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Source: Delta-NWA Deal Approved
2008-04-15 02:23:00 Boards meeting this evening ATLANTA (AP) — A person familiar with the negotiations says Delta Air Lines’ and Northwest Airlines’ directors have approved a deal for Delta to take over Northwest and create the world’s biggest carrier. The person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because an official announcement was expected later Monday, said the boards ... More About: Economy , Source , Deal
Sect Investigation Moving to Courtroom
2008-04-14 13:08:00 Bring on the attorneys SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) — An investigation of abuse at the private ranch of a polygamous sect is moving to a San Angelo courthouse this week as the state argues to retain custody of 416 children removed from their parents. Texas bar officials say more than 350 attorneys from across the state have ... More About: Religion , Moving , Investigation , Courtroom
Georgia Headlines
2008-04-14 05:15:00 Georgia Weekend Wrapup » » » A Green Jacket for Immelman 11 Alive News Suspect in four-fatality wreck denied bond AJC Driving and Texting Prove Dangerous 11 Alive News Man shoots himself when pulled over by Cartersville police Daily Tribune News - Cartersville Reports: Delta, Northwest merger close Atlanta Business Chronicle More About: Georgia , Headlines
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Get up, get out and see what Georgia has to offer
2008-04-14 05:02:00 Coming events … Atlanta Metro Sheep to Shawl, April 19, Atlanta History Center, Atlanta. Watch sheep’s wool transform into shawls at the Tullie Smith Farm. www.atlantahistorycenter.com (404) 814-4116 Spring Tour of Homes, April 19, Male Academy Museum, Newman. View unique homes in Newnan and Moreland area of Coweta County. www.nchistoricalsociety.org (770) 251-0207 10th Annual Touch a Truck, ... More About: Georgia , Offer
Polygamist sect gets millions from U.S. government
2008-04-14 04:23:00 This ought to open up a few cans of worms FT. WORTH, Tex. _American taxpayers have unwittingly helped finance a polygamist sect that is now the focus of a massive child abuse investigation in West Texas, with a business tied to the group receiving a nearly $1 million loan from the federal government and $1.2 million ... More About: Religion , Government , Millions
Seizing Moment, Hillary Totes Bible to Gun Range
2008-04-14 03:09:00 Nothing like a little home spun humor to make a point by Scott Ott for ScrappleFace (click image to enlarge) (2008-04-13) ? Sensing an opportunity to portray Sen. Barack Obama as elitist and out of touch after his remarks about ?bitter? rural Americans who cling to guns, God and xenophobia, Sen. Hillary Clinton stopped after church today ... More About: Bible , Moment , Presidential Primary , Range
Atlanta Scientology protest, 4/12/08
2008-04-13 16:30:00 Lt. Moor of Dekalb police — “You’ve got the right to say what you want to say … do your thing, we want you to have fun. If you need us, raise your hand.” Cool! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5bQ9Zs504 w This has to be the most outstanding gesture on the part of the Dekalb police that I have ever seen. Nice ... More About: Religion , Scientology , Atlanta , Protest
Johnson gets first NASCAR win of 2008
2008-04-13 14:29:00 We’re back! AVONDALE, Ariz. - Jimmie Johnson gave Hendrick Motorsports its first NASCAR Sprint Cup victory of the year, winning a fuel gamble Saturday night at Phoenix International Speedway. As leader after leader dove for the pits to take on gas in the waning laps, Johnson’s No. 48 Chevrolet stayed on track and the two-time reigning Cup ... More About: Sports , Nascar , 2008
Parents Fight Over Which Gang Toddler Should Join
2008-04-13 02:35:00 Police: Mother A Crip, Father A Westside Baller COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — A couple fighting about which gang their 4-year-old toddler should join caused a public disturbance that resulted in the father’s arrest, Commerce City police said Thursday. On Saturday, Joseph Manzanares stormed into the Hollywood Video store where his girlfriend worked, threatened to kill her and ... More About: Fight , Join , Gang , Parents , Toddler
Like lambs to slaughter, the cell phone using community (i.e. everybody) ha
2008-04-13 02:27:00 The perfect storm is on the horizon Datamation (click image to enlarge) Advertisers are all atwitter over the prospect of bombarding your cell phone with advertising. If you?re already annoyed by mobile spam, as I am, you?ll be disappointed to learn that the industry has barely even begun to exploit this amazing source of eyeballs. One estimate suggests that ... More About: Phone , Community , Cell Phone , Cell , Cell-phone
Dog Finds Way to Owner?s Funeral (ABC)
2008-04-13 02:12:00 Sam leaves home by himself, embarking on a two-day trek to a funeral service. More About: Owner , Funeral
Interesting ?
