Fairgoers Catch, Save Toddler Dropped By Mom Dangling From Carnival Ride

" Sheri Pinkerton became trapped when the Crazy Bus ride at a carnival in Port Orange started up suddenly as Pinkerton and children were getting off the ride. "I heard a bunch of screaming and I looked...

Muslim sues Tesco for forcing him to carry alcohol

"A Muslim youth who worked with Britain's biggest retailer Tesco has sued the store for religious discrimination after he came to know that he carried crates of alcohol bottles as part of his job, the Daily Mail reported Monday. Mohammed Ahmed, 32, who was raised in Saudi...

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...

Rest of India win Irani Trophy 2008

"Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh ran through Delhi’s batting order and completed a 187-run win for Rest of India in the Irani Cup match in Vadodara. Delhi resumed on 113 for 3 but the collapse started in the second over of the day when Aakash Chopra was bowled by Zaheer...

modelBuilder completes Titanic matchstick model

"Dedicated Tim Elkins has finally finished building a scale model of the Titanic made out of 147,000 matchsticks - 15 years after he started. Builder Tim, 42, has slaved away for 3,500 hours erecting the 1:115 scale...

India beats China as top investment destination for first time: UN

"New Delhi: Eighteen years after it started opening up its economy, India, for the first time, has replaced China as the most promising destination for foreign direct investment in the medium-to-long term, says a UN...

Pakistani aviation, tourism hit by Islamabad bombing

" The massive suicide bombing of an upscale hotel in Islamabad last week that killed 60 and injured over 270 has started to take its toll on Pakistan’s aviation and tourism industries and experts fear the deteriorating law and order can scare off foreign carriers and...

Aaron Sorkin Creates Facebook Group

I guess if you create a multi billion dollar company by the time you're 21, Aaron Sorkin might decide to make a movie about you and create a Facebook group "for research". Of course, many, including myself, assumed...

call me sugar or sweetie, it's all the same

"tired of all of the criticism that is brought down on them, the corn refiners association (cra) has gone on the offensive and have started an ad campaign to debunk the myths about high fructose corn syrup. seems that some of the bad press that the substance received,...

Press Releases, Spam Attacks and The Chatsworth Metrolink Accident

"I realize a title like "spam attacks and the Chatsworth Metrolink accident" is a weird title, but it is fitting as you will read. I have been writing a lot of new releases about the Chatsworth Metrolink accident of...

Meet Anonymous

"Meet Anonymous photo credit: Sklathill After Sarah Palin’s email was hacked, the world was introduced to Anonymous. Who or what is Anonymous? It’s a group that formed on IR channels - and starting to get recognition for it’s practice of “Griefing” or...

Credit crunch 'to last into 2010'

HBOS chief Andy Hornby: 2010About two-thirds of wholesale funding received by UK banks comes from overseas - primarily from the US. And the HBOS chief said that US money-market investors would not resume channelling...

Laxman lacks aggression: Afridi

"Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi on Tuesday denied undermining the authority of VVS Laxman, his captain at Deccan Chargers, but maintained that the Indian lacks aggression. The flamboyant all-rounder started a war of words with Laxman with his unflattering remarks that...

Buchanan hunting new talent for KnightRiders

"IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders has decided to launch a talent hunt throughout the country and it started with a camp in Mumbai under John Buchanan. “We are looking at the long-term picture,” the lanky Aussie said after his first ‘net’ session with the 100-odd boys."

Hollywood is suing India's Hari Puttar

  Hollywood's Warner Bros is suing an Indian production company whose new film is called "Hari Puttar". " The studio had started proceedings against the makers of "Hari Puttar" over similarities to the...

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