Nancy Reagan gave a half-hearted endorsement of John McCain recently. She has known McCain for three decades, but their relationship was strained in the late 70's by his divorcing his first wife, Carol, who was good...
"OAKLAND — Working with the national organization Perverted Justice, police on Friday night arrested a Swanville man in a sex sting.Scott H. Ely, 37, of Swanville was arrested on a charge of attempted sexual abuse of a minor.Arresting officer Rick Stubbert said Saturday...
A man who lost two homes in Hurricane Katrina claimed a $97 million lottery prize today, from a ticket he bought at a convenience store when he stopped to buy a gallon of milk." When he turned in the winning ticket, Carl Hunter became the largest Powerball winner in...
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCertainly Castro's brother is taking minute baby steps in allowing certain Freedoms such as Cell Phones, most Cubans can ill afford, choosing food over cell...
"After their brief trip to Paris, Diana spent virtually every free moment with Dodi at his apartment in London’s Park Lane or together at Kensington Palace, which rankled the royals greatly. Prince Philip was...
This can't be a good thing..."Last night I recieved news that there were reports of Ugandan militia in or around Nyanza Province and Western Province. I waited utill I got confirmation from the ground. After several late night phone calls, I did confirm that Ugandan Forces...
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OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorVancouver and Toronto are having a Banner Year in 2007 in what amounts to the "Year of the Assassin", rivalling our 2010 Olympic Status as the best country to live in...
This is old news for us here in Canada, but Americans are about to see these smart little gas-camels on the road soon."Meet the Smart car: An ultra-compact, Mercedes-designed, head-turning little vehicle that's been...
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"A stockman has told how he spent a week stuck up a tree in remote north Queensland bushland, as hungry crocodiles waited below.
David George, 53, set out from his Silver Plains cattle station, near Coen in far north...
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Paris Hilton's parents came to see their daughter in LA's Twin Towers Correctional Facility and breezed right in -- other visitors say they were forced out of the waiting room and made to wait for hours to see their...
"After watching the U.K. Sailor news conference on TV this morning, I'm left with a tremendous feeling of speechlessness.
What I observed was, at best, a civilian response to a military situation and the world is...
"It was 3 a.m. in Italy on Jan. 29, 2003, when President Bush in Washington began reading his State of the Union address that included the now famous -- later retracted -- 16 words: "The British Government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities...
" March 30, 2007 California - A California man who died after jumping to escape a fire in his 18th floor condo might have survived if he had waited for rescuers to arrive. Authorities say firefighters were just one floor below John Carlyle Crews, 60, when he jumped from a...
"So far The Benin Epilogue has attempted to tackle several different issues. Key among them have been:
* Building awareness about the entrepreneurs behind a few of Africa's most thriving enterprises
* Helping to illustrate why foreign firms should do more foreign...
"Bush may mandate that automakers increase the fuel efficiency of their veh icles by raising the CAFE (corporate average fuel economy) standard, which has been languishing for 20 years. He is also expected to ask for more production of alternative fuels.
If true, raising CAFE...