Skunk killed my beloved son

An interesting story on Cannabis use. Though tragic, can we really say that Cannabis caused his death? Would his psychoses have surfaced anyway?

Western Union Telegraph: End of an Era

"Western Union inaugurated telegram service in 1861 and it continued without interruption, bringing everything from glad tidings to terrible news, until 2006, when the company posted this terse notice on its website: "Effective January 27, 2006, Western Union will discontinue...

County's cream of the crop

"ENTREPRENEURS from around the county descended in their hundreds on Sywell Aerodrome for the biggest night in the business calendar. The annual Northamptonshire Business Excellence Awards, organised by the Chronicle & Echo, Evening Telegraph and Northamptonshire Chamber,...

U.N. Investigates 300 PeaceKeepers for Sexual Abuse

"The United Nations has investigated more than 300 members of U.N. peacekeeping missions for alleged sexual exploitation and abuse during the past three years and more than half were fired or sent home, according to a senior U.N. official. The announcement came as the United...

British embryo laws face overhaul

"LONDON -- Researchers will be allowed to create test-tube embryos that are part human, part animal under a proposal to be announced by government health officials this week. A child's need for a father no longer will be a consideration when a woman seeks fertility...

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...

Psudeo-Science vs Real Science

Before accepting a newspaper reporters assertions that climate change is bunk, one should at least google data on said reporter.In this case right wing climate change denier Christopher Monckton. Otherwise known as 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley. A former member of the...

Airlines call on BAA to bear costs

"Three of Britain's biggest airlines are uniting to call on the British Airports Authority to pay some of the £250m of costs airlines are estimated to have incurred since the current security crisis began."

Elephants show compassion in face of death

"These astonishing pictures reveal the depth of compassion the creatures feel for each other in their moments of need."

Old media embracing blogging in a very beautiful and compelling way

The UK's Daily Telegraph is not the kind of old-school broadsheet newspaper you'd expect to be 'getting ' this conversational media stuff, but their latest new sports blog involves the Finance Editor blogging from a super-fast, super-techy Open 60 yacht as they compete in a...