After being slandered constantly and turned into America's Bogyman by the rapacious GOP opportunists, and remaining silent during the election of President Barrack Obama, Professor Bill Ayers finally has his...
Halong bay scenery We arrived at this UNESCO World Heritage site in northern Vietnam's Gulf of Tonkin, we badly needed a break from the mad motor-scooter traffic of the nation's second-largest city, the swarming pineapple vendors and the ceaseless capitalist hustle. ...
Animated comedy Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa galloped to the top of the North American box office chart, according to early studio estimates.The film, which features the voice of Ben Stiller as Alex the Lion, and...
"Hilbert mourns hit-and-run victim By Jay Rey News Staff Reporter The students gathered around a young flowering pear tree, freshly planted next to a pond, in memory of one...
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(1st Corner) Thick billows of smoke were fleeing from the windows of the gray cinder block building like spirits from an exorcism, but no shouts of alarm rose with the smoke, no sirens cut...
"As people on Wall Street and Main Street hold their breath to see if a federal bailout of the nation's financial institutions will work, Americans are starting to speak — not whisper — the word "depression." In a sign that anxiety is growing, 33% of 1,011 adults surveyed...
A swissair pilot named Yves Rossy crossed the English Channel from Calais to Dover with a jetpack strapped to his back, a single fixed-wing jet-propelled device he made himself. After numerous postponements due to...
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"The Haitians have a saying, “beyond mountains there are mountains,” meaning after each big obstacle stands another bigger obstacle. I saw the saying come to life in the town of Cabaret. It was my first trip to Haiti, a ninety minute plane ride from Miami. So close,...
"Legal pleadings filed earlier this week said Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin fired her public safety chief because of a planned trip to lobby Washington to fund a program to fight sexual violence. That was the "last strraw" of his bucinking...
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It'a already being called Sarah's "sniper" moment, referring to Sen. Hillary Clinton's false assertion she was under sniper fire when she visited Bosnia 12 years ago.McCain-Palin campaign admit VP candidate Sarah Palin never went to Iraq, only Kuwait.Obama camp says...
"The India under-16 side bounced back from their 1-2 defeat to Everton to hold Manchester United 3-3 on Tuesday night. The Indian juniors were not overawed by the situation despite facing one of the best youth sides in the world. The India under-16 team, which has qualified...
Yet more election rumours floating around, this time it was Prime Minister Harper's office announcing that Governor General Michaelle Jean won't be attending the Beijing Paralympic Games. This furthers speculation of a fall federal election. The papers were filled with quotes...
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"The man at the centre of the Dubai beach sex furore has been named as Vince Acors, a 34-year-old businessman from Kent. His drunken encounter with fellow Briton Michelle Palmer could land them both in jail for six...
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