"CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- A man who says he cooperated with police and wore a wire during conversations with a former police sergeant considered a suspect in his wife's disappearance was charged Friday with battery after shoving Drew Peterson in a barber shop parking lot. ...
"He raped and murdered 2 women, I don't care if he suffers or not when executed. He certainly had no qualms about inflicting pain on his victims.COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A death row inmate scheduled for execution says he's too fat to be put to death, claiming executioners would...
"The staunchest supporters of each of the two sides in what I call Africa's 'agro-ideological debate' are unlikely to see eye to eye any time soon, so deep is their suspicion of each others' motives. To advocates of intensive 'green revolution' revolution methods, Africa's...
created by beninmw | 4 years ago 626 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund Paul Graham July 2008 When we read Y Combinator applications there are always ideas we're hoping to see. In the past we've never said publicly what they are. If we say we're...
created by nukemdomis | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 986 views | 7 recommendations | 6 comments
Under a new plan by the UK government, teachers in Britain are going to be given the authority to search students. Teachers are currently only allowed to search students for knives or other dangerous weapons. "Teachers are to be given the authority to search pupils for drink,...
created by Dave Keating | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 203 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"We witnessed the public stunt shown by Greenpeace everywhere about Apple’s products and its use of toxic substances in laptops and other devices. The main problem between Greenpeace guerrilla tactics is Apple...
created by desinformado | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 945 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
I know how they feel, I have had problems with AFNI too
"SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- More than 70,000 consumers complained about third-party debt collectors in 2007, but one Sacramento couple said they have good reason to bark about the bill they received.Steve Fanelli received...
created by master_jim2008 | 4 years ago | updated 3 years ago 1059 views | 2 recommendations | 6 comments
Today is a special day in the history of the Internet. CERT has issued an advisory for a major issue in the Internet Domain Name System, the software that translates memorable names into Internet Numbers. The most...
created by azer | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 368 views | 7 recommendations | 5 comments
"WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. exports to Iran -- including brassieres, bull semen, cosmetics and possibly even weapons -- grew more than tenfold during President Bush's years in office even as he accused Iran of nuclear ambitions and helping terrorists. ...
Yes, but no, but yes. Know what I mean? But seriously this is a major concern with increasing numbers of communication problems identified especially in the most poor areas how can the inequalities agenda really...
created by Paul Conneally | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 420 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment
While the Playstation 3 is a great system, has a blu-ray player and some fun games, some users got a surprise when they updated the most recent firmware: it stopped working.The firmware is basically the software...