City Governments are now going into Debt Billions of Dollars

While this story focuses on Houston, other large cities are mentioned to be in the same boat as Houston.  Failure of city governments is an area that will effect local citizens on various levels."HOUSTON -- The...

Election Day: Presidential Results

"As the official numbers are calculated today when the polls begin to close, we'll give you the run-down here, state by state. We'll update this story with the most recent coverage as it becomes available, so check back throughout the day and night.So far early voting is...

Baylor Health Care says laptop with patient data stolen

" A laptop computer containing limited health information on 100,000 patients was stolen from an employee's car in September, Baylor Health Care System Inc. said Monday."

72% of Americans are gamers

That number seems awfully high, doesn't it?  No wonder gaming addiction is becoming a problem."Research firm NPD Group is saying there's a lot of gamers out there and the numbers are growing. According to its...

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...

Not all numbers add up to doom

Numbers are in the news every day at the moment around the financial crisis and the price of stocks and shares - and almost all of them cause concern. The Independent has produced a list of feel-good numbers lest we...

Anchorage shock jock suspended for broadcating anti-Palin organizers phone nu...

"Radio host Burke suspended for a week By JULIA O'MALLEY | jo'malley@adn.comPublished: September 15th, 2008 05:46 PMLast Modified: September 15th, 2008 10:15 PM Anchorage AM radio host Eddie Burke was been...

UK urged to use US yellow school buses

The Yellow School Bus is common in the USA but not until recently has it featured in the UK street scene taking kids to school and home again at the end of the school day. In the UK many many pupils are taken to...

Armed killings cost nations billions of dollars

A recent survey has indicated that armed killings have cost countries billion of dollars.According to the survey conducted in the 90 countries, the economic cost from people killed by arms each year is estimated to total between US$95 billion and US$163 billion....

Stealing Credit Card Numbers for Eight Bucks

Radio Frequency ID (RFID, which could also stand for "Really F***ing Insecure, Dude) is all the rage with credit card companies, though they have not done much of anything to actually make them secure. The video in...

Behind the Iglesia Ni Cristo's King Maker Role: A Chain of Crimes and Mythica...

How do we define a king maker? What are its role? This article dig deeply into the power structure of a religious group which boasts of its bloc voting powers, peddling this power for politicians who are themselves...

Your God or mine? Orissa burning

"Not many Indians would have known where Kandhamal is on the country's map or even that it is a part of the state of Orissa. But Kandhamal is burning and the world has sat up to take note.For nearly two weeks, Dalit...

Commentary: St. Paul, Minnesota -- the land of make believe

"By Jack Cafferty CNN Editor's Note: Jack Cafferty is the author of the best-seller "It's Getting Ugly Out There: The Frauds, Bunglers, Liars, and Losers Who Are Hurting America." He provides commentary on CNN's "The Situation Room" daily from 4...

The death of the British pub?

Two dozen pubs are closing every week across Britain as more and more people buy booze from supermarkets and have more 'nights in'. The pub is a British instution and unless something is done soon it will be a thing...

1 million UK identities sold on eBay

The Royal Bank of Scotland announced Tuesday that a computer containing the banking security details of over 1 million customers had been sold on eBay. The bank stated that an employee of subcontractor Graphic Data...

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