Zimbabwe's Coventry defends title in backstroke

Coventry successfuly defended her title at the 2008 Olympics. I managed to catch this on CBC's olympic coverage last night on the only channel i have.  this woman's face was so composed the entire time i was completely impressed. "With the wider world waiting for Michael...

Report: New NY Governor Admits Affair

The best defense is a good offense..."With his predecessor's term doomed by a sex scandal, brand-new Gov. David Paterson tried to come clean about his own skeletons just hours after assuming office by acknowledging a years-old affair.Paterson was sworn in almost exactly a...

Press Review 22 January 2008

"Press Review 22 January 2008 Tuesday by Frank Scimone 22-01-2008 Geert Wilders"Wilders, Wilders, Wilders" screams another full-page article over Dutch Freedom Party MP Geert Wilders in today's Volkskrant. This time however de Volkskrant is not reporting about the Dutch...

Church group gangs up on Supreme Court Justice Contender

In Manila, Philippines, a church group suspected to be behind the troubles of a justice who failed to get appointed as Supreme Court justice surfaced lately ... according to Eliseo Soriano, the un-warranted influence of the Iglesia ni Cristo in the affairs of the government...

Microsoft "...Didn't Change Automatic Updates"

"Microsoft has denied that its software had arbitrarily changed Windows Vista's update settings, saying that users were responsible for the modifications that generated claims of unauthorized patch installs. Reacting to reports that first surfaced last week, a program manager...

''Hospital to Close, despite PM's vow''

A hospital is set to close despite a pre-election promise from the Prime Minister that there was "no question" of it being shut down. A review of health services in Teesside has recommended that two hospitals in Hartlepool and Stockton should close and be replaced with a...

Stick with town

"By Jefferson Lake COBBLERS boss Stuart Gray has urged Luke Chambers to stay at the club and continue his development. And the Town manager has confirmed he scouted Chambers when he was at Wolves, and that there is a great deal of buzz in the game about the youngster. The...