Police deactivate Amber Alert for missing Nevada 6-year-old

"LAS VEGAS, Nevada (CNN) — Police on Saturday deactivated an Amber Alert for a 6-year-old boy abducted Wednesday from his Las Vegas, Nevada, home in what authorities believe was a drug-related kidnapping. The...

'Golden Girls' Estelle Getty Passes Away at age 84

Estelle Getty, the feisty mother hen to the famous Golden Girls series that ran throughout the 80's (and continues in reruns today) died today at the age of 84. Getty was long a supporter of gay rights and had...

US mortgage crisis may cost $945 billion worldwide: IMF

It looks like Nouriel Roubindi was right about 1 billion being the new size 6."WASHINGTON (AFP) - The International Monetary Fund said Tuesday the worldwide losses stemming from the US subprime mortgage crisis...

China: Muslim 'terrorist attack' aborted.

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWith the Olympic games in Bejing underway, Terrorists are taking the opportunity to disrupt China's Olympics at every opportunity.  China's fight against terrorism...

At Least 25 Per Cent of iPhones are Unlocked

Although the iPhone isn't set up with a carrier in Canada yet, I've seen a couple unlocked iPhones around.Of course, that's nothing compared to the 1 million or so iphones that are operating on unauthorized...

Buy Nothing Day - Adbusters

"Buy Nothing Day Press Release 2007 2007-11-02 14:22:41 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BUY NOTHING DAY IS COMING – NO PURCHASE NECESSARY (November 23 in the USA and Canada, November 24 internationally) STOP SHOPPING TO GO GREEN: This November, environmentalists, social activists and...

Who will edit Wiki's editors?

"Anyone with the inclination can alter entries on the online encyclopedia, but a scanner that can track who's making changes could curb the practice, writes Katie Hafner. Last year someone edited the Wikipedia entry for the SeaWorld theme parks in the United States to change...

Iraq Survey Group

I haven'€™t started reading the ISG Report yet. Maybe I'€™ll have some time this weekend to get to it, but I doubt it. Probably, it will be the middle part of next week before I'€™ve even made a dent in it. But, sometimes I just think, "€œwhy bother?"€ Given all...

Did you think the wave was born yesterday?

""It's been really interesting," Krazy George said in a phone interview from his home in New Rochelle, N.Y. "I see it at the Olympics. There's a video of Fidel Castro doing it. If it had actually originated in New...

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