Docs Remove 119 Nails From Woman
Friday, June 30th, 2006Doctors remove 119 rusty nails from Vietnamese woman's stomachLink
Archive for June, 2006
Doctors remove 119 rusty nails from Vietnamese woman's stomachLink
Town Braces for Witch School Opening
Friday, June 30th, 2006In 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 ...
U.S. puts 5 million dollar bounty on al-Masri
Friday, June 30th, 2006Condoleezza Rice has authorized a 5 million dollar reward for information leading to the capture of Abu Ayyub al-Masri. Al-Masri is believed to be the replacement for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the late leader of al Qaeda in Iraq. Link
TIME Magazine: Bush Poll Numbers Drop
Friday, June 30th, 2006In the new TIME survey, Americans say the President is performing poorly and the Country is on the wrong track.Link
FeedLive - RSS Feeds From All Over
Friday, June 30th, 2006All your favorite news sources in one place.Link
Man charged after videotaping police
Friday, June 30th, 2006NASHUA, NH. – A city man is charged with violating state wiretap laws by recording a detective on his home security camera, while the detective was investigating the man’s sons.Link
Media Wars - WSJournal and NY Times Trade Blows
Friday, June 30th, 2006Now the insults start going back and forth between the NY Times and the WS Journal. In our next episode the hucksters will appear in court. There they will choose bewteen revealing their sources or spending their summer vacations in jail. Link
Media Wars - WSJournal and NY Times Trade Blows
Friday, June 30th, 2006Now the insults start going back and forth between the NY Times and the WS Journal. In our next episode the hucksters will appear in court. There they will choose bewteen revealing their sources or spending their summer vacations in jail. Link
More human heads found in Acapulco
Friday, June 30th, 2006Authorities on Friday found two human heads in front of a state government office in the Mexican resort of Acapulco, a day after a similar grisly discovery was made outside the main entrance to City Hall. Link
Ballot could be winning ticket
Friday, June 30th, 2006Arizona residents may be able to win a cool million just for casting a ballot.Link
Medicaid Rule Called A Threat To Millions
Friday, June 30th, 2006Proof of citizenship will be requiredLink
9/11 police chief admits taking illicit gifts
Friday, June 30th, 2006Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik pleaded guilty Friday to charges of accepting tens of thousands of dollars in gifts while he was a top city official. Link
Town looks for answers in preacher’s killing
Friday, June 30th, 2006Mary Carol Winkler pleaded not guilty to killing the her husband, who was the preacher in a small town in Tennessee. Link
Bin Laden praises al-Zarqawi, defends attacks
Friday, June 30th, 2006Osama Bin Laden's new audio message posted on an Islamic militant Web site today defends and pays tribute to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, saying that al-Zarqawi was acting under orders to kill anyone who backs American forces. Link
5 GIs Probed In The Rape And Murder Of Iraqi Family
Friday, June 30th, 2006The soldiers may have burned the body of the girl who was raped.Link
Judge throws out confession in child killing case
Friday, June 30th, 2006Jon Couey's confession was thrown out because he asked for a lawyer, and wasn't provided one. The confession led the police to Lundsford's body, and luckily for the prosecution, the body is still allowed to be evidence.Link
Sulphur Drops 97% In Diesel Fuel
Friday, June 30th, 2006Refineries have been producing a new diesel fuel that has 97%less sulphur content. Soon it will be at all fuel pumps but finding information about this is difficult. Aside from a few trucking news sources, the mainstream press has run noting on this massive change. Therefore the only reference is ...
Space shuttle cleared for launch in Florida
Friday, June 30th, 2006NASA said it is ready to lift its ban on space shuttle flights, convinced that only another launch will vanquish lingering safety concerns with the ship's fuel tank that were exposed by the 2003 Columbia disaster. ''It's been a long year with a lot of hard work,'' shuttle deputy ...
ISRO set to launch INSAT 4C
Friday, June 30th, 2006The preparations for the launch of GSLV and PSLV vehicles, over the next few months, are in full swing at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation here. GSLV-F2 will first take to the skies to hurl into geosynchronous transfer orbit the fourth generation ...
