The Grand Ole Docket : Indictments for one and all

Thank you Talking Points Memo for putting this into a easy to read docket.  It really hits home when you see the list of people involved in political scandal.  No doubt the US political system is hitting new lows everyday.  Our leadership reflects our state of...

Groups find colorful bird in Colombia

"A colorful bird new to science has been discovered in a remote Andean cloud forest, spurring efforts to protect the area, conservation groups have announced. The bright yellow and red-crowned Yariguies brush-finch was named for the indigenous tribe that once inhabited the...

Forecast team predicts 1 more hurricane (AP)

" 1 hour, 30 minutes ago FORT COLLINS, Colo. - Hurricane expert William Gray downgraded his forecast for the 2006 Atlantic storm season again Tuesday, predicting one more hurricane, two more named storms but no intense hurricanes. The new report calls for a below-average...

Girl In Coma After Trip To Dentist - Prayin' Family' Says They Won't Consider...

"A Chicago 5-year-old named Diamond Brownbridge fell into a coma after being sedated at a dentist's office this weekend, and allegedly suffered a heart attack. Television station WMAQ reported said that Diamond's family has been told that the girl is brain dead and her vital...

A Mother's Choice

"Do laws that let women abandon their infants protect babies or encourage parents to desert them? The baby now named Tessa Leavitt was born in a motel bathtub on the night of June 18, 2005. Her mother cleaned her, breast-fed her and cut the umbilical cord herself. The next...

Gardner named director of security for NASCAR (Nascar)

" Official Release September 21, 2006 12:26 PM EDT (16:26 GMT) DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- NASCAR has named Gary L. Gardner, a veteran supervisory special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, as its new director of security. Gardner will oversee all aspects of NASCAR's...

Mirren crowned 'queen' at Venice

"Dame Helen has won high praise for her performance in The Queen, about the aftermath of Princess Diana's death. Ben Affleck was named best actor for his role in Hollywoodland. He portrays late US actor George Reeves, who played Superman on TV in the 1950s."

Christians and Moors festival in Villena. Spain

"The traditional and popular Christians and Moors festival will be held from the 4th to the 9th of September in Villena, the capital of Alto Vinalopó in Alicante. The celebrations were first held in 1474 when the Virgin was officially named the Patron Saint of the town."

Fugitive named to '15 Most Wanted' list (AP)

" BUFFALO, N.Y. - A fugitive suspected of killing a state trooper and wounding two others has been named by federal marshals to their "15 Most Wanted" list while a two-state manhunt continues. The search for Ralph "Bucky" Phillips, a career thief who broke out of an Erie...

Guinness to rule on 20-inch Nepalese boy (AP)

" LONDON - Guinness World Records is awaiting the final pieces of evidence before deciding whether Nepal's shortest man can be named the shortest in the world, a spokeswoman for the company said Friday. Khagendra Thapa Magar, 14, is 20 inches tall and weighs 10 pounds....

Phantom games receiver evaporates

"Phantom Entertainment - formerly Infinium Labs - has announced plans to ditch the idea of a physical receiver, intending to launch its Phantom Games Service as client software for Windows PCs. The broadband games-on-demand service was initially announced in 2003, yet despite...

UK probe continues as terror suspects named - CTV.ca

" Updated Fri. Aug. 11 2006 11:39 PM ET CTV.ca News Staff The names of 19 of the 24 Britons arrested on suspicion of plotting to blow up a U.S.-bound aircraft were made public Friday, fuelling speculation about an al Qaeda connection. The suspects, ranging in age from 17 to...

Forecaster WSI sees fewer Atlantic hurricanes (Reuters)

" NEW YORK (Reuters) - The 2006 Atlantic hurricane season will not be as active as initially projected, due in part to a cooling of ocean temperatures this summer, private forecaster WSI Corp. said in its updated tropical weather outlook on Monday . Some 14 named storms will...

The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs, Aged 51 1/2

"So I just got a call from a guy named Eben Moglen who saw this item from a few days ago and is demanding that I comply with the terms of the GNU General Public License. I’m like, Dude, I’m not really Steve Jobs, okay? I’m Fake Steve Jobs, and the blog is a spoof....

How To Run Your Own Name Servers With ISPConfig And GoDaddy

This tutorial shows how you can run your own name servers for domains that you register with GoDaddy. Of course, this works with every other registrar as well, although the procedure might differ a little bit.To do this, you need two servers with two different public IP...