Bank of Japan cuts key interest rate

"Friday October 31, 2:18 am ET By Tomoko A. Hosaka, Associated Press Writer Japan's central bank cuts key interest rate to 0.3 percent in close vote; first cut in 7 years TOKYO (AP) -- The Bank of Japan voted Friday to cut its key interest rate for the first time in more...

Mental health patient in two storey plunge

"An investigation has been launched by Nelson's health board after a patient from its mental health unit got into a sixth-floor diagnostic area, broke a window and jumped out, landing two floors below."

Asian stocks soar on rate cut hopes

The buying spree led US sharing soaring on Tuesday and Wall Street had  the second-largest point gain in history for blue chips. The fresh hope in the market came with expectation of  a rate cut and...

Europe banks extend rally on state aid, US plan

European markets have opened higher after a strong performance by Asian exchanges. The major European markets have opened up 4 percent or mote, and are still rising. The rise is probably partly due to the dramatic...

European stock markets surge more than 5 per cent

European stock markets rebound in early deals on Monday, with London, Frankfurt and Paris each up more than five per cent. Stocks also soared more than five per cent in Zurich and Amsterdam after European leaders agreed to inject billions of dollars of...

Sania moves one up, Bhupathi drops to 12 in WTA rankings

" Out-of-action Sania Mirza has jumped one place in the WTA singles ranking, while ace doubles player Mahesh Bhupathi has dropped a rung in the ATP doubles ranking issued on Monday.Sania, who is recuperating...

Hillary Clinton “Supporters” need to stop talking out of their vaginas.

"Recent news has come out that yet another self-professed Hillary Clinton “supporter” has jumped aboard theMcCain Puss- err, Bandwagon. This time, the naive wench is Lynn Forester de Rothschild, a prominent member of the DNC’s Platform Committee who, in her moments of...

UK unemplyment rises to 1.72 mn

The meltdown in the US financial sectory had dashed hope for thousands of people and now the latest data released in UK has also painted a grim picture.   "The jobless rate in Britain rose by 0.2 per cent to 5.5 per cent in the three months to July as the number of...

Durable Goods and Capital Goods Orders better than Expected

Here's some positive economic news."Orders for durable goods, items meant to last three years or more, rose strongly last month after an upwardly revised 1.3% gain in June, the Commerce Department said. Analysts were expecting durables orders to remain unchanged from the...

Tropic Thunder - Weekend Numbers and BigT's Review

First off, it was a hilarious movie. I don't want to give anything away but I think everyone knows about the black-face and the retard controversy. So I'll talk about that a little bit.Robert Downey Jr. was a delight playing a black man. He stayed in the overtly racist...

Cloned puppies may have exposed 31-year mystery

" A woman who made news around the world when she had five pups cloned from her beloved pit bull Booger looked very familiar to some who saw her picture: She may be the same woman who 31 years earlier was accused...

Oil jumps USD 5 after report of US Gas stocks falling

Crude oil prices again soared up after remaining cool for sometime. The news of US Gas stock shortage fulled the price hike. A latest report says that US gasoline supplies fell by 3.5 million barrels last week.  US crude stockpiles also fell by 100,000 barrels last week,...

Brit's 300ft death jump in Dubai

" THIS is the first picture of the British couple whose drunken sex row ended in tragedy in Dubai. Oil rig engineer Ryan Guest, 26, plunged 300ft to his death from his apartment balcony after fighting with...

Man saved bear from drowning

I don't think people have the same reaction when  saw a 375-pound male bear were drowning. This man swam into the water to rescue it. What a real hero!! " WILDLIFE officer Adam Warwick stripped off...

British woman, 23, jumped to her death from Golden Gate Bridge after studying...

Suicide websites hit the news again with this tragic story. Do some get pleasure from encouraging someone to take their own life? When a person hits an all time low and then comes across one of these websites they...

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