Archive for the ‘crossfield’ Category

Security guard to suspect: Richard Jewell looks back - U.S.…

Thursday, July 27th, 2006

Richard Jewell pauses during his interview with the Associated Press in Atlanta, on July 22. Since the Olympics, Jewell has worked in various law enforcement jobs, including as a police officer in Pendergrass, Ga., where his partner was killed in 2004 while pursuing a suspect.Link

Israel pounds south Lebanon

Thursday, July 27th, 2006

Israel pummeled south Lebanon with bombs and shells on Thursday and Israeli media said Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's cabinet favored heavier air strikes against Hizbollah guerrillas rather than a big ground offensive.Link

JURY FINDS ANDREA YATES NOT GUILTY OF MURDER

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

Andrea Yates was found NOT GUILTY by reason of insanity after murdering her 5 children.Link

Yates not Guilty

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

Andrea Yates was found not guilty by reason of insanity. She will be sent to a mental institution.Link

Provincetown straights complain of intolerance among gays

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

Heterosexuals in this overwhelmingly gay resort town on the tip of Cape Cod are complaining that the oppressed have become the oppressors.Link

U.N. observers asked Israel to stop bombing 10 times before…

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

U.N. observers in Lebanon telephoned the Israeli military 10 times in six hours to ask it to stop shelling near their position before an Israeli attack destroyed their border outpost, killing four observers and sparking widespread international anger with Israel.Link

Amazon.com riles investors with spending, price cut plans

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

For years, Amazon.com Inc. has insisted that its hefty investments in cheap shipping deals, mysterious technology or new retail offerings would please its customers and ultimately pay off for its long-term shareholders. But nine years after the company went public, some investors are getting fed up.Link

news story

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

a news worthy new story.Link

Suspected Child Molester Arrested

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

(WCCO) Maple Grove, Minn. A 51-year-old man accused of groping children in at least two department stores has been arrested in Todd County, authorities said Tuesday morning.Link

Rome Lebanon summit urges ceasefire

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

Diplomats attending a crisis summit on Lebanon in Rome on Wednesday pledged to do their best to help achieve a lasting ceasefire between Israel and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah .Link

Saddam Hussein forced back to trial

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

Saddam Hussein, who had been on hunger strike, has said in his trial today that he was taken to court from his hospital bed against his will.Link

EU to fund embryo cell research

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006

Ministers from European Union member states have agreed to continue funding research on embryonic stem cells.Link

The Case of the Notorious ‘Wig Lady’

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006

She's sometimes a brunette, sometimes a blonde society type. At other times she's a white-haired matron. But police say she's a thief who has used wigs, stylish scarves and hats to make off with more than $200,000 in cash from several victims' checking accounts in Washington, D.C., and Montgomery County, ...

Democratic Candidates Assail Bush, Hillary Clinton And Potential…

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006

Testing lines for 2008, Democrats with presidential ambitions accused President Bush and the Republicans of making a mess of the economy and Iraq while arguing that Democrats offer the best hope for a rising middle class that's preferred the GOP. Link

Children Suffer for some desert land

Monday, July 24th, 2006

Children suffer the pain of war in Lebanon. How can Israel go on knowing such is the result of their attack on Lebanon? Is this war really about kidnapped soldiers or more about proving who is the biggest idiot?Link

myspace returns

Monday, July 24th, 2006

my spaece returns after be off due to an power outageLink

catchs a crook

Monday, July 24th, 2006

cop catch a crookLink

Blogger ain’t journalists

Monday, July 24th, 2006

A wide-ranging study of bloggers, the chattering class of the Internet, concluded that a mere 5 percent of them use news as their primary topic—a figure at odds with perceptions that blogging is remaking journalism.Link

Israel Says It Would Accept NATO-Led Force

Sunday, July 23rd, 2006

Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz told the Cabinet that the current offensive is not an invasion of Lebanon, but rather a series of limited raids into the area. Peretz also said that Israel would accept a temporary international force, preferably headed by NATO, deployed along the Lebanese border to ...

