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Guilty Plea in Spitzer Call Girl Probe

A woman accused of helping run the prostitution ring allegedly patronized by former New York Gov....
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Olympic Beijing sweeps up strays

Animal activists worry about the fate of thousands of cats as authorities conduct a massive...
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Olympic protest group promises more

The group behind a Tibet banner protest at the Olympics in Beijing say they're planning to...
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Blogger Arrested For Leaking Guns N’ Roses Tracks

Blogger Arrested For Leaking Guns N’ Roses Tracks

Federal officials on Wednesday arrested a blogger for posting on the Internet songs from the...
» read full story August 28th, 2008 - 13:30
New Marijuana Guidelines Protect Medical Marijuana Users

New Marijuana Guidelines Protect Medical Marijuana Users

The guidelines on legal pot use issued this week by California Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown offer...
» read full story August 27th, 2008 - 16:24
New Rule Would Give Doctors the Chance to Say NO to Abortions

New Rule Would Give Doctors the Chance to Say NO to Abortions

Federal health officials announced on Thursday plans to implement a regulation, which would give...
» read full story August 22nd, 2008 - 16:45
AIDS Conference Ends with a Call to Fight Stigmatization

AIDS Conference Ends with a Call to Fight Stigmatization

Participants at the 17th International AIDS Conference made a call on the last day of the meeting...
» read full story August 11th, 2008 - 17:00

Sparrow Hospital Employees Fired for Accessing Private Medical Information

After the UCLA Medical Center scandal, when 127 workers read without permission celebrity medical...
» read full story August 08th, 2008 - 15:41
Snooping in Celebrity Files – Something Common at UCLA Medical Center

Snooping in Celebrity Files – Something Common at UCLA Medical Center

It appears that celebrity comes itself with more than fame. It brings paparazzi trouble, which...
» read full story August 06th, 2008 - 16:16
More UCLA Medical Center Staffers Involved In Medical Records Scandal

More UCLA Medical Center Staffers Involved In Medical Records Scandal

127 workers at a Los Angeles hospital read without permission celebrity medical records between...
» read full story August 05th, 2008 - 14:43
Christina Applegate, Indefatigable Cancer Research Advocate, Fights Cancer

Christina Applegate, Indefatigable Cancer Research Advocate, Fights Cancer

The “Samantha Who” star, who made her first big screen appearance at age nine in the 1981 films...
» read full story August 04th, 2008 - 14:23
Comcast Prepares For Doomsday: Unfavorable Decision On The Way

Comcast Prepares For Doomsday: Unfavorable Decision On The Way

Five FCC commissioners are expected to announce later this week the decision against Comcast’s...
» read full story July 28th, 2008 - 14:51
Brad Pitt Is Serious About His Family's Privacy

Brad Pitt Is Serious About His Family's Privacy

Yael Holtkamp, Brad Pitt's lawyer, announced that the actor is very serious about his family's...
» read full story July 24th, 2008 - 17:20
Clinton Says NO to Newly-Proposed Abortion Definition

Clinton Says NO to Newly-Proposed Abortion Definition

On Friday, Sen. Hillary Clinton came down rather hard on a plan put together by the Bush...
» read full story July 19th, 2008 - 13:54
California Says No To Talking On Your Mobile When Driving

California Says No To Talking On Your Mobile When Driving

Even though many people know that, when driving, it is helpful to keep all distractions aside and...
» read full story July 03rd, 2008 - 17:05
Hands Free Law Goes into Effect in California and Washington

Hands Free Law Goes into Effect in California and Washington

Today was the first day in which people driving in California and Washington could not use their...
» read full story July 01st, 2008 - 19:58
Washington Puts Its Drivers On Hold

Washington Puts Its Drivers On Hold

Starting today, the drivers in Washington State can no longer use their cell phones in the old...
» read full story July 01st, 2008 - 14:41
When Going Out Of The U.S. It's Best To Leave Your Laptop At Home

When Going Out Of The U.S. It's Best To Leave Your Laptop At Home

A highly debated issue on this week’s agenda is the set of rules for the airport routine searches...
» read full story June 26th, 2008 - 14:14
Sonar versus Whales

