Great Gig in the Sky - Richard Wright of Pink Floyd dies **update**

***10/7/08 BBC Radio tribute "A radio tribute entitled 'Remember A Day: Richard Wright In His Own Words' runs on BBC Radio 2 in the UK this Saturday, 11th October, at 7.00 PM. Including his last ever radio...

Fed to Ask 'Mrs Jeeves' About Tax Evasion

She has charged a lot on her carrier and has never paid her taxes. Now the FED is asking her to pay the bill over the income she earned as prostitute in 2003. Maybe she can escape from that taxes saying she was...

Lawsuit over ACORN filed in New Orleans Court

"by Rebecca Mowbray, The Times-PicayuneWednesday October 01, 2008, 8:34 PM Since Hurricane Katrina, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now has fought to make sure that displaced New Orleanians can...

Google Cofounder, Sergey Brin, Blogging

Sergey Brin, Google co founder, launched a personal blog earlier today on BlogSpot, opening with a post about the difference between his blog, too, and Google. The next post followed a minute later recounting his...

Strange Bedfellows

"According to CBC: The federal New Democrats have lost a candidate over a very public love of cannabis. The NDP has confirmed that Dana Larsen submitted his resignation to the party’s provincial campaign manager. Party spokesman Brad Lavigne said information came to light...

OiNK Founder, Several Users Charged

Prior to being shut down by authorities, British bit torrent site OiNK was an amazing place to discover and share new music. But despite its file-sharing modus operandi, it's surprising to learn that the site's...

Obama Terrorist Supporter Ayers Unrepentant for Bombings; Another Obama Agent...

On one side, there's Weather Underground bomber and terrorist William "Bill" Ayers, now nicely cleaned up by the Barack Obama camp and touted as a positive role model for Obama's mantra of "change."  Then...

William Shatner joins in with futuristic autograph concept.

I'm not one for Autographs. I do own a few, but for the most part I just don't see much need to have them. That being said, this is a brilliant concept that should make millions. "At a time when the $2 billion per year autograph business runs rampant with counterfeits,...

Run DMC founder tells American dads how to raise children

Walk this Way to bring up your children according to the gospel of Rev. Run he of Run's House and the legendary rap crew Run DMC. If we are to listen to Obama and Bill Cosby and hey, homemaker convict Martha Stewart...

Rev. Moon Hurt in Helicopter Crash

The founder of the Unification Church was injured when the helicopter carrying him and his family crashed in South Korea."Rev Sun Myung Moon, 88, was among several people on the aircraft when it made an emergency...

Ha Noi to Get Seven-Star Hotel

A seven-star hotel, expected to be one of the world’s biggest hotels, will be built in Ha noi by Israel’s El-Ad Group."The project includes a luxury hotel, an area for conferences, apartments, and an office building equipped modern facilities. The project is being...

A world without chocolate. It is a possibility.

Previously there was an article written about the endless supply of chocolates in the world. It was based on a scientific project launched to dissect the genomes of cocoa beans and manipulate the taste as well as the...

'Girls Gone Wild' sued for $2 million in gambling debt

"LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AP) -- "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis is being sued by a Las Vegas Strip casino for $2 million in gambling debts from February of last year. Francis spokesman Ronn Torossian said Tuesday that the man who built the soft porn empire already had...

U.S. Embassy sorry for Cheesy Invite

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCertainly someone at the U.S. Embassy needs a History Lesson, is what is the ultimate insult to Canada on the Eve of Quebec's 400th Anniversary, as Celebrations are...

Indonesian homemakers turn trash into fashion frills

Interesting way to do a business... " Used detergent labels and toothpaste tubes from Indonesia are going from landfills to fashion frills on bags and wallets sold in Singapore, Australia and the United States. The...

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