Rare So Cal Snow Causes Major Traffic and Accidents

So I wake up this morning and see there is snow from Palmdale to Malibu.  Plus a helicopter accident and traffic backed up for hours.  Is this global warming, or global cooling?"December 18, 2008 (by Otto Smyth) Car accident lawyers in Los Angeles, California have...

The worst pick-up lines... that ever worked!

"“This poker party I was at started to get very crowded. As a group of girls walked in, this guy came up behind me and said, ‘I think you’re going to be asked to leave soon. You’re so pretty, you’re...

Cocaine Found On 4 Out Of 9 Bills

This might amaze you there is cocaine on four out of nine tested bills. The only thing i can think out is that the ratio around my house is going to be more like 6 out of 9 Bills.Either way i never know money was...

Lankan forces capture strategic area in LTTE stronghold

The Sri Lankan forces have intensified their campaign against rebel LTTE in last months. The government troops have made dramatic progress on the northern fronts, seizing a series of rebel bases and chunks of...

Online news editor goes to the polls in Bakersfield, California.

N.L. Belardes, editor of www.truxtunavenue.com heads to the polls in Bakersfield, California. Bakersfield has been the scene of some rather messy protests and rallies regarding the Proposition 8 debate over...

What's in a name?: South Carolina is a de-facto early-voting state

Forget those official reports about "absentee voters" only. South Carolina is a de-facto "early voting" state. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures "Absentee and Early Voting" Web page, only...

Asia stock markets surge after Fed rate cut

"Asian stock markets surge after Fed rate cut; South Korean index up 12.7 percent HONG KONG (AP) -- Asian stock markets rallied Thursday, led by a 12 percent jump in South Korea, after the U.S. Federal Reserve slashed interest rates to help revive the world's largest economy...

Cindy McCain Blasts Obama

"BETHLEHEM, PA.) – It’s not just the Republican ticket criticizing Barack Obama – now the candidate’s spouse has some harsh words for their Democratic rival. “Let me tell you just a little something...

Swedish Muslim finds Muhammad in a mango

Personally I think the Divine have better things to do than graffiti our fruit....But who knows ? The Virgin Mary likes to show up on stop signs, or so I have heard. "Rubina Sheikh from Helsingborg in southern Sweden believes she’s received a message from God – in a...

911 2.0: NYC's Multimedia Emergency Line

So maybe New York City's subway stations flood during a spring rain, and the streets smell like a wastebin, but the Big Apple's emergency hotline is next-level, becoming the first system to be able to process photo and video imagery from mobiel phone cameras."Tipsters in New...

Campaigns Shift as McCain Choice Alters the Race

The choice of Palin as running partner has thrown the Obama camp into a quandry as it had not considered Palin would be on the Republican ticket. The Obama campaign team had prepared lines of attack on Mitt...

Passersby, journalists detained behind police barricade

"DOWNTOWN -- Passersby and journalists who got caught up in a protest tonight near Civic Center Park were detained a during a scuffle between officers in riot gear and the anarchist group. Tivnan Webb, 22, of...

Jamaica Golden at Track

The United States track & field team has a rich history of sprint success at the Olympic Games. But you need to have a very short memory to succeed at Olympic betting. As far as men’s sprinting goes,...

Tube workers to stage two strikes

It looks like next week is going to be a nightmare for commuters in London.The underground network is going to be thrown into chaos by two transit worker strikes at the same time as the system is undergoing some...

Vietnam floods 'leave 100 dead'

Flash floods in Vietnam have killed 100 people, and forecasters fear additional casualties as more rain is predicted for Monday. The floods have occured in the country's northern mountain procinves. More than two dozen people are still missing."Flooding and landslides in...

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