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wmtc - 21 minutes ago
August 20, 2011, Toronto, Ontario Dear Friends, Tens of thousands of Canadians have written to me in recent weeks to wish me well. I want to thank each and every one of you for your thoughtful, inspiring...
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck Vanuatu at a depth of 37.1 km ( 23.1 miles), the quake hit at 17:39:38 UTC Monday 22nd August 2011. The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) SSW of Port-Vila,
Efate, Vanuatu...
A mother-of-three who battered a helpless 91-year-old man to death with a bottle of French wine has been jailed for life - six years after she was cleared of another murder. Melanie Cole, 49, brutally att...
A newly-discovered deep, cold current flowing off Iceland's coast may mean the
North Atlantic is less sensitive to climate change than previously thought. The North Icelandic Jet feeds the Atlantic Meridi...
Colonel Gaddafi could flee to a country not signed up to the International Criminal Court such as Venezuela or Cuba, South African sources say. The Brother Leader is alive and remains in Libya, one senior...
Tropical Storm Irene has turned into a hurricane - the first of the Atlantic hurricane season - over Puerto Rico. It has now passed the US territory and is next set to hit the Dominican Republic. It may ...
North Korea says it is seizing assets at a tourist site jointly operated with South Korea. It has given South Koreans 72 hours to leave the resort at Mount Kumgang, which lies just inside North Korea. ...
Japanese iPhone users will get the option to receive earthquake alerts under the next version of Apple's iOS operating system. 9to5Mac reports that the feature will be added to the device's notification ...
A young humpback whale is enjoying freedom after being set free from a British Columbia fisherman's gill net near Kitimat. On Thursday, two humpback researchers in Ursula Channel near Gil Island noticed ...
About 120 criminal gangs operate in British Columbia. Some are notorious for their illegal activities and have become well-known to the public, but many others do their best to maintain a low profile and d...
New Brunswick physicians may come under increased pressure on how they treat patients if a drug shortage continues much longer, according to a cancer specialist. Health Canada issued a warning last week ...
The 42-year rule of Moammar Gadhafi appeared on the verge of collapse Monday, with rebel supporters making it to the same Tripoli square where regime loyalists had congregated for month. But in a possibl...
Representatives of Arab League states have condemned "the Israeli attack on the Egyptian forces" saying that Israel bears "full responsibility for this crime". Permanent members of the league issued the s...
While the downgrade of Unites States government debt by Standard & Poor's shocked global financial markets, China has more reason to worry than most: the bulk of its $3.2tn in official foreign reserves - m...
Biofuels are an alternative energy source that can drive local development by generating jobs, know-how and technology. But they can also cause social damage, as locals fear in the case of industrial-scale...
Kashmir has been the major source of conflict between India and Pakistan since the departure of the British from the region in 1947. Both countries have fought open and covert wars on this thorny issue ove...
President Bashar al-Assad has warned against foreign military intervention in his country, in an appearance on Syrian television. In an interview broadcast live on Sunday, Assad said: "Any action again...
Cross-border exchanges of air strikes and rocket attacks between Israel and the Gaza Strip have continued for a third day, despite Palestinian factions having agreed to an informal ceasefire on launchin...
Seven Iraqis have been killed in a Turkish air strike, a part of Ankara's bombing campaign against Kurdish separatist fighters in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish zone, officials said. A rocket from a Turk...
t has been more than two weeks since al-Shabab fighters pulled out of the Somali capital, Mogadishu. But fighting has not stopped. The only difference is that the battle between the armed group and go...
Two years after the end of Sri Lanka's civil war, the north's roads, railways and homes are being rebuilt. But little attention has been placed on helping a population suffering from the trauma of being...
One year ago the world watched as 33 Chilean miners were stranded hundreds of metres underground for more than two months. Television channels from around the world focused on every move and statement...
England's streets are calm again. But there's still plenty of interesting debate going on as to the causes of the riots that swept across London, Birmingham, Manchester and several other towns, and have no...
*Until September when the s*** really hits the fan*. "Thousands of Palestinian refugees flee Syrian city; Neighborhood bears brunt of crackdown" August 17, 2011|By Anthony Shadid and Isabel Kershner, New ...
He was clean, tidy and didn't seem to be sleeping rough. But when this man walked into a hospital carrying sunglasses, a walking stick and cigarettes no-one was more confused than he was. That's because n...
Libyan state TV went off air today as rebels armed with AK47s stormed the country's broadcaster and Colonel Gaddafi cowered in hiding. Rebels said that they ambushed the concrete building in Tripoli and ki...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck Tajikistan at a depth of 25.4 km ( 15.8 miles), the quake hit at 16:25:21 UTC Monday 22nd August 2011. The epicenter was 72 km (44 miles) East of Dushanbe, Tajikistan ...
Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet was among guests forced to flee after a fire sparked by a lightning strike swept through Richard Branson's opulent home on the tycoon's private Caribbean island. Sir Ric...
Your going to think how are these two stories connected? First both are "follow-ups" to recent posts I have had, but not just that, both are running topics on the blog. First- The misleading media, or sh...
A new report argues that the Coral Sea is a "biological hotspot" worthy of protection as a marine reserve.
Who'd ever think of looking for evidence of Earth-like planets around dead sun-like stars?
Technology lets reporters in war zones be their own video production studios.
A new independent cost analysis shows it will take another $3.6 billion to get the JWST ready to fly by 2018.
The humanoid robot delivered to the International Space Station in February is finally getting to work -- and tweeting about the experience.
*1.* "Libyan rebel leader Gibril Elqarfally stands before the Fortune 500-funded Brookings Institution openly declaring fealty to the globalist agenda of interdependency and subservience to a Wall Street-L...
*Another suspected bomb was found Sunday morning on a street in Sköndal in southern Stockholm. This finding follows last week’s string of discoveries in the same area. *“There was a small, green object b...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck near the Fiji Region at a depth of 628.5 km ( 390.5 miles), the quake hit at 16:02:08 UTC Monday 22nd August 2011. The epicenter was 422 km (262 miles) West of Neiafu...
*These are the same guys currently criticizing Syria?* "Deadly Kurd ambush draws Turkish raid" August 18, 2011|New York Times ISTANBUL - Kurdish militants in southeast Turkey ambushed a military convoy ye...
A video showing the tidy primate washing up like a human has become an Internet sensation.
Many cute tweets about the fall of the House of Qaddafi over the weekend. That was one of the cutest. But the toppling on Qaddafi wasn't Democratic policy or Republican policy. It was American policy. Un...
A visionary Canadian, a fearless advocate, a principled politician, a fighter, a decent man. Honourable, passionate, eternally optimistic, the best prime minister we never had. Jack Layton was in it for t...
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 45 km ( 28 miles), the quake hit at 15:26:11 UTC Monday 22nd August 2011. The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) Northe...
PayPal founder Peter Thiel has invested $1.25 million in an ambitious project -- floating, autonomous colonies at sea.
