Dhoni was the difference: Vengsarkar

"Dilip Vengsarkar, India’s chairman of selectors, has praised captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni for his role in the 3-2 series win in the one-dayers in Sri Lanka. “Dhoni’s return to the team was a boon. Not only did he lead the side superbly but he played a couple of...

Teacher Burns Students In The Name Of The Lord

"Sara - NYUSooo, the other day a teacher got in some mild trouble for burning crosses on his students’ arms. Just another day in the American public school system. No, but really, this happened. Apparently, a science teacher in Ohio had a high frequency generator, which he...

FOIA Brain Teaser: When Is An Agency Not An Agency?

"A judge ruled this week that the Office of Administration (OA), part of the Executive Office of the President (EOP), is exempt from Freedom of Information Act requests because it is not an “agency” under the law. The ruling adds to the inconsistent and somewhat arbitrary...

Everest: Closed for Business, Part II

"Everest: Closed for Business, Part II "If our democracy is to flourish, it must have criticism; if our government is to function it must have dissent.    - Henry Commager " Nepal: Everest...

British Columbia: Gangsters jailed 6 years in violent kidnapping

Opinon Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor When comparing Canada's Notorious Serial Killer Wally Pickton's sentence of 4.1 years per murder victim versus 4 Criminals ongoing past Drug and present Kidnapping...

Facebook tackles Bhutto hoaxers

"Social networking site Facebook says it has taken down two bogus profiles of Bilawal Bhutto, son of the murdered Pakistani politician Benazir Bhutto. An investigation found the entries "not authentic" and in breach of Facebook terms of use, a company statement said. A number...

British Columbia: Chef Feenie's Kitchen Nightmare

Celebrity Chef Gordon Ramsay must be grinning like Cheshire Cat knowing his protege Chef Dale McKay of New York has pushed out Iron Chef Rob Feenie from both of Vancouver's high end restaurants, one bearing his name...

Mahavilachchiya - first village to have BPO operation

"Technology Mahavilachchiya - first village to have BPO operation by Surekha Galagoda Students at a session Mahavilachchiya, a village 245 kms from colombo is well known among locals and the international community...

Nobel-winning biologist apologizes for remarks about blacks

Jim Watson was lying. He actually made the racist comments. I believe he is risking his reputation for silly statements. We won't wait for long before he makes another. He is reputed to have made sexist comments...

Why Oblivion Looms for Abbas

"Mark Perry offers 10 reasons why Hamas, rather than Abu Mazen and his U.S. backers will prevail in the struggle for Palestinian hearts and minds. The Islamists today represent the Palestinian mainstream, while Fatah is broken from top to bottom. Even more importantly, Abbas...

It doesn't get a lot better than right here, right now.....

Ok, ok, I know this isn't 'news' per say but I consider it to be a kind of meta news. News about news to help put in context all the fascinating stuff that comes at us from all over the world thanks to NowPublic and...

America's New Leadership: Reboot and Restart

"Winning the war on terrorism depends substantially on winning the war of ideas; unfortunately, by most metrics, the U.S. is getting its clock cleaned. Public polling shows massive anger directed at the U.S. and our credibility at an all time low. In a few short years, the...

Internet Radio Rates Increase

"The Copyright Royalty Board decision on the royalties for to be paid by Internet Radio stations for streaming music during the years 2006-2010 was released to the participants in the proceeding today. And the rates are going up significantly over the next few years. More...

Obama Takes First Step Toward Running in ‘08

As someone born and raised in the US, I really hope we're ready to elect a black president. Movies and television have been casting that role as such quite a bit recently, so we'll see if the voters will follow suit. It wasn't that long ago that a Catholic president was seen...

An alarm bell we can no longer ignore

"Rome, Jan. 5 - "For years now we have been raising the alert about a number of strange activities at mosques and Islamic centres, often simply religious settings used to cover up subversive activities and Islamic fundamentalism. Today, this alert is being raised also by...

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