AT LONG LAST WE IN IRELAND GET THE IPHONE

"Looks like folks living in Ireland will be able to get their hands on the iPhone starting from March 14 onwards, with the 8GB and 16GB models retailing for €399 and €499, respectively. This news from O2 will see the iPhone being made available through the carrier's...

Magnitude 7.5 Earthquake Shook Western Indonesia

The island where the epicenter was is extremely small. I uploaded a couple diferent photos of the map to show the size. I am sure this will be a developing story. They are keeping an eye out for tsunamis at this...

Beef Recall - Biggest beef recall in U.S. history, 140 million pounds.

"School districts are scrambling to see if they've received any of the frozen meat involved in the biggest beef recall in U.S. history, 140 million pounds. One local industry veteran says he just can't figure out how in 2008 this could have happened. ”The things they were...

Botox Warning by FDA after 16 Deaths

There is quite an uproar today regarding the FDA warning about Botox and it's competitor Myobloc. Sixteen of the cases reported were fatal, including four involving children under 18, Public Citizen said....

Chantix Warning - Stop Smoking Prescription Drug Warned by FDA

More and more of these drugs previously approved by the FDA are getting warnings and recalls. It has us wondering about how many of these products were quickly were pushed out for profit without regard to the...

Wilders and his film worry Dutch expats

"Wilders and his film worry Dutch expats by Perro de Jong 23-01-2008 Dutch people living abroad are worried about the effects of right-wing politician Geert Wilders' anti-Qu'ran film. In recent weeks Dutch embassies have been busy making emergency plans, a move which many...

Abbas Government Wants to Take Over Gaza Borders

At this point it seems like musical chairs as to who will control the Gaza borders each week. The news today is that Arab governments are backing the push by Abbas to take over.Previous NowPublic coverage of the...

GLAAD Award Nominees Announced

It's great to see how far we've come since the days of Ellen DeGeneres' sitcom being the only mainstream television series that promintently featured gay and lesbian characters.  As GLAAD Presiden Neil Giuliano notes, "This year's extraordinary nominees exemplify the...

Obama smear campaign begins

"In Richard Cohen’s op-ed for the Post today, he plays a very nasty game of guilt by association. Because Barack Obama belongs to the ostensibly controversial Trinity United Church of Christ, in Chicago, and...

$5000 Reward: Dallas Tiger Killer

"On Christmas Day, the same day the tragic tiger event happened at the San Francisco Zoo, a horrific story seemed to fall through the cracks. Tiger Found Shot To Death in Dallas, TX, the same day an escaped tiger...

Catholic church hypocritical accepting Blair, says priest

"A British priest Monday accused the Catholic church of being hypocritical for accepting the conversion of former prime minister Tony Blair because of his support for the Iraq war. "If the Roman Catholic church truly reflected the values of Jesus Christ, then Tony Blair...

Paris Hilton making millions hosting bashes

"It looks like Paris Hilton is going to have quite a New Year, after making at least 2 million dollars just from hosting hollywood bashes. Since her Halloween party in Vegas, for which she received a 500,000...

Daughter of the West

" * LRB * 13 December 2007 * Tariq Ali more detail icon * printer icon print layout * mail icon tell a friend Daughter of the West Tariq Ali Arranged marriages can be a messy business. Designed principally as a means of accumulating wealth, circumventing...

Nominate New7Wonders of Nature Candidates

" www.new7wonders.com The new New7Wonders of Nature campaign was launched at the end of the Declaration gala on 07.07.07. Since then, organizes have received input from more than half a million people around the planet, and hundreds of natural sites have been nominated....

Surfer dude stuns physicists with theory of everything

"An impoverished surfer has drawn up a new theory of the universe, seen by some as the Holy Grail of physics, which has received rave reviews from scientists."

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