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Memorial Day 2008
2008-05-24 04:33:00 Remember them. More About: Current Events , Memorial Day , Memorial , 2008
Woman sat dead in front of TV for 42 years
2008-05-17 05:44:00 THE remains of a woman have been found sitting in front of her TV - 42 years after she was reported missing. Hedviga Golik, who was born in 1924, had apparently made herself a cup of tea before sitting in her favourite armchair in front of her black and white television. Croatian police said she was ... More About: Woman , Dead , Front , Years
Thank you Governor Purdue
2008-05-16 13:17:00 Concealed weapons now allowed in parks, on public transportation Georgians with carry licenses can tote their concealed guns on public transportation, in restaurants that serve alcohol and in state parks under legislation signed by Gov. Sonny Perdue Wednesday. With Perdue’s signature, restaurant patrons will be permitted to carry a firearm, but would be barred from drinking ... More About: Amendment , Governor , Purdue
San Francisco?s sewers leaking ?Stupid Gas?
2008-05-16 04:41:00 City to use parking meters for the poor SAN FRANCISCO, May 13 (UPI) — San Francisco officials said the city is planning to install “homeless” meters to collect change for the poor in an effort to cut down on panhandling. The meter plan, to be announced in the next few weeks, is intended to reduce the market ... More About: Stupid
Clearwater businesses attempt to trample the Constitution
2008-05-16 04:40:00 City Council votes to leave Scientology protests alone The Clearwater City Council took mere seconds Tuesday to deliver a powerful message: that people have the right to peacefully assemble and speak their minds, and the city won’t even consider trying to tread on that right. Thirty-four downtown merchants and two residents signed a petition calling for the ... More About: Religion , Constitution , The Constitution , Businesses
Another Scientology-like Web war? Mormon Church documents put online
2008-05-15 03:35:00 Oh my goodness … boring secret Mormon documents exposed!? Mormonchurch Wikileaks has posted a confidential document from the Church of Latter-day Saints called the Church Handbook of Instructions, which is a guide for the church’s lay leadership and is not available either to parishioners or to the public. The LDS, following in the questionable steps of ... More About: Religion , Scientology , Online , Mormon Church
Smallest car for sale in U.S. receives top crash scores
2008-05-15 02:49:00 WASHINGTON ? Unlike most cars on the road, the pint-sized 2008 Smart fortwo evokes a simple question at first glance: “How safe is it?” Inset photo: 2008 Smart ForTwo (click to enlarge) The micro car, the smallest car for sale in the U.S. market, offers a good level of safety, according to new crash tests conducted by ... More About: For Sale , Sale , Crash , Scores
India blames U.S. for food shortages
2008-05-14 13:20:00 Indians bristle at U.S. criticism on food prices NEW DELHI: Instead of blaming India and other developing nations for the rise in food prices, Americans should rethink their energy policy and go on a diet, say a growing number of politicians, economists and academics here. If Americans were to slim down to even the middle-class weight in ... More About: India , Food
McAuliffe says media ?in the tank? for Obama
2008-05-14 13:10:00 Candidate spokesman telegraphs reasons for losing Terry McAuliffe, campaign chairman for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), said Tuesday that the former first lady is hamstrung by a biased media. ?Clearly it has been a biased media, no question about it,? McAuliffe said on Fox News. When asked how much of the mainstream media is ?in the tank? ... More About: Media , Obama , Tank , Presidential Primary
Libertarian candidate Bob Barr has ONE delegate
2008-05-14 13:07:00 Bob: I?m in it to win it And maybe Barr ?s candidacy isn?t a total waste, after all: After the conference, Barr was informed that he had just won one of those very precious political commodities: a delegate. Stewart Flood, a delegate with the Libertarian Party in South Carolina, proudly walked up to Barr to declare himself ... More About: Presidential Primary , Candidate
Vatican: It?s OK to believe in aliens
2008-05-14 13:02:00 In an interview published Tuesday by Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, Funes says that such a notion “doesn’t contradict our faith” because aliens would still be God’s creatures. The interview was headlined “The extraterrestrial is my brother.” Funes said that ruling out the existence of aliens would be like “putting limits” on God’s creative freedom. More About: Aliens
Ahmadinejad: Israel to be ?swept away soon?
