A fourth baby is reported to have died in China's continuing and widening milk scandal. Tests found the chemical melamine in liquid milk produced by three of the country's leading dairy companies. Thousands of children have gotten ill from drinking the tainted milk. "A fourth...
" (CNN) -- Embattled Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick pleaded guilty Thursday to charges resulting from a sex scandal and is to resign from office immediately, a prosecutor said. ...
"With its sharp angles and its glass walls shimmering in the sunlight it looks like a piece of modern art.But this innovative design is actually a blueprint for the city of the future - a giant glass pyramid...
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Today is National Waiters & Waitresses Day! If you go out to eat today and get good service, be nice and maybe tip a little extra. I worked at waiting tables all through college, and personally I...
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"I’ve been preoccupied with risk these days. Or risk mitigation to be exact. I’m tired of watching my TD Ameritrade account get whipsawed. It’s got me thinking. Would a portfolio invested solely in African markets be a tragedy waiting to happen? The chart below...
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Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor
When comparing Canada's Notorious Serial Killer Wally Pickton's sentence of 4.1 years per murder victim versus 4 Criminals ongoing past Drug and present Kidnapping...
I have been pretty busy lately so I have not been able to post a lot but found this very interesting. My first thought was "finnaly, I have wanted to ask one of the leaders in this ' extremists Jihad' a question...
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"The Irish Human Rights Commission has called for flights to be inspected where there is a chance that terrorist suspects are being transported to secret detention.
The practice known as extraordinary rendition has been a contentious issue for some time.
It has been alleged...
"Writers and NGOs: Supreme Court Ruling is a ‘Disgrace’
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Writers, journalists and non-governmental organisations have called the Supreme Court’s decision at the end of last week a ‘disgrace’. The Court ruled that the rights of...
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Old fuddy duddy? In his 50's?Google needs a good spanking."A state appeals court in San Jose ruled Thursday that a former Google executive in his 50s who was allegedly called "old fuddy-duddy" and told he was "slow" before being terminated in February 2004 has the right to...
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"Missouri Court Opines “Hillbilly” Label a Compliment
Lowell and Minnie want a divorce. Well, Lowell does (rather "did" ... this is a 1960 case). The grounds for divorce?
"Indignities."
The Circuit Court in Stone County, Missouri, gave it to him. Minnie appealed to...
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"ntario Court of Appeal throws out Truscott's conviction in murder of Lynne Harper
Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - 02:07 PM
By: Kevin Misener and The Canadian Press
The court has ruled Truscott was the victim of a...
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Metal detectors and feeling up students and paranoia, oh my! They are saying that teachers who authorized to carry out such searches must undergo "specific training." Those teachers uncomfortable with the idea can...
created by Kaitlin | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 407 views | 5 recommendations | 2 comments
"THE ingredients most likely to spark confrontation between the United States and Iran could scarcely be simpler or more combustible: a tin filled with an explosive charge and a lump of copper is all that is needed to manufacture what the US military calls an Explosively...
U.S. Energy Policy, as it stands today, is broken because it is not sustainable in the long term, and provides far too little foresight to ever become sustainable. A lot of people agree, but they are split into groups that prevent enough action from being taken. The largest...
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