Ken Livingstone admits he only bid for 2012 Olympics to 'ensnare' taxpayer bi...

Mayor of London Ken Livingstone has admitted he 'ensnared' the Government into bidding for the 2012 Olympic Games."Last night in London, he told a mayoral hustings that the event was just a way of extracting...

Happy Peppercorn Day!

While many are celebrating St. George’s Day or perhaps sending flowers for Administrative Professionals Day, Bermudans are celebrating Peppercorn Day!  Peppercorn Day is celebrated on April 23rd every year...

Tomko has heat with TNA management

"The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that TNA took the tag titles off Tomko and A.J. Styles last week because they were upset with Tomko. He worked in Japan the day before the Lockdown pay-per-view despite their request that he skip the show. He missed the company's fan...

Moms and young children from Texas ranch to be parted

Mothers and children will be separated after DNA testing is completed next week. The mothers of the children that were taken from the Texas polygamist compound earlier this month, have been allowed to say with...

CPS relocates 416 youths seized from polygamous sect

The children raided in the Texas polygamist sect have been relocated."Texas Child Protective Services moved 416 children Monday from a West Texas historical park to two other locations in preparation for a hearing that could decide whether the youths should be put in foster...

Ninh Binh tourism week kicks off

A tourism week, entitled “Ninh Binh – Charming Landscape”, began in the northern province of Ninh Binh, about 90 km away from Hanoi, on April 9 with the aim of promoting the province’s potential for tourism development."Addressing the opening ceremony, provincial...

Two glasses of wine a day 'puts breast cancer risk up by 50 per cent'

I am a lover of red wines, so this is very sad and alarming to me!A study released today states that two large glasses of wine a day can raise the risk of breast cancer by more that half. I wonder though, what is...

The April 22nd Deadline for Yahoo! Looms

The deal will come this week as the April 22nd earning call looms for Yahoo! The deal with Microsoft will be done before that call. But then the fun begins; the integration of these two companies will set off a series of other deals in the digital media space that will...

Cover It Live: Live Blogging in a Snap

Cover It Live is a simple tool that bloggers--pros and amateurs alike--can use to add real-time interactivity to their posts. A number of newspapers are using it, and all it requires is simple Javascript added to your blog. There are many examples throughout the Web.As this...

Bush halts Iraq troop cuts but shortens tours

President George Bush did make a statement on the Iraq war today, but it was not the statement many wanted to hear.He will leave the Iraq war as his legacy to his successor when he does step down."President George...

The mystery of Stonehenge may be solved

Archaeologists say they may have discovered a layer underneath ancient Stonehenge that may explain why the site was built.If this is true, it will be one of the greatest mysteries ever solved."The team has reached...

Iran says installing 6,000 enrichment centrifuges

As the West continues to discuss its options for controlling Iran's nuclear enrichment program, the country is advancing full speed ahead on the process."Iran has started to install 6,000 advanced centrifuges at its uranium enrichment facility, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...

Terminal Fury Prepares PACOM to Confront Crisis, Threats

" CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii, April 6, 2008 – The top U.S. officer in the Pacific declared a command post exercise that wrapped up here yesterday a big success in ensuring U.S. Pacific Command is ready to...

South Korea Reports Second Bird Flu Outbreak

There have now been confirmed reports of a second outbreak of bird flu at a poultry farm in South Korea."The Agriculture Ministry says the new outbreak was confirmed Saturday at a duck farm in Jeongeup, about 250...

Microsoft sets a 3 week ultimatum for a Yahoo decision

""If we have not concluded an agreement within the next three weeks, we will be compelled to take our case directly to your shareholders, including the initiation of a proxy contest to elect an alternative slate...

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