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US giant Ford is to invest $3bn (£1.5bn) in a new car plant… Continue reading
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Ford to open new plant in Mexico
A man wept in court today as he was jailed for five years for killing his three-week-old son by shaking him and banging his head on a hard… Continue reading
May 30
Middle classes losing faith in ‘rude’ police who go for soft targets instead of the real criminals
The middle classes have lost confidence in the police, a stark report has warned.
They fear they have been alienated by a service which routinely targets ordinary people rather than serious criminals, simply to fill Government… Continue reading
A toddler has died in tragedy-hit Bridgend after allegedly swallowing a heroin substitute mistaken for a fruit juice drink. Little Dylan Hughes, two, collapsed at home and was rushed to hospital when his… Continue reading
The establishment is getting ready to push forward with Joe Lieberman’s proposed carbon credit enslavement bill. The bill otherwise known as… Continue reading
The textbooks that are used in Iranian elementary, middle and high schools “reveal a clear emphasis on Islam, as it has been interpreted by the leadership of the Islamic Republic of… Continue reading
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said on Thursday he will seek to adopt novel Israeli methods, like behaviour-detection technologies, to better secure America’s airports.
“That’s a scenario where Israel has a… Continue reading
Evolutionary biology teaches us that evolution happens not by constant, steady change, but in sudden leaps and mutations. Likewise the evolution toward being able to work from anywhere. A recent tectonic shift… Continue reading
FRANCE plunged into a heated debate about its marriage laws today after learning that a court had annulled the union of two Muslims because the husband said the wife was not the virgin… Continue reading
Even experts at the U.S. bioweapons facility at Fort Detrick think that the anthrax which was used in the 2001 attacks came from their facility:
"In an e-mail obtained by FOX News, scientists… Continue reading
For Bill O’Reilly, the “radical left” is taking advantage of “Judas” Scott McClellan. And what is the far left, according to O’Reilly? MSNBC, the corporate media empire jointly owned by Microsoft and… Continue reading
It’s a prime example of how neocon viciousness has infected the country. “Dunkin’ Donuts has pulled an online advertisement featuring Rachael Ray after complaints that a fringed black-and-white scarf that… Continue reading
Following last September’s crash of a Gulfstream jet used by the CIA for torture flights that contained 4 tonnes of cocaine, more customs officials and cops have been caught… Continue reading
During an appearance at a Long Island bookstore last month, former Speaker of the House… Continue reading
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Federal regulators may require the winner of airwaves being auctioned off by the government to provide free wireless high-speed Internet service across a large swath of the country.
The Federal Communications Commission at its June… Continue reading
On Wednesday night, CNN’s Jessica Yellin talked to Anderson Cooper about Scott McClellan’s tell-all memoir and agreed with the former press secretary that White House reporters “dropped the ball” during the run-up to… Continue reading
Motorists on Missouri’s Interstate 270 yesterday experienced for the first time an enforced speed limit that was lowered by remote control. Under a new variable speed limit program, the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) installed… Continue reading
The federal government has agreed to allow most New York residents to use a new, more secure driver license to cross the border.
The oil giant ExxonMobil has admitted that its support for lobby groups that question the science of climate change may have hindered action to tackle global warming. In its corporate citizenship report, released last week… Continue reading
A former hospital chef who laced her cheating husband’s cake with rat poison in a bid to "stop him leaving the house to see his mistress" was spared jail today.
A judge told Yvonne… Continue reading
A few days after I was illegally stopped by a Homeland Security Roving Patrol late at night along SR86 in Southern Arizona, the news article appearing below was published in the Arizona Daily Star… Continue reading
A 48-year-old man who had been charged with five DUIs in less than a year and was arrested on his sixth charge Sunday, was formally charged with felony DUI Tuesday, according to information… Continue reading
May 28
World’s smallest helicopter
A Japanese company invented a new way to beat heavy traffic. The genh4 is the world’s smallest one-person helicopter. It can go up to 55 mph on standard gasoline.
Drug addiction is bad. But the war on drugs is worse.
Courtland Milloy of the Washington Post wrote a heart-breaking story that exemplifies the wasteful and counterproductive way our society deals with… Continue reading
Hundreds of lorry drivers converged on London and Cardiff today to demand the government cut fuel duty, complaining that high diesel costs are forcing… Continue reading
The auto industry is getting sideswiped by the housing crisis.
Auto lenders and banks, closing their wallets, have prevented hundreds of thousands of consumers from obtaining… Continue reading
YouTube is owned by search giant Google
A one billion dollar lawsuit against YouTube threatens internet freedom, according to its owner Google.
Google’s… Continue reading
World leaders are to meet next week for urgent talks aimed at preventing tens of millions of the… Continue reading
It sounds like the answer to a dieter’s prayers - a once-a-day pill which can help a woman drop two dress sizes in six months. … Continue reading