Sonar versus Whales

The U.S. Supreme Court decided Monday to hear the Navy's demand to revert limitations on its...
» read full story June 24th, 2008 - 13:36
Grammy-Winning Legendary Comic George Carlin Dies at 71

Grammy-Winning Legendary Comic George Carlin Dies at 71

Four-time Grammy winner comedian George Carlin died at 71 in Los Angeles. He passed away on Sunday...
» read full story June 23rd, 2008 - 13:55
Lori Drew Pleaded Not Guilty In MySpace Related Suicide

Lori Drew Pleaded Not Guilty In MySpace Related Suicide

The shocking case of Megan Meier, the 13-year-old girl who committed suicide after a big...
» read full story June 17th, 2008 - 11:41
Cell Phone Bans Make No Difference to Teen Drivers

Cell Phone Bans Make No Difference to Teen Drivers

Laws restricting cell phone use while driving appear to be for anyone else but teenagers although...
» read full story June 11th, 2008 - 13:56

Woman Admits Role in Running Emperor's Club VIP

A New Jersey woman pleaded guilty to managing the daily activities of the Emperors Club VIP, the...
» read full story June 04th, 2008 - 12:04
Former Fugitive Hoping for Pardon after 32 Years on the Run

Former Fugitive Hoping for Pardon after 32 Years on the Run

A lawyer for Susan LeFevre, the San Diego woman arrested 32 years after escaping a...
» read full story May 02nd, 2008 - 15:30

San Diego Woman Arrested 32 Years after Escaping Prison

A 53-year-old woman who escaped from a Detroit prison 32 years ago was arrested in San Diego, where...
» read full story May 01st, 2008 - 16:28
Psystar’s OpenMac Now Is OpenComputer

Psystar’s OpenMac Now Is OpenComputer

It seems like the guys from Psystar are very determined to sell their MacClone. After it looked...
» read full story April 16th, 2008 - 16:21
FOX Sued By Justice Department For Refusing To Pay FCC Fine

FOX Sued By Justice Department For Refusing To Pay FCC Fine

Lawyers representing the U.S. Justice Department have filed a lawsuit against FOX Television...
» read full story April 06th, 2008 - 15:17
Sir Arthur C. Clarke Dies Aged 90

Sir Arthur C. Clarke Dies Aged 90

The famous UK science-fiction writer, Sir Arthur C. Clarke has died today in Sri Lanka,...
» read full story March 19th, 2008 - 01:29
Fox TV Fined For Indecency

Fox TV Fined For Indecency

The Federal Communications Commission decided to reject Fox’s arguments that the reality...
» read full story February 25th, 2008 - 18:16
Maharishi Yogi, Guru to The Beatles, Dies in His Nineties

Maharishi Yogi, Guru to The Beatles, Dies in His Nineties

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the Hindu spiritual leader that introduced the Beatles and along with them,...
» read full story February 06th, 2008 - 14:33
ABC Faces $1.4 Million Fine Over 'NYPD Blue' Nude Scene

ABC Faces $1.4 Million Fine Over 'NYPD Blue' Nude Scene

US television network ABC is facing a $1.4 million fine brought by the Federal Communications...
» read full story January 26th, 2008 - 20:27
Are We Heading To A World Of Online Music?

Are We Heading To A World Of Online Music?

As the studies have revealed that a growing number of music fans are downloading their favorite...
» read full story December 10th, 2007 - 22:45
iPhone Locked Again in Germany

iPhone Locked Again in Germany

The short period in which T-Mobile has offered unlocked iPhones for 999 euros in Germany ended...
» read full story December 04th, 2007 - 23:01
Why RIAA Won against Jammie Thomas

Why RIAA Won against Jammie Thomas

The Recording Industry Association of America has eventually won over Jammie Thomas, the...
» read full story October 09th, 2007 - 14:29
Controversial “Kid Nation" Marches On with Debut

Controversial “Kid Nation" Marches On with Debut

Although it has been criticized in every possible way for its allegedly inappropriate and abusive...
» read full story September 18th, 2007 - 17:00
Court To Review Jane Jackson’s ‘Wardrobe Malfunction’

Court To Review Jane Jackson’s ‘Wardrobe Malfunction’

Janet Jackson’s "accident" in which her breast was briefly exposed in front of 90 million...
» read full story September 11th, 2007 - 21:44
CBS Holds Position Regarding Controversial 'Kid Nation'

