Suit Filed Against Company That Employed Metrolink 111 Engineer

After admitting they were at fault, now Metrolink is trying to sue the company that employed the homosexual train engineer who was text messaging little boys when he crashed the Metrolink, killing 25 people.  Check it out."October 26, 2008 (by Otto Smyth) It has been...

Girl testifies against driving teacher accused of exposure

"YORK, S.C. -- A teenage girl took the stand Tuesday and came face to face with the man accused of exposing himself to her and four other girls last summer. David Zitcovich has been...

How Washington’s Encirclement of Russia Threatens Us All

To bring a contrasting viewpoint to the bombastic deluge of Western pundits and nations pointing fingers at Russia as the resurrected global bad guy, here is an editorial that suggest another cause of the current...

POLICE CHIEF RESIGNS...THEN IS FIRED

"By MEGAN PILLOW Mooresville Tribune Thursday, August 7, 2008   John Crone resigned Thursday as Mooresville police chief      ...

Terror Threats to Olympic Games

Some might call me a negative person, but I have expected something like this to come along at this time. The Olympics draw people from all over the world, what better place to make a global impact? Unfortunately,...

Director General of MI5 refuses to release any data on whistleblower John Fra...

"Just over three-years since whistleblower John Francis Smith died in a filthy NHS hospital, the Director General of MI5 has told his family that no data can be released relating to his Government Service because of...

Less than 9% females in Delhi employed

Despite reservation and talk of women empowerment this new study clearly revels that Indian women needs to go a long way before they can claim equality.   " This doesn’t quite live up to the image of an emancipated city. According to latest government figures, less...

Thousands of B.C. forest workers jobless as sawmills shutdown

Certainly the downturn in the US economy is having a disasterous trickle down theory for Canada's ailing lumber industry.  Let's hope China bites and buys our lumber to build all their homes destroyed in the...

Pastor John Hagee says he's sorry for anti-Catholic remarks

One wonders how anyone can take this person seriously. My favorite is this line: "he now knew the terms he used to describe the church, such as "the great whore," were "rhetorical devices long employed in...

UPDATE: Future of Guinness' Dublin brewery in doubt - company plans to develo...

Here is the promised update:Guinness manufacturer Diageo has announced it is to close its brewing facilities in Dundalk and Kilkenny with the loss of up to 250 jobs. The company intends to rejuvenate its St James's...

Selfless cop's story made into children's book

"The story of a police officer hit and killed by a train last year in Itabashi Ward, Tokyo, while trying to rescue a woman on the train tracks has been turned into an illustrated book. The commemorative publication will be offered at a memorial service in Tokyo on Saturday to...

Doctor examined woman's breasts without permission

"A doctor examined a woman's breasts without permission, despite her saying the pain was elsewhere, a hearing has been told. Dr Subhas Pattar, of Leicester, appeared before the General Medical Council (GMC) yesterday for the start of a 19-day hearing into allegations of...

What’s smug and deserves to be decapitated?

Here's a lovely story from the UK that starts off with a suggestion that cyclists be garroted with piano wire stretched across their paths.  It certainly works as an attention-getter, but of course, the editors would insist that this isn't a serious threat.  Mr....

Vancouver: "International Drug Ring Beheaded"

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorGangland slayings in recent months have been tied to this criminal activity over control of Vancouver's lucrative drug tradeKudos to all our men and women in Blue and...

Depressed at work? Get a new carrer

"Depression is a physiological disease of the brain, but a person`s individual circumstances can affect its frequency and severity. Both drugs and counseling can help. SAMHSA used data from the National Survey of Drug Use, which involved interviews of more than 60,000 people....

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