An Imminent Victory for ‘Net Neutrality’ Advocates

"An Imminent Victory for ‘Net Neutrality’ Advocates By Vindu Goel When Comcast admitted last fall that it was blocking — or slowing down, as the company preferred to call it — certain file transfers by customers, a lot of people complained that the company...

Woman Beaten for "Witchcraft"

A woman was hired as a traditional healer in rural India, but, when the client's wife didn't get better, things got ugly." Nishant Tiwari, a police official in northeastern India, said a journalist who filmed the beating called him Thursday to report the incident, which took...

Fat Taxes 'Could Save Thousands'

The researchers from Oxford University are right. High fat foods should cost more and low fat foods should cost less."More than 3,000 fatal heart attacks and strokes could be prevented in the UK each year if VAT was slapped on a vast range of foods, say Oxford researchers. A...

Paint, Paint, Glorious Paint ~ the Ross Revenge

"It has been many years since the hull has been painted, particularly the portside. In fact, it may be as long ago as 1982 since the paintwork was taken down to bare metal, re-primed and repainted. Most of the paint which has been applied since then has simply been slapped...

Barney Breaks $25 Million News

Santa Barbara's media mess once again made headlines at the New York Times, which enables Barney Brantingham to do a little digging of his own and issue his report on his midweek "On the Beat" column. He reveals that Wendy McCaw is now seeking $25 million from former editor...

Animal cruelty raises our ire

Local Florida man kills longtime friend and pet and locals are puzzled

Boozing hubbies face wives' slippers

"Men caught boozing by their wives in an Indian village now face being slapped across the face by their wives' slippers. A committee of women at Japalli, in Andhra Pradesh, introduced the punishment in a bid to 'curb the menace of liquor', reports the Press Trust of...

Malaysian newspaper gets slapped for sex story

"Malaysian government leaders have rebuked a local newspaper for publishing a frank expose of sexual attitudes among the country's youth. The Weekend Mail gave detailed descriptions of favorite sex positions from its survey -- including "spooning, galloping and tea bag...