Another one bites the dust - Airline Closes

South Africa: Nationwide Grounded As BEE Deal Fails to Fly"CASH flow problems, rising fuel costs and the failure of a proposed black empowerment deal yesterday grounded budget airline Nationwide, which said it was halting all flights with immediate effect.The collapse of the...

Customers pepper sprayed at B.C. bank

"Unsuspecting customers of a bank branch in Burnaby, B.C., were pepper sprayed Monday by a brazen group of would-be robbers. "Customers of a bank in Burnaby, B.C., were pepper sprayed Monday by a group of would-be robbers. (CBC) " Police say a group of young men in their...

Afghan Suicide Bomber Kills Own Family

"KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A mother who tried to stop her son from carrying out a suicide bomb attack triggered an explosion in the family's home in southern Afghanistan that killed the would-be bomber, his mother and three siblings, police said Monday. The would-be bomber...

Car Thieves Popped by Clutch

When I worked with kids, I marvelled at how few could read an analog watch. Looks like some of them grew up in the cushy bosom of the auto-tranny, unable to handle the intricacies of the stick shift. It's not hard-- you just have to believe. Gone in a lot more than 60...

Lie Detectors for Dole Scammers

Though the lie detector has been more or less debunked, the British government is considering using this old-school device to ensnare would-be welfare cheats."For many years, critics of lie detectors have assailed the United States for being one the few countries to be...

Mais considerações sobre "Mais Armas , Menos Crimes"

Aqui um trecho do texto de Mark Steyn para o Sun-Times"Virginia Tech, remember, was a "gun-free zone," formally and proudly designated as such by the college administration. Yet the killer kept his guns and ammo on the campus. It was a "gun-free zone" except for those...