The way slang has changed our daily speaking…

Saturday, July 22nd, 2006

This is really funny. Some common words and phrases that have changed with slang.Link

Scholar Claims That Thomas Jefferson and John Adams Were…

Saturday, July 22nd, 2006

Independent Scholar Bernard Morgan offers a whole host of reasons why he believes that Adams and Jefferson were in fact assassinated.Link

Three arrested in India train blasts - South and Central…

Friday, July 21st, 2006

Police arrested three men Friday in connection with the Mumbai train bombings, the first formal arrests in the case, India television reported.Link

PowerPoint Zero-Day Attack Points to Corporate Espionage

Friday, July 21st, 2006

A second Trojan used in the latest zero-day attack against Microsoft Office contains characteristics that pinpoint corporate espionage as the main motive, according to virus hunters tracking the threat.Link

An amazing coincidence

Friday, July 21st, 2006

Regardless of your position on this topic, you cannot help but admit that a major coincidence (at the very least) took place on the morning of June 23, 2006. Link

Sunny Days

Friday, July 21st, 2006

Solar-Powered Buildings Are Good for More Than Just the EnvironmentLink

Ex-Naval Academy QB Acquitted of Rape

Friday, July 21st, 2006

A military jury on Thursday acquitted a former Naval Academy quarterback of raping a female midshipman in her dormitory room.Link

ABC News: Neanderthal Genome Project Launches

Friday, July 21st, 2006

U.S. and German scientists on Thursday launched a two-year project to decipher the genetic code of the Neanderthal, a feat they hope will help deepen understanding of how modern humans' brains evolved.Link

Guard to St. Louis; Heat Deaths Rise

Friday, July 21st, 2006

he governor sent in the National Guard to evacuate people from their sweltering homes Thursday after storms knocked out power to more than half a million St. Louis-area households and businesses in the middle of a deadly heat wave.Link

N.C. Cohabitation Ban Struck Down, Judge: Law Barring Unmarried…

Friday, July 21st, 2006

A state judge has ruled that North Carolina's 201-year-old law barring unmarried couples from living together is unconstitutional. Link

Autopsy: Heart Disease Killed Ken Lay, Report Says Enron…

Friday, July 21st, 2006

Enron Corp. founder Kenneth Lay had three severely clogged arteries and had experienced at least two heart attacks sometime before he died, according to autopsy results released Wednesday. Link

Guard evacuating people in St. Louis

Friday, July 21st, 2006

The governor sent in the National Guard to evacuate people from their sweltering homes and utility crews raced to restore electricity Thursday after storms knocked out power to nearly 500,000 St. Louis-area homes and businesses in the middle of a searing heat wave that has killed at least 18 people ...

Boing Boing: Bush’s grope:

Friday, July 21st, 2006

The president can't keep his hands to himself. Well at least its not what Clinton did!Link

India bloggers angry at net ban

Friday, July 21st, 2006

The country's 153 internet service providers (ISP) have blocked 17 websites since last week on federal government orders.Link

Exodus From Drying Sahara Gave Rise to Pharaohs, Study Says

Friday, July 21st, 2006

The pharaohs of ancient Egypt owed their existence to prehistoric climate change in the Eastern Sahara, according to an exhaustive study of archaeological data that bolsters this theory.Link

Genghis Khan, Renaissance guy…

Friday, July 21st, 2006

Genghis Khan -- notorious as the ruthless, bloodthirsty creator of an empire that spanned Asia and Europe -- also laid the foundations for the Renaissance, China's Xinhua news agency said Thursday.Link

By investing in energy efficiency, we could vastly reduce…

Friday, July 21st, 2006

There is a low-tech way to sequester carbon dioxide: don't dig up so much coal and oil in the first place. Princeton University's Carbon Mitigation Initiative concludes that using the most efficient building technologies for commercial and residential buildings could avert as much carbon dioxide as is produced by 800 ...

