Kucinich and Others Testify at 'Un-Impeachment' Hearing

Dennis Kucinich continued his attempts to have president Bush impeached today, during a hearing many are calling the 'un-impeachment hearing'. The house has agreed to listen to their claims, but stopped short of...

Frog's ears can change frequencies

Whenever someone nags, be it your mother or your significant other, one cannot help but want to be deaf to their dronings. The unusual Chinese frogs are gifted with this ability. Studies have shown that they can...

E3 Wraps up With Nintendo Complaints and Some Sweet Games

Weird news out of E3 after Nintendo's lackluster performance yesterday, with plenty of gamers annoyed with Nintendo's offering. First there was a weird 5 minutes during the presentation where a woman no one knew...

Morroco: Al Jazeera journalist on "a political" trial (updated)

"UPDATES: Al Jazeera lawyers quit Rabat trial By Ahmed El Amraoui in Rabat Rachidi is facing prosecution under Article 42 of the country's press code [AFP] The trial of Hassan Rachidi, Al Jazeera's bureau chief in Morocco, has been adjourned, after the defence team walked...

Canine hero wins a chance at immortality

Cloning: good thing or bad thing? Read on." Poor old Trakr. Once hailed as a hero, the retired Halifax police dog can no longer use the hind legs that pushed him through the ruins of the World Trade Center as he sniffed for survivors. His hearing has faded and, at 15, his dog...

California Court to Rule on Dex-Cool Settlement

" Millions of consumers could collect repair costs from General Motors for engine damage caused by the coolant Dex-Cool following a hearing in California scheduled for late August. Two class-action lawsuits are pending in California state court involving GM customers who...

Innocent dad beaten by Kung Fu police

The adrenalin rush that a car chase must give to police officers has raised a few issues around safety with some forces advising squad cars not to pursue if that would result in extra danger to the public. Here it...

Columbia Noose Professor Likely to Be Fired for Plagiarism

Alleged plagiarism outed in Columbia University professor's case--but are there racial overtones? After Madonna Constantine claimed she found a noose hanging on her office door, some have said she manufactured the...

U.S. lawmakers urged to curb oil speculators

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorYou know "Pigs will Fly" if any Government had the balls to even touch this with a 10 foot oil dipstick." U.S. lawmakers urged to curb oil speculators Price would fall to...

12 trampled to death in Mexico City

Lets hope the death toll is not going to keep rising on this tragedy. "MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) -- Twelve people were fatally trampled Friday night during a raid on a nightclub in northern Mexico City, police said. The 6:30 p.m. (7:30 p.m. ET) raid resulted in a stampede...

Probe: Pentagon sought abusive interrogations after 9/11

" The Pentagon in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks pursued abusive interrogation techniques once used by North Korea and Vietnam on American POWs despite stern warnings by several military lawyers that the...

Neo-Nazi Dad: Scrawls "Swaztika" on 7-year old daughter, sends her to school !

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorYou know many people are adverse to Government seizing kids from their parents, if physical or sexual abuse is not apparent.  Somehow sending your 7-year old Daughter...

Islamic Congress & BC Human Rights Courts: Ridiculed to the World

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorThis is a follow up to my story posted last week on MacLeans story on Muslims, in which the Islamic Congress went to the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal accusing MacLeans...

Child's kiss deafens Hicksville mom

"This is a story about a kiss -- an expression of love so potent from a little girl -- that it caused her mother not only to lose her hearing after a buss on the ear, but to be thrust into the pages of medical history.Yet it wasn't the sound of the smackaroo that damaged the...

Guantanamo 9/11 suspects on trial

Trial for 5 terrorists, considered as mastermind of attack on World Trade Centre,  have started at a miltiary tribunal in Guantanamo Bay. All five men face the death penalty if convicted by the US tribunal in Cuba. " The alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks on the...

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