Canada's Whitfield takes silver in triathlon

Well I'm Canadian so this is going to be very biased. Simon Whitfield had an unbelievable race. He was like a prize fighter who keeps getting knocked down but refuses to throw in the towel. By my count he came back...

Judge blocks 10 percent Medi-Cal cuts

"LOS ANGELES - A federal judge has blocked a 10 percent cut in Medi-Cal payments to doctors, dentists, pharmacies and many other health care providers. The decision Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder to...

"Alive in Baghdad" Blogger Arrested in China

Brian Conley, who created the cit-journo vlogging site Alive in Baghdad, was arrested this morning in China while taking part in a pro-Tibet demonstration."Their detention appears to have taken place at the same time as that of international artist James Powderly, whose...

Obama and veep choice to campaign on Saturday

From the shadows to center stage--Obama's VP pick will report in to work pronto, the scuttlebutt says. Meanwhile, various news sources and pundits have created a bingo card of possibilities."SPRINGFIELD, Ill. ) - Barack Obama's newly minted running mate will join the...

Collapse of Large US Bank Looms

It seems that the slow motion train-wreck occuring in the US economy is far from over.  A former IMF chief economist, Kenneth Rogoff is validating the possibility of the failure of a major US bank in the near...

Coming soon: 'wallet phones' from Japan

"TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- Japan will start an aggressive push to market abroad its mobile technology, especially the nation's popular "wallet phone," a government official said Tuesday. ...

Twenty dead in blast at Pakistani hospital

A day after Mushrraf has demitted his office Militants seems to be gaining the ground. In a daring attack on a Hospital in restive northwestern Pakistan more than 20 people have been killed. More details are awaited.   "A bomb went off in the compound of a hospital in...

Russian Troops Seize Georgian Port

The Georgian port of Poti, an extreemly strategic and economically important city on the Black Sea, has been seized by Russian forces, according to reports. Although Moscow had said it was pulling its forces out of...

Gary Glitter's Teenage Conquests Scrap Over Which One Will Marry Him

As disgraced ex-pop star, Gary Glitter anticipates his release for child sex offences in Vietnam, it has been revealed that the two girls he groomed, for which he was gaoled, aged 11 and 13 at the time, are now in an...

Waiting For a movie from Netflix?

" SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- If you are waiting for a DVD from Netflix, you may have to wait a while longer. The DVD-by-mail service says it has been hit with technical problems, hurting its ability to send out disks....

Cook to serve 6 Months For Placing Hair In Steak Of Dissatisfied Customer

This is a disgusting story, but I am sure this happens all the time. I wonder if there is such a stat or poll which shows how often your food gets tampered with. I personally think it happens quite frequently and...

Gary Glitter 'returns to UK next week'

Former glam rocker Gary Glitter, who has been in prison in Vietnam for child molestation, is apparently being released early under a national amnesty and returned to the UK, where he is a citizen."Gary Glitter will...

Exercise Pill: The Couch Potato's Dream?

I saw this article and tried not to post it, but I had to. It will be absolutely amazing if this pill or combination of pills can create muscle tone and burn fat. So far though, it has only been tested on mice, but...

Honeybee deaths reaching crisis point

Honey bees are essential not for the honey that they provide us with but for the job they do in ensuring that fruit and vegetable crops are pollinated. In the UK the honeybee population is in crisis and noone...

Bollywood Unplugged on Fox Business TV with India EU Film Initiative

"With 1000 films and about 4 billion cinema tickets per year, Indian film industry is attracting world's attention for another reason; it's phenomenal growth, about 17 per cent, during the last two years. On...

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