July 23, 2007

Isn’t this just beautiful

Saturn holds a tiny secret

By Dan Vergano, USA TODAY
Icy chasms on one of Saturn’s most humble moons, hidden amid its glorious rings, have overtaken the sands of Mars and the stratosphere of Venus as the most intriguing potential hiding place for alien life in our solar system.
Enceladus, a shining ball of ice hugging Saturn’s rings, [...]

July 23, 2007

When It Comes to Politics, Friendship Has Its Limits

July 23, 2007

By JUSTON JONES
Anyone who has ever watched “The Oprah Winfrey Show” or read O, the Oprah Magazine, knows that there are few people Oprah Winfrey reveres as much as Maya Angelou, the writer, activist and longtime professor. Ms. Winfrey often quotes bits of wisdom from Ms. Angelou on her show. Furthermore, the talk-show [...]

July 23, 2007

I Did Have Sexual Relations With That Woman

By Frank Rich, The New York Times
Posted on July 23, 2007, Printed on July 23, 2007
http://www.alternet.org/story/57613/
It’s not just the resurgence of Al Qaeda that is taking us back full circle to the fateful first summer of the Bush presidency. It’s the hot sweat emanating from Washington. Once again the capital is titillated by a scandal [...]

July 23, 2007

Is this Politically Incorrectness or Racism

McGuinty apologizes for ‘ghetto dude’ email TheStar.com – Ontario – McGuinty apologizes for ‘ghetto dude’ email

Job seeker, 22, wrongly sent cabinet office note is somewhat mollified

July 23, 2007
Linda Diebel
STAFF REPORTER
Premier Dalton McGuinty yesterday apologized to University of Toronto honours student Evon Reid for the email from his cabinet office that used the term “ghetto dude.”
Reid, [...]

July 23, 2007

Alleged Child Rapist Goes Free Because Court Can’t Find Interpreter

Sunday July 22nd ROCKVILLE, Md. —  Charges against a man accused of repeatedly raping and molesting a 7-year-old girl were dismissed last week because the court could not find an interpreter fluent in the suspect’s native West African language.Mahamu Kanneh, a Liberian native who received asylum in this country and attended high school and community college here, [...]

July 23, 2007

Scam Artists AND SENSIBLE PEOPLE

One would think that people with money are generally sensible that is why they were able to accumulate money and you would think they would be careful to protect their hard earned money.
I am always bewildered when I hear that scam artists get away with thousands of dollars from ordinary sensible citizens just like that.  [...]

July 23, 2007

Polish Pilgrims Accidentally Killed

NOTRE-DAME-DE-MESAGE, France (Reuters) — Twenty-six Polish pilgrims died when their coach crashed off a mountain road at a notorious accident black spot in the French Alps and burst into flames, police and officials say.

Emergency officials say most of the passengers who died perished in the fire.

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July 23, 2007

Polish Pilgrims meet terrible fate

NOTRE-DAME-DE-MESAGE, France (Reuters) — Twenty-six Polish pilgrims died when their coach crashed off a mountain road at a notorious accident black spot in the French Alps and burst into flames, police and officials say.

Emergency officials say most of the passengers who died perished in the fire.

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