Armed killings cost nations billions of dollars

A recent survey has indicated that armed killings have cost countries billion of dollars.According to the survey conducted in the 90 countries, the economic cost from people killed by arms each year is estimated to total between US$95 billion and US$163 billion....

Cook to serve 6 Months For Placing Hair In Steak Of Dissatisfied Customer

This is a disgusting story, but I am sure this happens all the time. I wonder if there is such a stat or poll which shows how often your food gets tampered with. I personally think it happens quite frequently and...

Future Apple Devices May Be Solar Powered

Ever since NowPublic member Innes Yates got me thinking about solar powered electronics I've been interested in this field.  Apple is always ahead of the curve and this is no exception."Employees at Apple have filed a patent for integrating solar cells into portable...

Out of control wildfire still burns in central California

UPDATE May 23rd, 20081400 homes were called to evacuate.  As of last night, only 15% of the fire had been contained and already 4 square miles have been charred. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a...

Oklahoma 19-year-old named town's mayor

A 19-year-old freshman Sooner was elected mayor of Muskogee, Oklahoma.  Muskogee has a population of just over 38,000.  Even though only 19, John Tyler Hammons is not the youngest to ever be elected...

Is That a Guitar in Your Pants Or Are You Pleased To See Me

Apparently this is not the first time a guitar has been stolen this way.I will try to find the video of this one. (Sorry can't find it)"LEWISTON, Maine - Police are searching for a man accused of shoving an electric guitar in his pants and walking out of a store in...

The $100,000 Lock of Hair

A hair lock snipped from Ernesto “Che” Guevara before his burial in 1967 sells for $100,000 at auction to a Houston-area bookstore owner who called the Marxist “one of the greatest revolutionaries of the...

Michael Vick Cops Felony Plea TSG

"Michael Vick Cops Felony Plea NFL star admits role in dog killings, pit bull fighting ring AUGUST 24--Michael "Ookie" Vick has agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge for his role in the management of a brutal...

Absolute Software to protect Ohio State laptops

"The Ohio State Government has been faced with increased scrutiny after two data breaches in recent weeks, and subsequent reports of loose laptop security. Now, steps are being taken to protect laptops with Absolute Software’s Computrace. On June 10, the theft of a...

Rennie Mackintosh Project Puts Town On Map

Scottish Art Nouveau Designer, architect and furniture designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh was born in Glasgow in 1868 and died in 1928. Charles designed public buildings and private houses. 78 Derngate is one of...

Prank call to Chinese eatery ignites new shock jock uproar

"CBS Radio has suspended two New York City shock jocks after they broadcast a racially charged prank call to a Chinese restaurant. Jeff Vandergrift and Dan Lay, hosts of WFNY-FM's The Dog House With JV and Elvis,...

Expensive Mooninites: US Firms Pay $2M for Stunt Scare

The Mooninite flap continues. Glossed over in the mainstream accounts of this event is that the Lite-Brite Mooninites were placed in several cities (Boston, New York, Chicago, Seattle, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia, to my knowledge),  of which only Boston worked itself...

What's next? Global pandemic of deadly strain ofTB

WMD? Nope. HN51 Bird Flu? Nah. HIV? Not even close. Global Warming? Wrong again. The latest entry into "what's going to kill us all now" is a deadly strain of TB that has already killed hundreds in South...

Nucor Buying Canada's Harris Steel For $1 Billion

A few years ago (1991, to be exact) , New Yorker Magazine ran a bizarrely fascinating article about a steel plant in the US south. Somehow, its author made Nucor's search for new ways to make steel so interesting, that I remember  it vividly today.  The author of...

U.N. votes for trade sanctions on Iran's nuclear work

"UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Saturday to impose sanctions on Iran's trade in sensitive nuclear materials and ballistic missiles, a move aimed at getting Tehran to halt uranium enrichment work."Today we are placing Iran in the...

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