Dinner lady's body found in school freezer

When someone decides to kill themselves at work all kinds of questions around emotional health and wellbeing are raised. This is a tragic story of a dinner lady who appears to have taken her own life by consuming...

Asian governments move to halt stock market slide

Governments in Asia are pumping in big funds to fight off the credit crunch emerging out of global crisis. Governments are also cutting down cash reserve and interest rate to make more liquidity. Hong is cutting its key interest rate by 100 basis points effective Thursday....

Record number of schools opened in England

The highest number of schools in 30 years were opened in England this term, according to new figures. The number, 180, is including both brand new and refurbished schools."In total 180 new school buildings have been completed in England this term - the highest number for...

World Court begins Georgia-Russia case

The latest battle between Georgia and Russia will be fought in a courtroom. A case has begun at the World Court in the Hague in the Netherlands to rule on who should control South Ossetia. Any ruling the court makes, however, would not be binding on Russia."Georgia accused...

Berlin's Electronics Trade Fair stormed by Customs officials

"220 German customs agents swarmed through the IFA consumer-electronics fair, hunting for non-payers of royalties, shortly after the expo opened Friday in the German capital of Berlin.   German customs agents swarmed through the IFA consumer-electronics fair shortly...

Tropic Thunder - Weekend Numbers and BigT's Review

First off, it was a hilarious movie. I don't want to give anything away but I think everyone knows about the black-face and the retard controversy. So I'll talk about that a little bit.Robert Downey Jr. was a delight playing a black man. He stayed in the overtly racist...

Teenager dies in drive-by shooting

It has now been revealed that two teenagers were murdered last night in South London in seperate incidents. On the same night that a youth was shot after being chased by a gang, another youth was caught in the crossfire of a drive-by on Camberwell Road, Walworth."An innocent...

Mass. law lets out-of-state gay couples marry

Massechusetts Gov. Deval patrick signed a bill that repealed out-of-state gay couples from going to Mass. to get married. Personally, I don't have a problem with gay marriage in any shape or form. My view is who...

Flag exhumed from neo-Nazi grave

German authorities have dug up a grave in Southern Germany because they heard the man was buried with a Nazi flag. Displaying swastikas is a crime in Germany punishible by up to three years in jail. "German authorities in the southern town of Passau have dug up a neo-Nazi's...

IOC agrees to Internet blocking at the Games

Would any one of us go for this? I don't think so. "The Chinese government confirmed Wednesday what journalists arriving at the lavishly outfitted media center here had suspected: Contrary to previous assurances by Olympic and government officials, the Internet would be...

To Starbucks, a Closing; To Newark, a Trauma

After Seattle and now Newark...is starbucks going bankrupt?!..WATCH OUT, STARBUCKS SHARE IS GOING DOWN IN WALL STREET... "The green aprons, the blond wood, the safari-themed coffee art and the chalkboards. From...

Hamburg fans stay eternally loyal with soccer cemetery

There are soccer fans. There are crazy soccer fans. And then there are soccer fans devoted enough to their team that they wish to be burried in a stadium-side grave at a cost of €2,500 (blue and white coloured...

The Falkirk Wheel:Worlds Only Rotating Boatlift

"The Falkirk Wheel was opened by the Queen in May 2002. Nothing like it has ever been built before anywhere in the world. Boat lifts are nothing new, though the last built in the UK was in 1875. But a rotating boat...

Anxious customers line up at IndyMac to withdraw money

Worried customers lined up outside IndyMac to withdraw their money this morning.  IndyMac was seized by federal investigators on Friday.  The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp automatically insures customers...

Blow for Labour as poll gives SNP four-point lead in Glasgow East byelection

These are scary times indeed for the Labour Party in the UK. The Scottish National Party is now polling four points ahead of Labour for the upcoming by-election in Glasgow East. If Labour loses this election, Gordon...

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