CBS Holds Position Regarding Controversial 'Kid Nation'

Despite the tremendous amount of controversy sparked by CBS’ reality show, "Kid Nation,"...
» read full story September 03rd, 2007 - 21:50
CBS Defends “Kid Nation"

CBS Defends “Kid Nation"

CBS’s forthcoming, “Lord of the Flies”-inspired “Kid Nation” reality...
» read full story August 27th, 2007 - 11:26
“Kid Nation" Raises Eyebrows

“Kid Nation" Raises Eyebrows

“Kid Nation” is a CBS reality TV show that has plenty of people worried that its young...
» read full story August 23rd, 2007 - 16:52
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Russia "seeks dialogue with EU", Medvedev tells London

Russia "seeks dialogue with EU", Medvedev tells London

Moscow/Tbilisi - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has stressed in a telephone call to British...
» read full story August 30th, 2008 - 17:14
Boston Subway System Hackers From MIT Get Out Of Trouble

Boston Subway System Hackers From MIT Get Out Of Trouble

Three MIT students managed to hack into Boston's transit payment system (Charlie Ticket) and...
» read full story August 20th, 2008 - 16:17

College Presidents Sign Petition to Lower Drinking Age

More than 100 fellow college and university presidents have stirred a national debate on drinking...
» read full story August 20th, 2008 - 15:18
Calif. Supreme Court: Doctors Can’t Deny Treatment to Gays Anymore

Calif. Supreme Court: Doctors Can’t Deny Treatment to Gays Anymore

On Monday, the California Supreme Court forbad doctors to cite their religious beliefs as a reason...
» read full story August 19th, 2008 - 14:00

Indonesian Woman Faces Life in Prison for Smuggling Drugs

An Indonesian woman faces life in prison for smuggling more than 3 kilograms of heroin into the...
» read full story August 13th, 2008 - 14:45
NY: 800 Government-Owned Buildings to Be Subjected to City Fire Code

NY: 800 Government-Owned Buildings to Be Subjected to City Fire Code

More than 800 government-owned buildings in New York City will no longer be exempt from safety...
» read full story August 11th, 2008 - 13:41

Texas Executes Mexican National Amid International Protests

Authorities in the southwestern U.S. state of Texas executed a Mexican national murderer despite...
» read full story August 06th, 2008 - 19:42

China Decides To Unblock Some Websites At Olympic Media Centre

China has unblocked some websites previously inaccessible to journalists at the Olympic Games...
» read full story August 01st, 2008 - 10:50

Supreme Court: Californians Will Vote on Whether to Ban Gay Marriages

The California Supreme Court denied the hearing to challenge the initiative to carry out an opinion...
» read full story July 17th, 2008 - 12:08

Barack Obama’s Speech at the La Raza Convention

Sunday, Barack Obama spoke to about 2,000 members of the National Council of La Raza, a Latino...
» read full story July 14th, 2008 - 14:15
Dispute Over the Atlanta Hartsfield Gun Ban

Dispute Over the Atlanta Hartsfield Gun Ban

A decision by Georgia lawmakers to loosen the state’s gun laws has led to a controversy over...
» read full story July 02nd, 2008 - 19:33

Survey Shows U.S. Leads World in Drug Use

Surprise, surprise as a survey released this week by the World Health Organization showed that the...
» read full story July 02nd, 2008 - 17:37

Cell-Phone Use While Driving Ban Law Enacted

California joined five other states -- New York, Washington, Connecticut, Utah and New...
» read full story July 02nd, 2008 - 13:08
U.S. Supreme Court to Decide on Gun Ban

U.S. Supreme Court to Decide on Gun Ban

The U.S. Supreme Court has to decide today whether the ban on handguns is constitutional or not....
» read full story June 26th, 2008 - 16:32

California: UC’s Sports Training Center on Hold

It appears that the UC-Berkeley's student athlete high performance center will be built, after...
» read full story June 19th, 2008 - 13:44
Software Engineer Gets 2 Years in Jail for Espionage

Software Engineer Gets 2 Years in Jail for Espionage

A software engineer who had worked in the Silicon Valley will spend the next two years in prison....
» read full story June 19th, 2008 - 12:50

Irish Voters Reject Lisbon Treaty

Although the Irish didn’t sign the Lisbon reform treaty, EU foreign ministers said that the treaty...
» read full story June 17th, 2008 - 13:56
US Supreme Court Grants Habeas Corpus to Guantanamo Inmates

US Supreme Court Grants Habeas Corpus to Guantanamo Inmates

The foreign detainees at Guantanamo Bay were granted the right to challenge their detention in US...
» read full story June 12th, 2008 - 17:35
UN Chief: Stop Discriminating HIV+ People!