2008-05-14 12:59:00 Tehran - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday that Israel would “be soon swept away” from the Palestinian Territories by the Palestinians. It is the second time within less than three years that the Iranian president predicted the eradication of the Jewish state. The first time was in 2005 when Ahmadinejad hoped that Israel would be ... More About: War On Terror
?American Idol? viewers are disappearing
2008-05-14 12:56:00 NEW YORK (AP) - Contestants are disappearing as the “American Idol ” finale approaches. Unfortunately for Fox, so are the viewers. The 21.8 million people who watched last Tuesday’s competition was the show’s smallest Tuesday audience in more than five years. The show did better the next night, with 22.9 million, but that was the smallest Wednesday ... More About: Entertainment
New technologies will target advertising right into your head
2008-05-13 13:43:00 Why you might soon think you’re hearing things A technology that beams sound directly into people’s ears has advertisers salivating, but as Vito Pilieci writes, critics fear yet another invasion of privacy. After more than a decade of development, technology that directs a beam of sound straight into a person’s eardrums is ready for primetime. The ... More About: Advertising , Technologies , Target , Head
Phoenix man kills truck theft suspect claiming self-defense
2008-05-13 03:29:00 Stop or I’ll shoot! A vehicle theft suspect was shot and killed by a homeowner as the suspect drove his vehicle at him Thursday morning. Cody Geneha, 22, told police he was inside his home, near 31st and Glendale avenues, when he heard his truck being started at around 12:30 a.m. Geneha picked up a gun ... More About: Phoenix , Truck , Amendment , Defense , Theft
One shot ? one kill, from 8,000 miles away
2008-05-13 03:15:00 Air Combat by Remote Control Photo inset: Predator drone with Hellfire missle. (click to enlarge) The sniper never knew what hit him. The Marines patrolling the street below were taking fire, but did not have a clear shot at the third-story window that the sniper was shooting from. They were pinned down and called for reinforcements. Help came ... More About: War On Terror , Miles , War in Iraq , Shot , Kill
China Sends Troops to Sichuan as Quake Kills 10,000
2008-05-13 03:01:00 This was huge China is deploying about 50,000 soldiers to Sichuan province after the nation’s strongest earthquake in 58 years killed almost 10,000 people and buried buildings in landslides. The magnitude-7.9 earthquake struck at 2:28 p.m. local time yesterday, 90 kilometers west-northwest of the central city of Chengdu, followed by aftershocks including a magnitude-6 quake 15 minutes ... More About: Breaking News , Quake , Current Events , Troops
Jeremiah Wright: just another bigot with clerical immunity
2008-05-13 02:53:00 The content of the magazine produced by Barack Obama’s pastor reveals the content of his character. Weekly Standard ~ Stanley Kurtz To the question of the moment–What did Barack Obama know and when did he know it?–I answer, Obama knew everything, and he’s known it for ages. Far from succumbing to surprise and shock after Jeremiah Wright ’s ... More About: Clerical , Presidential Primary , Immunity , Bigot
If Mom were on the payroll, she?d earn $126,593: study
2008-05-11 15:04:00 Happy Mothers Day For the many roles they play as housekeepers, chefs and chief executive officers, stay-at-home mothers in Canada would earn about $126,593 a year if they were on a company payroll, a Mother’s Day study says. The annual study, now in its eighth year, was conducted by Salary.com, a Massachusetts-based company that assesses workplace compensation. ... More About: Study , Current Events , Earn , Payroll
?Blood Went Gush?: Man Performs Self-Tracheotomy With Steak Knife
2008-05-11 07:05:00 ?Blood Went Gush?: Man Performs Self-Tracheotomy With Steak Knife Trach opby dollarsandsense123
Scientology?s Tax Exemption, Inurement, and Tom Cruise
2008-05-11 06:46:00 Chinks in the armor opening up, one at a time In 1992, the Church of Scientology was finally granted 501(c)(3) tax exempt status, the result of a long war waged by the church against the IRS. Years later, an array of reasons to revoke Scientology?s exemption remain: Scientology is self-interested and does not serve the general ... More About: Tom Cruise , Cruise
