Rush rolls toward new album release

NEW YORK, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- Vintage North American rock band Rush is just about finished with its first studio album since 2002. - Billboard.com reported Wednesday that the tracks for the project were laid down in upstate New York and have been declared highly...

My phone and I: who owns who?

"Did it happen that your phone rang in the worst possible moment, interrupting you from a very important thing you were doing? I bet it did, at least once. What did you do then? Well, I met lots of people who rushed in to answer the call, thus getting angry and frustrated,...

Today's Nun Has A Veil--And A Blog

"More young women are entering convents. How they are changing the sisterhood. For the iPod generation, it doesn't get more radical than wearing a veil. The hijab worn by traditional Muslim women might have people talking, but it's the wimple that really turns heads. And in...

Crooks and Liars [news]

News & Opinion.

Activist Protesting the Iraq War Burns Himself Alive

This story has really slipped through the cracks. It sounds like Chicago 's local media blew off the story because they thought the man was mentally ill. Even, so, a man lighting himself on fire in front a packed Expressway seems like a pretty big story, locally speaking. ...

Fallout shelters in our future

Is the international nuclear non-proliferation regime on the verge of collapsing?  Europe is down the drain, if Algiers and Cairo and Rabat go nuclear.  The Times article is very much a prospective look at a future that may never happen: but, still,  Pyongyang,...

For not that much more, Americans opting to eat out (The Christian Scien...

" ATLANTA - By the time he's driven to the farmers' market, bought the organic veggies, and spent an hour of his time cooking a meal for himself and his wife, Mark Chernesky figures he's spent $30. That's why today, after fighting rush hour, the Atlanta multimedia...

Chicago train derailment sends 120 to hospital (AFP)

" CHICAGO (AFP) - About 120 people were sent to hospital with minor injuries after a Chicago subway train derailed during rush hour, authorities said. The back two wheels of an eight-car train came off the track, causing a fire and filling a tunnel with thick smoke during...