Dhoni backs Kumble to lead

"Indian one-day and Twenty20 captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has come out in support of Test skipper Anil Kumble amid talks of the Test captaincy be also handed over to him. In Vadodara for the Irani Cup tie between Ranji champions Delhi and Rest of India, Dhoni revealed that he...

9 Firefighters in California Helicopter Crash Are Presumed Dead

"Nine firefighters were missing and presumed dead after a helicopter crashed this week while ferrying them to one of the blazes still raging in northern California. The nine were believed to have been consumed by the flames that erupted after the Sikorsky S-61 fell out of...

Parliamentary complaint over birthday party

PC is spreading as can be seen from this latest story from Sweden."A heated debate is raging in Sweden after an eight-year-old boy's failure to invite two classmates to his birthday party resulted in a complaint filed with parliament. Nearly 200 outraged comments have been...

Hepatitis Scare at Trendy NYC Club

Some might say that the timing was awful for a Hep-A outbreak at a trendy NYC bar... but there isn't really a good time for such a thing: people are people. At least celebs can afford really good medical care, so perhaps they're the safest vectors."On the heels of Kutcher's...

Raging Fire At Pallet Yard

" June 14, 2007 California - Residents whose homes were threatened by a raging fire at a pallet yard Wednesday are breathing a sigh of relief after firefighters rallied to save their homes. The fire broke out shortly after 9:30 a.m. at E and A Pallet, near Road 112 and Avenue...