Japanese tourists killed in Guam stabbing spree
At least two Japanese tourists were killed and 11 wounded when a knife-wielding man went on a stabbing spree outside a resort in the Pacific island nation of Guam, officials said Wednesday. The attack...
View ArticleYou Think Jobs Are Scarce Now, Raise the Minimum Wage and Watch What Happens
President Obama proposed raising the national minimum wage to $9/hour during his State of the Union address drawing cheers from the left. … Read More
View ArticleOnly decent jokes allowed: Beavis and Butt-head writer up for kids’ book prize
Only decent jokes allowed: Beavis and Butt-head writer up for kids’ book prizeGet short URLLink copied to clipboardemail story to a friendprint versionPublished: 15 February, 2013, 1 1000 9:25...
View ArticleCuddling Animals Snapped At Miami’s Jungle Island (PHOTOS)
Miami may have more than its fair share of cheating philanderers, but there's at least some romance and tender loving going on in this city.Thursday, an 'Only In Miami'-style Valentine's Day message...
View ArticleIslands Want Climate Change Seen As Security Threat By UN
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Marshall Islands and other low-lying island nations appealed to the U.N. Security Council to recognize climate change as an international security threat that jeopardizes...
View ArticlePuerto Rico, The 51st State? New Progressive Party Organizing Marches To...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Puerto Rico's pro-statehood party is organizing marches to demand that the U.S. government honor the results of a referendum regarding the Caribbean island's political status.A...
View ArticleFloods and landslides kill 17 in Indonesia
Four children were among 17 people killed over the weekend in central Indonesia after heavy rains triggered floods and landslides, officials said on Monday. The children, aged between two and nine,...
View ArticleVittorio Missoni’s Disappearance Gives Rise To New Fears Of Bermuda Triangles...
When ships and planes mysteriously vanish -- sometimes without a trace -- speculation runs wild.Many worry about the conventional -- pilot error, kidnapping and terrorism come to mind. And there are...
View ArticleMillstone Power Station: Emails Show Officials Worried About Connecticut...
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Emails among federal regulators show that officials running Connecticut's nuclear plant want to use water that's even warmer than the temperature that forced it to shut a unit in...
View ArticleMust-see morning clip: Jimmy Kimmel interviews “SNL” digital short creator...
Former "SNL" comedian and Lonely Island troupe member Andy Samberg talks about ladies (in general, they are nice) his upcoming gig as host of the Independent Spirit Awards (he has seen all the "names...
View ArticleMount Etna Volcano In Explosive Eruption
Sicilian Volcano in first major eruption of 2013 … Read More
View ArticleScientists discover traces of lost mini-continent in the Indian Ocean
Scientists said Sunday they had found traces of a micro-continent hidden underneath the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. The slab, dubbed Mauritia, was probably formed around 61-83 million years ago...
View ArticleNew York Rep. Peter King goes glove-to-glove with kickboxing champ
The 68-year-old Long Island Republican, Rep. Peter King (NY), laced up his boxing gloves last night for a fight that had nothing to do with either budget cuts or charity. The congressman, known for his...
View ArticleThings they lost in a tsunami
IN MARCH of last year, after a violent spring storm, Sheila Williams took her long-legged Afghan hound, Saffy, out for a walk on the Wild Pacific Trail near Ucluelet, on the southwestern tip of...
View ArticleUncapturing a Friedman
"Capturing the Friedmans," Andrew Jarecki's documentary about a Long Island family caught in a firestorm of sexual abuse allegations, came out in 2003, and the intervening years have not been kind to...
View ArticleLittle reaction from human rights watchdogs as Gitmo hunger strike continues
In a comment to RT the United Nations rights body said it isinvestigating allegations of mistreatment at America's detentionfacility in Cuba.“While aware of some of the allegations of mistreatment...
View Article‘Cyprus levy on deposits may have contagious effect’
Eurozone finance ministers demanded Cyprus pay up to 10 per centof their bank deposits in exchange for a €10bn bailout, which hasalready resulted in panic across the Mediterranean Island as...
View ArticleNeurotic’s guide to fasting
There are many reasons people try a water fast: to cleanse their system. To test their spiritual limits.My reason was different, and possibly absurd. I wanted to try water fasting because I have a...
View ArticleGitmo hunger strike: Timeline
March 20The UN Human Rights body responds to mounting media coverage ofthe Guantanamo crisis. Ina letter answering RT’s inquiry, spokesman for the HighCommissioner says the office is looking into the...
View ArticleCovered at Reason 24/7: Spaniards Shield Assets in Bitcoin To Avoid Bank...
The great Cypriot bank account grab of 2013 may or may not be off. Sure, Cyprus's lawmakers rejected a proposal that would carve a chunk out of the deposits of every depositor in the country, but...
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