Jade Goody too sick to leave her bed for hospital visit

.... TV reality star Jade Goody has been told by doctors she only has months left to live." Reality TV star Jade Goody has spoken about her fears for the future following her diagnosis with cervical cancer. ...

RAF guided blind pilot to safety

Amazingly, a pilot in the UK who lost his sight while flying a light aircraft was able to be safely guided back to earth by the Royal Air Force. The sudden blindness was caused by a stroke."A pilot who lost his...

Close friend believes Steve Fossett 'had death wish because of guilt over mar...

Here we go the guys reported dead and now we have a nasty assumption from the gutter press. Lets milk the story before he is put into the grave.   " Adventurer Steve Fossett crashed his plane into a remote Californian mountainside in a ‘subconscious death wish’,...

US budget deficit seen at $438bn

According to the latest Capitol Hill estimates, the US government will run a near-record deficit of $407 billion this year. However the actual figure is likely to be much larger than this, because it is not taking into account the recent bailout of the nation's two biggest...

Kelsey Grammer recovering after 'mild' heart attack

The star best known for his role as Frasier has reportedly suffered a minor heart attack." LOS ANGELES - A spokesman for Kelsey Grammer says the "Frasier" star is recovering in a Hawaii...

Aid workers fear Burma cyclone deaths will top 50,000

"Foreign aid workers in Burma have concluded that as many as 50,000 people diedin Saturday’s cyclone, and two to three million are homeless, in a disasteron a scale comparable with the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.The official death count after Cyclone Nargis stood at just...

Lifeboat stranded on rocks

"High seas and gale force winds threatened fresh damage to the stranded £2m Portrush lifeboat which was stuck on rocks on Rathlin Island tonight. Earlier the crew and engineering experts had to be rescued...

Rainstorm wallops parched Georgia after prayer event

From Associated Press: " ATLANTA — A storm crashed through the Southeast and brought up to an inch of rain in parts of drought-stricken Georgia, but forecasters said the storm likely did little to ease the state's historic drought. "The ground probably sucked it all...

Petah Tikva schools refuse to accept 80 Ethiopian immigrants - Haaretz - Isra...

What bothers me most about this report is the term "conversion" as it si used in this piece.  Conversion to what from what?  That the article does not detail.  - The Angryindian------------------------------------"Petah Tikva schools refuse to accept 80...

Feeding education to hungry children worldwide

"Nicholas Negroponte, founder of the non-profit group One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), wants to stop the spread of poverty throughout the world. But instead of filling the void of third-world economic backpedaling,...

British Scavenge Booty from Stricken Vessel

I found this link on boingboing.net."Ignoring health warnings and threats of prosecution, hundreds of people foraged among containers washed from a stricken cargo vessel on the southern English coast on Monday, hauling off booty that included BMW motorcycles, shoes, diapers,...

The Jaggers unite for grandad Joe's funeral

Our cndolences to the Jaggers"They have not always have seen eye to eye. But the ex-wives, former lovers and current girlfriend of Mick Jagger united to support him as he said a final farewell to his beloved...

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