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Tornados Rip Through Central U.S.; 23 Dead
Crews and search dogs hunted Sunday for survivors or bodies in piles of debris after tornadoes and storms rumbled across the region a day earlier and killed at least 23 people in three states
Fox
Group Pushing Clinton As VP Choice Tied To Her Campaign
A group called VoteBoth has been leading the charge for Hillary and Obama to team up on the Democratic ticket. But the people behind it come from just one of those camps — Clinton's
McClatchy
Burma Death Toll 'Could Reach 1 Million If Disease Set In'
Relief deliveries into cyclone-hit Burma increased today but aid groups said supplies fell far short of the enormous need and that foreign experts were still barred from the country.
Times UK
Just Posted
Photos Of First Daughter's Wedding
Wearing a white silk organza Oscar de la Renta gown, bride Jenna Bush stood with groom Henry Hager before a beige-colored cross and altar made of Texas limestone.
Fox
Burma's Generals Take Aid Credit
Government-controlled television in Burma yesterday repeatedly showed footage of staged events, in which Burma's military leaders handed out aid boxes stamped with the names of senior generals to emaciated cyclone victims.
Washington Times
3 Jr High Students Suspended For Sitting During Pledge
Three small-town eighth-graders in Minnesota were suspended by their principal for not standing Thursday morning for the Pledge of Allegiance. School may change policy
Star Tribune
Stamp Prices Rise to 42 Cents Monday
The cost of mailing a letter goes up a penny to 42 cents on Monday, the latest in what are expected to be annual price adjustments by the Postal Service.
Fox
History Textbooks Promoting Islam
History textbooks being used by hundreds of thousands of public school students across the U.S. are blatantly promoting Islam, according to a new report by an independent organization
Worldnetdaily
3rd-Graders Asked To Help Classmate In Gender Change
A Pennsylvania elementary school has planned counseling sessions with 100 third-grade students to explain that one of their male classmates would soon begin wearing girls' clothing
Worldnetdaily
'Lifesaver' Bottle Purifies Water In SecondsIt looks like an ordinary sports bottle but it contains an extremely advanced filtration system that makes murky water filled with deadly viruses and bacteria completely clean in just seconds.
Fox
Coolest April In 11 Years
The average temperature in April 2008 was 51.0 F. This was -1.0 F cooler than the 1901-2000 (20th century) average, the 29th coolest April in 114 years.
National Climatic Data Center
Circuit City Inc. Offers Itself For Sale
Circuit City Stores put itself up for sale yesterday and opened its financial books to Blockbuster Inc. and billionaire Carl Icahn to prepare for a possible offer.
Washington Times
Plame Tries to Resurrect Lawsuit Against Cheney, Libby
Former CIA operative Valerie Plame is trying to resurrect a lawsuit against those in the Bush administration she says illegally disclosed her identity.
Fox
Switzerland Bans Catch-And-Release Fishing
Catch and Release fishing will be banned in Switzerland and anglers in the country will have to demonstrate their expertise by taking a course on humane methods of catching fish
The Chattanoogan
Club for Growth Releases 2007 Congressional Scorecard
Today, the Club for Growth released its 2007 annual scorecard, awarding the Economic Freedom award to six senators and forty-nine representatives who scored a 90 or above
Club For Growth
Kick The Oil Habit And Make Your Own Ethanol
E-Fuel Corp unveiled on Thursday the "MicroFueler" touting it as the world's first machine that allows homeowners to make their own ethanol and pump the brew directly into their cars
Reuters
EU Charts The Decline Of The Family
A report unveiled by the European Parliament says there is one marital breakdown and one abortion in Europe every 30 seconds, pensioners now outnumbered teenagers, and more people were living alone.
Times UK
John McCain Plans Climate Change Tour
"John McCain is going to be doing more of these themed tours of America, and one of them is going to be on energy and global climate change.
Examiner
Breaking
Hezbollah Claims Victory As Lebanon Gov't U-Turns
Hezbollah scored a major victory Saturday after four days of fighting across Lebanon, when the Lebanese army reversed two cabinet resolutions that kicked off the fighting on Wednesday
Haaretz
Technology
XP SP3 Cripples Some PCs With Endless Reboots
Installing Windows XP Service Pack 3 sends some PCs (those with AMD processors) into an endless series of reboots, according to posts to a Microsoft support forum.
Computer World
Good Grief
British Airways Takes Beef Off The Menu To Avoid Offending Hindus
British Airways has taken beef off the menu for economy passengers amid concerns about its "religious restrictions".
Evening Standard UK
Both Sides
'Academic Freedom' Legislation Advances in Four States
If passed, the bills would guarantee the freedom of both teachers and students throughout public schools to share views contradicting or challenging the tenets of Darwinism in the classroom without fears of reprisal.
Christian Post
Court Rules NY Must Recognize Homosexual 'Marriages'
The State of New York has been ordered to recognize homosexual "marriages" performed in U.S. states and foreign countries where the practice is legal
One News Now
Saliva HIV Test Gives Results In Minutes
The McGill University Health Center study demonstrated the efficacy of rapid saliva tests for all subtypes of HIV-1 and HIV-2 and produced results in as little as 20 minutes.
UPI
In Mortgage Market, ‘Walkaway’ Homeowners May Be Urban Myth
Bankers and housing analysts say many homeowners are defaulting on their loans because they owe more than the property is worth. But no hard numbers back up their claims.
Los Angeles Times
Our Tax Dollars
Radical Chicano Group Gets Millions In Earmarks
An extremist Mexican "La Raza" group that annually gets millions of U.S. federal grant dollars will receive even more in the next few years thanks to Massachusetts Democrat Barney Frank
Judicial Watch
Potty People
San Franciscans Want to Put President Bush's Name In The Toilet
A group called the Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco has launched a ballot initiative that would rename a city sewage treatment plant the "George W. Bush Sewage Plant."
Fox
Late Night Letterman
Top Ten Reasons I Look Forward To Mother's Day Presented By Dave's Mom
1. "Wow, it's Mother's Day? I'm still hurting from Cinco de Mayo" 2. "It's not Thanksgiving, but that doesn't mean you can't shoot a turkey"...
RightBias Humor
Essential Trivia
Five Things You Never Knew Your Cell Phone Could Do
There are a few things that can be done in times of
grave emergencies. Your mobile phone can actually be
a life saver or an emergency tool for survival.
Check out the things that you can do..
RightBias
Idiot Of The Week
Woman Tries to Break Breast Implant Records
After eight surgeries, Hershey’s breasts measure FFF. That’s equivalent to two quarts of silicone in each breast
Fox
Cartoons
Current Research
This layup is on an 'illegal super-highway' from Mexico to the USA (Tucson) used by human smugglers.
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