Second costliest hurricane season ends

This year's hurricane season was pretty relentless, striking the United States and Cuba as if on redial, setting at least five weather records for persistence and repeatedly striking the same areas.  As...

GOLDEN MOMENT

"U.S. national Andreina Varagona, a guest at the Oberoi Trident hotel who was shot in the shoulder by the terrorists holed up inside the hotel shares a moment with her husband Santos in a hospital in Mumbai, India,...

Happy "National Shame Day II" 2008 [UPDATED]

(Originally Written for Tuesday, November 25, 2008)Definitely Opinion(ated) As it was in 2007 for Jace, being too worn out to rant, so too it is for me, Intransitivus (who said she quit) this year in 2008....

Japan to withdraw air force from Iraq

Japan continues to support the reconstruction of Iraq, but not the war it appears."Japan will withdraw its air force from Iraq by the middle of December, bringing to a close a five-year operation to provide supplies...

France Gives Painting Seized by Nazis to Charity

The conclusion of a seven decade trip of a wonderful painting."PARIS — The Henri Matisse painting "Le Mur Rose" was once seized by Nazis. As of Thursday, it belongs to a charity that supports Israeli...

New project aims to unite science and Hollywood

I'll always remember in Friends when Rachel keeps bugging Ross about the possibility of Jurrasic Park. Being a scientists, Ross flips out at the idea knowing it not being scientifically plausible. Anyways, scenarios...

5 prisoners beheaded in Guatemala prison fight

Guatemala has a very brutal prison system so it would seem.  I will be looking for updates on this as they become available.... "GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A prison fight in Guatemala has left seven inmates dead,...

Malaysian Islamic Council Bans Yoga

Worried that Muslims could be swayed by Yoga's elements of Hinduism, Malaysia's top Islamic body banned the community from practising this ancient physical exercise."Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia's Islamic regulating...

US global dominance 'set to wane'

US global dominance 'set to wane' The US navy is likely to have more company in the years to come US economic, military and political dominance...

Try Again - National Survivors of Suicide Day Nov. 22, 2008

This is a music video I edited together for the hip hop artist SEEIN from Miami. It is about reaching out for help with the goal of preventing suicide. At the end people are presented with the 1-800-SUICIDE hotline...

Pakistan summons US envoy, protests Bannu missile strike

The Pakistan Foreign Office on Thursday summoned US Ambassador in Islambad Anne W Peterson and lodged protest over missile strike in Bannu district of the country’s North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on Wednesday that left at least five people dead. It was the first such...

BNP deputy Simon Darby admits: I use the City Hall to do party business

After the mebership list of the far-right British National Party was published online, many of the members were reveleaed to have high-level jobs. It was revealed that the secon-in-command of the group works for the Greater London Authority, and the man has admitted he...

EPA Moves to Ease Air Rules for Parks

"The Environmental Protection Agency is finalizing new air-quality rules that would make it easier to build coal-fired power plants, oil refineries and other major polluters near national parks and wilderness areas, even though half of the EPA's 10 regional administrators...

Kennedy back at work in Senate

WASHINGTON - A beaming Senator Edward Kennedy returned to work in Washington yesterday, exactly six months after confronting a grave threat to his health, and declared himself ready to help lead an aggressive push...

Savvy Homeowners Are Turning the Table on Lenders

"WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 18 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — National Loan Audits (www.nationalloanaudits.com) announced today that since only a fraction of distressed homeowners needing a loan modification are getting the help they need, borrowers should obtain a Forensic Loan...

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