Uphaar case: HC reduces Ansals' punishment

"The Delhi High Court on Friday pronounced the Ansal brothers guilty in the Uphaar cinema fire tragedy case. The verdict came on an appeal filed by Uphaar cinema owners Sushil and Gopal Ansal. The appeal had...

The Future of Sex Offenders: Your Friendly Paramedic

This probe found at that at least 129 EMT workers have been accused of sex-related crimes in the last 18 months. With nearly 900,000 EMT workers employed in the U.S., this is something that should be investigated...

Google's Android Gains More Powerful Followers

"Today is a dark day for Nokia and Microsoft: Telco Vodafone, equipment maker Ericsson and handset maker Sony Ericsson have joined Google’s camp in making rival cell-phone software. Today, Open...

Mumbai terrorists 'part of a larger group'

The 10 men known to have carried out the Mumbai terror attacks were part of a larger cadre of 30 who were given military training on how to conduct a suicide mission, according to police. "Another 20 were ready to die," Mumbai Police Deputy Commissioner Deven Bharti said....

'Koobface' Virus Attacks Facebook

"Attention new viewers: those 5000 "friends" you have on Facebook? They might not actually be your friends. In fact, some of them might be scammers trying to infect your computer with a new virus dubbed "Koobface". Koobface, which already made the rounds on MySpace, is now...

Mich. medical pot law now in effect amid questions

"- Medical marijuana became legal in Michigan on Thursday, but smoking a joint could still get a patient arrested because the regulations needed to protect them won't be ready for months. The law approved by voters...

Angry Automobile Manufacturers discusses long term funds

"WASHINGTON — The chief executives of America’s foundering automobile manufacturers returned to Capitol Hill on Thursday and found themselves confronting years of pent-up anger, the harsh politics of a recession and the realization that even their strongest supporters...

Zimbabwe Declares Cholera Emergency

Zimbabwe Declares Cholera Emergency   BARRY BEARAK Published: December 4, 2008 JOHANNESBURG — The Zimbabwean Health Minister, David Parirenyatwa, has declared the nation’s...

MTV Networks plucks eJamming collaboration software

MTV Networks plucks eJamming collaboration software   EJamming, a service that provides musicians with collaboration technology to help them form bands or work on songs together, said Tuesday it has formed a partnership with...

Potholes Can Be A Tremendous Hazard For A Bicyclist

Many of you may be unaware that bicycle accidents on the road don't just involve cars hitting bikes.  Single vehicle collisions from potholes can be absolutely devastating and are expected to get worse with less city, county and state dollars available to fix them." ...

Why Twitter Turned Down Facebook

Why Twitter Turned Down Facebook By Claire Cain Miller For now, a marriage between Twitter and Facebook is not meant to be — but the courtship between the two Web 2.0 companies could be rekindled in the future. That was one message from Evan Williams, the...

'Sacred carnival' offers respite in troubled year

As a derivative of one of the oldest religions in the world, it is interesting and uplifting to see that this religion has provided hope and relief for those who have suffered so much this year.The structure of...

18 Women From Iraq Suicide Bombing Network Surrender to U.S. Forces

This surrender will have spared military and civilian persons death and injury in untold amounts.  "BAGHDAD — Eighteen young women purportedly belonging to a suicide bombing network in northern Iraq...

Ringed by Foes, Pakistanis Fear the U.S., Too

"By JANE PERLEZ ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A redrawn map of South Asia has been making the rounds among Pakistani elites. It shows their country truncated, reduced to an elongated sliver of land with the big bulk of India to the east, and an enlarged Afghanistan to...

Pampered pets paraded at Supreme Cat Show

"The tension was so thick at Britain’s Supreme Cat Show yesterday you could hear it in the air … “ZZZZZZZZZZ.”"

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