Dubai, via Sheikh Zayed Rd.

One among the world's best places - hails to be Dubai among the emirates. The city has flourished to a great extent that the expats over here are a bit overwhelmed with the question: what next? The huge sky...

Schwarzenegger signs bill banning texting by motorists

California will ban drivers from sending text messagesn while driving, after the governor signed legislation banning the practice into law. Since July, California drivers have been banned from using their cell...

Driver died sitting in car blaze

A woman in a car accident in the UK burnt to death when she refused to leave her vehicle after the accident, an inquest has been told. Truly a bizarre story."A driver burnt to death after refusing to leave her vehicle when it was set alight following a crash, an inquest was...

North America's Only Road Rally Underway in Newfoundland

The seventh annual Targa Newfoundland, a 2,200-kilometre rally through eastern and central part of Newfoundland, is underway. The rally, which consists of sports cars racing on public roads, is the only...

UK police to map all citizen's car journeys and save data for five years

Th UK is already the world's most spied on by state and private CCTV cameras. Now the UK police are using the technology to map all citizens' car journeys and keep the data on record for five years. This is...

Katrina Pain Index: New Orleans Three Years Later

" Katrina hit New Orleans and the Gulf Coast three years ago this week. The president promised to do whatever it took to rebuild. But the nation is trying to fight wars in several countries and is dealing with economic crisis. The attention of the president wandered...

Pedestrian Killed by Tractor-Trailer

"A stretch of road in the Town of Dunkirk was closed off for five hours on Tuesday morning after a tractor-trailer hit and killed a pedestrian.Fredonia State Police say the accident happened right by Wilbur Road...

Grocery theft turns into demolition derby

Oh someone please tell me they have a picture of this woman, I just have to see what a nut like this looks like!"By MEGAN PILLOW Mooresville Tribune Wednesday, August 27, 2008A Mooresville woman was jailed Monday after she stole a cart full of groceries from a grocery...

Carnival goers flock to Notting Hill

Update: The Notting Hill Carnival ended up drawing close to 850,000 people this year.  More than 200 of them were arrested over the two-day festival.  NowPublic contributor LotusFlower also covered...

East-West Artery Reopens in Georgia

"TBILISI, Georgia -- Traffic gradually began to trickle along Georgia's main east-west highway over the weekend, after the departure of Russian troops who had been barring traffic on the road and, effectively,...

Teen killed when car strikes mobile home

"by DONNA SWICEGOOD Mooresville Tribune Friday, August 22, 2008Randall Scott Canup, 18, of Mooresville died Thursday night when the car he was driving struck a mobile home on Wiggins Road in Mooresville. The...

Women survive car cliff plunge

Talk about luck! Four women in the UK drove off a cliff and plummeted 30 metres, but they happened to land in a swimming pool below them. The driver is suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol."Four women walked away with minor injuries after their car plunged 30...

Protest Rally of United Trade Union Is Being Held outside of Checkpoint of Ru...

"A protest rally of about 100 representatives of Georgian United Trade Union is being held at Igoeti village, where the first checkpoint of Russian occupation armies is located. ‘You cannot make Georgia to bring to its knees with bombing’; ‘There is no place for...

The Rum Diaries

A great bar in Bondi Beach, Syndey, reall cool place to hang with friends and have a lazy sunday drink.. enjoy the rum"t's something pretty special when you walk into a bar, take a seat, and a couple of minutes...

Man holds girl, 6, prisoner in ongoing siege

An explosive siege is occuring in Scarborough, UK, in which a man has taken a six-year-old girl hostage. He could be heard last night by observers shouting to police officers, "I'm going to die tonight." The standoff has now entered its third day, and police are still...

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