*And cui bono?* "Cleric vows strikes if US stays in Iraq" August 08, 2011|Associated Press BAGHDAD - Moqtada al-Sadr, an anti-American Shi’ite cleric with thousands of followers in Iraq, said yesterday th...
It might just be the moment fossil fuelers dread most - their production tied to direct environmental consequences. The Queensland, Australia coal-mining giant, Xstrata is going to court today over a plan...
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia at a depth of 170.2 km ( 105.8 miles), the quake hit at 14:55:33 UTC Monday 22nd August 2011. The epicenter was 304 km (188 miles) ENE...
*So am I.* "Officials worry Basra falling behind region’s oil powers; Cite lack of Maliki help, competition from Iran, Kuwait" August 14, 2011|By Ed O’Keefe, Washington Post BASRA, Iraq - Iraq will suppl...
[image: The Safecast Map depicts over 500,000 radiation data points collected by the Safecast team throughout Japan. For each square, numerous geiger readings have been collected and color-coded. safecas...
New research shows insects, animals and plants are on the move north toward cooler climates as they try to escape the effects of global warming. About 2,000 species examined are moving away from the equat...
Heavy clashes broke out near Moammar Gadhafi's compound in Tripoli on Monday, but the longtime Libyan leader's whereabouts were not known. "The real moment of victory is when Gadhafi is captured," said re...
Norway wants explorer Roald Amundsen's three-mast ship, Maud, back -- 80 years after it sank in the Canadian Arctic.
Small robots armed with cameras and explosives let soldiers inspect and fight from a distance.
by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy Until police 'hot dogs' and taser fetishists are brought to heel, I propose some survival hints that might help keep you alive in the face of rising police thuggery...
News you missed, *Who owns the house that was foreclosed, being foreclosed, or even not foreclosed at all. In fact this mess is so large that people who are current and not in trouble at all also had t...
*The story as it is understood, Shortly after Apollo 15 found the object shown on the picture, NASA cancelled Apollo 18,19,20 with the pretext of building the SKYLAB Project. There's v...
*Marshall Watson * 27 Castle Harbor Int FT lauderdale Fl 33316 19 Harborage Isle Dr Ft Lauderdale fl 33316 JUDGE Tobin; There is only one Judge Tobin in Broward county *Victor Tobin* 6711 E Cypresshead D...
Banks are using credit to pay off Tarp loans, this means they don't have resources and must borrow money to pay off their loans. What they are doing is..."using VISA to pay MASTERCARD" 银行使用信贷还清TARP贷款，这意味...
*With the death of the Murdoch whisle blower, whose death seems like a suicide. There are a lot of people who right now are thinking that this is just too much of a coincidence. There are even some peopl...
*Doctors are baking up the wrong tree. Cancers are not made by genetic mutation. But a virus creates the mutation in the genes.* There are three known transmissible cancers, including devil facial tumo...
*More news you missed. * *A recent decision on the 3rd court of Appeals in Virginia comes as no surprise to anyone. Thse judges while correct in the laws of Virginia Non judicial foreclosures. However at...
*2019 the American Supreme Court lead by justice Roberts and Alito have ruled individual genes can be patented.* *2051 Enrique Slim, Great grandson of Mexican Carlos Slim has completed the hostile take...
*THE BANKS ARE BROKE AND SO IS THE SYSTEM. (FED)* *When it was pointed out that American banks are Bankrupt, The scope of the bankruptcy was not known until today. The story today from bloomberg news is ...
*As they claim, 'the road to hell is paved with good intentions gone bad.'* *The article below make it obvious. the police want to enlist your cell phone to monitor your surroundings, the worse part is ...
*The cyberwar continues in the latest salvo the group appears to have wiped clean the computer memories on the law enforcement sites in some five state. look for denials by state officials. If true, this...
*The headlines scream time travel impossible. * *While the respectect scientist is correct in the work done and his measurement are absolut. His conclusion is also correct, but only if have a flawed conc...
*News you missed and extrapolation.* *The articles below point to the inescapable road of human sexuality. A long time ago in a movie called "The sleeper." the actor named Woodie Allen portrayed an perso...
للشعب السوري : إن العالم يقف معكم ضد النظام الوحشي لبشار الاسد. أعرف أن الوقت والتاريخ ، هي على الجانب الخاص بك -- الطغاة استخدام العنف لأن لديهم أي شيء آخر ، وأكثر عنفا هم، أكثر هشاشة يصبحون. نحيي تصميم...
*Below is an excerpt for a must read explanation of the Mortgage mess.* *Robo-signers are back and so are false mortgage foreclosure papers.* A mortgage really has two parts. One is the actual mortgage...
After a few months of use age. This card was useful only for paying established online accounts, The 4.95 fee for reloading the card is a bit too high considering most people don't have 7 or 8 hundred do...
World breaking news *AUTHORITIES are investigating the theft of 64 missile warheads from a train transporting military equipment to Bulgaria. * Interior ministry spokesman Marius Militaru said Sunday the...
Como ellos dicen, "el camino al infierno está empedrado de buenas intenciones que salió mal." El siguiente artículo hace obvio. la policía quiere dar de alta su teléfono celular para controlar su entorno...
The difference between walking away free and being convicted is $Money$ kill the messenger that shows how weak your defences are, look at what they've done to NATO. Seed Newsvine
*Former soldiers want to bring these drone to everyday use in america, the trend is now unstoppable.* *there will be instances where some drones will malfunction and crash into streets and backyards. * ...
كما يزعمون ، "الطريق إلى الجحيم معبد بالنوايا الطيبة عندما تسوء".المقالة أدناه جعله واضحا. الشرطة تريد كسب هاتفك الخلوي لرصد محيطك ، وأسوأ جزء هو أنهم يريدون لك volunter لك التجسس على نفسك وجيرانك.ما هي ...
*The hacker group Antisec hit a former FBI agent who was doing shoddy work for homeland security and defence contractors. Below are links to the entire saga of Antisec and luntz battle so far. It’s an...
*Just as predicted this case is going to be the most watched in the nation as nothing less than the concept of the American dream of home ownership. If scotus rules in favor of MERS then anybody with a c...
La feliz pareja abajo, son los nuevos miembros que an alcanzado el nivel de Diamantes fundadores. A ellos le presentaron un checke de regalilla de un million de Dollars por su esfuerzo en canbiar los vid...
*The early results are in.* *\ As more and more state legislators assume that drug testing welfare recipients will cut back the costs to the state. They are sorely mistaking in assuming that a lot of peo...
News you missed, *Who owns the house that was foreclosed, being foreclosed, or even not foreclosed at all. In fact this mess is so large that people who are current and not in trouble at all also had t...
*The story as it is understood, Shortly after Apollo 15 found the object shown on the picture, NASA cancelled Apollo 18,19,20 with the pretext of building the SKYLAB Project. There's v...
*Marshall Watson * 27 Castle Harbor Int FT lauderdale Fl 33316 19 Harborage Isle Dr Ft Lauderdale fl 33316 JUDGE Tobin; There is only one Judge Tobin in Broward county *Victor Tobin* 6711 E Cypresshead D...
