A few glitches for electric cars - no problem but opps..

Well such a small problem would not put me off of buying a nice clean and green mean machine. We use electricity that sourced from geaothermal power generation. But of course here we have no worries about a...

Policeman's wife twice wrongly diagnosed with swine flu dies

" A senior policeman's wife died 'in terrible circumstances' from Legionnaires' disease after her symptoms were twice 'mistaken' for swine flu. Carol Rowe, 46 was told she had swine flu by an ambulance crew who...

Are BC's cities and towns turning into little fiefdoms?

Who is running our cities in BC? And what can citizens do when  governance of them seem to be spinning out of control? Do you think our un-elected city management staff have too much power, and along with our elected officials, tend to abuse the power of public office...

Where is the money? Trillions Missing!

"The US Government cannot account for trillions of dollars. The DoD reported $1.1 trillion missing in FY 2000 alone! See Rumsfeld "We cannot track $2.3...

Kauhajoki Victims "Shot 20 Times Each"

IT has been revealed today that some of the vcitims of school gunman Matti Saari, 22, in Kauhajoki, West Finland, had been shot up to twenty times, say the police, and at close range.   Investigators are still trying to discover what triggered Saari to act when he did....

Special Prosecutor Named in Attorney Firings Case

Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey appointed a special prosecutor to if criminal charges are called for in the firing of nine U.S. attorneys in 2006."The move came as the Justice Department released a report by its inspector general severely criticizing the process that led...

N Korea nuclear seals 'removed'

Recent reports that North Korea has relaunched its nuclear program, after initially agreeing to halt its progress in return for international aid, appear to be true. UN inspectors reported this morning that seals...

U.S. government workers in oil industry sex and drug scandal

It appears there were some 'crude' goings-on at the US Interior Department, which oversees oil drilling on federal land. Three reports delivered to Congress today, accuse the department of  “a culture of ethical failure." The reports say that over a dozen current and...

Sex & Drugs for Oil Contracts & Royalties at US Interior Department

"(CBS/ AP) Government officials handling billions of dollars in oil royalties engaged in illicit sex with employees of energy companies they were dealing with and received numerous gifts from them, federal investigators said Wednesday. The allegations of bad behavior...

Sex, drugs, bribes rock and roll Bush Interior Department corruption scandal

There apparently has been much partying and no little dirty work among federal employees who are supposed to police oil taxes and royalties for drilling on public land and offshore."WASHINGTON — As Congress...

Blackberry picking is a dying art

One of the problems for environmentalists is getting kids at an early age to engage with nature. Many city children know very little about nature or plants as was revealed earlier in the year when a survey of...

Honeymoon Killing: 2 Women Charged

Two women have been charged in the brutal killing of two British honeymooners on the Caribbean island of Atigua last month. No more information is available at this time, but it has been revealed that the women were found with items from the couple's home. It seems unlikely...

Iraq war veteran thrown off train after ticket row as conductor tells him: 'I...

That is the kind of respect one country shows for their heroes!!!! No wonder no one wants to be in military. The conductor should get the sack immediately for the insult ."A soldier returning from Iraq in full...

Anthrax Investigation Implicates Suicide Researcher

Bruce Ivins, the researcher who committed suicide, is implicated in the 2001 anthrax attacks New Jersey. Following a breifing for family members of the victims, the info was made public by the FBI."The Justice Department released hundreds of pages of documents related to the...

Canada's spreading cannabis crop

"Canada's spreading cannabis crop In the first of two pieces on organised crime accompanying his Radio 4 series How crime...

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