It's the second underground fire in Toronto in a week, and the third in Canada this month after last week's power-cutting Vancouver fire. While this one wasn't nearly as serious, hundreds of people were left without...
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"Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund Paul Graham July 2008 When we read Y Combinator applications there are always ideas we're hoping to see. In the past we've never said publicly what they are. If we say we're...
"Yes, you read my title correctly. Today's New York Times includes an op-ed piece by Benny Morris, a Professor of Middle Eastern history at Ben Gurion University. He claims Israel will most certainly attack Iran...
Indian Army often accused Pakistani's of violating ceasefire and firing upon Indian Post but yesterday a Pakistani army spokesperson have accused Indian army of breaking a ceasefire. Indian army defended its action on the ground that firing was to prevent infiltration...
I know how they feel, I have had problems with AFNI too"SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- More than 70,000 consumers complained about third-party debt collectors in 2007, but one Sacramento couple said they have good reason to bark about the bill they received.Steve Fanelli received a...
"Although measurement methods have improved enormously over the last few decades, it has remained very difficult to measure changes in the crust that could enable earthquake prediction. Now, the field has been...
"DEAD BODYGUARDS Maj. Gen. William Robertson,Deputy Commanding General, V Corps, Europe Col William Densberger,V Corps Chief of Operations and Plans Col. Robert Kelly,V Corps Chief of Intelligence Spec. Gary Rhodes, Crew Chief died: 2/23/93 - All were killed when...
It appears ODESSA's ratline to Argentina was good for something:"Film historians had doubted they would ever find the missing parts of "Metropolis" -- until three reels of the science fiction movie made in Germany a long time ago, were discovered in a country far, far...
Though President George W. Bush's "faith-based initiatives" - which give government money to religious groups for charity work - have been one of the most controversial programs of his presidency, Barack Obama has pledged to expand them if he is elected president. This...
" "King Puck" is one of the last regents of Ireland, though his reign is a short one -- from August 10 to 12 every year. Nevertheless, the small Irish town of Killorglin (about 100 km. from Cork) has been crowing...
Obama will make Martin Luther King proud if he'd be the next president of USA....."For black Americans, the road to political inclusion that has allowed Democratic candidate Barack Obama to make a serious bid for the...
"This was the damage after a light aircraft came down in France today.The small plane crashed into a village in Vezenobres, a small town with a population of 1,400 near the Southern coast of France, this afternoon,...