Russian MPs back Georgia's rebels

"Russia's parliament has backed a motion urging the president to recognise the independence of Georgia's breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Both houses voted unanimously in favour of the non-binding motion, which analysts say could help President Dmitry Medvedev...

'Wardrobe Malfunction' Fine cancelled by Court

What gets me about this article is the final few lines - For nearly four years, Mrs. Jackson and Mr. Timberlake have been claiming that this was an accidental exposure, and it wasn't planned.  They've been saying that it was a wardrobe malfunction that surprised both of...

Chinese diplomat honored for saving thousands in Holocaust

Stories like this abound nowadays but they remain equally enthralling.  It has made me wonder, what could have their parents, guardians, and/or mentors told them as they were growing up so that they put others ahead of themselves?  Then I thought, maybe they were...

The Warnings Have Been Around for Years

" "The numbers are huge, the kind of numbers that make “people sweat.”  Erie County’s liability? Nearly $1 billion. Buffalo’s price tag? At least that much. Probably more. For the first time, taxpayers are learning the bottom line: long-term costs they...

Iraqi Arrest Warrant Revives a Sunni Cleric's Fortunes

"Harith al-Dari was in danger of drifting into obscurity until the Iraqi government ordered his arrest. Now he could emerge as the leader of Iraq's Sunnis. Harith al-Dari is a wanted man — and the warrant for his arrest is the best thing that could have happened to him....