Hydrogen Fuel to replace Oil!?

By, Uwe Paschen.Hydrogen, one of my favorrite topics! After all I did writ my engenering teases on the subject in the early 1980 th! Well it seems that Honda finally build a Hydrogen powered car, however they are by...

Exclusive ABC report questions Palin reason for firing public safety chief

"Legal pleadings filed earlier this week said Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin fired her public safety chief because of a planned trip to lobby Washington to fund a program to fight sexual violence.  That was the "last strraw" of his bucinking...

The Battle for Net Neutrality: Comcast throws army of lawyers at the problem

This is a classic battle between giant corporate interests vs. the rest of us.  If you value the Internet and don't want it to turn into the kind of trash you see on TV then please do what you can to support the...

Tampa Bay: Southern Stingray Gives Birth to Five Pups!

FLORIDA Aquarium has proudly announced the birth of five pups to a Southern Stingray.   " The Florida Aquarium is proud to announce the arrival of five new Southern stingrays. One of the aquarium’s...

Police: Gunman kills self after standoff in bank

"WHEATON, Illinois (AP) -- A gunman who took a dozen hostages in a suburban Chicago bank after wresting a gun from a police officer Friday died after shooting himself in the head, police said. ...

NY Times confirms US involvement in Nuclear Black Market

"In last Monday's New York Times, David Sanger and William Broad wrote a front-page article about the CIA's involvement in the nuclear black market.The article demonstrates (again) that the New York Times, Sanger & Broad in particular, has simply become a mouthpiece for...

MI5 seeks gay spies in attempt to expand its recruiting base

M15, the British equivalent of the CIA, has instituted a new policy of actively seeking gay men and women as new recruits. The agency says its part of a wider mission to attract more diverse recruits from throughout society rather than just selecting people from Oxford or...

China’s Visa Policy Threatens Olympics Tourism

I think this is in relation to a previous article about the lack of attendance (1million tickets unsold) for the Olympics. The visa policy is definitely hampering the crowds of people and tourism.  " With the...

Obama Claims Nomination, Begins Making Promises

The moment has arrived. Having successfully claimed the U.S. Democratic nomination Tuesday night, Barack Obama received congratulations from President Bush and Condoleeza Rice, made a strongly pro-Israel speech to...

UK Moves to Ban Cigarette Machines as WHO Calls for Tobacco Advert Ban

When I first moved to the UK, I saw reps for Silk Cut handing out free cigarettes in Paddington station. This is before "WTF" was in the common parlance, but I was thinking its pre-web equivalent. That practice has...

Protesting the sponsors not the host country of the 2008 Beijing Olympics

Suddenly the big money sponsors of the Olympic Games are re-branding themselves as born-again companies with a social conscience, as champions of the poor perhaps? ""[H]aving spent huge sums, the companies sponsoring the Beijing games are about to find themselves the...

Chuck E Cheese Brawl: Pizzatime Fun

I think there's something in the cheese..."Police were called to break up a weekend fight among a rowdy group of teenage girls at the family-themed pizza restaurant, Chuck E. Cheese. The more than a dozen girls,...

Protesters enter Bear Stearns building in New York

60 people entered the Bear Stearns building in New York this afternoon brandishing placards and protesting against the U.S. Federal Reserve's help in bailing out the investment bank, and they were demanding help for...

Daughter's MS and Her Stem-cell Miracle

Certainly in a world where Bad News is King, this story is welcome relief to Now Public Readers."Darah Hansen, Vancouver SunPublished: Wednesday, March 12, 2008A midnight flight from Ottawa to Vancouver...

Ethanol Industry: Jobs Are Better Than Food?

These guys are pretty adamant that ethanol is great for the country. I'd appreciate your input:"The ethanol industry seems to be on the warpath against bad press (maybe that’s just my impression), which it’s been...

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