Banks are using credit to pay off Tarp loans, this means they don't have resources and must borrow money to pay off their loans. What they are doing is..."using VISA to pay MASTERCARD" 银行使用信贷还清TARP贷款，这意味...
*With the death of the Murdoch whisle blower, whose death seems like a suicide. There are a lot of people who right now are thinking that this is just too much of a coincidence. There are even some peopl...
*Doctors are baking up the wrong tree. Cancers are not made by genetic mutation. But a virus creates the mutation in the genes.* There are three known transmissible cancers, including devil facial tumo...
*More news you missed. * *A recent decision on the 3rd court of Appeals in Virginia comes as no surprise to anyone. Thse judges while correct in the laws of Virginia Non judicial foreclosures. However at...
*2019 the American Supreme Court lead by justice Roberts and Alito have ruled individual genes can be patented.* *2051 Enrique Slim, Great grandson of Mexican Carlos Slim has completed the hostile take...
*THE BANKS ARE BROKE AND SO IS THE SYSTEM. (FED)* *When it was pointed out that American banks are Bankrupt, The scope of the bankruptcy was not known until today. The story today from bloomberg news is ...
*As they claim, 'the road to hell is paved with good intentions gone bad.'* *The article below make it obvious. the police want to enlist your cell phone to monitor your surroundings, the worse part is ...
*The cyberwar continues in the latest salvo the group appears to have wiped clean the computer memories on the law enforcement sites in some five state. look for denials by state officials. If true, this...
*The headlines scream time travel impossible. * *While the respectect scientist is correct in the work done and his measurement are absolut. His conclusion is also correct, but only if have a flawed conc...
*News you missed and extrapolation.* *The articles below point to the inescapable road of human sexuality. A long time ago in a movie called "The sleeper." the actor named Woodie Allen portrayed an perso...
للشعب السوري : إن العالم يقف معكم ضد النظام الوحشي لبشار الاسد. أعرف أن الوقت والتاريخ ، هي على الجانب الخاص بك -- الطغاة استخدام العنف لأن لديهم أي شيء آخر ، وأكثر عنفا هم، أكثر هشاشة يصبحون. نحيي تصميم...
*Below is an excerpt for a must read explanation of the Mortgage mess.* *Robo-signers are back and so are false mortgage foreclosure papers.* A mortgage really has two parts. One is the actual mortgage...
After a few months of use age. This card was useful only for paying established online accounts, The 4.95 fee for reloading the card is a bit too high considering most people don't have 7 or 8 hundred do...
World breaking news *AUTHORITIES are investigating the theft of 64 missile warheads from a train transporting military equipment to Bulgaria. * Interior ministry spokesman Marius Militaru said Sunday the...
Como ellos dicen, "el camino al infierno está empedrado de buenas intenciones que salió mal." El siguiente artículo hace obvio. la policía quiere dar de alta su teléfono celular para controlar su entorno...
The difference between walking away free and being convicted is $Money$ kill the messenger that shows how weak your defences are, look at what they've done to NATO. Seed Newsvine
*Former soldiers want to bring these drone to everyday use in america, the trend is now unstoppable.* *there will be instances where some drones will malfunction and crash into streets and backyards. * ...
كما يزعمون ، "الطريق إلى الجحيم معبد بالنوايا الطيبة عندما تسوء".المقالة أدناه جعله واضحا. الشرطة تريد كسب هاتفك الخلوي لرصد محيطك ، وأسوأ جزء هو أنهم يريدون لك volunter لك التجسس على نفسك وجيرانك.ما هي ...
*The hacker group Antisec hit a former FBI agent who was doing shoddy work for homeland security and defence contractors. Below are links to the entire saga of Antisec and luntz battle so far. It’s an...
*Just as predicted this case is going to be the most watched in the nation as nothing less than the concept of the American dream of home ownership. If scotus rules in favor of MERS then anybody with a c...
La feliz pareja abajo, son los nuevos miembros que an alcanzado el nivel de Diamantes fundadores. A ellos le presentaron un checke de regalilla de un million de Dollars por su esfuerzo en canbiar los vid...
*The early results are in.* *\ As more and more state legislators assume that drug testing welfare recipients will cut back the costs to the state. They are sorely mistaking in assuming that a lot of peo...
A B-BBC reader observes of BBC Countryfile 21/08/2011; "Last evening they did a piece (John Craven) on food waste, and it's costs. The one scandalous item of waste that never got any mention at all was th...
posted by David Preiser (USA) at
Biased BBC - 3 hours ago
I hope everyone enjoys this brief segment on Today with Evan Davis. He discusses the new report from the Social Market Foundation which is highly critical of the Department of Work and Pension's Work Progr...
NDP Leader Jack Layton, who led Canada's Official Opposition, has died at his Toronto home at age 61 after a battle with cancer. Layton died peacefully early Monday, surrounded by family and loved ones, ...
posted by coldwarbaby@gmail.com (Richard William Posner) at
AMERICAN EMPIRE - 4 hours ago
This is becoming an epidemic. More and more, every day, police are displaying willingness, even desire, to assert their authority whenever an opportunity presents itself. Furthermore, they seem eager to ...
It isn't often you find apocalyptic tomes in business publications warning of the imminent demise of global capitalism but that seems to be changing. Ten days ago the *Wall Street Journal*, in an intervi...
[image: Farmer Dang Roi stands next to his family’s salt water-hit rice field in Ben Tre Province’s Que Dien Commune in the Mekong Delta, 15 Octoboer 2010. thanhniennews.com]By Kit Gillet in Ben Tre, Vie...
[image: Just 1.5 kilometers from Fukushima, a house is left abandoned in Futaba Town, 12 April 2011. Athit Perawongmetha / Getty Images] By MARTIN FACKLER 21 August 2011 TOKYO — Broad areas around the s...
posted by laura k at
wmtc - 4 hours ago
I learned the terrible, shocking news of Jack Layton's death a bit late, and only because friends texted and emailed me. I tend to be in a news bubble on Monday mornings. I'm heartsick. We all are. My hea...
(Yesterday's Sellout Crowd at the Wyndham Golf Championship - Greensboro, NC) It's not really much of a mystery. The people who nod in agreement as they watch the Faux News every day, listen to the lies ab...
"All is oddly quiet on Boston labor front; Hard times causing city’s unions to pause at combative tactics" August 20, 2011|By Andrew Ryan, Globe Staff When negotiations stall, Boston teachers almost always...
"Arroyo cleared in fraud verdict; Ex-city firefighter was bodybuilder while on disability" August 16, 2011|By David Abel, Globe Staff After deliberating less than four hours, a federal jury acquitted forme...
"Wal-Mart’s charitable giving soars in Boston; Seeking to win over a reluctant City Hall" August 20, 2011|By Meghan E. Irons and Andrew Ryan, Globe Staff Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has *sharply increased charit...
*Plenty of money for politics in AmeriKa.* "Patrick’s PAC has fruitful quarter; Fund-raising nets $274,180" August 02, 2011|By Michael Levenson and Andrew Ryan, Globe Staff In the three months since launc...
