Aussie science to make net 100 times faster

Considering the number of otherwise credible sources that have reported on this, it would seem it's not a hoax, and if it works should end big telco's profit and greed-driven and already debunked fear-mongering about a coming "internet clog""COMPUTER users frustrated by slow...

More UFO 2008

"Unknown Object in Photograph of Funnel Cloud in Oklahoma Oklahoma-06-05-08-It was evening time on June 5, 2008, and my friend and I were driving back home from Ohio to Arizona. We ran into some nasty weather in...

Liverpool newsagent shot dead defending his shop - Mirror.co.uk

A shopkeeper in Liverpool has been shot by an armed robber as he tried to defend his shop."A shopkeeper shot dead at his till had gone for a baseball bat to try to defend his small store.Father-of-six Abdo Saeed Al-Selwi, 47, who was blasted in the chest, is believed to have...

Lee Scratch Perry Break Boundaries With New Album

Reggae legend and pioneer, Lee "Scratch" Perry's latest album, The End of an American Dream has been nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Reggae Album category for this year's 50th Grammy Awards. Released on Lansing, Michigan-based MEGAWAVE Records, The End of an American...

The Race for the Best and Brightest Ad Talent

"Bennett Porter is wickedly busy these days. She has just been promoted to Yahoo's head of marketing for Southeast Asia, so she's frequenting the parabola between Singapore and corporate headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. Yet Ms. Porter still is in the process of disengaging...

Is the United States Army officially teaching anti-Arab racism?

Is the United States Army officially teaching anti-Arab racism?  It would seem so and the evidence is in black and white. After everything else, here is a document issued to American military personnel on...

Progressive Pragmatism -- A Conversation With The Left

"Tonight in the United States, the wealthiest nation on earth, one in five children will go to bed hungry. If this sounds depressing, preachy, or moralistic that's because it is. The United States today exhibits...

A virtual scratch behind the ears

"André Trudel plans to play fetch with his dog Twist no matter where he is in the world. Trudel, a computer expert at Acadia University in Wolfville, N.S., is developing a program so that he can play with his dog...

N.Y. woman wins $1 million lottery again (AP)

" NEW YORK - A woman who won $1 million from a state lottery game four years ago has improbably hit the jackpot again. Valerie Wilson, who works at a Long Island deli, said she won another $1 million on a lottery scratch-off game last month. "The first time I couldn't...

N.Y. woman wins lottery for second time (AP)

" NEW YORK - A woman who won $1 million from a state lottery game four years ago has improbably hit the jackpot again. Valerie Wilson, who works at a Long Island deli, said she won another $1 million on a lottery scratch-off game last month. "The first time I couldn't...

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