Underpaid, overworked and ageing faster

Friday, July 21st, 2006

AS if being bottom of the social pile isn't bad enough, it now seems that it also makes the body's cells age prematurely.Link

Seems like anyone with a gun is declaring a Jihad these…

Friday, July 21st, 2006

Somalian warlord will declare jihad as they carve up Somalia for their Taliban style rule Link

Satire-Annoying University of Phoenix Ads

Thursday, July 20th, 2006

The ad for University of Phoenix is rather annoying. Link

30 Topics and 100 Links

Wednesday, July 19th, 2006

This page shows a mirror of the web. It collects the 30 most searched, referenced topics, adds additional content and finds the Top 100 links for the moment. Updated 50 times per day this is a live mirror of the websphere.Link

ABC president sounds off on Emmy nods

Wednesday, July 19th, 2006

ABC President vents about lack of emmy nomination and criticsm of top showsLink

David Lee Roth: Amazing Interview

Friday, July 14th, 2006

Worshipped rock star. Deposed morning DJ. Dave's taken a lot of wacky turns in his storied rock & roll career, but... bluegrass? Link

Bombs set off near church in Cincinnati

Thursday, July 13th, 2006

Two pipe bombs exploded in woods behind the Crossroads Church in Oakley Wednesday night, police said.Link

Judge halts Couey jury selection

Thursday, July 13th, 2006

Jury selection has halted in the case of nine-year-old Jessica Lunsford's Florida killing.Link

Plame will get her day in court

Thursday, July 13th, 2006

Valerie Plame the outed CIA agent will get her day in court.Link

Boy gets 26 years for murdering playmate

Tuesday, July 11th, 2006

EPHRATA, Washington (AP) -- A boy convicted as an adult of stabbing a playmate to death when he was 12 years old was sentenced Monday to the maximum 26 years in prison. Link

Massachusetts High Court Dismisses Efforts to Block Marriage…

Tuesday, July 11th, 2006

Massachusetts' top court -- the Supreme Judicial Court -- ruled 7-0 today that gay activists have no legal footing to keep from voters a resident-initiated state constitutional amendment to define marriage as between one man and woman.Link

No charges said likely in Mo. drownings

Tuesday, July 11th, 2006

Investigators called the drownings of five children on a church picnic an accident and said Tuesday they don't expect criminal charges, but the family of one victim retained attorneys and questioned whether there was proper supervision.Link

3-Story Building Explodes, Collapses On Upper East Side

Monday, July 10th, 2006

A big chunk of Upper Manhattan is closed to traffic this morning, thanks to billowing smoke from a mysterious fire on 62nd and Madison. Multiple people are reported trapped in the destroyed structure.Link

Nokia under investigation for unfair trade practices

Monday, July 10th, 2006

Nokia is under investigation for unfair trade practices and the infringement of six Qualcomm patents.Link

5 U.S. GIs charged in Iraq rape-slay case

Sunday, July 9th, 2006

Four more U.S. soldiers have been charged with rape and murder and a fifth with dereliction of duty in the alleged rape-slaying of a young Iraqi woman and the killings of her relatives in Mahmoudiya, the military said Sunday.Link

Dozens killed in Baghdad attacks

Sunday, July 9th, 2006

Gunmen in the Iraqi capital Baghdad have killed at least 40 people at a fake police checkpoint, in an apparent sectarian attack against Sunni MuslimsLink

Russian airlines crashes in Siberia

Saturday, July 8th, 2006

Plane with 200 aboard bursts into flames after landing, 150 feared killedLink

Son dls pron from dad on eDonkey, gets caught

Friday, July 7th, 2006

Turned out daddy also had eDonkey open and happened to be sharing the exact file that his son was downloading, realizing this when seeing a familiar IP in the downloaders list.Link

