"Let Them Eat Cake" - Washington & Wall Street Loot the Banks

"Gentlemen, I have had men watching you for a long time and I am convinced that you have used the funds of the bank to speculate in the breadstuffs of the country. When you won, you divided the profits amongst you,...

Dog digs up child's foot; police hunt for body

"RUSSELLVILLE, Alabama (AP) -- A family dog brought home a child's severed foot, but searchers combing surrounding woods in northwest Alabama found no signs of any other remains and don't know where the child might be. ...

Radwanska digs deep to win title

Polish teenager Agnieszka Radwanska defied Jill Craybas' gallant fightback to win the Pattaya Open in Thailand.

Toronto Highways Open For Weekend, Streets and Airport Still Have Problems

A day after close to 20 cm of snow came down, the weather warmed slightly, turning it to freezing rain. Less than six hours after that 30 cm of snow dumped down on the GTA, shutting down the city for more than a day....

Hundreds of Motorists Stranded in Midwest Snow

Snowstorms in the Midwest have closed roads in Wisconsin, shut down flights at O'Hare, you name it. It's a mess out there."MILWAUKEE (AP) - A major snowstorm has left motorists and some air travelers stranded in the Midwest.  In Wisconsin, the National Guard says as many...

U.S. Embassies for sale! U.S. missions listed globally

WASHINGTON - Looking for a stately home or opulent office overseas? One in a posh neighborhood or overlooking an exotic capital? Maybe with a glorious or infamous past? The U.S. government may have a deal for you....

In Asia's largest slum, free new digs are scorned

via Flavourpill "Reishma Rathore lives in a dilapidated one-room shanty in Dharavi slum, Mumbai (formerly Bombay), a stinking sea of corrugated iron shanties and rubbish. Last week, she was offered a spanking new...

Hobbit cave digs set to restart

"Archaeologists who found the remains of human "Hobbits" have gained permission to restart excavations at the cave where the specimens were found. Indonesian officials have blocked access to the cave since 2005, following a dispute over the bones. But Professor Richard "Bert"...

worstplacestotakeadump.com

"Everyday the internet inspires us with new websites we didn't even know we needed. If you're traveling to New York anytime soon and are worried about needing to go while you're away from your digs, now someone's...

U.S. digs for vote-machine links to Hugo Chávez

In the debate about the reliability of electronic voting technology, the South Florida parent company of one of the nation's leading suppliers of touch-screen voting machines is drawing special scrutiny from the U.S. government. Federal officials are investigating whether...

India Digs Deeper, but Wells Are Drying Up, and a Farming Crisis Looms

"Bhanwar Lal Yadav, once a cultivator of cucumber and wheat, has all but given up growing food. No more suffering through drought and the scourge of antelope that would destroy what little would survive on his fields"

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