Jury Convicts Judge Of Indecent Exposure While In Court
Friday, June 30th, 2006Case centered on the Oklahoma Judge using a male enhancement devise otherwise known as a 'Penis Pump' while hearing cases.Link
Chavez challenges US over Security Council seat
Friday, June 30th, 2006Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez challenged the United States to try to block his attempt to secure a UN Security Council seat as he seeks to curb Washington's ''imperialist'' influence. A UN General Assembly vote set for October to award two-year Security Council seats to five nations is the latest ...
U.S. Scrambles For Gitmo Options
Friday, June 30th, 2006Experts say that Bush has no choice but to extend rights to the terrorism suspects that he and his administration has denied them for years.Link
World Cup preferred over burning house, wife
Friday, June 30th, 2006A Beijing soccer fan refused to let the small matter of his house burning down disturb his enjoyment of Tuesday's World Cup match between France and Spain.Link
Hirsh: Debunking the Myth of Al Qaeda - Newsweek: International…
Friday, June 30th, 2006The capture of Ibn Al-Shaykhal-Libi was said to be one of the first big breakthroughs in the war against Al Qaeda. It was also the start of the post-9/11 mythologizing of the terror group.Link
Save Christine. Need bone marrow donors.
Friday, June 30th, 2006Christine Pechera is battling non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and is in urgent need of a bone marrow transplant. She has yet to find a matching donor. There is a shortage of Filipino bone marrow donors. They will send a free self-test kit if you are a minority US citizen. ...
Conservatives for American Values: Al Qaeda Judicial Squad…
Thursday, June 29th, 2006Herman B. Hayes takes you inside the devastating terrorist attack of 6-29. Read the story of how the Supreme Court Justices betrayed America, and learn the reasons why they should be detained and sent to Guantanamo Bay as enemy combatants. Link
Texas university library cancels NY Times subscription over…
Thursday, June 29th, 2006The Dean of Library Services at University of the Incarnate Word canceled the library's subscription to the New York Times Wednesday to protest recent stories exposing a secret government program that monitors international financial transactions in the hunt for terrorists.Link
Plane crashes into Empire State Building (in 1945)
Thursday, June 29th, 2006On a Saturday morning in July of 1945, Army Air Corps bomber pilot Lt. Colonel William Smith was trying to fly his B-25 bomber through a steadily increasing fog. At 9:49 a.m, in the middle of a desperate, climbing turn, the ten-ton B-25 slammed into the 79th floor of ...
A Visit to GooglePlex Irvine and a look at the new Google…
Thursday, June 29th, 2006An inside look at the GooglePlex Irvine CA from their Open House Event. Pictures of the new Irvine Google Office as well as their new AdSense Audio system.Link
Airstrikes And Artillery Pound Gaza Tonight…Fighting Escalates
Thursday, June 29th, 2006Interior ministry building in flamesLink
Shuttle Unanimously Cleared For Launch
Thursday, June 29th, 2006Launch is scheduled for this SaturdayLink
House Votes To End Offshore Drilling Ban
Thursday, June 29th, 2006House voted along party lines to end the 26 year old restriction.Link
National Guard will miss border mission
Thursday, June 29th, 2006The National Guard is spread very thin, and with hurricane season in the Gulf and fire season in the West it cannot afford to send troops to the Mexican border in time for President Bush's deadline.Link
The Cost of the War Approaches Half a Trillion
Thursday, June 29th, 2006Rep. John Murtha does the math for us about the cost of the Iraq war. The numbers are staggering and sobering.Link
Priest: Warren Buffett is ‘Dr. Mengele Of Philanthropists’…
Thursday, June 29th, 2006Some hateful words from Anti Abortion groups toward Gates and Buffet.Link
Egypt Says Hamas Agrees To Free Israeli
Thursday, June 29th, 2006President Bubarack made announcement earlier todayLink
Author Tom Tancin Explores the Controversy of Designer Babies…
Thursday, June 29th, 2006Tom Tancin announces publication of his latest book Perfection in conjunction with Lulu Enterprises, the world’s fastest-growing provider of print-on-demand books. Perfection is available for purchase at www.lulu.com/destifire and through most bookstores. You can find all of this information and more at www.destifire.com and www.tomtancin.com.Link
