Quarter of state databases "should be scrapped"

" Mon Mar 23, 2009 4:29am GMT  LONDON (Reuters) - A quarter of government databases in Britain should be scrapped or redesigned because they are fundamentally flawed and probably illegal, a report from a social...

Shannon 'drugged and bound in £50,000 fraud plot'

More details are emerging in the bizarre case of Shannon Mathews. When the girl was reported missing a few months ago the UK was closely following the story and a massive search was launched to find her. But soon it was discovered that the girl had actually been hidden by her...

Gallup Daily: Obama Lead Among Likely Voters 5 to 7 Points

"PRINCETON, NJ -- Barack Obama holds a statistically significant lead over John McCain in both Gallup likely voter models, according to Oct. 27-29 Gallup Poll Daily tracking. In the traditional model, which defines likely voters based on current voting intention and past...

Body in suitcase was full of heroin packets, cops say

"WHITE PLAINS, New York (AP) -- An autopsy has revealed that a man found dead in a suitcase in a suburban park was a drug "mule" who had 50 packets of heroin in his body and probably died when one or two of them broke open. Investigators expressed surprise that the man's body...

US Politics 2008: How Fear and Hope have shaped the current political landscape

"This recent press back that we are seeing in the media against Senator Obama is probably to be expected. Here is why...I think that it is representative of a greater issue than the US elections that is taking...

Strong Rest Of India to be announced

"Most of India’s Test regulars are likely to be picked in the Rest of India squad for the Irani Trophy match against Delhi, the reigning Ranji Trophy champions. With India not playing any international cricket till the Australia Test series next month, the selectors will...

Afridi has no team ethics: Laxman

"Deccan Chargers skipper VVS Laxman has hit back at Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi, who blamed his captaincy for the team’s failure in the Indian Premier League. Afridi’s outburst prompted an angry reaction from Laxman, who said: “Afridi has no team ethics. He...

Sarah Palin: "A cookie-cutter Republican"?

Republican Senator John McCain's vice-presidential nominee, Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin, has definitely set the stage for a battle between the Republican and Democratic parties to secure the women's vote that...

Gustav prompts talk of altering RNC agenda

Notice in the article, how it says (in effect) that the republicans plan to use the convention to suck up to the American people and make it look like they care this time around, by turning the RNC into a red cross telethon due to Gustav."WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Officials with...

Golf War: Monty rounds on Poulter in Ryder Cup wild card row

As Ryder Cup fever sweeps the golf world competition for the European Team wildcard places has led to two of the top players having a verbal set-to that would see them being accused of ungentlemanly conduct had it...

VP candidate Palin - Polar Bears Not Endangered; Drill 4 Oil in AK - Please!

"If McCain hoped to stop Democrats from getting much mileage out of the oil issue in this presidential election, he picked the wrong vice presidential candidate. His choice, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, comes from a...

Don't inhale that new car smell

"(AOL Autos) -- Ah, that new car smell, that eau de car-logne; it does an ego good while it does a wallet bad. And now it turns out, it can do bad things to your health, too. ...

Dear Google and Yahoo: Track Me, Please.

"Targeted advertising is not a perfect science. But it is a far better option than whatever it was that we had “way back when.” And as for matters of privacy, a tired old adage comes to mind: it’s all relative. As you have probably been made well aware already, the...

Georgia reports new air attack near capital

" Fighting raged in South Ossetia for a second day Saturday as Russia sent hundreds of tanks and troops into the separatist province and dropped bombs on Georgia that left scores of civilians dead or...

Sega: Sonic Criticism Warranted

"Sega: Sonic Criticism Warranted"

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