UN Chief: Stop Discriminating HIV+ People!

!In a speech held during a high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called...
» read full story June 10th, 2008 - 19:54

President Bush Tightens Immigration Policy

The U.S. tightened its policy regarding immigrants who come to work here. President Bush signed...
» read full story June 10th, 2008 - 14:10
Calif. Water Agency: Save Water!

Calif. Water Agency: Save Water!

The water agency of southern California advised its using residents to make efforts and reduce the...
» read full story June 07th, 2008 - 20:15

Georgia Gun Dealer Withdraws From Trial, Bloomberg Pleased

A Georgia gun dealer who has been accused by New York City of illegally selling handguns withdrew...
» read full story June 03rd, 2008 - 17:10
WHO Calls on Governments to Ban Tobacco Advertising

WHO Calls on Governments to Ban Tobacco Advertising

The World Health Organization (WHO) called on all governments to forbid all sorts of tobacco...
» read full story June 01st, 2008 - 13:15
5 Countries Representatives Meet for Talks on Arctic Sovereignty

5 Countries Representatives Meet for Talks on Arctic Sovereignty

Dignitaries from five countries bordering the Arctic region met on Wednesday to discuss how their...
» read full story May 29th, 2008 - 20:29
MySpace Suicide Case Leads To Tougher Laws

MySpace Suicide Case Leads To Tougher Laws

After the troubling suicide commited by a Missouri teenager due to an Internet related incident,...
» read full story May 17th, 2008 - 10:53
Green Light for Eco-Friendly Homes

Green Light for Eco-Friendly Homes

Good news for those nature protectors who want to make their homes more ecological. Several states...
» read full story May 12th, 2008 - 17:27
Baby Whale Found Dead Under San Francisco Pier

Baby Whale Found Dead Under San Francisco Pier

The body of a 30-foot long whale was found under Pier 27 along the Embarcadero, just south of...
» read full story May 09th, 2008 - 15:52
Bush Criticizes the Democrats, Proposes Alternative Bill

Bush Criticizes the Democrats, Proposes Alternative Bill

During a White House meeting with Republican leaders of Congress on Wednesday, U.S. President...
» read full story May 07th, 2008 - 20:08
6 Sea Lions Shot Dead at Columbia River Traps

6 Sea Lions Shot Dead at Columbia River Traps

Investigation is under way in Oregon into the killing of six sea lions. The bodies of the federally...
» read full story May 05th, 2008 - 13:51
China on Its Child Labor Offence

China on Its Child Labor Offence

Chinese officials announced yesterday the extermination of a network responsible for forcing...
» read full story May 01st, 2008 - 10:43
UK Police Carry Out Controlled Explosion,Arrest Terrorist Suspect

UK Police Carry Out Controlled Explosion,Arrest Terrorist Suspect

The British Police carried out a controlled explosion early Friday in Bristol, southwest England's...
» read full story April 18th, 2008 - 11:56
The French Begin Battle With Anorexia

The French Begin Battle With Anorexia

The French National Assembly approved yesterday a new set of laws targeting the worrying promotion...
» read full story April 16th, 2008 - 13:00
Pentagon Declassifies ’03 Memo that Approved Harsh Interrogation

Pentagon Declassifies ’03 Memo that Approved Harsh Interrogation

The Justice Department released in 2003 a legal memo which gave authority to use the so-called...
» read full story April 02nd, 2008 - 11:32
Justice Department: Pilot’s Lacunose Maneuvers Caused Oil Spill

Justice Department: Pilot’s Lacunose Maneuvers Caused Oil Spill

The pilot of the container ship Cosco Busan that struck a Bay Bridge tower and caused a...
» read full story March 18th, 2008 - 15:12
Paterson Sworn In NY’s First Black, Legally Blind Governor