POLICE BEATING
Thursday, June 29th, 2006A POLICE OFFICER INVOLVED IN THE JUDE BEATING IN MILWAUKEE IS GOING TO SCHOOL TO BECOME A NURSE... WOULD U WANT HIM WORKING ON YOU????Link
Feds Recover Stolen Laptop With Veterans’ Personal Info
Thursday, June 29th, 2006Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson announced today that the government has recovered a stolen laptop computer and hard drive containing sensitive data on up to 26.5 million veterans and military personnel. The laptop had been missing since it was stolen from a VA employee's home May 3.Link
PressThink: The People Formerly Known as the Audience
Thursday, June 29th, 2006The people formerly known as the audience wish to inform media people of our existence, and of a shift in power that goes with the platform shift you’ve all heard about. (via: theBloggingJournalist)Link
Half of global car exhaust produced by US vehicles
Thursday, June 29th, 2006Americans represent 5% of the world's population but drive almost a third of its cars, which in turn account for nearly half the carbon dioxide pumped out of exhaust pipes into the atmosphere each year, according to a report.Link
Bush Warns North Korea On Missile
Thursday, June 29th, 2006President, Japanese PM Share Concerns About North's Nuclear AmbitionsLink
Sears Tower Plot Suspect Admits Terror Plans
Thursday, June 29th, 2006Lyglenson Lemorin Says His Group Swore Allegiance To Al-QaidaLink
New Blogging News Tabloid Launches
Thursday, June 29th, 2006I've just launched Bloglogic.net, a new blog and blogging news site in a cool tabloid format. The biggest news is at the top and the best news from the blogosphere underneath. If you wanna be entertained and get your daily dose of blog news at the same time, check it ...
Suit seeks investigation into SWIFT money transfer activities
Thursday, June 29th, 2006Now that the lid is off the secret program to use SWIFT information to track money transfers to terrorist organizations, legal actions have started to keep SWIFT from revealing any information to anyone. Link
Vaccination Recommended For Prevention Of Cervical Cancer…
Thursday, June 29th, 2006Routine vaccinations of girls 11 and 12 years old recommendedLink
Supreme Court Blocks Trials at Guantanamo - New York Times
Thursday, June 29th, 2006SCOTUS reigns in Bush's wartime powers. I guess the Geneva Convention is important afterall.Link
Supreme Court Blocks Guantanamo Bay War-Crimes Trials
Thursday, June 29th, 2006The Supreme Court has ruled that President Bush overstepped his authority when he ordered military war crimes trials for Guantanamo Bay detainees. Justice John Paul Stevens wrote that the proposed trials were illegal under U.S. law and Geneva convention.Link
Supreme Court Rules That President Bush Overstepped His…
Thursday, June 29th, 2006The ruling was 5-3 and is seen as big blow to the Bush administration.Link
Supreme Court Blocks Guantanamo Bay War-Crimes Trials
Thursday, June 29th, 2006The Supreme Court has ruled that President Bush overstepped his authority when he ordered military war crimes trials for Guantanamo Bay detainees. Justice John Paul Stevens wrote that the proposed trials were illegal under U.S. law and Geneva convention.Link
Supreme Court Blocks Guantanamo Bay War-Crimes Trials
Thursday, June 29th, 2006The Supreme Court has ruled that President Bush overstepped his authority when he ordered military war crimes trials for Guantanamo Bay detainees. Justice John Paul Stevens wrote that the proposed trials were illegal under U.S. law and Geneva convention.Link
Supreme Court Blocks Guantanamo Bay War-Crimes Trials
Thursday, June 29th, 2006The Supreme Court has ruled that President Bush overstepped his authority when he ordered military war crimes trials for Guantanamo Bay detainees. Justice John Paul Stevens wrote that the proposed trials were illegal under U.S. law and Geneva convention.Link
50 years of fast roads
Thursday, June 29th, 2006Fifty years ago, President Eisenhower signed a bill helping create the nation's interstate highway system.Link
Grizzly bashes way to freedom , avoids neutering
Thursday, June 29th, 2006Boo the grizzly bear escaped confinement in British Colombia for the second time yesterday, this time from a holding pen while waiting to be neutered. The bear knocked a nearly 400-pound steel door off its bolts, tore through two electric fences, and scaled a 12-foot fence anchored with 2 feet ...
