More Fatal Accidents in Mexico...Is the Vacation Worth it?

More of my rants on vacation dangers.  Yes, you are thinking..."This could happen anywhere..."Sure, this could happen ANYWHERE.  But just look at the negligence and the lackadaisical attitude the Mexican...

Salmonella-Tainted Tomato Illnesses Reach 228

UPDATE | June 12, 2008 - 228 cases of illness related to salmonella-tainted tomatoes have now been reported in 23 states. The FDA has yet to pinpoint a source of the outbreak."The toll from salmonella-tainted...

Minister's aide fired after Couillard links emerge

Yet another Minister has lost his job over dating controversial woman Julie Couillard last year. Federal Public Works Minister Michael Fortier had to dismiss a senior member of his staff because of his romantic...

Dine-and-dash driver indicted in robbery, assault

Hit and Run Man Indicted"A man accused of seriously injuring two people with his sport-utility vehicle after he ran outon his restaurant bill was indicted yesterday on one count of aggravated robbery and four...

Foreign Affairs Minister Resigns After Security Breach, Harper says No Secret...

It's a strange case that reminds one more of an episode of 'Desparate Housewives' or '24' than Parliament hill. But just weeks after coming under fire for dating a woman with known former ties to biker gang...

GLAAD Award Nominees Announced

It's great to see how far we've come since the days of Ellen DeGeneres' sitcom being the only mainstream television series that promintently featured gay and lesbian characters.  As GLAAD Presiden Neil Giuliano notes, "This year's extraordinary nominees exemplify the...

Julie Christie wins best actress Golden Globe

Beverly Hills, California (ANTARA News) - British legend Julie Christie won the Golden Globe for best drama actress here Sunday, 42 years after her first nomination at the Hollywood awards show. Christie, 66, scooped the first Golden Globe of her career for her portrayal of a...

Breaking: HazMat Team to Check Smoking Suitcase At Phoenix's Sky Harbor

Update: Definitely, file this one under "weird and weirder." The luggage turned out to be a backpack, which emitted flames and smoke. According to News 12 in Phoenix:"Authorities did not discover any explosives but believed that toiletries and friction were the cause of the...

Sex ban on the Airbus A380

Oh well. ONe (or two, as the case may be) can default to the old standby: airplane toilets."The A380 may have the world’s first airborne double bed, but it won’t be put to the obvious use if Singapore Airlines...

Issues surrounding the Impact of Migrant Workers on the Policing of Lincolnshire

"Lincolnshire Police responded today to comments made in the media by Ms Julie Spence, Chief Constable of Cambridgeshire, a neighbouring force. Like, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire has been affected in recent years by the impact of migrant workers on the county’s population....

Lucas tops American Film Institute's 40th anniversary.

"George Lucas and Julie Andrews are among stars introducing screenings of their films to celebrate the American Film Institute's 40th anniversary. Lucas will talk about Star Wars while Andrews will introduce the...

Police chief rails against influx of 'criminal immigrants'

Police forces across the country are to cut the number of officers because of a government squeeze on funding. The Cambridgeshire Police chief is echoing the publics disproval at current police funding and It...

Peru: An effort to reconnect communication

After the higher magnitude of earth quake reported in Peru, the recovery work for telecommunication has been started by foriegn technical bodies.BBC report all about it..."Technicians and engineers from Telecoms...

Pop-up porn case to get new trial

"A new trial has been ordered in a case that became an internet cause celebre.  It involves substitute teacher Julie Amero who faced a 40-year jail sentence for allegedly letting school children view pornography on a class computer.  The case generated huge interest...

UPDATE - Low Risk of TB Exposure from Infected Traveller

RE: Highly Infectious TB: Air Travellers Exposed"Updated Wed. May. 30 2007 9:49 AM ET CTV.ca News Staff A public health official won't rule out the possibility that a man with tuberculosis who travelled aboard two trans-Atlantic flights this month infected Canadians --...

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