Kilkenny on Palin - The e-mail heard round the world (Is it Real?)

I wanted to take a minute (before the article) to post that this comes from a website that debunks alot of the information out there from BOTH parties -and gets to the heart of who's telling the tuth, who is stretching it a little (grey area), and who is flat out wrong.Since...

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...

Slovakia's women's ice hockey pummels Bulgaria 82-0

So much for Bulgaria's hockey abilities. I have heard of some high scoring games, but that's just beyond terrible. "BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) -- With more goals than minutes in the game, Slovakia's women's ice hockey team claimed an amazing 82-0 victory over Bulgaria in...

Report makes a case for raising driving age

Seems report after report is recomending that the US should be more like Europe! Just two weeks after a group of college presidents called for lowering the drinking age to 18, a report released today is calling for the driving age in the US to be raised from 16 to 18.In...

The Family Guy Goes Online

Mr. Seth MacFarlane has become a multimedia mogul as he is cooperating with Google to bring a bunch of his short cartoons to a variety of sites. The creator of Family Guy hopes to revoluntionize the way...

Floods clean-up operation begins in North East England

After the worst flooding to his Northumberland in 50 years, a massive cleanup effort has begun in North England."More than 1,000 properties were affected, with Morpeth being hardest hit as about 400 people were...

Pollution can make you fat

With obesity amongst children and adults at an all time high in the western world scientists are now looking beyond the obvious causes such as overeating and lack of exercise to other factors. This new report...

School Chief Kathy Cox Wins $1 Million On Game Show

"School Chief Kathy Cox Wins $1 Million On Game ShowCox Won 'Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?'POSTED: 6:26 am EDT September 6, 2008UPDATED: 2:10 pm EDT September 6, 2008Georgia schools superintendent Kathy Cox...

More watched RNC than DNC on TV

"pdated 5:10 p.m. ET, Fri., Sept. 5, 2008NEW YORK - As a television draw, John McCain was every bit the equal of Barack Obama.The GOP presidential candidate attracted roughly the same number of viewers to his...

2009 Champions League schedule announced

"The 2009 edition of the Champions Twenty20 League will take place next year between September 25 and October 11, and will feature 12 teams, four more than the eight this year in the first edition to be held between December 3-10, 2008. The dates were announced in a release...

Home for 10 people ... in a portable box

"HELSTON, Cornwall, UK (CNN) -- A huge cyclone struck Myanmar in May 2008. It was the largest recorded disaster in that country, killing more than 130,000 people and leaving millions homeless. ...

Pakistan lawmakers to choose Musharraf replacement

The late Benazir Bhutto's husband Asif Ali Zardari is poised to become the next president of Pakistan, according to initial reports. Zardari is co-chairman of the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP), and he has clear majority of support in the two houses of parliament and...

iReporters split on Palin's knockout punch

"(CNN) -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin accepted the GOP vice presidential nomination at the party's convention Wednesday with a speech highly critical of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama. ...

Katrina Pain Index: New Orleans Three Years Later

" Katrina hit New Orleans and the Gulf Coast three years ago this week. The president promised to do whatever it took to rebuild. But the nation is trying to fight wars in several countries and is dealing with economic crisis. The attention of the president wandered...

Bosses hiring diet police to stop office workers piling on the pounds

I wonder if NowPublic will start hiring these Weight Watchers and have mandatory weekly weigh-ins. Looking around the office now, we definitely do not need one of these and it would be a total waste of money. It...

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