Sophia Loren, 71 years young, poses for Pirelli in nothing…

Thursday, July 6th, 2006

Veteran sex symbol Sofia Loren, first featured on magazine covers half a century ago, will appear for next year's Pirelli calendar dressed up only in diamond earrings.Link

Kenneth Lay, Enron founder dead at 64

Wednesday, July 5th, 2006

We have unfortunately heard that Kenneth Lay, the chairman and founder of Enron died of natural causes last night.Link

microchip to be used in volunteers with memory loss

Monday, July 3rd, 2006

Four hospitals in Puerto Rico will begin implanting a Florida made microchip the size of a rice grain in patients who suffer from illnesses that cause memory loss, like Alzheimer's disease.Link

Journalists and ‘Leakers’ Feel Heat

Monday, July 3rd, 2006

Headline by headline, a trickle of news leaks on Iraq and the antiterror campaign has grown into a steady stream of revelations.....governments are responding with pressure and prosecutionsLink

Israel hits Palestinian PM’s office

Sunday, July 2nd, 2006

Isreal launches missiles at Palestinian prime minister's office in retaliation for kidnapping of soldier.Link

Town Braces for Witch School Opening

Friday, June 30th, 2006

In the unlikeliest of places, a real witch school is set to open its doors to the public in a place known as the Sweet Corn Capital of the World. The school is dedicated to educating the public in Wicca, a neo-Pagan religion that incorporates nature and magic into its ...

Ehud Olmert, Abbas meet informally in Jordan

Thursday, June 22nd, 2006

Jordan's King Abdullah hosted a breakfast today for Nobel prize laureates and other dignitaries including Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, officials said. Link

Israeli, Palestinian relief groups join Red Cross

Thursday, June 22nd, 2006

The Red Cross and Red Crescent humanitarian movement extended membership today to the Israeli and Palestinian relief organisations. The decision ended a nearly 60-year struggle for accession by Israel's Magen David Adom (MDA) and approved entry for the Palestine Red Crescent despite it not being linked to a sovereign ...

Indonesian navy rescues 73 from sunken ferry

Thursday, June 22nd, 2006

Indonesia's navy has pulled 73 survivors from choppy seas off Sumatra island after a ferry sank in a storm, but 47 people were still missing, a navy official said today. The Sinar Mulia Indah ferry left Sibolga port late yesterday, a senior rescue official said. Link

Karvan-e-Aman bus leaves with 29 passengers to PoK

Thursday, June 22nd, 2006

The Karvan-e-Aman bus today left with 29 passengers from here for Muzaffarabad under tight security arrangements, official sources said. The passengers include 11 from the Kashmir valley who are travelling to Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), for the first time to meet their relatives there. Link

Global Entertainment and Media to Generate $1.8 Trillion…

Thursday, June 22nd, 2006

Humans to remain most entertained species in teh known universe.Link

Brins fire five-percent contained, burned acreage increases

Tuesday, June 20th, 2006

The forest service says the Brins fire is growing. The wildfire has now consumed 1,500 acres of brush, grass and ponderosa pine near SedonaLink

China, India agree to reopen historic trade route

Monday, June 19th, 2006

China and India have agreed to reopen border trade at the historic Nathu-la pass after more than 40 years, The pass, at an altitude of around 4,300 metres will open on July 6, China's Xinhua news agency reported, and handle trade between the tiny northest Indian state of Sikkim and ...

Young Japanese woman fighting child labour

Monday, June 19th, 2006

When women of her age were pursuing career goals in multinational companies and looking for prospective partners, Mioi Nakyami from Japan has dedicated herself for eradication of child labour in India. Born in Hiroshima, 24-year-old Mioi Nakyami had always wanted to engage in social work and strive for the ...