Man calls 911 after train severs legs
Thursday, June 29th, 2006I’m cut in two, said Truman Duncan on a cell phone call to 911. The Texas railway worker was able to phone for help after a train ran over him and severed his legs.Link
Strong quake shakes Iran island in Gulf
Thursday, June 29th, 2006An earthquake of magnitude 5.4 struck the southern Iranian province of Hormuzgan, but there were no immediate reports of casualties, the semi-official Fars news agency said today. Link
Women vote in Kuwaiti poll for first time
Thursday, June 29th, 2006Kuwait holds parliamentary elections today in which women can run for office and cast votes for the first time in a national poll in the oil-producing Gulf Arab country. The poll was called after Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah dissolved parliament last month following a standoff between the ...
TN Govt. slashes shooting rates
Thursday, June 29th, 2006Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi's announcement reducing rent for shooting movies in sought-after locales owned by the Government, the mood in Kollywood is buoyant. Tamil Film Industry sources told UNI that the slash in rates for shooting films and TV serials had come as a big boost to the ...
Governor Takes Limo Just To Cross Street Each Day
Thursday, June 29th, 2006Meanwhile his administration is asking people to get out and walk more each day.Link
House Votes To Overturn Mandatory Gun Locks
Thursday, June 29th, 2006Along partisan lines, the Republicans voted to ax trigger locks.Link
String Of Attacks Kill 12 In Iraq On Thursday
Thursday, June 29th, 2006Most in the capital of BaghdadLink
Putin kisses boy
Thursday, June 29th, 2006President Putin of Russia, while walking through a public square,stopped to greet some children. Media cameras captured his actions as he suddenly pulled up a young boy's shirt and kissed his stomach. The President then rose and continued on his way.Link
Conservatives for American Values: Rush Limbaugh’s Little…
Thursday, June 29th, 2006Michael Gregory Steele gives you the real reasons why Rush Limbaugh found himself in trouble. We hope you will enjoy this tawdry tail of OxyContin, Viagra, and Dominican prostitutes as much as Rush himself enjoyed living it.Link
Israel Nabs Deputy PM; Israeli Executed
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006Israel sent tanks into northern Gaza and arrested the deputy prime minister and other top officials of the Hamas government early Thursday, escalating its response to the abduction of one of its soldiers. Meanwhile, a Palestinian militant group said it killed an 18-year-old Israeli settler kidnapped earlier in the West ...
Pentagon Now Says Homosexuality Is Not A Mental Disorder
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006A reversal of a 1998 claimLink
Georgia teens safe after night in Smokies
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006Three Georgia teenagers attending a Christian retreat emerged safely this morning after being lost overnight in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Link
McCloy: Doomed Sago Miners Thought Rescue Was Coming
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006Randal McCloy, sole survivor of the tragic Sago mine disaster, said the trapped miners thought it was only a matter of time before they would all be rescued. In transcripts of his June 19th interview, McCloy tells how the men banged on roof bolts to signal their location, then sat ...
Syria Chases Israeli Jet Out Of Its Airspace
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006Reportedly Jets flew over the President of Syria's houseLink
USDA Forest Service, RAINBOW GATHERING NEWS 2006
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006Forest Service news about the Rainbow Gathering in the Routt National Forest. Freedom of assembly issues aside, the Forest Service does seem to treat the gathering as an infestation. What is the impact of 15,000 - 20,000 humans in the woods?Link
US Marine In Fahrenheit 9/11 Killed in Iraq
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006He was the recruiter at the mall in Michael Moore's documentaryLink
Texas Woman Receives Finger in Letter From Ex-Boyfriend
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006This is the last chance to touch you, said a note in a package a Texas woman received from her ex-boyfriend, along with a severed human finger.Link
Nine Killed in Northeast Floods; Thousands Evacuated
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006More rain and storms hit the Northeast on Wednesday, forcing thousands to evacuate their homes. So far at least nine deaths are being blamed on the recent storms and flooding, and three additional people are still missing.Link
Homeland Security(?) targets Hippies?!
