The Family Guy Goes Online

Mr. Seth MacFarlane has become a multimedia mogul as he is cooperating with Google to bring a bunch of his short cartoons to a variety of sites. The creator of Family Guy hopes to revoluntionize the way entertainment...

Smoking ban: The economics behind it, and more!

"India has imposed a new ban on smoking in public places from October 2, 2008, the 139th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Four years ago too, one such 'ban' was 'imposed.' However, it was royally ignored and people continued to puff away in restaurants, clubs, bars, you...

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 ...

Fireproof: Never leave your Partner Behind

The Movie is based on the Premise that a Fireman/Policeman has a special relationship with his/her partner while assigned together.  Metaphorically speaking of marriage.  In marriage, many times the...

Officer faces charge over secret files left on train

The intelligence officer who left secret terrorism files on a train is going to be criminally charged. "Civil service An intelligence officer from the Cabinet Office who left top secret documents about Iraq and Afghanistan on a train is to face charges under the Official...

Ahead of Labour confernence, Miliband moves to end leader talk

Ahead of his all-important speech to the Labour Party Conference, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown appears to be clamping down on loyalty within his cabinet. Although an editorial UK Foreign Secretary David Milliband...

Defying Ike: Why 140,000 stayed behind

"They weathered the hurricane against the orders of authorities, to protect their property and way of life.-----Hackberry, LA. - Johnny Welch isn't afraid to admit that he put his life on the line in hurricane Ike for a rooster. Not just any rooster, mind you – a...

Female suicide bomber kills 20, wounds 30

A female suicide bomber has killed 20 and injured 30 more in a Monday evening attack in the town of Balad Ruz, in the Diyala province of Iraq.  "The bomber struck as Iftar -- the meal that ends Ramadan fasting...

UK homes are smallest in Europe

UK is facing an extreme space crunch and now houses are becoming smaller and smaller. London has the smallest house in the Europe and to end this woes London Mayor Boris Johnson has threatned to make a law about minimum space standards on all council flat houses. The Mayor...

Kher's 'Actor Prepares' operational NOW

" Asians living in Britain can dream about becoming Bollywood stars. India's respected school 'Actor Prepares' became operational in the UK from September 10, 2008 after selecting its first batch of eight students...

Police: Gunman kills self after standoff in bank

"WHEATON, Illinois (AP) -- A gunman who took a dozen hostages in a suburban Chicago bank after wresting a gun from a police officer Friday died after shooting himself in the head, police said. ...

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...

Top US diplomat escapes gun attack in Pakistan

The top US doplomat in Pakistan narrowly escaped an ambush this morning, at the same tiem that a bomb exploded at a political rally in the Southwest of the country. Violence in Pakistan is increasing as that country looks to replace outgoing president Pervez Musharraf....

Tesla who ? Intel with new tech "wireless power"

If having a chip in about 95% of the worlds computer isn't enough, now they want to send you power. ""Wouldn't it be fantastic if we didn't think about where the power was coming from and the power was everywhere?"...

Dog protected abandoned newborn, doctors say

"(CNN) -- A dog sheltered a newborn baby abandoned by its 14-year-old mother in a field in rural Argentina until the boy was rescued, a doctor said Friday. ...

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