Bush pledges security, diplomatic support to Iraq

Monday, June 19th, 2006

President George W Bush has pledged United States will continue to provide security, economic and diplomatic assistance to the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki as it seeks to accomplish its objectives. Link

World Gujarati Conference from Sep 1 at New Jersey

Monday, June 19th, 2006

Association of Indian Americans of North America (AIANA), one of the leading organisations in North America is hosting World Gujarati Conference in Edison, New Jersey from September one. Link

Restrictions imposed on Army uniforms sale in JK

Monday, June 19th, 2006

In view of the spurt of terrorist activities by ultras donning army uniforms, the district administration has imposed restrictions on sales of Army uniforms in Jammu. Link

Modi stress on school enrolment drive, girl child

Monday, June 19th, 2006

In a bid to achieve cent per cent enrolment and zero drop-out rate in primary schools, the Gujarat Government has launched the annual 'shala praveshotsava' with Chief Minister Narendra Modi himself leading the campaign. Link

Quake survivors’ new fear: Landslides

Sunday, June 18th, 2006

With loose soil, all that needs to happen is a little bit of rain and a slight tremor and the earth could come falling down in Kashmir. For the details, click on the link.Link

Teach for America surges in popularity

Sunday, June 18th, 2006

Many graduates are suprisingly looking to teach at disadvantaged schools. Read this heartwarming story and get the details about the program, Teach for America, on the link.Link

Too Close for Comfort

Sunday, June 18th, 2006

It seems that a group of Al Qaeda-linked terrorist planned to launch an attack in 2003 on New York City's subway systems using homemade bombs. Strangely though, the attack was called off at the last minute by Al Qaeda’s Ayman al-Zawahiri for, well no one knows. Well, except maybe al-Zawahiri. ...

Deer Gets Inside House And Attacks Ohio Woman

Sunday, June 18th, 2006

Requires 27 stitches to her right kneeLink

Blanco signs law that would ban abortions

Sunday, June 18th, 2006

Louisiana Governor Katleen Blanco (D) has just signed a law that would go into effect if the United States Supreme Court overturns a ruling made in 1973. This new law would ban ALL abortions unless the mother is in risk of losing her life. For more information about the new ...

Palestinian rivals ‘nearing deal’

Sunday, June 18th, 2006

Palestinian officials come closer to making a deal which will implicitly separate Palestine and Israel. For more information about this, click on the link.Link

Post Office Said to Abet Cigarette Sales to Kids

Sunday, June 18th, 2006

In this ABC News report, they find out that getting cheap cigarettes Online through Indian reservations, tax-free, can be really easy. Even a kid could do it. For more information about this story, click on the link.Link

Japan gains first whaling victory

Sunday, June 18th, 2006

Japan gains their first victory in bringing back commercial whaling. For more information about the proposed resolution, click on the link (am I thr only one who thinks whaling is wrong?).Link

Heavy clashes erupt in Sri Lanka

Saturday, June 17th, 2006

Heavy fighting has broken out in Sri Lanka, and innocent children's lives were taken. For more information about this incident (very good read) click on the link.Link

Best Citizens of India Award for Kuldeep Kumar

Saturday, June 17th, 2006

Himachal Pradesh Industries Minister Kuldeep Kumar has been conferred with the Best Citizens of India Award 2006, for his social work, an official spokesman said. Link

Raymond ties up with Warner Bros to market ‘Superman’ costume

Saturday, June 17th, 2006

Raymond Ltd today announced a tie-up with Hollywood's leading film studio Warner Brothers, to market the complete range of 'Superman' merchandise in India. The distribution of the merchandise will be carried out through Zapp! -- the new apparel brand launched by Raymond Ltd in Ahmedabad today. Link

I’m no Rooney, says South Korea’s Park

Saturday, June 17th, 2006

South Korea's Park Ji-sung laughed off comparisons with England striker Wayne Rooney today, saying: ''I'm not world class''.Link