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006I don't know what to make of this. Those charming relics of the '60s, The Rainbow Family, are being rounded up and put into concentration centers. Hare Krishna! Link
US Military Admits Killing
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006Incident occured near Baquba this morning.Link
6 Dead In Northeast Flooding
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006Over a foot of rain has fallen in many placesLink
Sec. of State Rice and PM Karzai meet
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Secretary of State Rice met to discuss the latest efforts by the Taliban to start an insurgency.Link
AU Darfur mission ‘to end soon’
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006The African union says the mission to Darfur, Sudan could be ending soon.Link
Republican Senator Is Seriously Considering Filing Legislation…
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006Some say Bush has ignored over 750 laws.Link
Flag Burning Amendment - Correct Link
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006Find out just what the flag burning amendment is about and who supported sending the amendment to each State for ratification. Link
One Week after Republicans Voted Against Raising The Minimum…
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006Democratic Senate leader Reid, vows to stop anymore pay increases for himself and all members of congress till the minimum wage is increased.Link
Railroad Killer Put To Death In Texas
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006Serial killer was linked to 15 murders during the late 90'sLink
Israeli Forces Attack Gaza Power Station
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006No casualties reported as of yetLink
Newsweek: White House Staffers Get Free Trips
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006White House staffers have accepted $135,000 in travel just since 2004. Among those paying the tab is Bush's Top Business SupportersLink
One Week After Republicans Said No To Hiking The Minimum…
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006Democrat Senator Reed says he will do everything in his power to stop increases from taking effect for congress until the minimum wage is increasedLink
Israeli troops move into Gaza to retrieve kidnapped soldier
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006Israeli troops crossed the border into southern Gaza early Wednesday in a campaign meant to secure the return of a soldier kidnapped by Palestinian militants over the weekend, the Israeli military saidLink
Regret the Error: Another one of a kind apology from a UK…
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006The apology is stranger than the fictitious stories.Link
Flag Burning Amendment Fails By A 66 To 34 Vote
Tuesday, June 27th, 200667 votes were needed in order for amendment to pass. Link
ADF: Airstrike hits Palestinian bridge
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006An Israeli airstrike earlier today targeted a bridge which the Israeli military says was used by Palestinian militants to launch rockets. Tanks and troops are waiting at the border but not yet moving, according to the Israel Defense Forces.Link
Airstrikes Hits Bridge In Gaza
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006Olmert warns of extended military campaign if soldier is not releasedLink
The Hatred Behind ‘Hadji Girl’
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006Read this article with caution. Some very chilling stuff.Link
Tennessee plans 2nd execution in 45 years
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006Tennessee officials were preparing Tuesday to carry out the state's second execution in 45 years, that of a man convicted of raping and killing a joggerLink
Shuttle crew faces 1-in-100 chance of dying
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006The seven crew members of the space shuttle Discovery arrived at Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday to begin training for a spaceflight next month in which each will have a 1-in-100 chance of dying.Link
Yates Sobs, Jury Has Tears At Sight Of Kids Bodies In Re-Trial
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006Charged with killing all 5 of her children in August of 2001.Link
LiveScience.com - Possibly Drunk Pelican Hits Windshield
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006A California brown pelican probably was intoxicated by a naturally occurring toxin found in algae blooms when she hit the car on the Pacific Coast Highway in Orange County Thursday, wildlife officials said.Link
Man Unleashes Pit Bulls On Police Officers; Man, Dogs Shot
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006A man and two pitbulls were shot late Sunday night after police were called to the scene of a domestic disturbance. The man was standing in his driveway holding a gun when the police arrived at the home, and released his two pitbulls when the officers asked him to put ...
Bud Kicks Up World Cup Brew-Haha
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006German Soccer Fans Treat King Of Beers Like A Pauper Budweiser beer may be royalty in American bars, but it's getting no respect in the land of OktoberfestLink
150,000 Displaced Because Of Iraq Violence According To…
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006This figure is just from march of this year...1.3 million displaced overall.Link
Bravest Woman in the World?
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006Arabic woman appears on Al-Jazeera and openly criticizes muslims, terrorism and address clash of civilization. Gets in some remarkably smart and incisive comments.Link
US seeks Pakistan-Afghan teamwork
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice arrives in Pakistan and Afghanistan calling for greater cooperation in the war US-led war on terror.Link