FCC Head Voices Support For Other Uses Of Vacant Airwaves

"WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- A day before Google Inc. (GOOG) co-founder Larry Page makes a high-profile appearance in Washington to advocate for access to unused TV airwaves, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said he favors the idea."" "I do think we need...

British Couple on Trial for Sex on Dubai Beach

If convicted they can get two years in jail. But, please, don't overreact. We are dealing with a different culture and we need to respect it. That's how they do it in Dubai and I don't think any of us have the moral authority to judge."A British couple on trial for allegedly...

Work at Home? Your Employer May Be Watching

"The clipboard toting, clock-watching, quota-setting productivity expert, peering nosily over your shoulder at work, has been out of fashion in business schools for decades.Now he's back, in electronic form -- in the home office.In a budding trend some employment experts say...

Different Voice

"Released from Guantánamo on 24 August 2006, German-born Turkish national Murat Kurnaz had been held for four years and eight months without charge or trial, despite little evidence to link him to "terrorist" activities. Both US and German intelligence services secretly...

Why a cow needs a flat-screen TV

"DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- When it comes to comfort, Kirk Christie's cows have it all -- a new barn, a flat-screen television and waterbeds....

Understanding Maoist’s victory in Nepal

"“The results of the general election in Nepal on 10 April 2008, won overwhelmingly by the Maoists - officially the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) - have come as a complete shock. Many people thought the former armed rebels would be a distant third, winning perhaps...

Jacqui Smith announces 300 new terror police

The UK Home Secretary has announced an expansion of the number of anti-terror police."Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, today announced an extra 300 police officers to fight terrorism and radicalisation within communities.  At the weekend Jacqui Smith warned that as many...

Maria Bamford Soon In Cazy and Militant Character

"ABC Live: Maria Bamford is artist with different voices the verities of voices are because of her experience or by impact of person on Bamford."