B.C. Housing Plunges According To Report

According to a report released by the economics department of Central 1 Credit Union. B.C.'s housing market is definitely bleeding from the current world credit crisis. According to research done in the report,...

Medicinal Marijuana Effective for Neuropathic Pain in HIV

"Medicinal Marijuana Effective for Neuropathic Pain in HIV August 6, 2008 By Debra Kain In a double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial to assess the impact of smoked medical cannabis, or marijuana, on the neuropathic pain associated with HIV,...

Grain Elevator Blast Rocks Destrehan, Near New Orleans

"Friday, October 31, 2008By Matt Scallan, New Orleans Times-Picayune A fire and explosion at the ADM Growmark grain elevator in Destrehan caused "considerable structural damage" to the facility, according to an initial report from the state Department of Environmental...

US: 15 pct of Iraq vets report sexual trauma

Recalling the effects of the Vietnam war on US Vet, a recent report states that 15 % of those US army officials involved in the Iraq invasion report sexual trauma or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.  "...

Eco credit crunch Earth, 2030 two planets needed to keep up life

Eco credit crunch 2030 The financial crisis should be a warning to us. If we continue to live on the Earth Ecological credit, we need 2030 the equivalent of 2 planet resources to keep up our lifestyle. The way out...

Cepal: Latin America’s exports keep on growing

Amid the global recession and recent drop in US consumer confidence, it comes as a encouraging sign that Latin American and Caribbean Exports keep growing. However, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin...

Palin allies report rising campaign tension

Even as John McCain and Sarah Palin scramble to close the gap in the final days of the 2008 election, stirrings of a Palin insurgency are complicating the campaign's already-tense internal dynamics.Four Republicans close to Palin said she has decided increasingly to disregard...

Report: Mobile Devices Set to Overtake PCs for Internet Usage

Mobile web's good; who's ready for brain impants? Seems that would be a logical progression; even the VR glasses and headphones are a clumsy interface between your soul and cyberspace. If that gives you the heebie...

US Faces "Sputnik Moment" in Broadband

New report shows US broadband is getting blown away by other nations"According to Strategy Analytics, the US has not come close to meeting the goal?enunciated by President George Bush in 2004?of ?universal and affordable access by 2007.? In fact, in the so-called ?metrics...

28 Car Pileup Leaves 39 injured and 1 Fatality

You may have already seen this one, but it looks pretty bad.  You thought Los Angeles was bad, check out Europe for gnarley car accidents."October 19, 2008 (by Otto Smyth) According to reports by automobile accident attorneys in Los Angeles, there has been an early...

The fall of Stephane Dion

On election night in Canada, news reporter Adam Bemma attended Stephane Dion's event at the Montreal Sheraton Hotel on Cote-De-Liesse. During the evening many supporters were beginning to realize that a...

Arctic air temperatures climb to record levels:5*c up

This is one more bad news for environmentalist, the scintist have recorded highest fall year temprature in Arctic. Although normally Arctic records relatively high temperature due to phenomena of vortex formation...

U.S. - "We're 29th!!! We're 29th!!"... and dropping on infant mortality rates

And what a sad thing to be 29th and dropping in."The United States dropped to 29th in the world in infant mortality in 2004, the latest year that data are available from all countries, tying with Poland and Slovakia. The year before, it was 27th. In 1960, it was 12th. "The...

Labour education U-turn scraps Sats tests for 14-year-olds

Twelve years after it was instituted, the stage three tests in the UK for 14-year-olds has been scrapped. It's a U-turn for Labour, which has supported the reforms, instituted by the Tories in the early '90s, for many years. The tests were a crucial part in determining a...

Panel Of Experts Chosen To Examine Rail Safety

Finally, there is a panel looking at Metrolink safety.  As you all know, I have been following this issue very closely.  There are so many issues regarding safety that could have easily prevented the...

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