Tag: Issue
California ban on same-sex marriage struck down
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- In a much-anticipated ruling issued Thursday, the California Supreme Court struck down the state's ban on same-sex marriage as unconstitutional....
SC Stays Capital Punishment of Six Mumbai Blasts ...
"New Delhi (ABC Live): The Supreme Court of India on Monday stayed the death sentence of Abdul Ghani Turk till further order."
Fungi Locks-Up Depleted Uranium
"Fungi may have an important role to play in the fate of potentially dangerous depleted uranium left in the environment after recent war campaigns, according to a new report in the May 6th issue of Current Biology, a...
Underwear is called underwear for a reason
" We’ve all seen them, mostly young men walking around with their crouches down to their knees and their boxer covered butt hanging out. They hold their pants up by grabbing the front and pulling them up or constantly hiking their drawers just in the nick of time before...
Bill on water rights in county clears Legislature
Watch this space! ...and excellent example of manipulation of 'public' resources by 'private' interests. By Scott Rothchild, May 6, 2008"Topeka — The Kansas House on Monday approved a measure aimed at stopping a Douglas County...
Clinton To Put Gravity Under Scrutiny
It was a matter of time before someone called Hillary on her ridiculous statements about OPEC and who better than Josh Marshall:"What is Hillary talking about? She's going to break up the OPEC oil cartel? Because...
Super Duper Latino Vote is No One’s Big Enchilada
"Asked on Super Duper Tuesday to choose between a black candidate and a white candidate, Latinos chose both — and neither.“The candidates need to understand where Latinos stand,” says Smithe Celestrin, 31, standing outside Public School 24 in Brooklyn’s diverse...
Breastfeeding May Improve Children’s Intelligen...
Another reason to choose human, live milk to nourish our infants.
Tony Blair makes list of world's 100 most influen...
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has been named one of Time Magazine's 100 most influencial people.Current Prime Minister Gordon Brown did not make the list however."The former Prime Minister is one of the...
America’s real problems with Mexican illegals
"If these were black people, America would either have to construct an openly bigoted Jim Crow/Apartheid framework to effectively keep them out, or take town all barriers to their entry so as not to seem racist."
Tax row will cost Livingstone
Gordon Brown has completely underestimated the publics feelings on the 10p tax rate. There comes a time when taxing becomes prohibitively high and the consequences are that your out of a job..."THE 10p tax row is...
Turn off your engine or pay a fine
"DRIVERS welcomed spot checks by Oxford City Council officers today, aimed at cutting air pollution in the city centre.Motorists will be hit by £40 fines - and ultimately could face court action - if they leave their engines running for just a matter of minutes.Ian...
Not-so-free-press: Andrew Mwenda (and others) arr...
"“We think the government is not happy with a story The Independent published in a recent issue exposing atrocities committed by government forces during the war.” — Bob Kasango, legal counsel for The IndependentFrom Reuters:"“Ugandan security forces on Saturday...
Insects Talk on the Plant-Phone
Yeah, my new phone is pretty cool, and it doesn't even need to be charged. However, it requires solar power. And soil."Dutch ecologist Roxina Soler and her colleagues have discovered that subterranean and aboveground...
Mexico drug gang clashes kill 15 in border city o...
"Gun battles between rival factions of a Mexican drugs cartel have left at least 15 people dead in the city of Tijuana, near the border with the US.Police said all the dead were from the Arellano Felix cartel, which has come under pressure from a rival gang.Two were wearing...