"From Madoff tipster to film star" August 17, 2011|By Mark Pothier, Globe Staff By the time he made it to “The Daily Show’’ in March 2010, whistle-blower Harry Markopolos looked like one more Bernie Madof...
"Forty years ago, black bears were nearly extinct in Massachusetts, pushed to the brink by aggressive hunting and the steady march of development. Now the shambling omnivores are back in force... --more--"
Muammar Gaddafi has gone to ground and nobody seems to know where. He might be hunkered down inside his personal compound where a fierce firefight continues as rebels close in. He might have already fle...
A simple back orthotic increases spinal alignment, enables pain-free sitting and improves posture.
Two satellites will head for a celestial rest stop where Earth and sun's gravity balances out.
Two children are among those fighting for their lives in Tripoli's only working hospital after being caught up in violence in Libya's capital. The hospital has been swamped by casualties over the last few...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 45.2 km ( 28.1 miles), the quake hit at 12:17:09 UTC Monday 22nd August 2011. The epicenter was 98 km (60 miles) Ea...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 32.9 km ( 20.4 miles), the quake hit at 12:11:27 UTC Monday 22nd August 2011. The epicenter was 117 km (72 miles) E...
*The New York Times* has thrown its full editorial weight against the Keystone XL pipeline proposal and the Athabasca Tar Sands that underlies it. *We have two main concerns: the risk of oil spills along t...
posted by laura k at
wmtc - 6 hours ago
Hallelujah! A Whole Foods Market has opened in Mississauga, not five minutes from where I live. My life is complete. Most Canadians don't know Whole Foods; there's one in Toronto, one in Oakville (just ...
Yes, really. That's what it says. Tune in later in the week when the Globe & Mail asks : *Poll : Who is the greatest Canadian ever?* * Brian Mulroney - free trade, Ronald Reagan, opera * Kim Campbell - ...
*I knew it was bad out here; however, I did not realize it was this bad*: "Between haves, have-nots, an ever greater gulf; The state’s poorest make less than in 1979, new study finds, while upper incomes ...
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 34.5 km ( 21.4 miles), the quake hit at 11:23:38 UTC Monday 22nd August 2011. The epicenter was 113 km (70 miles) E...
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck the Kodiak Island Region, Alaska at a depth of 18.4 km ( 11.4 miles), the quake hit at 11:31:18 UTC Monday 22nd August 2011. The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) South ...
*State Rep. Connie Pillich is running for the Cincinnati-bassed House seat currently occupied by GOP corporate shill Steve Chabot* Now that the recall elections are over in Wisconsin, all eyes should be ...
*The customer is ALWAYS RIGHT!** * *“The fingerpointing from the customer base was going to the corporation and not the union’’* *No static on that call. * "Verizon workers end their walkout; No deal rea...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck Vanuatu at a depth of 36.8 km ( 22.9 miles), the quake hit at 09:55:11 UTC Monday 22nd August 2011. The epicenter was 125 km (77 miles) WNW of Port-Vila, Efate, Vanuat...
I've got an Amtrak ticket to Washington DC for the Tar Sands Action at the end of the month. This gentleman from Madison, Wisconson expresses my sentiments about the demonstration perfectly.
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake has struck the Kermadec Islands Region at a depth of 6.5 km ( 4 miles), the quake hit at 09:38:37 UTC Monday 22nd August 2011. The epicenter was 132 km (82 miles) ENE of Raoul I...
A stunt wing walker has died after falling 200ft while attempting to move from a plane to a helicopter at an air show in Michigan. Todd Green was attempting the move from a Stearman aircraft at Selfridge A...
A MASSIVE search operation was triggered after reports of a mysterious object falling from the sky over Loch Ness. Coastguards, a lifeboat crew, police teams and an RAF search and rescue helicopter were sc...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il toured a hydroelectric plant yesterday as his train traveled through Russia’s Far East on his first visit to the Cold War-era ally in nine years. Kim crossed into Russia o...
Enjoying the BBC's world class coverage of Ghadaffi's fall? Here's a new Open Thread for you to start the week - let's see how quickly we can get to the 100 comments mark! Click through to read and cont...
Do you think the BBC thinks Labour is still in power? The reason I ask is this item it ran earlier today focusing on Tony Blair's comments that "muddle headed analysis" (ie Conservative) of the riots could...
Or, "How the Devil Pays" By Tony Cartalucci The Financial Times has featured an editorial penned by Council on Foreign Relations president Richard Haas titled, "Libya Now Needs Boots on the Ground," whe...
Another opportunity for the BBC to help bestow further sainthood on one of their favourites - Jew-bashing Ken Loach. This morning, Ken was afforded this bully pulpit on Today. It concerns a film he made ba...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 71.3 km ( 44.3 miles), the quake hit at 08:36:22 UTC Monday 22nd August 2011. The epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) No...
Over 2,000 unidentified bodies have been buried in scores of unmarked graves in Indian Kashmir, according to the state human rights commission in the region roiled by a separatist insurgency. Its report ...
Broad areas around the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant could soon be declared uninhabitable, perhaps for decades, after a government survey found radioactive contamination that far exceeded safe l...
The fossilised remains of the oldest known lifeforms on Earth have been discovered in samples of rock collected near a remote watering hole in the middle of the Australian Outback. Scientists said that t...
A powerful storm also swept through Toronto Sunday afternoon, causing flooded roads and downed trees and left 10,000 people across the city without power. Lee Walsh was unloading groceries during the sto...
Passengers on Amtrak northeast regional train #171 on Wednesday may have been exposed to a person with measles, according to a news release from the Virginia Department of Health. The train originated in...
Forty-three employees of a Woodland tomato processing plant were treated for respiratory issues after a chlorine dioxide leak Sunday afternoon, the Woodland Fire Department said. Battalion Chief Greg Rob...
A storm front dumped nearly 40mm of rain and damaging winds on some parts of Perth and the South-West overnight. State Emergency Service workers responded to 16 calls for help in the metropolitan area and...
Anthrax infection has spread in Khirshintikar of Horhgram union of Poba Upazila. Upazila executive officer (UNO) Abu Salim Mahmud Ul Hasan said about 16 people have been infected since Saturday. Speaki...
An inter-island ferry with at least 75 people caught fire then sank amid stormy weather in the central Philippines on Sunday, leaving 3 people dead, one missing while the rest were rescued, officials said....
Eleven people have died in a food poisoning in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, local authorities said Sunday. As of 6 pm Saturday, more than 150 people have shown symptoms of poisoning...
A pastor has been charged with kidnapping and raping three women at gunpoint, two of them in a trailer behind the church, and kidnapping a fourth, who was not sexually assaulted. Dale Richardson has for t...
They were told that so long as a U.S. marine was still in Iraq, he would remain in jail. But now, just five years after shooting dead two American soldiers, an Iraqi sniper has been released from prison -...
Two men were shot and wounded and punches thrown as violence broke out at a pre-season NFL game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Oakland Raiders last night. A 24-year-old man has life-threatening ...
