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submitted by Ari 212 weeks 6 days 14 hours ago
Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) won today's New Hampshire primaries, capping two remarkable political comebacks.
While public polling suggested that McCain would triumph over former governor Mitt Romney, there were few -- if any -- political strategists who believed that Clinton had any...(more)
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submitted by Robert Cauthorn for team Batboy's revenge! 88 weeks 3 days 22 hours 35 minutes ago
Franz Reichelt was a tailor who designed what he promised was a "parachute jacket." He decided to unveil it to the public by jumping off the Eiffel Tower. Pathe filmed it. The also filmed officials measuring the size of the crater he made when he...(more)
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submitted by Grace for team Bushwhackers... dissent ala mode 208 weeks 6 days 24 minutes ago
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) -- The tone has changed in e-mails this Vermont town has been receiving on its proposal to issue warrants for the arrests of President Bush and Vice President Cheney. Now, more people are supporting the resolution....
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submitted by AB 203 weeks 5 days 16 hours 45 minutes ago
She left a broken home on the Jersey Shore at 17 and came to New York City to work the nightclubs as a rhythm and blues singer. Now, at 22, she is the unwitting, and as yet unseen, star of the seamy drama that is the...(more)
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submitted by Julia Leigh 156 weeks 3 days 10 hours 13 minutes ago
The two Severn bridge crossings between England and Wales were among hundreds of roads and routes closed while snow continued to create chaos across regions of Britain yesterday, with more than 20,000 homes left without electricity.
Some of hundreds of motorists trapped by a blizzard in Devon...(more)
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 14 hours 31 minutes ago
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) -- Newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises Inc. is seeking shareholder approval for a reverse stock split that would combine as many as five shares into one....
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submitted by Collin Frost for team Batboy's revenge! 196 weeks 1 day 14 hours 40 minutes ago
The Allied airmen and women of World War II were certainly brave and skilled in battle, but even they couldn't win the war on their own.
Plagued in the early, low-tech years of the war by dangerous afflictions such as altitude and decompression sickness, pilots got some...(more)
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submitted by MikeK 224 weeks 4 days 22 hours 40 minutes ago
PC World - Much of the attention for Apple has been on the iPhone lately, but the company's hardware business is showing strength too. Apple's hardware shipments for the third-quarter surged 15.9 percent over the same quarter last year, according to a report released Wednesday by...(more)
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submitted by Ari for team Bushwhackers... dissent ala mode 234 weeks 19 hours 12 minutes ago
Here's my reaction: whoopee!!! Has Bush lost his brain or has Karl really gone to start folding the silk sheets for their life in the corporate world where they've made so much money for their friends. Whatever. He's gone. Someone dust off a federal prosecutor and...(more)
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submitted by Lisa 78 weeks 6 days 10 hours 46 minutes ago
The government is expected to announce on Wednesday that three-quarters of the oil from the Deepwater Horizon leak has already evaporated, dispersed, been captured or otherwise eliminated — and that much of the rest is so diluted that it does not seem to pose much additional...(more)
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submitted by Robert Cauthorn 234 weeks 19 hours 38 minutes ago
BUSH: Karl Rove is moving on down the road. I've been talking to Karl for a while about his desire to spend more time with Darby and Andrew. This is a family that's made enormous sacrifices not only for our beloved state of Texas but for...(more)
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submitted by Gretchen Wright 106 weeks 9 hours 38 minutes ago
Little girls may learn to fear math from the women who are their earliest teachers. Despite gains in recent years, women still trail men in some areas of math achievement, and the question of why has provoked controversy. Now, a study of first- and second-graders suggests...(more)
