18 Women From Iraq Suicide Bombing Network Surrender to U.S. Forces

This surrender will have spared military and civilian persons death and injury in untold amounts.  "BAGHDAD — Eighteen young women purportedly belonging to a suicide bombing network in northern Iraq...

Stevens loses Senate race in Alaska

Convicted Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens has lost his bid for reelection, after a result that was too close to call required that the state wait till all of the ballots were sent in from remote towns to declare the...

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"``The Elfish Gene: Dungeons, Dragons and Growing Up Strange'' (Soho Press. 288 pages. $25), by Mark Barrowcliffe: As the recent cult documentaries ``King of Kong'' and ``Darkon'' have shown, geeks make for great...

Top Twenty Five (25) Best Selling Video Games Of All Time

"Top Twenty Five (25) Best Selling Video Games Of All Time Video Gaming is a multi-billion dollar industry where over two (2) billion video game titles have been sold. Below, we examine the top twenty five best selling video games of all...

Clamour grows for BBC to act over Russell Brand radio insults

Some prank phone calls made by BBC presenters Russel Brand and Jonathan Ross have become a major issue in the UK, dominating the 24-hour networks today. When a high-profile guest cancelled on the show, Brand and Ross left him messages on his voicemail on air harassing him,...

Insite/Bedouin Soundclash Concert Shut-down (Part 2)

Part 2 of Mark Townsend speaking to the public after the Vancouver Police department closed down Bedouin Soundclash's performance at Insite safe injection site.

Insite/Bedouin Soundclash Concert Shut-down

Mark Townsend of Insite talks about the purpose of keeping the safe injection site open and operational.

Joe's Gaffe: Say It Ain't So

"There is no question that when Barack Obama sat down and listed out the pros and cons of picking Joe Biden as his running mate, at the top of the "cons" he wrote: "has a propensity for making hard to explain...

Moving the Earth: a planetary survival guide

"The clock is ticking inexorably toward doomsday even if we don't kill ourselves by poisoning the environment or overheating the planet. You see, there's a little problem with the Sun."

Slovenian film nominated for Oscar

This is an excellent film and I hope they get the award.""Rooster's Breakfast", the top-grossing Slovenian movie of 2007, was selected among the five candidates which applied to DSFU as Slovenia's candidate for the...

Millions mark UN hand-washing day

Every  20 second a mother mourns a dead child lost to diarrhea - a completely preventable and utterly inexcusable cause of  death. Each year 1.5 million children under the age of five years die from...

Labour education U-turn scraps Sats tests for 14-year-olds

Twelve years after it was instituted, the stage three tests in the UK for 14-year-olds has been scrapped. It's a U-turn for Labour, which has supported the reforms, instituted by the Tories in the early '90s, for many years. The tests were a crucial part in determining a...

Under $3 gas

"GEORGETOWN, SC (WMBF) - If there was one stretch of road that could bring a smile to the faces of drivers fueling up at the pump, it would be in Georgetown. Both residents and drivers in the area are seeing prices...

NO charges for Pagegate Foley: Gee. Could this be why Palin is stonewalling...

Once again, the reich-wing call of "if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear" has found yet another exception.  This time it is in the person of Republican congressman disgraced in a sex scandal...

Mark Cuban Exposes Hate Mail Targeted at Josh Howard

As  NowPublic's JeffHuang previously reported, Dallas Mavericks forward Josh Howard has been embroiled in controversy after a video of him criticizing the US national anthem appeared on YouTube. Mavericks owner...

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