It may seem like a narrative right out of Star Trek, but one U.S. government agency is working to make it a reality. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking for a few good men - and wome...
Tropical Storm Irene whipped the northern Leeward Islands with rain and squalls today as it barreled west on a track through the Caribbean that looked set to threaten Florida. Irene, the ninth named storm...
A Florida woman has been arrested after allegedly attempting to sell her five-year-old son for $2,000. Jessica Marie Beers, 29, allegedly told a couple she met at church that she would sell them the boy'...
A daughter, her mother and grandmother were all killed in a devastating car wreck as the family was driving home from a holiday to Disney World. Eight members of the Marte family had crammed into the Ford...
A Utah boy miraculously escaped without injury after climbing into his neighbour's chimney, where he was stuck for up to six hours. Eight-year-old Stephen Hopkins told Richard and Sandy Draper he was sea...
Police searching for a missing Polish farmhand have found a body concealed in a shallow grave, police said today. Mother-of-one Danuta Domagalska, 27, went missing a fortnight ago from New Moor Farm, Walw...
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Shocking: Lord Justice Hughes ruled that the 'right to a family life' must be taken into account before issuing SOPOs. Restrictions on paedophiles using the internet and seeing their own children have be...
A powerful tornado swept through a southwestern Ontario town on Sunday killing one person and causing severe devastation in the picturesque community on the shores of Lake Huron. It was the most powerful t...
Coalition tensions over the response to this month’s riots were laid bare yesterday – as senior Liberal Democrats warned David Cameron not to ‘water down’ Britain’s commitment to human rights. The Prime M...
A man has died after being stabbed in the neck at a historic holiday home. He died following an incident in the early hours of yesterday morning at the £1,000-per-night manor house. Neighbours claimed th...
Image; Victim: Garry Newlove's killer was bailed just hours before the father of three was kicked to death. A fifth of burglaries were committed by criminals let out on bail last year, according to shock...
Judging by this rich display of russet, gold and green, you would be forgiven for thinking autumn was already well under way. And, for these plants at least, it seems it is – a month early. According to e...
A string of gloomy economic indicators to be published within days could prompt further losses on stock markets when they reopen today. City investors are bracing themselves for Britain’s revised second qu...
The crash that killed Red Arrows pilot Jon Egging may have been caused by his aircraft hitting a bird. Investigators have discovered remains at the crash site which suggest a ‘catastrophic bird strike’, a...
Today there are many web design firms in the market. So why should you choose us? The reason is simple. With the number of software available, almost anyone and their uncle can start to develop a website. ...
*Libya now needs boots on the ground** * The President of the Council on Foreign Relations, Richard Haass, tells us what is going to happen next in Libya: "Some sort of international assistance, and m...
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake has struck Vanuatu at a depth of 34.9 km ( 21.7 miles), the quake hit at 06:04:57 UTC Monday 22nd August 2011. The epicenter was 117 km (72 miles) WNW of Port-Vila, Efate, Vanuat...
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The BBC trust's propaganda campaign about climate change is taking shape. Alison Hastings, chair of the editorial standards committee, it will be recalled, has decreed - on the authority of IPCC diktats - ...
[image: Libyan Tripoli] Euphoric Libyan rebels took manage of most of Tripoli in a lightning advance Sunday, celebrating the victory in Green Square, the emblematic heart of Moammar Gadhafi's regime, Gadh...
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Holy Shroud of Turin Powerful prayer to St. Michael the Archangel - video ~ link AVA MARIA - by Helene Fischer - video ~ link Lord Stirling's news blog EUROPE Please forward this site to several f...
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck Vanuatu at a depth of 66.9 km ( 41.6 miles), the quake hit at 02:52:34 UTC Monday 22nd August 2011. The epicenter was 178 km (110 miles) Southwest of Port-Vila, Efate,...
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Carlisle Indian School/Photo Brenda Norrell By Brenda Norrell Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com A columnist for Indian Country Today continues to insult readers while denying the abuse of Ind...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck off the Hokkaido, Japan Region at a depth of 32.3 km ( 20.1 miles), the quake hit at 00:07:09 UTC Monday 22nd August 2011. The epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) SSE of O...
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 54.2 km ( 33.7 miles), the quake hit at 21:39:58 UTC Sunday 21st August 2011. The epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) WS...
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia at a depth of 39 km ( 24.2 miles), the quake hit at 21:14:05 UTC Sunday 21st August 2011. The epicenter was 102 km (...
*[Bob and Ray's jokes] feature Americans who are almost always fourth-rate or below, engaged in enterprises which, if not contemptible, are at least insane. And while other comedians show us persons t...
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*"Can anyone on Capital [sic] Hill read?”* demanded a sign held by a protester at one of the first Tea Party rallies, back in February of 2009. "*If so read the Constitution As Americans we do not have t...
Libyan rebels raced into Tripoli Sunday and met little resistance as Moammar Gadhafi's defenders melted away and his 42-year rule rapidly crumbled. The euphoric fighters celebrated with residents of the ca...
Libyan government spokesman Mussa Ibrahim said on Sunday that 1,300 people have been killed in a rebel assault on the capital, describing the fighting as a "real tragedy." "In 24 hours, 1,300 people have...
Muammar Gaddafi's former right-hand man Abdel Salam Jalloud, who has defected to the Libyan rebel side, said on Sunday Gaddafi would be toppled within 10 days. Speaking on Italy's Rai News, Jalloud said ...
*Make of them what you will, dear readers.* "Witnesses say Chinook was ablaze when it crashed; Coalition finishes recovering bodies, parts of wreckage" by Deb Riechmann, Associated Press, /August 12, 2011 ...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talking to NBC anchor Tom Brokaw on September 13, 2001 about the 9/11 attacks: "And this, I think, has been a wake up call from hell. It is telling us you have t...
John Stockwell was the chief of the CIA Angola Task Force in the mid 1970s. The interview below is from December 10, 1988. Watch the full interview at The Film Archive.
REBELS "NOW IN CONTROL" OF MOST OF TRIPOLI'S NEIGHBOURHOODS. NATO BOMBING RUNS CONTINUE OVER CITY TO ASSIST REBEL ADVANCES. GADDAFI'S SONS BEING TRANSFERRED TO INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURTS. GOVERNMENT VOW...
*I was really looking forward to this morning's MAS walking tour of Manhattan's Lower East Side, but no, I was still struggling with my Sunday Classics post on Andrea Chénier. Oh well.* *by Ken* I've r...
*We call them Democrat and Republican here. * "Rival political, criminal gangs kill 39 in 2 days in Pakistan" August 19, 2011|By Ashraf Kahn, Associated Press KARACHI - Suspected *gang members* *killed 39...
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The footage was posted on a social media website and the video cannot be independently verified. Waving a gun at the camera, the presenter said: "With this weapon, I either kill or die today, you will...
Playing video games and using smartphones are helping parents and children bond, according to new university research. Four in five parents described playing video games with their children as “quality t...
Italian art experts who restored a cryptic medieval fresco depicting a tree of fertility have been accused of censuring the work by painting over the numerous phalluses which dangle from its boughs. The ...
