Olympic Ticketing System Crashes

I guess the online ordering system could do with a bit of doping..."Tickets sales for next year's Olympic Games in Beijing were suspended for a week on Tuesday after the ticketing system crashed under the weight of Chinese sport fans looking to snap up tickets for the...

Spelling matters

This, noted at Patterico, is yet another sign that not all is well with the Republic. 

Why Kremlin killed litvinenko

"Murdered Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko was killed because of an eight-page dossier he had compiled on a powerful Russian figure for a British company, a business associate told the BBC on Saturday. Litvinenko died in London on November 23 after receiving a lethal dose of...

As Iraq Bleeds, the U.S. Policy Cupboard Remains Bare

"Despite the hype, the Baker group's recommendations may be too little and too late to turn Iraq around. Like the wild, but vain, windmilling of arms by traffic cops hoping to prevent an imminent accident, the signs emanating from Baghdad — as well as Amman and...

Police identify Colo. school gunman

Breaking news - police have identified a 54-year old homeless man as shooter in Colorado school shooter."BAILEY, Colo. — Police identified the gunman who took six girls hostage in a high school classroom, killing one of his captives and himself, as Duane Morrison, a...

Japan: Top cop gives reporter wrong sort of hot tip

"A police officer once penciled in for prominence in crime fighting now seems to have placed himself on the wrong side of the law enforcement business after copping a feel of a young female reporter chasing a hot story, according to Shukan Shincho. The 38-year-old assistant...

English only at Philly cheesesteak joint

"An English-only ordering policy has thrust one of Philadelphia's best-known cheesesteak joints into the national immigration debate. Situated in a South Philadelphia immigrant neighborhood, Geno's — which together with its chief rival, Pat's King of Steaks, forms the...