Prince Harry and Prince William Set Off on 1,000-Mile African Road Trek for C...

HRH PRINCES William and Harry, 26 and 24, have set off on a 1,000-mile trek on bikes across Southern Africa with a group of friends to help raise £300,000 for children's charities.  Prince Harry in...

Biden's comments on special needs kids called 'new low'

Notice how low the Republican response was to this. Talk about taking the low road. What hurts most is that some people will believe it."(CNN) -- Sen. John McCain's campaign rebuked Sen. Joe Biden on Tuesday, saying the Democratic vice presidential nominee had "sunk to a new...

Report makes a case for raising driving age

Seems report after report is recomending that the US should be more like Europe! Just two weeks after a group of college presidents called for lowering the drinking age to 18, a report released today is calling for the driving age in the US to be raised from 16 to 18.In...

7 years left to avoid global climate catastrophe

To the candidates - further proof that being all Talk and No action is going to result in remarkable climactic changes.  To those in the McCain Camp, please read the article about what Palin is supporting -...

Obama Stops Advertising in Red Battleground States

This is an interesting strategy. Is Obama writing off these states as lost causes rather than fighting for them? If so, why? And how will this affect voters?"Barack Obama’s presidential campaign has put the brakes...

Pop queen Madonna has 50th birthday

The Queen of Pop has reached half a century. For some this may be a sign that they should start slowing down and taking it easy - but not Madonna.Even as her birthday is upon her, she is getting ready for her Sticky...

World's oldest blogger signs off for the last time, aged 108

"An Australian woman renowned as the world's oldest blogger has died at the age of 108. Her last post described her ailing health but also how she still sang a happy song every day. Olive Riley, of Woy Woy about 50...

America's Best Places to Live 2008

"Great jobs, schools, housing—these 10 small cities have all that and more Courtesy of City of Plymouth, Photo: Martha Johnston Plymouth's Medicine Lake at sunset Chances are, you love the corner of the nation your family calls home. And that’s exactly as it...

One can never be "Too old or Too Gay"!

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorHey, welcome to the Club, none of us want to get old, but you know, if appearances are all that matters, Gays certainly don't have a monopoly on shallowness. They say from...

Obama to Forgo Public Funds for Election Campaign

Obama announced he wouldn't be taking public funds, yet McCain is...this leaves a lot of people following the elections scratching their heads. What both gain from their respective approaches depends on what they...

House votes to impeach Bush

"An apparently doomed bid to impeach President George W. Bush, largely on charges of misleading the U.S. into the Iraq war, was referred on Wednesday to the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee.On a 251-166...

Black Monday, all eyes on Western markets « Peter J. Cooper’s Weblog

"Some have interpreted remarks by the European Central Bank chief Jean Paul Trichet last week about raising interest rates as similar to comments from the Bundesbank which triggered the 1987 dollar and equity crash. Last Friday’s oil price surge has echoes of the 1970s and...

US Democratic National Committee Bans Lobbyist Money

The Democratic National Committee can no longer accept donations from federal lobbyists or political action committees after Barack Obama instructed them to adopt his own policies.Also, no campaign staffers can be registered lobbyists, resulting in three more departures from...

UK diesel 'most costly after tax'

"UK diesel prices are the cheapest in western Europe before tax is added, Government figures revealed.But once taxes are imposed on the fuel, the average price at the pump is higher than any other European Union...

McCain & Bush Behind Closed Doors

The DNC wants everyone to beleive the tal;king points that you will here over an over again, McCain is nothing more than a Bush 3rd term.  Well the DNC has got it quite wrong as McCain has continually differed...

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