UNICEF: Number of Child Casualties still rising in Gaza

In a statement by UNICEF late Friday, they stressed the number of children being killed and injured in the Gaza fighting continues to climb and the humanitarian situation is becoming more desperate every...

FactCheck: Body Armor Claim: Still False and Nasty - defends Dole

FactCheck has renewed hostilities over an old issue about funding body armor for troops in Iran and Afghanistan.  The non-profit, nonpartisan group says the VoteVets attack on Republican Sen. Elizabeth Dole is recycling "one of the worst 'Whoppers of 2006'"."The liberal...

Uncle Drops Nephew Out of 4 story Apartment Building Window

"LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany (CNN) -- Kamil Kaplan faced a horrifying decision as flames engulfed his apartment building: Does he drop his 9-month-old nephew four stories to a policeman or hope the baby boy survives the...

U.S. Customs delays Heart Attack Victim at Canada Border

These Customs and ICE agents are the modern Keystone Cops. I wonder how many spy’s terrorists or basic criminals crossed that same border while these guy’s held up a heart attack victim?"WINDSOR, Ont. — An...

Belly-button stud shot through girl in car crash 'like a bullet'

"A teeenager has given a warning of the dangers of body piercing after she was skewered by her belly button stud in a car crash Jessica Collins, 19, was left fighting for her life when the silver stud in her belly button pushed through her body - ending up just millimetres...

Nigeria triples number on free HIV drugs -agency

This overlooked issue is only getting worse by the minute.  If the world really cared, Africa would have not have to beg for help.  - The...

Tests of ER trainees find signs of race bias in care - The Boston Globe

For those that have asked themselves why Africans in the United States are afraid of doctors, here's one reason.  And it's a reasonable one that many of us share.  - The...

Pentagon: Top al Qaeda leader taken to Guantanamo, Takes Heat Off Call-Girl Aide

UPDATE: ... Oh. I see. So that's why you'd spoon-feed some non-news to the mainstream media... get them looking one way whilst the real scandal breaks in their blind spot.PREVIOUSLY: The story here isn't the story itself (i.e. the capture of a suspected terrorist), but that...

Is it Super-Hero Week in NYC or What?!

"Julio Gonzalez, 43, and Pedro Nevarez, 40, saw 3-year-old Timothy Addo dangling from a Bronx building on Thursday, police said. The boy had crawled out of a window when his baby sitter briefly took her eyes off of him, police said. "He was hanging on for dear life," Gonzalez...

Fridge magnets 'can be a killer'

"Fridge magnets and decorative jewellery could be a killer if you have a weak heart, experts warn. A strong type of magnet used in many new commercial products can interfere with pacemakers and implanted heart...

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