Beast Seeks Beauty: Josef Fritzl Asks Guard for Anti-Ageing Face Cream

"Cellar monster Josef Fritzl has asked his prison doctor for a supply of anti-ageing face cream. The 73-year-old, who locked his daughter Elisabeth underground for 24 years and fathered seven children by her, has...

President Bush fancies free basketball tickets

Opinion----George W. might be exploting his presidential status and pulling some strings to get hold of free tickets for the basketball game between USA and China at the Olympics in August. "Bush told Hu that he was looking forward to attending the summer Games with his wife,...

Bennett timeline update

"Details in police's case reveal chilling, devious planning by victim's uncle July 5, 2008 By Daniel Barlow Vermont Press Bureau ...

Court hints at bigger AGO bribery conspiracy

This bribery case really interesting, AGO put their department image on stake..." The Corruption Court questioned Monday whether there could be a larger conspiracy involving the Attorney General's Office (AGO) in the...

Shock anti-binge drink ads launched

  As Britain continues to ponder why its young people are the booziest in Europe and alcohol fuelled anti-social behaviour continues to make the headlines the government issues these new shocking ads. Shock...

Bad reviews of Shyamlan's 'The Happening' due to racism?

"Can it be a kind of racism that the Indian-born, Philadelphia-raised auteur is hammered for his apparent character (or funny name) rather more than, say, Quentin Tarantino or Spike Lee, asks horror scholar Kim...

The Manson "family " member Susan Atkins asks for mercy, 40 years after bruta...

Some people have faced death sentences for crimes that didn't have this degree of evil in them. I remember the process. It was complicated. "On an infamous summer night in 1969, young followers of Charles Manson...

Sup, Emo and Homie: "WTF are kids talking about?"

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorAh, Yes, the Gansta Lexicon of Languages spoken by our Kids regardless that they would not know a Gangster if it slapped them upside the head.   My own...

B.C. Blacklists Private University

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorOn one hand our Premier was prancing around the province with this official University Conferring Wand, flitting from post secondary institution to institution granting...

Phishing gets sophisticated goes international

" Phishers have targeted users of Apple Inc.’s iTunes music store with sophisticated identity theft attacks for the first time (Computerworld, Gregg Keizer May 20, 2008). People began receiving spammed messages yesterday telling them that they must correct a problem with...

University President asks Trustees to Revoke Mugabe's Honorary Degree

Jack Wilson, the University of Massachusetts President has recommended to the Board of Trustees that they revoke an honorary degree awarded 20 years ago to Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe."Wilson said Monday that...

State Department Asks Congress To Keep Quiet About Details of Deal

"Washington's civil nuclear deal with India is in such desperate straits that the State Department has imposed unusually strict conditions on the answers it provided to questions posed by members of Congress: Keep them secret.The State Department made the request, even though...

Virtual Warrior Duels World of Warcraft Gold Farmers in Court

It's a case that can seem very bizarre on the face of it. On the one hand, you have Antonio Hernandez, a World of Warcraft gamer and enthusiast (to say the least). On the other, you have IGE, a company that pays...

Man asks court to change his name to "In God We Trust"

A man from Illinois, Steve Kreuscher, wants a judge to allow him to legally change his name to 'In God We Trust'."Kreuscher (CROY'-shir) says the new name would symbolize the help God gave him through tough times.The...

Pray-in at S.F. gas station asks God to lower prices

"Twyman - a community organizer, church choir director and public relations consultant from the Washington, D.C., suburbs - staged a pray-in at a San Francisco Chevron station on Friday, asking God for cheaper gas....

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