Subprime Mortgage Refinance Fiasco

"Currently my girlfriend and I are caught up in the mortgage fiasco surrounding New Century Financial which is the parent company of Home123 who she is trying to refinance through. Unfortunately our fiasco began back in November of 2006 with Beneficial in Olympia WA. and we...

Tiger Hunting in France

"Nice France - Thieves have stolen a three-month-old 12kg tiger from a zoo at Frejus in southern France and keepers worry he could be turned loose into surrounding countryside and run wild, they said on Saturday. Kouma was stolen last Wednesday when intruders broke in...

Triclour and country's future

"Triclour and country's future On the morning of Republic Day (26th January 2007) our society hoisted the tricolour Indian Flag. This is Manu (my son) on the right and Ritam (Manu's friend) with our national flag. As a child we used to eagerly wait for this day and used to...

Duel Carriageway may Ruin Battlefield

UPDATE 23rd February 2007 ''There certainly is a need, rather a necessity to build a duel carriageway ring road around Northampton town center. At the moment you have only one road to travel from one side to another. Even this one road is a problem, look at the number of...

Dire news on global warming as Geophysical Union meets in S.F.

No ice in 2040?

LA Auto Show: Two-peat! GM wins LA Design Challenge again

"To fully understand the HUMMER O2, the GM team believes that terms commonly associated with ecology and biology work best. Photosynthesis The HUMMER 02 Concept features a revolutionary phototropic body shell that produces pure oxygen throughout the life of the vehicle....

Madonna seeing marriage counsellor

"Madonna and Guy Ritchie have reportedly been seeing a marriage counsellor in a desperate bid to save their six-year union. The 'Hung Up' singer and her film director husband have allegedly been seeing top marital therapist Tricia Barnes after their relationship hit "rock...

The Silver Lining

" From Brussels Journal, This is the concluding paragraph of Konraad Elst'€™s review of the late Anwar Shaihk€™s "Islam and Terrorism."   " The one silver lining to the dark cloud of Islamic terrorism is that it alerts non-Muslim societies to the specificity of...

City said to be terrorist breeding ground

"TETOUAN, Morocco, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- A Moroccan seaport 3,000 miles from Iraq has become one of the world's most fertile recruiting grounds for jihadists, U.S. officials say. In the past eight months a group of young men, all worshippers at the same mosque, have left their...

Palestinians use human shield to halt Israeli air strike on ... - Guardian Un...

" · Hundreds of neighbours join first successful action · Air force calls off missile attack to protect civilians Palestinians yesterday stopped Israel from destroying the home of two militants by surrounding it with a human shield. In the first incident of its...

Saddam Follows OJ Example, Writes Book 'If I Had WMDs'

"Saddam Hussein, a long-term admirer of OJ Simpson's life story, has most recently followed his icon's example, releasing a shocking new book titled If I Had Weapons Of Mass Destruction, in which he outlines how his illegal weapons would have been hidden - if he had them. The...

Games @ Review: Dead Rising

"When first hearing about Dead Rising you can be forgiven for thinking this is going to be another Resident Evil/Silent Hill horror mystery with the usual slow and generally generic zombie action. This however is not the case, dead rising uses the sheer power of the Xbox 360...

Learning About Quail Springs

"The caretakers of Quail Springs are integrating permaculture design into its ongoing development of the farm and its stewardship of the flora and fauna in the surrounding lands. Permaculture is one of the wefts in our cultural basket that honors the land and all who dwells...

Congress asks HP to turn over records

"Congress and federal investigators on Monday entered the fray surrounding Hewlett-Packard Co.'s possibly illegal probe of media leaks, as the company's board met to discuss the fate of its embattled chairwoman. With the FBI, the U.S. Attorney for Northern California and the...