Church and police join forces to end binge drinking

A new campaign is being launched in Wales today with the aim of ending binge drinking. People are signing a pledge to stop the practice, which is very common in the UK."PEOPLE across Wales are today urged to pledge to stop binge drinking as an unprecedented coalition of...

Deal brokered to end Northern Ireland deadlock

A deadlock that has grinded government in Northern Ireland to a halt for 152 days appears to have come to an end. the BBC is reporting that the DUP and Sinn Fein have reached a compromise that will allow the government to begin functioning normally again."The DUP and Sinn...

Budget Cuts Threaten To End Amber Alerts, Sex Offender Warnings

"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- With all state agencies being asked to reduce budgets, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement said it may have to cut two high-profile programs: Amber Alerts and the sex-offender registry...

Sad T-Points End To Open Wheel Unification :: The EDJE

" Will Power grids in position P11 for the final points paying race of the season. Image Credit: Andy Sallee (2008)Pos Driver Team Speed11. Will Power KV 214.58313. Oriol Servia KV 214.44115. Graham Rahal...

France to announce new bank measures by end of week

Anticipating bank failures in the coming weeks, French president Nicolas Sarkozy will institute measures to guarantee savings in French banks. Since France holds the EU presidency, he is also hoping to lead by...

Ahmadinejad: 'American empire' nearing its end

"(CNN) -- In a blistering speech before the United Nations General Assembly, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad blamed "a few bullying powers" for creating the world's problems and said the "American empire in the world is reaching the end of its road." ...

BREAKING: Young Male Shot at Toronto High School

Unconfirmed reports are of a 17-year-old male was shot in either the abdomen or chest at an East-end Toronto high school and has been transported to hospital in critical condition. The school is currently in lockdown while police search the area, there is no information yet...

RCMP should end use of Tasers: Zaccardelli

While much of the former RCMP commisioner's interview with CBC apparently focused on the denying of information to CSIS and the RCMP during the Arar investigation, Guiliano Zaccardelli also said it was time to stop...

End of council tax in Scotland to widen divide with England

The Scottish National Party, a party seeking independence for Scotland which gained power in the Scottish parliament last year, is going to try to abolish council tax in Scotland over the next 12 months. Council tax is payed by residents in the UK to their local council,...

India end Idea Cup series with humiliation

"Many would call today’s match a rain affected game that resulted in India losing, others would call it the sheer brilliance of the Lankan bowlers, but the fact of the matter is that the Indian batting order failed miserably once again as they have done several times in the...

Coastguard to end two-day strike

Th strike by the coastguard in Northern Ireland is due to end today."A 48-hour strike involving local Coastguard staff is due to end on Monday evening. The action, over the Bank Holiday weekend, has been taken by those co-ordinating rescues. However, boat crews of the...

Beijing Olympics come to an end

After two weeks of mesmerizing action and some quite stunning ceremonies, the Beijing Olympics 2008 came to an end on Sunday. This was a successful culmination of the 29th Olympics of the modern era.Read full article and see videos

Tesla who ? Intel with new tech "wireless power"

If having a chip in about 95% of the worlds computer isn't enough, now they want to send you power. ""Wouldn't it be fantastic if we didn't think about where the power was coming from and the power was everywhere?"...

Girl Talkalypse Now: December 21, 2012

Greg Gillis, aka Girl Talk, is setting his sights on the end date of the Mayan calendar, December 21, 2012, as an appropriately apocalyptic day to end his career. If the world is burning anyway, 24 hours of mashups...

The Police end their comeback tour

Legendary rock band The Police are done with the 152 shows staged as part of their comeback tour that started on May 28th of last year and ended yesterday in New York City. The tour was dubbed a success by the...

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