Clean drinking water to all: IPH Minister

Saturday, June 17th, 2006

The Himachal Pradesh government is committed to provide clean drinking water to the people, while all census villages have already been covered with drinking water facilities in the state, Irrigation and Public Health (IPH) Minister Kaul Singh Thakur said. Link

Woman army officer commits suicide

Saturday, June 17th, 2006

The family of Army Service Corps Lt Sushmita Chakraborty favours an idependent inquiry into her alleged suicide yesterday at Northern Command headquarters in Udhampur in Jammu and Kashmir.Link

Police registers case againt Sukhbir Badal

Saturday, June 17th, 2006

Acting on the directions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court the district police has filed a FIR against Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) general secretary and MP Sukhbir Badal and four others. Link

2 bank agents arrested for duping account holder

Saturday, June 17th, 2006

The police has arrested two agents of a bank on the charge of duping an account holder to the tune of Rs three lakh.Link

International Airport project to be completed as per schedule

Saturday, June 17th, 2006

Bangalore International Airport Limited Chief Executive Officer Albert Brunner today assured that the much-awaited Airport project, coming up at Devenahalli, about 35 km from here, will be completed as per schedule by 2008.Link

Approve US-India N deal: Senator Richard to US Cong

Saturday, June 17th, 2006

Leading US Senator Richard Lugar described the US-India civilian nuclear deal as ''the most important strategic diplomatic initiative undertaken ''by President George Bush and urged the US Congress to approve the deal, now pending before it. Senator Richard Lugar, Chairman of the influential Senate Foreign Relations Committee...Link

US warns North Korea against missile provocation

Saturday, June 17th, 2006

The United States warned North Korea against conducting a ''provocative'' intercontinental missile test after US officials said there were signs a launch could take place as early as this weekend. Link

UN joins US in developing economic aid for Iraq

Saturday, June 17th, 2006

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has agreed to help Iraq get political and financial support in response to a request by Baghdad's new prime minister and US President George W Bush, the United Nations said. Link

Twenty dead in rebel sea, land clash, says Sri Lanka

Saturday, June 17th, 2006

Sri Lanka's military said around 20 people were killed in a naval and land battle on the island's northwest coast today, while three suspected rebel divers were seized on a beach near the capital. Link

Report details detainee abuse by US forces in Iraq

Saturday, June 17th, 2006

US special operations troops kept some Iraqi detainees chained in a room with a diet of bread and water for as long as 17 days, according to a US military report made public under a court order. Link

Find alternative energy sources, Bodman urges India

Saturday, June 17th, 2006

Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman called upon ''the best scientists and engineers in India'' to pool their talent and collaborate with their American counterparts to expand research in finding alternative sources of energy. Link

AIIMS controversy should not be politcised: Ramadoss

Saturday, June 17th, 2006

Union Health Minister Dr Anbumani Ramadoss today said the controversy over the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) need not be politicised as it was an internal issue, and promised to settle it soon. Link

OoP case: EC grants Amar Singh 2 weeks’ time

Saturday, June 17th, 2006

Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh was today granted two weeks' time by the Election Commission to reply to its notice issued to him on a complaint challenging his Rajya Sabha membership on the ground that he was holding an office of profit. Link

India abandons quest for UNSC seat: Pak envoy

Saturday, June 17th, 2006

Pakistan today said India seems to have abandoned its quest for a permanent seat on the Security Council with its decision to field a candidate for the UN Secretary-Generalship but was non-committal on whether Islamabad would also put up a nominee for the coveted post.Link

CCS reviews Internal Security in the country

Saturday, June 17th, 2006

The internal security situation in the country today came up for review at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security here in the backdrop of the recent upsurge in terrorist violence in Jammu and Kashmir and Asom.Link

Palestinian militants reject truce offer to Israel

Saturday, June 17th, 2006

Hamas militants today distanced themselves from a ceasefire offer that the Palestinian government led by the Islamist group made to Israel, while other armed groups also spurned the proposal.Link