Libyan rebels claimed they sent fighters into Tripoli in a dawn raid by sea, reinforcing gunmen who launched the first uprising against Col Muammar Gaddafi since the start of the war. The rebels claimed ...
Pope Benedict XVI urged a crowd of nearly two million young Catholics to become missionaries for the faith, Sunday, as he celebrated an open-air mass to conclude World Youth Day in Madrid. The Pope addre...
Aaron Denham, who was left in a coma after a road accident has made a miraculous recovery - as his family stood at his bedside deciding what songs to play at his funeral. Aaron Denham was lying motionles...
For the first time in months, witnesses in Tripoli reported heavy fighting across the capital late Saturday night, even as rebel forces claimed to have encircled the city by taking major towns to its east,...
The number of deaths caused by the cholera epidemic in the Dominican Republic have reached 109, while there are 15,876 suspect cases, according to figures revealed Friday by the health authorities. A sta...
After returning late Wednesday night from a three-day bus tour of Middle America, President Obama left Washington once again Thursday afternoon -- this time for Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts and a 10-...
The flash flooding that killed four people and forced others to swim to safety or climb onto car roofs was a freak accident caused by heavy rainfall that overwhelmed the sewer system just as rush-hour traf...
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Costco, the membership warehouse-club chain, was an early leader in offering electric-vehicle charging to its customers, setting an example followed by other retailers, including Best Buy and Walgreen. By ...
Interests in the Caribbean, Bahamas and the Southeast Coast, will want to keep close tabs on the status of Tropical Storm Irene. Irene is bringing heavy rain and gusty winds to portions of the Lesser Ant...
Authorities in Mexico found the decapitated bodies of four men and a woman in Acapulco on Saturday, the latest in a string of slayings in the popular Pacific resort this week. Federal police said the cor...
Diplomats scrambled to avert a crisis in relations between Egypt and Israel on Saturday, and the Israeli government issued a rare statement of regret for the killing of three Egyptian security officers by ...
The latest deals to "save" American and Greek public finances - those countries can now put themselves into even deeper debt - should puncture the illusion the welfare state was ever a success; fact is, it...
Just when Wall Street seemed to have settled down, a barrage of bad economic reports collided with fresh worries about European banks on Thursday and triggered a global sell-off in stocks. The Dow Jones ...
If the despair in global stock markets is your guide, it seems that we’re already in a new recession. “The market is trading off of really primal fear,” one U.S. stockbroker told the Bloomberg financial wi...
The Wood family of Piedmont, Oklahoma, barely made it to their storm-proof safe room before a huge tornado struck their house in late May. The Woods survived unhurt but the three-story house was destroy...
Interactive gaming allows many youngsters access to an action-packed, adrenaline-fuelled world - while in reality, they can sit undisturbed for hours. Excessive gaming has long been seen as unhealthy, bu...
The disgusting cowards and whores of NATO were ordered on Saturn's-day by their blood ritual rabbi masters in the knesset of Washington DC to invade Libya using the yiddish asset of al qaeda/mossad murder...
*Maybe it was **UFOs**. * "Pakistan places limits on travel of US diplomats" July 31, 2011|By Chris Brummitt, Associated Press ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has placed new* travel restrictions* on *American diplo...
*Worthy of a front-page, above-the-fold feature*: "‘Someday u will find me dead’; Police say an East Boston man admits to orchestrating the murder of his wife, who warned of abuse in text messages" August...
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*Didn't make my printed paper*: "Colombia inquiry implicates US aid in abuses of power; Funds allegedly used for spying, political activities" by Karen DeYoung and Claudia J. Duque, Washington Post / Augu...
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Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, a son of Libya's ruler Moammar Gadhafi and a top official in the regime, has been captured by opposition forces, a rebel official said Sunday night. Ali Said, general secretary of ...
A news Correspondent from BBC’s One Show has been Tweeting. This person. ‘one_uk’ describes him/herself thus: “Research Correspondent from the One Show trying to present a better image of the UK. The f...
*And other South American stories*: "Md. man had insurance on missing woman" August 19, 2011|Associated Press SAN JUAN - A Maryland man detained in Aruba in the presumed death of his travel partner had an...
I passed by a TV last week that had on some MSNBC show with their in-house Nazi Pat Buchanan pontificating about what a wonderful world it would be if Hillary Clinton was president instead of Obama. It ...
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Residents of Kaiapoi and Canterbury contemplating taking the government's payout face the dire prospect of paying far more for a new home than the payout for their old damaged one, even with the inflated...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck Java, Indonesia at a depth of 78.9 km ( 49 miles), the quake hit at 16:54:21 UTC Sunday 21st August 2011. The epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) SSE of Sukabumi, Java, Ind...
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Leadership is about self-sacrifice, not personal gain. As Congress and the president debated the increase in the debt-ceiling limit, millions of Americans have been held hostage by threats to entitlement...
Animals and plants are shifting their natural home ranges towards the cooler poles three times faster than scientists previously thought. In the largest study of its kind to date, researchers looked at th...
A new drama tells the story of a Jewish lawyer who confronted Hitler 80 years ago - earning the dictator's life-long hatred. So who was Hans Litten? In the Berlin courtroom, Adolf Hitler's face burned a ...
nternational concern is growing over a fresh wave of violence between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants. Israel has carried out air strikes in the Gaza Strip, while militants have been firing rock...
A soccer game was suspended after gunfire erupted outside a stadium in northern Mexico, sending players fleeing and spectators ducking for cover under seats. Local soccer clubs Santos and Morelia were...
A Saskatoon businesswoman is making a folk remedy for new mothers a little easier to swallow. Although its common for mammals to eat placenta after giving birth, the practice is rare in human culture. ...
The United States, the world's biggest economy, has never defaulted on its debt and never will, said Vice President Joe Biden as he wrapped up his five-day visit to China on Sunday. "Some Chinese are con...
A barrage of rockets and mortars fired into southern Israel continued Sunday, the latest in a four-day escalation of violence sparked by a series of attacks on Israeli civilians and soldiers Thursday. By...
He is a good Christian, Michael is telling his two therapists. He goes to church most Sundays. He’s a devoted husband and father of two daughters. “But when I would leave on business trips,” he says, “I k...
A statue resembling the goddess Athena and jewelry bearing images from Greco-Roman mythology may not be objects you'd expect to see in a museum exhibit of Buddhist art from Pakistan. Their presence among...
Don't be a denialist. Instead put on your jeggings (breathe in) or mankini (be careful) and retweet this article. After all, it's hip to be in the know on the 400 new words and phrases in the 12th editio...
Ron Paul is getting more publicity out of not getting publicity in the wake of his virtual tie with Bachmann in the Ames poll than he’s gotten to date. Suddenly everyone’s noticing the “mainstream” media i...
After months of protests and regime violence, King Abdallah of Saudi Arabia, one of the last absolute monarchs in the world, has called on Syria’s embattled president, Bashar al-Assad, to stop the “killing...
