Senator Seeks Withdrawal of Guilty Plea in Sex Sting

Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) still says he did not solicit sex in a restroom stall after he pleaded guilty to doing just that."ST. PAUL — A lawyer for Senator Larry E. Craig asked the Minnesota Court of Appeals on Wednesday to allow Mr. Craig to withdraw a guilty plea to...

Wind Turbine That Imitates Flippers Could Increase Efficiency

"For all its merits as an everlasting, carbon-free source of energy, wind has its drawbacks. There are hefty up-front installation costs associated with wind turbines, and these turbines run intermittently and...

Zimbabwe Crisis Talks Stall, Rumours of a Mole Surface

The world is waiting in anticipation after it was announced that the Zimbabwe talks had stalled and were taking a few days off.The official story running on the wire and other news services is that both sides are at an impasse over what position and powers Morgan Tsvangirai,...

Zimbabwe's billionaires face daily struggle to make ends meet

Soaring inflation has made even billionaires to struggle in their daily life in Zimbabwe. The ludicrously high inflation rates and food shortages have helped contribute to factors that have seen the southern...

A Flower Sellers Secrets

Great little portrait piece in first person... words of wisdom from flower seller Dennis Madden. "While you're upstairs asleep, roses can drink two inches, I'm warning you. The stall with the edge is the stall...

April Fool's Day

Happy April Fool's Day. Well, after reading the origin of AprilFool's day, I am quite confused. You might want to search it yourselfor look at wikipedia. However, in tradition, the jokes only last untilnoon. But when I was in my secondary school, we played madly.Almost10...

Overturned pig truck goes hog wild

Squealing swine stalled traffic Sunday on the Pomono (60) in California.  Thankfully the apocalypse did not ensue."INDUSTRY, Calif. A big rig overturned on the Pomona (60) freeway Sunday, forcing live pigs to...

Professional Protest Stall on Police March

"Realising that the Police are far more used to being on the other side of protests, the Space Hijackers set up a stall at the Police March offering tips on protesting, free placards and even police issue anti F.I.T team face masks "

Conservatives turn back on Craig after men's room affair

Yet another anti-Gay, bigoted neo-conservative republican bites the dust.  What is with closeted gay republicans??  - The Angryindian-------------------------------------------"The Republican party today...

Tucker Calson admits to attack on gay man

This is an appalling act and a startling admission to make:"I went back with someone I knew and grabbed the guy by the -- you know, and grabbed him, and ... hit him against the stall with his head, actually."

Giant Lego man found in Dutch sea

"AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A giant, smiling Lego man was fished out of the sea in the Dutch resort of Zandvoort on Tuesday. Workers at a drinks stall rescued the 2.5-meter (8-foot) tall model with a yellow head and blue torso. "We saw something bobbing about in the sea and we...

Rep. Bob Allen cites fear of black men, weather in oral sex arrest

*coughahem*"Rep. Bob Allen cites fear of black men, weather in oral sex arrest Representative Bob Allen, a Republican in the Florida House of Representatives, blamed the weather and his fear of black men for offering $20 to perform oral sex on a man in a public park. The man...

Rockefeller: Cheney applied 'constant' pressure to stall investigation on fla...

"WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney exerted "constant" pressure on the Republican former chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee to stall an investigation into the Bush administration's use of flawed intelligence on Iraq, the panel's Democratic chairman charged...

New roofs to brighten up market stalls

A LONG-ESTABLISHED market has been given a make-over. In a project initiated by Wellingborough Council, every stall on the town's Market Place now sports a brightly coloured solid roof. The contract was given to Higham Flat Roofing who worked hard to complete the make-over in...

German population continues to decline

"BERLIN - Germany's population fell for a fourth consecutive year in 2006 and recorded the biggest drop since the country's reunification in 1990, the government said Friday, days after launching financial incentives designed to stall falling birth rates. The number of...

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