Depleted uranium found in Gaza victims

"Medics tell Press TV they have found traces of depleted uranium in some Gaza residents wounded in Israel's ground offensive on the strip. Norwegian medics told Press TV correspondent Akram al-Sattari that some...

Grab your Gear, Whistler Blackcomb Opens for the Winter Season Today

     Whistler Blackcomb represents everything that an avid boarder like myself could hope for. It has seemingly endless acreage, glaciers, a world renowned terrain park and on top of that a...

2010 Olympic lottery offers another chance for tickets

Weren't able to spend the small fortune on Olympic tickets? Not to worry, today the BC Lottery Corporation announced that they will be selling Olympic themed lottery tickets with prizes ranging from vehicles,...

China to name and shame lip-synching performers

Remember the outrage during the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing Olympics when that little girl was lip-synching in place of the real singer who was not cute enough to be representing the Chinese. Well, in a...

Jenny Lewis Added To Club Nokia Grand Opening In LA

Jenny Lewis has been as a performer for the grand opening of Los Angeles’ venue Club Nokia. Lewis will join Beck who is also set to perform at the opening set for this Sunday (November 9). Goldenvoice concert...

Heathrow T5 was 'national embarrassment'

The botched opening  of Heathrow's Terminal 5 generated lot of bad publicity and now even the British MP's have cited errors, inadequate training behind the chaos and called it a national embarrasment. The...

Nanao Singh clinches gold for India

"Thokchom Nanao Singh continued his blazing form and stunned Cadet World Championship bronze medallist Grigoriy Nikolaychuk of Russia 15-5 to clinch the gold at the inaugural AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships in Guadalajara, Mexico. The Army boxer ended up being India’s...

Series title eludes Cubs, 100 years and counting

" Now, it's an even 100 years for the Chicago Cubs. The team that posted the best record in the National League is picking up the pieces again after three horrendous performances that resulted in a sweep by the...

Swipple 5th Annual Art Show: Max Fish Opening 2008

Swipple at Max Fish 2008 www.Swipple.com works by affiliates of the Swipple artist collective Swipple is a collaborative network of artists who exhibit artwork online through the Swipple.com website. The primary...

Rays Lead White Sox 2 games to 0

"Whatever the reason, Tampa Bay seems to be the only one of the two teams having fun in this opening playoff competition. So, maybe the White Sox are a talented squad that works together on the field, but doesn't...

Rocket Man Crosses the English Channel Using Jet Pack

A swissair pilot named Yves Rossy crossed the English Channel from Calais to Dover with a jetpack strapped to his back, a single fixed-wing jet-propelled device he made himself. After numerous postponements due to...

Crash looms as McCain rejects bail

" All eyes will again be on the Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson for a statement to shore up market confidence at the opening today, but it is hard to know what he can say as his authority appears to have been undermined at the highest political level, and President Bush...

India beats China as top investment destination for first time: UN

"New Delhi: Eighteen years after it started opening up its economy, India, for the first time, has replaced China as the most promising destination for foreign direct investment in the medium-to-long term, says a...

Sydney Olympics faked part of their opening ceremony too

Directors involved with the 2000 Sydney Olympics admit that part of their opening ceremony was faked. Apparently the performance by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra was entirely prerecorded, and not even by the...

Irani Trophy 2008: Day One

"Rest of India were in a desperate position after the first day’s play in the Irani trophy 2008 against Ranji champions Delhi at Vadodara. RoI won the toss and elected to bat. Wasim Jaffer scored 50 and Dravid made 46 while opening. But after that the batting collapsed as...

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