The killing of Osama Bin Laden did not put cuts in national security spending on the table, but the debt-ceiling debate finally did. And mild as those projected cuts might have been, last week newly minted...
The first half of 2011 has been the deadliest six months for civilians in Afghanistan since the decade-old war began, according to the United Nations mission in the country. The number of civilians kille...
Scientists and doctors are calling for a new national policy in Japan that mandates the testing of food, soil, water, and the air for radioactivity still being emitted from Fukushima's heavily damaged Daii...
When considering starvation, context is everything. This fact is easily illustrated. Consider, for a moment, the actions of David Blaine, the US magician, who in 2003 spent 44 days in a six-foot-by-three-f...
The Senate and the Roman People have declared that the US government is spending too much money. We have to live within our means. Difficult choices lie ahead. We can't do everything anyone might like us t...
The massive volatility and sharp equity-price correction now hitting global financial markets signal that most advanced economies are on the brink of a double-dip recession. A financial and economic crisis...
Asia is at the centre of an inevitable development of our digital world: the coming mineral wars. The computer you are using to read this article is already involved in a global war. Oil wars? Water wa...
When the afternoon bell rings at August Town Primary School, children kick around a plastic bottle filled with gravel instead of a soccer ball. When administrators need to buy a copier, they turn to parent...
Ever since the United States endured defeat in the Vietnam War the American political establishment has tried hard to restore national and international confidence in the role of military power in favourab...
Watch the full episode. See more Need To Know. After the devastating tsunami damage to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan, seismologists in the United States are focusing on a potentially ...
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The finding shows bacteria thrived on an Earth with no oxygen and boosts hope that life existed on Mars.
*Fifty More Americans Arrested At White House on Day 2 of Sit-in Over Oil Pipeline* By Tar Sands Action www.tarsandsaction.org Photos 1 and 2 by Shadia Fayne Wood Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011 WASHINGTON - Fi...
In an interview with The Sunday Telegraph ahead of WPP’s interim results this week, Sir Martin said there was a dissonance between the plunging markets and the state of the world economy. He said that al...
*This is the veteran mezzo Larissa Diadkova (age 56) as Madelon at Madrid's Teatro Real, February 2010. I believe the Gérard is baritone Marco Vratogna; the conductor, Victor Pablo Pérez. (The staging, in ...
*Kurt Nimmo* Infowars.com August 21, 2011 The corporate media today is reporting that the so-called Libyan rebels consisting of tribal gangs and al-Qaeda under the direction of NATO and the CIA are cl...
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck the Flores Region, Indonesia at a depth of 207.3 km ( 128.8 miles), the quake hit at 14:29:30 UTC Sunday 21st August 2011. The epicenter was 155 km (96 miles) Northea...
*LOCKERBIE AND THE FINANCING OF 9 11** / **LOCKERBIE IS ABOUT HEROIN** * In the case of the 1988 Lockerbie Bombing, a growing number of people believe that Megrahi was framed and that the Scottish Governm...
*Only played one tune:* "Storm kills 3, hurts 71 at festival in Belgium" August 19, 2011|Associated Press HASSELT, Belgium - A *storm swept through an open-air music festival*yesterday, * killing at leas...
*I'm guessing he didn't like the pooper-pumping in his name.* "A million young pilgrims gather for pope vigil; Pontiff’s remarks suspended amid heavy rainstorm" by Harold Heckle and Nicole Winfield, Associ...
Elizabeth Warren just made it official-- or official enough for ActBlue to open up a contribution slot for her-- which means she filed with the FEC. So... we added her to the Blue America Senate page, a ...
*Ah, the *smell * of MSM *perfume* in the morning.* "Book alleges Coco Chanel, fashion icon, spied for Nazis; Author cites new documents; firm decries accusation" August 18, 2011|By Jenny Barchfield, Asso...
A push to construct a mile-high mountain in the flat Netherlands is catching on and could become reality.
The German Schluckspecht E set a world record for the longest drive of a vehicle on a single battery charge.
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*And just think, they didn't even pay any taxes on the **$14 billion**dollar profits last year -- and even received a **$3.2 billion** gift from taxpayers via Uncle Sam.* "Laser process adds to worry over ...
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake has struck the New Britain Region, Papua New Guinea at a depth of 81.1 km ( 50.8 miles), the quake hit at 13:04:12 UTC Sunday 21st August 2011. The epicenter was 178 km (110 mil...
A stunt pilot has been killed in fiery crash during an air show after his plane appeared unable to get out of a downward spiral. The biplane plummeted nose-first into the ground at the downtown Kansas City...
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake has struck the South Sandwich Islands Region at a depth of 127.7 km ( 79.4 miles), the quake hit at 12:38:53 UTC Sunday 21st August 2011. The epicenter was 40 km (24 miles) NNW ...
*And just when I was having some hope for them*: "Radioactive sulfur reading called safe" August 16, 2011|Associated Press WASHINGTON - A *spike in radioactive sulfur* from the damaged Japanese nuclear pl...
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I'm reading *Life*, Keith Richards's autobiography, written with journalist James Fox. I believe this is the first celebrity memoirs or autobiography I've ever read - or ever wanted to. I'd say I'm an un...
I know some people like to pretend that all those people "hanging out" on the corners with funny misspelled personal messages on handmade signs and walking dazedly in the streets are just there for comic r...
*But they covered it, I mean cleaned it up quick.* "Oil spill not expected to reach Scotland" August 16, 2011|Associated Press LONDON - Royal Dutch Shell estimated yesterday that 54,600 gallons of *oil*hav...
Twin suicide attacks in southern Yemen killed 12 tribesmen early Sunday morning, authorities said. The tribesmen are part of a small force fighting al Qaeda-affiliated militants in Abyan province In one...
The Libyan government has appealed for an immediate ceasefire and an end to Nato's "aggression" as the rebel force approaches the capital Tripoli. Spokesman for Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's regime, Moussa Ib...
Not TV guys & politicians, REAL EXPERTS - scientists, architects, engineers, firemen, professors............ If this doesn't change your mind in 15 minutes about believing the official 9/11 story, nothin...
Few people outside of central Florida's 24nd congressional district have ever heard of Congresswoman Sandy Adams, a doctrinaire right-wing fanatic and member of the House Tea Party caucus. She's in Washi...
*Just as the Somalia stories have disappeared from my Globe. * "Despite charges of fraud, UN says it won’t cut aid to famine-stricken Somalia" August 17, 2011|Associated Press GENEVA - The UN World Food P...
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck Vanuatu at a depth of 35.2 km ( 21.9 miles), the quake hit at 09:03:49 UTC Sunday 21st August 2011. The epicenter was 101 km (62 miles) SSW of Port-Vila, Efate, Vanuat...
Here's a jolly good analysis of a day in the life of the BBC from a regular B-BBC contributor; "Never ones to let an opportunity slip, at death o'clock this morning R4 gave us some thoughts from the BBC...
Laughable set up discussion on Sunday Morning Live with gorgeous pouting Suzanne Reid. The first topic was the Human Rights Act and Cameron's idea we need a British Human Rights Act. We had a feminazi Hum...
