CBI raids residence of passport officials at Kochi

"CBI raids residence of passport officials at Kochi By Indo-Asian News Service on Friday, October 3, 2008Filed Under: Latest India News ...

Statins 'prevent artery ageing'

"Drugs given to heart patients to lower cholesterol may have an additional benefit - keeping their blood vessels feeling younger. Advanced heart disease patients have arteries which have effectively aged faster than the rest of their bodies. University of Cambridge...

Terrorist plan, dig a tunnel under... blow up

"U.S. troops foil plot to tunnel under, blow up Mosul provincial hall ...

bicycle thief arrested - nearly 3,000 in posession

When there is a Market need, business will flourish. Visa Vi Create a market need and you will flourish"Canadian police have arrested one of the world's most prolific bicycle thieves after discovering almost 3,000...

Wal-Mart to invest $1bn in Brazil

Under developmentAttack of the big box store "You will be assimilated" It says something when during scary economic times in the world a company lays out a Billion Dollar expenditure. " ...

13,000 Residents Return Home After Massive Toronto Propane Fire

A 22-year veteran Toronto firefighter is dead of apparent natural causes after fighting a giant blaze at a propane facility. An employee of the Facility is still missing after the Sunrise Propane Industrial Gas plant...

W. Va Group Says Digital Pictures Are "Mark Of The Beast"

In a story out of backwoods West Virginia, members of a small Christian  group do no want their drivers license picture to be stored in a digital database because it is a "mark of the beast". The members of the...

US spends $7.4M for weapon of mass destrucion- The EMP Generator

If you have ever watched the Sci Fi channel then you know an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) can wreak havoc on electronics.  It also might not come as a surprise to hear an EMP is also a byproduct of a nuclear...

Motorola Names Sanjay Jha co-CEO, No Worries NowPublic, its not our Sanjay!

E-Week is reporting that Motorola is continuing its management shakeup Aug. 4 with the appointment of former Qualcomm COO Sanjay Jha as co-CEO of the company and CEO of Motorola's Mobile devices division. Jha will serve as co-CEO with current CEO Greg Brown." Brown was also...

Blogging from Iraq, Last of the Surge Leaving Iraq

I thought with all of the controvsey over whether things are better or worse in Iraq, I found a blog of a  reporter who is in country with first hand knowlege.  He relates that the last of the troop surge...

Conservative Anglicans break from church over gay policies

There's been a handful of stories in the news about a potential split over gay policies within the Anglican church, but today the Guardian reports a definitive break. Ironically, this comes at the height of gay pride celebrations around the world."Conservative evangelicals...

Mass. regulators file fraud charges against UBS

"Massachusetts regulators filed civil fraud charges Thursday against UBS Financial Services for allegedly selling investments it knew were extremely risky, but portrayed as safe. The complaint by the...

Mexican police commander killed

Another policeman has been shot dead in Mexico City - adding yet another casualty to the long line of law enforcement officials that have been murdered in the past few weeks.The victim in this case was a federal...

Vancouver Whitecaps out for revenge in Champions League

The Vancouver Whitecaps need a win today to stay in contention for the CONCACAF Champions league."Whitecaps out for revenge in Champions League Last Updated: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 | 1:08 PM ET ...

More than 350 sickened by tomato Salmonella outbreak

US food safety officials said today that more than 350 people have fallen ill from a Salmonella outbreak linked to certain kinds of tomatoes.I just had tomatoes with my lunch so I'm hoping that wasn't a bad...

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