Drugs Valued at $100m Found By Lifeboat Crew During Emergency Callout

It is a long time since I published the original story but it came to an interesting final conclusion earlier this week:Three men have been sentenced to a total of 85 years in jail after their conviction in...

Pelosi: Bush 'a total failure'

Congresswoman, Nancy Pelosi breaking Mr. Bush heart with her comment..."House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called President Bush "a total failure" on Thursday, among the California Democrat's harshest assessments to date of...

German Inflation Hit Record High in June - 3.3 percent

Amazingly, everyone here seems to be hurting when it comes to food costs.  From grocery shopping on Monday I found the following (all prices in Eur) and just in time to confirm the article below:Cookies - Normally 0.69 - up to 1.09 Granola bars - normally 2.09- up to...

Pennies saved to become records earned

Two World Records have been set:" The first coin was placed on the ground Tuesday evening. By Friday night, the group had assembled a 64-kilometre-long chain of pennies in a school parking lot. Volunteer Diana...

An impressive list of policy achievements

Six years after the end of Fernando Henrique Cardoso second term his ortodox economic polices achieved the official recognition inside and outside Brazil. Fernando Henrique Cardoso's policies, until quite recently...

Mr. Bush, Keep Your Word -New Orleans Gambit Commentary

"Mr. Bush, Keep Your Word This isn't about pork. It's about heart — and keeping official promises. While Congress and the Bush Administration haggle over what should be included in the emergency Gulf War spending bill, the American Gulf Coast finds itself caught in the...

Oil to fall, underpinning growth: Credit Suisse

"By Jeremy Gaunt, European Investment CorrespondentLONDON (Reuters) - Credit Suisse's investment arm is banking on commodity prices to fall over the rest of this year, with the price of crude oil dropping back to between $100 and $120 a barrel, one of its top executives said...

British consumer confidence hits record low, BRC finds

UK retailers are in a panic as study after study shows that consumers are going to be hoarding their cash for some time. A drop in consumer spending power, a bad job market and general economic malaise have contributed to a general belt-tightening in the public mood....

Parenting Subcontractors

" Catherine Castrence is not a morning person. So between getting her daughters dressed and fed breakfast, letting the dog out and giving an insulin shot to the family's diabetic cat, the Reston, Va., working mother...

Consumer confidence at 18-year low

It's doom and gloom for the UK ecomony, but they like it way, something to moan about. "Consumer confidence at 18-year low Fears of a looming recession sent consumer confidence diving to its lowest level for nearly 18 years this month, a survey has...

Houston to Shell Out $150,000 to Defend Police Beard Ban

"HOUSTON —  The Houston City Council has unanimously authorized spending up to $150,000 to defend the city in a lawsuit challenging the police department's ban on beards. Council members spent more than an hour last night discussing the policy and...

'Foreigners can't settle in Goa'

Goa - famous for its sand, sun and beaches - always attracts foreigners. Many of them have even bought their properties to live there permanently. But now local government is bringing in a new law to prohibit sale to...

You Can’t Trust A Woman With Money

When Bill Clintonleft office in the winter of 2000, the economy was booming, the governmentbudget was balanced, and tight fiscal spending had given the government $230billion surplus, making it the largest surplus in...

Donkey acts like an jackass, gets 3 days in jail

A donkey in Mexico that acted like a jackass has been freed after spending three days in jail.    The Televisa network on Wednesday showed Blacky gobbling food from a bucket after spending three...

Carl Icahn says Obama would be a "terrible'' President who would Wreck the Ec...

Carl Icahn says Obama would be a "terrible'' President who would Wreck the Economy I don't normally get involved in politics, but this time I am,'' Icahn told an investors conference in New York Wednesday night...

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