At the first hint of warm temperatures, they begin to head toward South Carolina. But they’re not tourists from up north. They’re lemon sharks. The apex predators flock to the waters off the Carolinas’ s...
Tropical Storm Irene threatened to lash the Leeward Islands and Puerto Rico on Sunday and could strengthen to a hurricane over the Dominican Republic by Monday night. As of 2 a.m. ET, Irene was about 125...
*Try not to gorge yourself*: "US prosecutors detail food stamp fraud" August 20, 2011 A former 7-Eleven franchisee in Rhode Island has been accused of taking food stamp benefits for cash at his Providence...
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake has struck off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia at a depth of 35.1 km ( 21.8 miles), the quake hit at 08:18:15 UTC Sunday 21st August 2011. The epicenter was 100 km...
Syrian forces fired heavy machineguns at a residential district in the central city of Homs on Saturday after protests against President Bashar al-Assad, who faces growing world isolation for his repr...
Explosions and sustained gunfire have rocked parts of Tripoli as the leader of Libya's rebel force insists "the end is very near" for Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Clashes have reportedly broken out in severa...
The U.S. military can now do in-depth radiation testing and analysis in Japan, though officials say the new capability is only precautionary. Two high-powered detectors recently installed at the Army publi...
An old disease is suspected of moving north again to kill New Jersey deer. The Division of Fish and Wildlife last week was seeking fresh tissue samples from dead deer to be tested for EHD (epizootic hemorr...
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it will be testing fish off the coast of British Columbia for radiation due to the nuclear disaster in Japan. However, the agency says it expects radiation levels...
A Virginia man suspected in the deaths of his wife and her three children found in their burned apartment was arrested Saturday in South Carolina. Newport News police said in a press release that John Mose...
More than $400m of compensation to American victims of sexual abuse by Catholic priests was paid with loans and guarantees from Allied Irish Bank, it has ben revealed. The funds, in the form of loans, gu...
A chartered Boeing 737 plane crashed Saturday afternoon in Canada's Arctic region, killing 12 people, police said. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said the plane went down near the hamlet of Resolute B...
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Obese patients who took a diet pill to curb their appetites are taking legal action after they claim it led to them becoming depressed and suicidal. The Government demanded that the drug, Acomplia, be tak...
The U.S. Supercop drafted in to advise David Cameron on gang violence resigned as New York's police commissioner after being investigated for taking free holidays from a controversial tycoon. Henry Kravi...
Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s appeared to be at the point of collapse last night as explosions and gunfire were heard in the capital Tripoli. Anti-aircraft fire was seen in the sky and s...
A 14-year-old boy from Enfield has been charged with the murder of Leroy James, also aged 14, and possession of an offensive weapon. He will appear at Enfield Magistrates' Court on Monday. Leroy was disc...
It is the city that virtually shut down, as the recession took its toll. Detroit's all-important auto industry has been brought to its knees by the economic downturn. And now even the roads are packing ...
Image; Dorothy Rogers was stabbed 31 times in a In a random, frenzied attack with no apparent motive. Moves to release a convicted killer from a psychiatric institution are under way after he served just...
U.S. authorities are close to signing a deal to keep thousands of troops in Afghanistan until at least 2024. The agreement goes far beyond maintaining a small military training force, allowing for units ...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck Ceram Sea, Indonesia at a depth of 35.4 km ( 22 miles), the quake hit at 06:45:27 UTC Sunday 21st August 2011. The epicenter was 167 km (104 miles) North of Ambon, mol...
Antoinette Stephen, who is accused along with Kashif Parvaiz of murdering his wife Nazish Noorani, is a quiet, unassuming kind of woman, according to her neighbours. 'She seemed like a nice girl,' said ne...
Police discovered a 77-year-old pensioner murdered in her home after finding her handbag 25 miles away. Officers investigating a possible case of theft or loss found Judith Barbara Marion Richardson's bod...
According to Record PLC, a London-based currency manager overseeing $31 billion, the Czech crown (CZK or Kč in Czech) may supplement (if not replace) the Swiss franc (CHF, Corporation Helvetia Franc) as th...
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As the 10th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, two authors who’ve analysed thousands of documents relating to the attack conclude that both Iran and Saudi Arabia helped Al-Qaeda carry it out. In the afterma...
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A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck Vanuatu at a depth of 37.1 km ( 23.1 miles), the quake hit at 17:39:38 UTC Monday 22nd August 2011. The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) SSW of Port-Vila, Efate, Vanuatu...
A mother-of-three who battered a helpless 91-year-old man to death with a bottle of French wine has been jailed for life - six years after she was cleared of another murder. Melanie Cole, 49, brutally att...
'If you’re in south Florida, now is the time to get prepared,' the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency warned on Monday. National Hurricane Centre spokesman Dennis Feltgen urged south Florida reside...
A newly-discovered deep, cold current flowing off Iceland's coast may mean the North Atlantic is less sensitive to climate change than previously thought. The North Icelandic Jet feeds the Atlantic Meridi...
Colonel Gaddafi could flee to a country not signed up to the International Criminal Court such as Venezuela or Cuba, South African sources say. The Brother Leader is alive and remains in Libya, one senior...
Tropical Storm Irene has turned into a hurricane - the first of the Atlantic hurricane season - over Puerto Rico. It has now passed the US territory and is next set to hit the Dominican Republic. It may ...
North Korea says it is seizing assets at a tourist site jointly operated with South Korea. It has given South Koreans 72 hours to leave the resort at Mount Kumgang, which lies just inside North Korea. ...
Japanese iPhone users will get the option to receive earthquake alerts under the next version of Apple's iOS operating system. 9to5Mac reports that the feature will be added to the device's notification ...
A young humpback whale is enjoying freedom after being set free from a British Columbia fisherman's gill net near Kitimat. On Thursday, two humpback researchers in Ursula Channel near Gil Island noticed ...
About 120 criminal gangs operate in British Columbia. Some are notorious for their illegal activities and have become well-known to the public, but many others do their best to maintain a low profile and d...
New Brunswick physicians may come under increased pressure on how they treat patients if a drug shortage continues much longer, according to a cancer specialist. Health Canada issued a warning last week ...
The 42-year rule of Moammar Gadhafi appeared on the verge of collapse Monday, with rebel supporters making it to the same Tripoli square where regime loyalists had congregated for month. But in a possibl...
Representatives of Arab League states have condemned "the Israeli attack on the Egyptian forces" saying that Israel bears "full responsibility for this crime". Permanent members of the league issued the s...
While the downgrade of Unites States government debt by Standard & Poor's shocked global financial markets, China has more reason to worry than most: the bulk of its $3.2tn in official foreign reserves - m...
Biofuels are an alternative energy source that can drive local development by generating jobs, know-how and technology. But they can also cause social damage, as locals fear in the case of industrial-scale...
Kashmir has been the major source of conflict between India and Pakistan since the departure of the British from the region in 1947. Both countries have fought open and covert wars on this thorny issue ove...
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