As Economy Slips, Yacht Sales Skyrocket
2008-05-10 04:15:00 No recession among the rich and famous Photo inset: There’s nothing like cruising through the crystal clear waters of the Caribbean and why not do it in style on Slipstream, a 144-foot yacht currently on the market for about $25.5 million dollars. Forget all the talk about mortgage foreclosures and a looming recession. Instead, close your eyes ... More About: Economy , Sales
Scientology, Tom Cruise Lose Wealthiest Member to Rationality
2008-05-10 03:32:00 See ya, Tom: Packer quits Cruise ’s church THE Church of Scientology has lost its grip on James Packer. The billionaire’s closest friends have revealed that he has quietly distanced himself from Scientology, labelled a cult by some former members, as it faces international controversy about its anti-psychiatry stance. Members of Mr Packer’s inner circle have confirmed that ... More About: Tom Cruise
American Airlines Jet Flies From Dallas To Paris With Exposed Belly
2008-05-09 14:17:00 Passengers Heard Loud Noise; American Airlines Flew on From Dallas American Airlines says the Federal Aviation Administration has asked for a report on a flight that flew from Dallas to Paris last month after a panel fell off the underside of the plane during takeoff. The 767 plane was climbing through 10,000 feet on April 20 when ... More About: Breaking News
Man evades security, takes snooze at Lambert
2008-05-09 14:04:00 ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH St. Louis ? A man walked through a manned vehicle security checkpoint at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport early Wednesday morning, making it onto a parked regional jet where he was found sleeping, an airport spokesman said. The man was discovered about 6:40 a.m. during a routine check of an empty jet not in ... More About: Security , Breaking News , Snooze
How the Net clobbered U.S. media
2008-05-09 13:43:00 The abrupt decline of the newspaper business in the United States is strongly correlated with the rapid adoption of inexpensive broadband Internet service ? a phenomenon that likely threatens most other media companies throughout the world. The accelerating deterioration of the U.S. newspaper business since 2004 coincides with the near doubling of broadband adoption in the ... More About: Media , The Paper
Fired for rescuing a co-worker from assault
2008-05-09 02:08:00 Here’s a boycott of a gas station chain you can buy into But not for high gas prices Mark Beverly probably didn?t expect a hero?s welcome when he returned to his convenience-store job after fighting off an assault on a co-worker from a would-be robber, but he certainly didn?t expect to get fired, either. Super America, which ... More About: Assault , Fired , Worker
Fox News says Scientology tasteless, crass
2008-05-09 02:00:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhOSO1ldK3 g Just another reminder that this organization destroys the natural ability to make logical and rational decisions. The phony system of “redemption” conjured up by L. Ron Hubbard over a period of 30 years or so was the result of an imagination rich in his own self-satisfying greed for power and influence. Once he tripped over ... More About: News , Scientology , Fox News
Snellville Church Lures Worshippers With Free Gas
2008-05-08 14:37:00 Get gas at Revival meeting SNELLVILLE, Ga. — As you drive down the streets of metro Atlanta there are signs everywhere advertising gas prices well over $3 a gallon. But, there’s another sign on a busy highway in Snellville offering free gasoline. The sign simply says: “Free Gasoline. 770-978-5717″. If one calls the phone number, they’re ... More About: Religion , Church
Building demolition ? Las Vegas style
More articles from this author:2008-05-08 14:22:00 In true Las Vegas style the New Frontier went out with (sorry, the pun had to be made) a huge bang. Watch explosive fireworks shoot outward through the windows of the building - all captured in closeups as it happens. Truly a genius way to destroy something. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3K3kEDEAN 4 Very creative … cool to watch! More About: Building , Style , Coolness 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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