The Dirty Secret of the Financial Crisis: Our Banking System's Broken

"Henry Paulson's $700 billion plan to save the world is dead or dying, but the bailout was not killed by his arrogance or his grossly misleading claims about what the public's money would buy. The plan collapsed because it didn't work. The Treasury secretary has launched a PR...

Gas stations run out of gas

Gas stations in the southern United States are running out of gas."“Right now, we have no gas,” says John Rinehardt, front-end manager at Costco in Raleigh. “We are being told by corporate not to expect it for...

Manolo Blahnik Receives Rodeo Drive Walk of Style Award

Manolo Blahnik was inducted to the Rodeo Drive Walk of Style on September 25, 2008 for his achievements as a luxury footwear designer.  Many celebrities joined the celebration, including Lucy Liu, Hilary Duff,...

Government relents and scraps fuel duty rise

The UK government has cancelled a planned 2p rise in fuel tax in light of the ever increasing petrol prices. However the timing to the decision, coming as it does shortly before the very important by-election in Glasgow East, has being deemed suspicious. Gordon Brown may be...

Th!nk! Can This Eco-friendly Car Start an Electronic Revolution?

With gas prices at or near all time highs, electric cars that are truly viable in urban settings can't come to market fast enough. The slick design of the Ox is bound to appeal to younger/single drivers but the...

"Gas Men" to the Rescue, battling high prices at the pump!

" PLAINVILLE, Conn. - They don't climb tall buildings in a single bound, but the mysterious "Gas Men" are super heroes to some fed-up motorists. The unknown duo were dressed in sunglasses,...

Ad firm refuses to run Tory attack ads on gas pumps

If the Conservatives had their way, motorists in southern Ontario would get a dose of aggressive anti-Liberal sentiment with every fill-up. The firm that was to place the ads, however, is refusing to run them.The ad...

Gas prices skyrocket overnight across Canada

Welcome to Reality!"Gas prices skyrocket overnight across CanadaCanwest News ServicePublished: Saturday, June 07, 2008Gas prices across the country shot up as much as six cents on Saturday morning as the cost of...

Swarms of 'crazy' ants invade homes, wrecking computers

"In what sounds like a low-budget horror film, voracious swarming ants are invading Texas homes, short-circuiting fuse boxes and wrecking computers. They have ruined pumps at sewage pumping stations, fouled computers...

Museums in the Sea

" SS Tarpon was a twin-screwed steamer, official number 130381, was constructed in 1887 at Wilmington, Deleware by the renowned shipbuilders Pusey and Jones. Christened Naugatuck, the new ship was delivered to the Naugatuck Valley Steamboat Company of Derby, Connecticut. The...

Nuclear Reactor Shut Down in SC

GREENVILLE, S.C. --Investigators say a reactor at the Oconee Nuclear Station will remain off-line until the cause of a vibration discovered as the plant was shutting down for refueling can be pinpointed" .The senior...

Refinery unions plan second 'crippling' strike

"UNION bosses were last night planning fresh strike action at the Grangemouth refinery after negotiations stalled again. A second crippling stoppage could now take place in as little as seven days - shutting the refinery for a month. Members of the Unite union held a mass...

Rich Gas-Up While Poor Get Hungrier

Now this is a real "Inconvenient Truth" thanks to Al Gore and the global rush to get rich in ethanol."Rocketing global food prices are causing acute problems of hunger and malnutrition in poor countries and have put...

The Siege of Gaza is Broken

"The Siege is Broken The Palestinian people took their destiny in their own hands today and smashed down the wall that divided Gaza from Egypt. Hundreds of thousands of people left their prison and walked into Egypt and bought up food, fuel and everything else in sight. It...

Gas Station Ghost

I don't want to upset any demons are anything but I'm not convinced that this is a real ghost. My understanding is that ghosts are white not blue; maybe it drank some anti-freeze. Whatever it is, it's got people...

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