Cheeks Kilpatrick triumphs in close primary race

After a rocky start, Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick defeated her two opponents in yesterday's Democratic state primary."Early results Tuesday showed the six-term congresswoman trailing both her opponents, but as the night wore on and more Detroit numbers came in, she pulled...

Ex-Cop May Face Taser Death Charges

This is a follow up on NowPublic Member Glc3 's post found here I read this story as I would any other but what is sad are the comments left under the CBS story highlighted here. Everyone blaming others once again. I believe, and this is only my opinion, that we all need to...

American Beef signs as co-sponsor of Scott squad

Hmm. I wonder if they'll have a burger on their jersey. Better yet re-name the team Chihuahua-Scott-American beef. Then the teams' jerseys could have a chihuahua on a bike eating a burger. Now that's a team I could support! " The former Saunier Duval-Scott team will...

Pregnancies jump after Grand Junction festival

"Whether it's something in the water or the grooving sounds of country music, the aftermath of what one health officials calls Grand Junction's "Woodstock" drives up pregnancies in this city each year. Nurse-Family Partnership supervisor Wanda Scott said referrals to her...

North America's 1st carbon tax rolls out under fire

"VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Civic leader Scott Nelson says he is as worried as anyone about global warming, but that does not make him happy to be one of the first North Americans to pay a carbon tax to curb climate change. Nelson, mayor of Williams Lake, British...

Half time - Leeds 0 - 1 Carlise

"This page refreshes automatically every 2 minutes Correction - 31:08 GOAL - Danny GrahamLeeds 0 - Carlisle 1 Goal by Danny Graham (Carlisle) (bottom-left of goal) from right side of penalty area (12 yards).Leeds 0-1...

Christians seek destruction of Amazon's last lost tribes

There really is no hope for the fewtribes who aren’t part of the western, industrial, total agricultural mother culturewhen the religious nutters are intent on bringing their special brandof insanity to them""