Statements have been issued, and Vancouver has a new art world controversy. There are reports that 4 of the caged animals died over the weekend, and the SPCA has closed down the actual art installation that...
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Donald Trump and NBC canceled the Miss Universe 2007 pageant set to take place this year in Oaxaca. International models prepared to protest, showing solidarity with the on-going social movement in Oaxaca. "Today,...
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Another reason to understand where your food comes from. What you eat can have grave consequences! There may be no justice for the people in this case, but you can show your outrage by boycotting this...
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Have a read through these links. Blackwater is not necessarily a new topic or breaking news, but this is a pretty comprehensive expose on the private security company which is making headlines. No real surprise...
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The Canadian government drives me crazy. While Canada is hailed as a progressive nation, they are way below par when it comes to animal rights. It is sickening. They are not even close to the US, not even...
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"The U.S. military asserted that an American
soldier was justified in erasing journalists’ footage of the aftermath
of a suicide bombing and shooting in Afghanistan last week, saying
publication could have...
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Editor's Note: Calder Lorenz, our great colleague and arguably NowPublic's first newsifier, posted this article last September. It's a great pointer to what makes her "so damn rad", in Calder's sharply worded ...
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"Boyd Gaming will implode on of the Strip's oldest hotels, the Stardust, on March 13th at 2:30am.
The building is being cleared to make way for Echelon Place, a large casino/retail/hotel development. Workers have...
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I was young when Ronnie Regan held the high office, and I met Bush Senior at a Halloween parade, he gave me a Milky Way when I was 9. While I knew they were dishonest people, every once in a while I would hear them...
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A sad indicator on how things are going in Iraq. The UK based Save the Children has withdrawn from Iraq due to safety concerns for its staff, and due to the fact that they cannot help Iraqi's children due to the increasing violence. "Last British Charity in Iraq Ends...
Disney has released wireless robots into its theme park. Does anyone remember the Simpsons' episode when they go to Itchy and Scratchy Land, and then the remote robots go on a rampage, they used Terminator-esque vision to determine who to be friends with and who was...
The article I found offers a pretty legitimate list, but I thought, what the heck, I'll list the top transit systems for the places I have lived. Try it, it could be easy or harder then you think. 1. The...
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I just found this story through photographs I stumbled upon. It seems that youths in Copenhagen took to the streets to protest a planned demolition of a culture center (Ungdomshuset). Here is what I could find so...
The Grindhouse Film Festival, presented by the one and only, Quentin Tarantino, will open this weekend. When bad movies are so bad they are good and arty. This looks like a rad festival, with all kinds of films...
It seems Pilot Speed opened the Annuals Show last night in Seattle, and left a great impression on the Seattlest, they proclaimed, "Pilot Speed Is Too Good to Be An Opening Band." Did anyone catch the show? I will...