Section 8 loophole thwarts evacuees return to New Orleans- We Don't Want no S...

"Two weeks ago in Houston, two Katrina evacuees hauled the final boxes out of their apartments. But even as their landlords prepared to change their locks, Gina Martin and Samantha Egana couldn't go home to New Orleans, because their Section 8 vouchers were stalled by the...

Sask. evacuees start heading home

I'm glad to hear the intensity of the fires did not reach the "pyro" levels anticipated. It will be interesting to read the reports that are filed by some of the scientists who went to Saskatchewan to observe.   ...

Palestinians storm Rafah crossing

Hundreds of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip have stormed the gate at the Rafah crossing and have clashed heavily with security forces."Palestinian youth on Wednesday threw rocks at Egyptian soldiers, who responded in kind, keeping the crowd at bay with water cannons. ...

Israel agrees to Hezbollah prisoner deal

OpinionBarry Artiste, now Public ContributorIsraels swap of a Lebanese Man, Samir Kanter who crushed the head of a 4 year old girl to death with a rifle butt in exchange for the bodies of two dead  soldiers,...

Glastonbury 2009: a return to guitar band roots

Well this is a little odd. After all the press hullabaloo over whether Jay-Z would satisfy the guitar-loving Glastonbury crowd, and after Jay-Z's performance yesterday appears to have quelled all the doubters,...

Quality field lines up for tough British cycling championship

British cycling has been somewhat resurgent in the past few years -- maybe a peripheral effect of the Lance Armstrong era. I don't know much about the British scene other than the fact that Malcom Elliott is still...

CHRISTIE BRINKLEY'S CHEATING HUSBAND PETER COOK PAYS TEEN LOVER FOR HER SILEN...

" Supermodel Christie Brinkley's cheating hubby, Peter Cook, paid $300,000 to his former teenage lover to keep her from singing about their torrid affair, The Post has learned. Cook's payment to...

MIT Students Develop Revolutionary Solar Dish That is Hot Enough to Melt Steel

Interesting news on the alternative energy front ... " New solar dish from MIT concentrates sunlight intensely enough to melt steel ... The results are staggering -- the completed mirror focuses enough solar energy at its focal point to melt solid steel.  The energy of...

Mermaid Parade in Coney Island today

The annual Mermaid Parade kicked off in Coney Island, New York today, but one person will be making a political statement and will be undertaking a hunger strike in protest to the proposed changes to the...

Return of the soprano fired for being too fat

No one can ever support discriminatory practices but this opera singer looks so much healthier - it's got be good for her health and the public get to hear her sing again at the highest level too. " An American soprano has returned to the Royal Opera House stage,...

Viva Coldplay

"Viva Coldplay Published: 14 Jun 2008 CHRIS MARTIN compared the Coldplay live comeback to a pre-season friendly last night. The singer told the crowd of friends and family at London’s Wembley Arena that getting back on stage was like a trip to the...

Japan to lift N Korea sanctions

Japan has lifted sanctioned imposed on North Korea after latter tested a nuclear bomb in 2006. Sanction has been continued after every six months since then. But today it lifted and this will loosen restrictions...

BP ups stakes by accusing Putin of failing to stop hijack by oligarchs

"BP has upped the stakes in its battle for control of its Russian joint venture, by accusing Vladimir Putin of damaging his country's reputation through failing to intervene in the escalating dispute.John Sutherland, the BP chairman, used a press conference in Stockholm to...

They kept asking about ransom, TV journalist recalls

The Philippines lay claim to the number two spot in the deadliest places for journalist rundown...next to Iraq which has been torn by war and civil unrest. This article comes straight from a veteran journalist who has been kidnapped and held captive for three...

6 Kilos of Heroin: Cdn Woman in Pakistan Jail

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorIn another case similar to Brenda Martin jailed in Mexico this year on what Brenda says were "Trumped up charges."Another Canadian Woman rots in a Pakistani jail on...

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