400,000 Bouncy Balls Help Protect Against Carcinogen In Water Reserves

When I saw this story today I did a double take, as I assumed it was another one of those "living art" ideas, this time with black bouncy balls vs. multucilored. I was very wrong.In a step to really "think outside...

Report reveals Vietnam War hoaxes, faked attacks

When history is made, it can be front-page news; yet when it is corrected few hear about it.(Or you skip over it, like me! NP Contributor Rene' posted about this story yesterday morning, but I missed it in the search I did today. Please check out the discussion below and...

City of Chicago : See a camera? Call 911.

I have heard a lot of people in the past few years say "At what point do we throw our hands up and say: the terrorists have won?" At times I'll talk with people I overhear, sometimes I'll mention it to relatives and...

Peter Frampton Tour Includes New School Band With Old School Love

[09.30.2007] St. Louis, MOTraveling to a new concert venue in a new town is always a treat -especially when you find a familiar sound tugging on your ear as you are drawn to the doors. I scanned the line that wrapped...

Bungie Sticks A Plasma Grenade To Microsoft

It's official: Bungie Studios, riding high on the Halo 3 release, will be splitting from Microsoft."Bungie has long been built on creativity, originality and the freedom to pursue ideas. Microsoft agreed, and rather...

Real or Rumor? $4.5 Billion in "Bin Laden Trades"

If you only follow international markets a little bit you still know: when someone talks about the market crashing, some people listen and some ignore them. This is one of those times I just can't put all the pieces together to decide if I should listen or ignore the warning...

We All Breathe The Same Air

It was sunny day on September 10, 1963 and commencement for American University [Washington D.C.] students was just beginning. President John F. Kennedy gave the commencement speech and he focused on peace in the...

Web Users Help Search For Steve Fossett

By now most of you have heard about the search for Steve Fossett [NP], the first person to hae flown around the World in a non-stop, non-refueled, solo flight. It is believed that his small prop plane crashed in the...

Not So Sweet Future For Honeybees

BREAKING NEWS: Some Israeli bees are resistant to the virusNowPublic Contributors have been following this story for months. For a list of articles, please check out the list below!Scientists have stumbled onto a...

Anniversary of Mother Teresa's Death Brings Love and Protests

Many came to pay homage to the humanitarian Mother Teresa, who won a Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for her work with the poor, and died in Calcutta, India, at age 87.A few people came to protest Mother Teresa's saint status...

Looking for sexual partner in the bathroom?

Look no further, just follow the Idaho Statesman path of Larry Craig. How does one do just that? Simple, tap your foot. " Is tapping your foot really code for public sex? Yes. The signal has been around for decades...

U.S. Senate: Troops Will Stay In Iraq

After an all-night session [NP] in the U.S. Senate, the call for cloture on the Levin/Reed Amendment discussion came a little after 11:00 AM EDT. The amendment calls for troop removal within 120 days of approval and...

Senators Pack Pajamas For All-Night Session

UPDATED 07.17.2007 @ 15:53 EDT: Citizens getting involved, sponsored by www.MoveOn.org* If you like drama and reality TV shows, today will be the day to watch people talk all night and sleep on the floor. You won't...

Zimbabwe: Economic Crisis Continues

Weeks ago it was reported that Zimbabwe's record inflation would continue to spiral out of control; going from 3,714% to 512,000$ by the end of 2007. Today it is being reported at 20,000%** and the black market is...

Iraq: Benchmarks vs. Hope

U.S. President George W. Bush held a press conference today to discuss Iraq and address the initial benchmark assessment report. The 25-page report, released today, covers the successes and shortfalls across many measurables that pertain the the 18 benchmarks set by U.S....

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