Somalia attacks make mosque, market 'human butcher houses'

"MOGADISHU, Somalia (CNN) -- Heavy shelling struck Somalia's capital city on Thursday, leaving pools of blood around a neighborhood mosque, a devastated market and 11 civilians dead, according to witnesses and a local journalist."""Bakaraha market has turned into a human...

Gas prices rise everywhere as new solutions emerge to driving and gasoline use

As the world is experiencing at the moment, gas prices everywhere are rising. It's now not a myth, but a fact.As some cities across the world cope with the rising number of cars on the road, Canada is one of the...

Man charged in rape, slaying of Florida girl, 6

"TAMPA, Florida (AP) -- A man already in prison for burglary and stealing a car was charged Tuesday in the rape and slaying of a 6-year-old southwest Florida girl nearly two years ago, police said. ...

Facebook Was in Talks to Buy German Social Site

"When Facebook sued the German leader in social networking, StudiVZ, last month, it contended that the company had illegally copied Facebook’s “look and feel” with similar graphics and features. “A great deal, if not all, of StudiVZ’s success is due to its copying...

Recycling in Washington, DC - What You See May Not Always Be What's Happening

In the District of Columbia residents and businesses are required to recycle paper, bottles and cans. And recycling is very popular -- residents enthusiastically separate their recyclable material from their regular...

The End of White Flight

"The End of White Flight For the First Time in Decades, Cities' Black Populations Lose Ground, Stirring Clashes Over Class, Culture and Even Ice Cream By CONOR DOUGHERTYJuly 19, 2008; Page A1 Decades of white flight transformed America's cities. That era is...

The cars that Saddam’s son used to own are unearthed

Iraqi police displayed five cars that belonged to Odai Hussein, the eldest son of Saddam Hussein, today. The display featured two Rolls Royces and several vintage classics. The fate of these classy cars was by no...

Toddler survives alone for days

The human drive to live is just an incredible force of nature. "In what Sacramento police describe as a "miracle," a 2-year-old boy survived on cat food for up to six days on his own and was found Thursday after his...

Mermaid Parade in Coney Island today

The annual Mermaid Parade kicked off in Coney Island, New York today, but one person will be making a political statement and will be undertaking a hunger strike in protest to the proposed changes to the...

U.S. Embassy staff, soldiers killed in Baghdad blast

At least 10 people are dead after a bomb exploded in a municipal building in Sadr City on Tuesday. Six Iraqis, Two US soldiers and two civilian US Embassy employees were killed after a blast went off during a meeting of the district advisory council. The deputy head of the...

Trinidad DC Police decides Crime trumps citizens Right to Movement

Trinidad DC Police decides Crime  trumps citizens Right to Movement From Albert N. Milliron, Politisite.com We attempted to provide all sides to this issue.  So where do you stand?  Is Americans right...

California: Fires Burn 30 Homes

" Fires that ignited along Interstate 5 in Stockton swept through a neighborhood and torched at least 30 homes, said a city spokeswoman, Connie Cochran. Two firefighters suffered minor injuries, she said, but...

WWII bomb detonated in London

A neighbourhood near the future Olympic Park in east London was getting back to normal today after being evacuated for a few hours while British Army engineers denotated a large WWII bomb that was unearthed this...

Food crisis: A daily quest for bread in Cairo

This is an important story:"Cairo - Every day at 4 a.m., Hagg Abdel Wahab walks down a narrow path past a simple coffee and tea shop to his bakery. For 40 years, this elderly man has donned a gray gallabeya robe smudged with white flour and baked thousands of...

Former NBA star set to become mayor in Sacramento

The Sacramento mayoral election looks headed to a runoff which former NBA star and Democratic candidate Kevin Johnson is likely to win." In his first-ever drive for elected office, former NBA star Kevin Johnson...

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