region, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said...

Cloned Cows Used to Create Beef We Eat

Well, this is just disturbing. The United States Food and Drug administration just announced that farmers have been using cloned cows to mate and produce beef. Which we're eating. The farmers are producing...

Why no Drilling? Nancy Pelosi in Bed with T. Boone Pickens

A financial relationship between Nancy Pelosi and Big Wind pusher T. Boone Pickens?  True.  Speaker of the House, Leader of the Most ethical house in history,  has invested in CLINE,  a Pickens...

Miami bill of rights passes under the radar

"Voters created a new bill of rights in Miami, a new elective office in Miami-Dade County and a new government center in North Bay Village among a smattering of referendums and charter changes on Tuesday's ballot. The bill of rights, which received little attention before the...

53 die as a result of China snowstorms

"Central China has been hit by one of its heaviest snow storms in 50 years. At least 53 people have died either directly or indirectly as a result of the weather. And so far more than 40m people in ten provinces are without electricity or tap water. At a factory in Wuhan,...

15 year old Xbox junkies to be performing surgery soon

"Laparoscopic surgery, in which instruments and cameras are inserted into patients via small incisions, has played a key role in the development of minimally invasive surgery. But the technique involves a distinct set of skills, including reconstructing a three-dimensional...

2000 jobs lost in nine-day-old Fiji coup

"Update: 2.30PM A survey has shown that nearly 2000 workers in Fiji have either lost their jobs or are working reduced hours since last week's military coup. The survey by the Fiji Employers Federation shows 180...

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