Britain's Nicole Cooke weathers storm to take Olympic gold

"Great Britain’s Nicole Cooke didn’t raise her arms in glory after uncorking a winning sprint at the end of Sunday’s rain soaked Olympic road race. The blonde Welshwoman, 25, instead let fly with an ear...

Nicole Cooke Wins Great Britain's First GOLD Medal "It Makes Up For the Pain ...

Britain's Nicole Cooke wakes up this morning the new Welsh heroine and has spoken of her amibtition to mitigate the pain of Athens. " Cooke won an incredible sprint to the line in driving rain – just moments...

Leader of American Body Parts Ring Apologizes in Court

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorOne cannot imagine how many apologies would be sufficient to appease those whose deceased family members organs were butchered out of their bodies in funeral homes in order...

Sorry, Says the Body Thief

Being that it's Friday the 13th and all, I was disappointed that news of the macabre was not clotting and clogging my reading this morning. Until now."A New Jersey dentist behind a scheme to steal body parts from corpses, including that of British journalist Alistair Cooke,...

AUSTRALIA: Home buyers lose out in tax change

Though he isn't mentioned, this writer draws upon the work of Dr. Terry Dwyer, one of the leading experts on taxation law in the world." By Natalie CraigThe Age Business Section, May 17, 2008–A SURPRISE change to tax on property sales in the federal budget could increase...

Manhunt 2 to Hit UK Shelves: Bring Your Own Hockey Mask

Fans of violent video games, rejoice: Manhunt 2 has received its 18+ calssification in the UK, clearing it for general release. This is not only of interest to gaming fans, though: anyone with a stake in rated...

Ex-pastor: 4-year-old girl provoked me to sexually assault her!

"Man: Girl, 4, provoked me By BRANDON COUTRE - bcoutre@nwherald.com Comments (7 comment(s)) WOODSTOCK – A retired Canadian pastor likely on track to leave a McHenry County courtroom Friday with probation for sexually abusing a 4-year-old girl instead found himself behind...

Tomorrow's Mothers.

"It's six in the morning and I haven't gotten any sleep. I've been staring at this screen listening to some grand music ( Miles Davis, Common, Sam Cooke ) trying to think of a new write up. Then it hit me as I looked over to my muted television screen - I saw a Girls Gone...

Padilla co-defendant rests case

"Padilla co-defendant rests case By CURT ANDERSON, Associated Press Writer1 hour, 37 minutes ago Defense lawyers rested their case Wednesday for one of Jose Padilla's co-defendants in their trial on terrorism support...

'Chicago Sun-Times' Looks to Redefine Itself as 'Liberal, Working-Class' Paper

The Chicago Sun Times is moving left.It's gotta be a business decision, not a moral or political one. I say this with due deference to publisher John Cruickshank, who in a past lifetime was a fellow journalist at the...

"Manhunt 2" Banned in the UK

Not a good week for video games in the UK. I predict an appeal from Rockstar games on this one: Ultimately a video game like the one described below not meant for impressionable minds, whatever that may mean*, but...

HEAVEN'S GATE Reacts To Article Entitled "Heaven's Gate: The Deadly Delusion"

DISCLAIMER: The following statements are opinions that reflect most of the new converts at Heaven's Gate, myself included. I conversed with all of them before doing this article. Two of our members, XFody and...

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True "Satisfaction": Stones added to Library of Congress

It took this long to dub "Satisfaction" "culturally significant"? Well, I guess we are dealing with librarians here. I know my library growing up had a hard time keeping up with the kids. "Songs by rockers The...

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