Was The Bailout Bill A Good Idea? : NPR

"What is clear, Davidson says, is that spending $700 billion will help. "But it's also very clear that the plan we've been hearing all about, the Paulson plan, has a lot of problems. There are a lot of things that a...

Poll on the economy: Americans gloomier, for now

"As people on Wall Street and Main Street hold their breath to see if a federal bailout of the nation's financial institutions will work, Americans are starting to speak — not whisper — the word "depression." In a sign that anxiety is growing, 33% of 1,011 adults surveyed...

Keeping heart diseases at bay on World Heart Day

" Keeping heart diseases at bay on World Heart Day On September 28, the World Heart Day let us understand the symptoms and the causes of all heart diseases that affect more than a million people in India every year and accounts for almost twenty million deaths every...

ABC News/WaPo: Obama +9

" New ABC News/Washington Post poll shows a significant bump for Barack Obama. Among net leaned likely voters, Obama turned a two point deficit two weeks ago into a nine point advantage: Obama 52 (+5)McCain 43...

Bush launches $700bn rescue plan and confesses he didn't realise how severe p...

It saddens me to see this outcome, when there has been plenty of forewarning about the potential impact of this Real Estate Boom Bust cycle. Now, once again, the tax payers must carry the responsibility for...

Soros Bank problems to worsen

VIDEO George SorosTop gambler opinionskey players of the Wall street Roulette   Chairman Soros Fund managment:"We should not allow the Financial sytem to collapse like 1930" (comment: "and the Soros fund with...

US bans key Indian drug imports

After prolong investigations The US drug regulator FDA has banned top Indian Pharmaceuticals company Ranbaxy after latter was  found selling unsafe medicines in the country.US Department of Justice has...

Canadian National Election, Campaign Day 10 - Does Anyone Even Care?

The Canadian Election campaign marches on, not that many people are paying attention to it. It's almost like the Conservatives under Harper *want* to get overshadowed by the US election. For instance, the leaders...

Rats and a cat bodyguard recruited to tackle Colombia's land mines

One often hears the expression 'I smell a rat' but in Columbia rats are being trained to use their sense of smell to sniff out land mines. If that's not amazing enough they also have a cat acting as their...

Thai government finds premier violated constitution by being on a cooking show

The Thai government has just now concluded that the premier, Samak Sundaravej, violated the constitution by appearing on a televised cooking show. It is not yet clear what implications this will have on whether he...

Mendis easy to play now: Rohit Sharma

"Indian middle-order batsman Rohit ot Sharma thinks that the Indian players will now have no problems playing the mystery spinner Ajantha Mendis in any future series after having played him with relative ease in the recent ODIs against Sri Lanka."

Check this out - "Bad Relationships May Be Genetic" - Good lord!

" Can unhappy couples blame a man's genes? by Jessica ...

Fringe ticket sales fall by 10%

The Edinburgh Fringe Festival is a massive event here in the UK. It is known worldwide as one of the top theater festivals, and is a prominent spotlight for new playwrights.However this year a limping worlwide economy and terrible August weather in the UK resulted in the...

University sacks mooning debate coach

....I can not count the number of times I wanted to "drop trow" and say "Debate This"!The key there is "wanted to", Thinking about an action and checking yourself before you do it are two different things.What happens when teachers and coaches sink below behavioral levels of...

Baby beater jailed for six months

This 20-month old boy surely unlucky to have such an experienced. His brain will record this incident and could cause him a trauma. " The parents of the 20-month-old boy had become concerned about the behaviour of...

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