2008-04-13 01:51:00 The World on a musical score. From StrangeMaps.com. (click image to enlarge) More About: Interesting , Coolness
Conservatives happier than Liberals, author says
2008-04-13 01:34:00 Nearly TWICE as happy As a young liberal in left-wing Seattle, U.S. economist Arthur Brooks saw political conservatives as self-interested stick-in-the-muds who were incapable of joy. Much to his own elation, he was wrong. In his upcoming book, Gross National Happiness, he shows that religious rightwingers in the United States are more capable of happiness than their ... More About: Politics , Liberals , Conservatives , Author , Happier
Clinton Portrays Herself as a Pro-Gun Churchgoer
2008-04-13 01:24:00 Simply Irresistible! ?I disagree with Senator Obama?s assertion that people in our country cling to guns and have certain attitudes about immigration or trade simply out of frustration,? she said. She described herself as a pro-gun churchgoer, recalling that her father taught her how to shoot a gun when she was a young girl and said that ... More About: Clinton , Presidential Primary
SpotCrime.com ? Atlanta
2008-04-13 01:00:00 How does YOUR city compare? (click image to enlarge) More About: Crime , Atlanta
Free Range Kids, blog for raising kids without being freaked out about safe
2008-04-13 00:36:00 From Boing-boing Lenore Skenazy, the author of the [expletive deleted] column about letting her kid ride the subway alone, has started a blog called Free Range Kids , with a stirring call to action: Do you ever… ..let your kid ride a bike to the library? Walk alone to school? Take a bus, solo? Or are you thinking ... More About: Blog , Safe
U.N. peacekeeper shot dead in Haiti
2008-04-13 00:25:00 PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - A U.N. peacekeeper from Nigeria was shot to death in the Haiti an capital on Saturday as tensions fueled by riots over food prices simmered in the Caribbean country, a police officer and a Nigerian U.N. military officer said. RELATED: Haiti lawmakers vote to oust prime minister in wake of deadly price protests - IHT Haitian ... More About: Economy , Current Events , Shot , Dead
Bomb kills at least 8 at Iran mosque
2008-04-13 00:06:00 TEHRAN (Reuters) - A bomb exploded in a mosque in southern Iran on Saturday, killing at least eight people and wounding more than 60 others, Iranian media reported. The official IRNA news agency said the bomb exploded during an address by a cleric in the Shohada mosque in Shiraz. Fars said on Saturday nights the cleric usually ... More About: Religion , Islam , Mosque , Bomb
circa 2010: Dust Bowl migrants invade Canada!
2008-04-12 15:23:00 Are We REALLY Running Out of Water? Readers Digest (click image to enlarge) Droughts and half-drained reservoirs raise an ominous question: Is America running out of water? Georgia is experiencing the worst drought to strike the Southeast in 100 years of record keeping. The strain on an already tight supply has set off “water wars,” pitting farmers against ... More About: Canada , Current Events , Invade , Circa , Bowl
Why China is the REAL master of the universe
2008-04-12 15:00:00 China: the face of change in the global order Daily Mail UK The global power shift from the West to the East is no longer just a matter of debate confined to learned journals and newspaper columns - it is a reality that is beginning to have a huge impact on our daily lives. After a long ... More About: China , Universe , Real , Master , The Universe
It should be OK to doubt evolution
2008-04-12 05:28:00 We should be able to talk about Creationism without fear of reprisal. The Wichita Eagle (click image to enlarge) “Nothing can be questioned about Darwin or you are in severe academic jeopardy,” actor Ben Stein said recently at an event to promote his new documentary, “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed.” The film will be released next week in ... More About: Science , Evolution , Doubt
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DEVELOPING: Polygamist sect encouraged fear
2008-04-12 04:59:00 Deprogramming an entire community SAN ANGELO, Texas - All their lives, the girls in the polygamist sect in the West Texas desert were told that the outside world was hostile and immoral, and that venturing beyond the brilliant white limestone walls of their compound would consign them to eternal damnation. Now, if the state gets its way, ... More About: Current Events , Fear
If man were meant to fly, he?d have wings ?
2008-04-12 04:10:00 Photo gallery of the flying man Yves Rossy, recently achieved a landmark which went largely unheralded. Rossy?s feats might well go down among the most daring as well as momentous in aviation history. Check out these amazing photos. Check this out … AND MORE. (click image to enlarge) More About: Wings
Sanford and Son in low earth orbit
2008-04-12 04:00:00 Space Debris Illustrated: The Problem in Pictures Space junk, space debris, space waste ? call it what you want, but just as junk and waste cause problems here on Earth , in space spent booster stages, nuts and bolts from ISS construction, various accidental discards such as spacesuit gloves and cameras, and fragments from exploded spacecraft could ... More About: Orbit , Sanford
Water saving tip #25
2008-04-12 03:54:00 Washing produce doesn’t remove bacteria: report Washing fruits and vegetables with water is not enough to remove common bacteria that can cause severe illness, a new report says. The researchers injected food-borne bacteria such as E. coli and salmonella into vegetables and then tried various common ways to clean them, including water and a sodium hypochlorite treatment. Both ... More About: Health News , Water , Saving
Scientists Flesh Out Plans to Grow (and Sell) Test Tube Meat
2008-04-12 03:40:00 Mmmmm … tasty! In five to 10 years, supermarkets might have some new products in the meat counter: packs of vat-grown meat that are cheaper to produce than livestock and have less impact on the environment. More About: Meat , Tube , Plans , Scientists , Sell
That Blissfully Quiet Electric Car Might Just Kill You
2008-04-12 03:37:00 GET A CLUE: Congress spending your tax dollars to study quiet autos From the department of unintended consequences, we now have a bill before Congress that would address one of the biggest problems with electric cars: They’re too quiet. It’s not just blind pedestrians who have to worry. An ongoing study from the University of California at ... More About: Electric , Kill , Electric Car , Quiet
Black Tissues Keep You Stylish Even When Fighting A Cold
More articles from this author:2008-04-12 03:25:00 Goth dress up officianados rejoice Japan Trend Shop is now selling a black tissue box that comes complete with? wait for it? black tissues! Apparently items like black cotton swabs and black toothpaste are catching on in Japan, since black has a clean and sophisticated feeling to it. All I know is that they look a ... More About: Stylish , Cold , Black , Fighting 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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