Malaysia's Anwar vows to seize power

As the likelihood of a coup in Malaysia increased, the Malaysian government is accusing the U.S. of interfering in it's internal affairs. The government has filed criminal sodomy charges against opposition leader and former prime minister Anwar Ibrahim, and the US has...

Facebook Chooses Microsoft Over Google

"Facebook Inc. will sell a US$240 million minority stake to Microsoft Corp., which as part of the deal will also expand the advertising services it provides to the social networking phenom, the companies said Wednesday in a statement. The size of the ownership stake Microsoft...

House prices fall by 11.4% as Ulster Slows Down

"House prices in Northern Ireland are down by 11.4% compared with the second quarter of the year, it was revealed today. Despite the latest findings from the Nationwide's House Price Survey, the province is still enjoying the highest house price growth in the UK at 42.6% for...

New Honda Accord Diesel Gets Nearly 63 Miles Per Gallon

"Fuel-economy mavens take note. Honda recently showed off an alternative to hybrid cars at a Sacramento car show: a diesel-powered Accord that is scheduled to hit the American market in 2010. Unlike a hybrid, the diesel promises more power, but it still gets a whopping 62.8 mpg."

A whopping 4,000 bands of hope for missing Madeleine McCann have been snapped...

"A whopping 4,000 bands of hope for missing Madeleine McCann have been snapped up at one newsagent - more than the population of the village in which it stands. The Mercury Mercury News shop in Rothley, where the McCann family lives, has sold more of the distinctive green and...

When Herbal Remedies Can Ruin Your Health

"We've all heard about herbal supplements that have worked for someone we know. People swear by them: echinacea for a cold, ginkgo biloba for memory or the peppermint in the salve your aunt believes can ease chest congestion. Over the past decade, use of herbal supplements...

Dell Offers Laptops with Flash Drives

I'm not affiliated with Dell, in fact I've had fairly negative experiences with their products, but the news here is that they are offering a flash-based notebook. In large capacities, flash memory is exponentially more expensive than the standard spinning drive, but once the...

First They Came for the Trash Cans: Nazi Raccoons in Europe

"The story begins in 1934, when a breeder asked the Reich Forestry Office, then led by future top Hitler aide Hermann Göring, for permission to release the masked-faced mammals to "enrich the local fauna" outside Kassel, a small city north of Frankfurt. "Raccoon pelts were a...

Stop Paying For The Secularization of America

"Stop Paying For The Secularization of America by Jay on 10-13-05 @ 12:01 am Filed under ACLU It happens somewhere in America almost everyday. Some small school, city counsel or County Courthouse gets sued. Perhaps your town has a historical monument to honor the dead from...