Osborne says he won't bail out bust UK bankers

The Conservative Party in the UK is havig their party conference today, and as could be expected they are focusing largely on the economy. The shadow chancellor George Osborne has said that the conservatives would not bail out any banks if they were in power. This is...

Palin's husband won't testify in trooper inquiry

"ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CNN) -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's husband won't comply with a subpoena issued by state lawmakers investigating her firing of Alaska's public safety commissioner, the McCain-Palin campaign said Thursday. ...

Look out for the 125mph electric car (because you won't hear it)

"It looks as stylish as a Lotus, can outpace a Porsche 911 and is coveted by Hollywood A-listers such as Brad Pitt and George Clooney. But unlike the average super car, the Tesla Roadster is electric. The £92,000 car, made in Britain and...

WV Religious Group Rejects Driver's License Photos as "Mark of the Beast"

A few Islamic women refuse to have photos on their driver's licenses, or photos only with full coverage. Now a fundamentalist Christian preacher and his group say that driver's license photos and Real ID are "the mark of the Beast" and they will not participate without...

Finding the way: it's the caveman in him

I so believe this.  I, for one, totally rely on landmarks, even landmarks that are no longer there but used to be.  I did pretty well in Calgary but a) had lived there all my long life and b) the mountains are always in the west.  Vancouver, however, has been a...

Ridiculed and later ignored, before being left for hours to bleed to death on...

Parents anguish as they recount the events that lead to the tragic death of their daughter.""How much is a life worth?" Sue Garber said at a news conference called to announce a $4 million settlement with Denver Health Medical Center and the doctors and nurses on duty there...

Grapevine student with top grades won't be valedictorian

" Grapevine High School senior Anjali Datta holds the highest grade-point average of the 471 students graduating from Grapevine High School this year.[...] Her closest competitor's GPA is 5.64. No one disputes that she's the top student in...

Bush's silence won't make Israel's brutality any less counter-productive

"Bush's silence won't make Israel's brutality any less counter-productive By The Daily Star Thursday, January 24, 2008 Editorial Washington's refusal to endorse a draft United Nations Security Council statement condemning Israel's siege of Gaza effectively advocated the...

Keep an Eye on Your Router: It May Lead You On a Wrong Way!

"If you thought that malware has made an obsession out of Windows-based operating systems only, you're wrong. A new type of criminal attack is committed to take over one of the most common hardwarein a computer network: the router. According to the latest security reports, a...

No Newt in the 2008 Pond: Gingrich Won't Run

Newt says "nope.""Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich will not run for president in 2008 after determining he could not legally explore a bid and remain as head of his tax-exempt political organization, a spokesman said Saturday. "Newt is not running," spokesman Rick Tyler...

700MHz auction: What's really up for grabs, and why it won't be monopolized

"Last week, the FCC released several hundred pages of rules for the upcoming 700 MHz spectrum auction, and they're already stirring up a bit of controversy. The Wall Street Journal ran a piece today on the fact that the rules will not prohibit a single buyer from snapping up...