2007's shaping up to be the Year of the Flood; mass flooding in parts of Kansas and Missouri has forced the evacuation of the Kansas town of Osawatomie (pop. 4600); 40 percent of the town is underwater, according...
And you thought Paris Hilton had it easy...I think the phrase that's most irksome is the prisoner's "[ability to] satisfy the indispensable necessities of life". For many, that would include, well, being alive. I...
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Cancel Jericho? Nuts to that, say fans... they have weighed in with over forty thousand pounds of legumes, forcing those big bad exects to bring back the post-apocalyptic episodic."An online protest involving 20...
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June 6, 2007To the Fans of Jericho:
Wow!
Over the past few weeks you have put forth an impressive and
probably unprecedented display of passion in support of a prime time television
series. You got our attention; your emails and collective voice have been
heard.
As...
"Thailand's ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and 110 other senior party officials have been banned from political office for five years.
The Constitutional Tribunal also ordered Mr Thaksin's Thai Rak Thai party to be dissolved after finding it guilty of violating...
For centuries the islanders of Lewis, Harris, Uist and Barra have woven this magnificent cloth the world knows as Harris Tweed, Clo Mhor in the original Gaelic- 'The big cloth'."New production plans for Harris Tweed have caused concern within the traditional cloth...
"Hotel heiress Paris Hilton is speaking out after being sentenced to 45 days in the slammer for violating the terms of her probation in an alcohol-related reckless-driving case.
It looks like she has finally come to terms with her fate, realizing she has no choice but to face...
"LONDON - Pete Doherty was arrested this weekend on suspicion of possessing illegal drugs, a published report said Monday.
Metropolitan Police declined to directly confirm the report in The Sun newspaper, but...
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Israeli protestors swarmed Rabin Square in central Tel Aviv to voice their disgust with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's handling of 2006's incursion in to Lebanon. Olmert had appointed a commission to investigate the...
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Just becuase the Israelis did it, does not make it right - good on President Jalal Talabani for opposing the idea. One nation is the way to go."Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has added his voice to a chorus of criticism of moves by US and Iraqi troops to build a security...
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" April 25, 2007 Pennsylvania - The former Macungie fire marshal and fire chief who stole a digital camera from the borough fire station has been placed on a year of probation and fined $300. James Andrews, 42, of 2100 Aster Road, Lower Macungie pleaded guilty to theft as a...
Statements have been issued, and Vancouver has a new art world controversy. There are reports that 4 of the caged animals died over the weekend, and the SPCA has closed down the actual art installation that...
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A new report from the nonpartisan Mathematica Policy Institute concludes that sex abstinence education programs do not make teenagers grow fonder. In fact, the programs have no effect at all. The U.S. Congress...
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'Bout time this guy is taken out of circulation. His commercials alone are offensive, much less the degradation of the actual videos. IMHO.
"The Girls guy's wild days are over—at least until he can sort out this...
"Beijing Government is reported to be introducing the controls to deter people from playing for longer than three consecutive hours.
The measures are designed to combat addiction to online role-playing games such as World of Warcraft and Lineage II.
Consequently Internet game...