Paterson Sworn In NY’s First Black, Legally Blind Governor

David Alexander Paterson is officially New York’s first black governor and also the first legally...
» read full story March 17th, 2008 - 20:48
Hard Times for Illegal Immigrants in the US; ICE Plans More Depor

Hard Times for Illegal Immigrants in the US; ICE Plans More Depor

It seems that the collaboration of the federal authorities with local corrections systems has been...
» read full story February 27th, 2008 - 11:47
Immigrants Less Likely To Do Time

Immigrants Less Likely To Do Time

A study released on Monday shows that the immigrants in California are less likely to commit crimes...
» read full story February 26th, 2008 - 14:34
U.S. Supreme Court Declares Maine Online Cigarette Sales Law Null

U.S. Supreme Court Declares Maine Online Cigarette Sales Law Null

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on Wednesday a Maine law meant to restrict minors’ access to...
» read full story February 21st, 2008 - 14:46
East Timor Enters Day 12 Of State Emergency, Suspects Arrested

East Timor Enters Day 12 Of State Emergency, Suspects Arrested

East Timor authorities urged the rebels believed to be involved in the assassination attempt of...
» read full story February 18th, 2008 - 16:25
Californian Meat Plant Makes Largest Beef Recall in U.S. History

Californian Meat Plant Makes Largest Beef Recall in U.S. History

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has ordered the largest beef recall in the country’s history....
» read full story February 18th, 2008 - 13:55
Rudd’s Gesture Towards the Aborigines

Rudd’s Gesture Towards the Aborigines

It seems that Australia’s new Prime Minister Kevin Rudd wants to correct the historical acts of...
» read full story February 14th, 2008 - 16:13
Australian Government To Apologize For Mistreating Aboriginals

Australian Government To Apologize For Mistreating Aboriginals

The Aboriginal people will be offered formal and official apology during the first assembly of the...
» read full story February 12th, 2008 - 14:54
Head of Kidney Transplant Ring Extradited to India

Head of Kidney Transplant Ring Extradited to India

The supposed ringleader of a syndicate that allegedly illegally removed hundreds of kidneys from...
» read full story February 09th, 2008 - 15:17
Armed Student Kills Two Then Commits Suicide At La. College

Armed Student Kills Two Then Commits Suicide At La. College

Police reported another deadly incident at a college, this time at the Technical College in Baton...
» read full story February 09th, 2008 - 08:25
Kidney Ring Mastermind Caught In Nepal

Kidney Ring Mastermind Caught In Nepal

The suspect mastermind that was behind the illegal organ transplant operation in India...
» read full story February 08th, 2008 - 11:21
White House Supports CIA’s Waterboading Technique

White House Supports CIA’s Waterboading Technique

The White House declared the waterboarding interrogation technique to be perfectly legal, one day...
» read full story February 07th, 2008 - 12:14
Florida’s Sex-Offender Community Forced to Disintegrate

Florida’s Sex-Offender Community Forced to Disintegrate

The state of Florida is making efforts to disband a community of sex offenders living under a...
» read full story February 06th, 2008 - 12:58
Kenya Struggles To Find Ways To Make Peace

Kenya Struggles To Find Ways To Make Peace

On Tuesday government and opposition politicians began to discuss plans to reach a deal in order...
» read full story February 05th, 2008 - 16:00
Australia Will Apologize to Aboriginals for “Stolen Generation”

Australia Will Apologize to Aboriginals for “Stolen Generation”

Australia’s government said it will issue a formal apology to Aboriginal people at the parliament’s...
» read full story January 30th, 2008 - 11:02
Illegal Immigrant Seeks Sanctuary In Chicago Curch

Illegal Immigrant Seeks Sanctuary In Chicago Curch

Flor Crisostomo, 28, is an illegal immigrant who came to the United States in 2000, after paying...
» read full story January 29th, 2008 - 15:26
Colombian Guerrilla Leader Sentenced To 60 Years In Prison

Colombian Guerrilla Leader Sentenced To 60 Years In Prison

Former leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia Ricardo Palmera was sentenced to...
» read full story January 29th, 2008 - 14:52
Attorney General Mukasey Asks For $200 Million To Stop Crime

Attorney General Mukasey Asks For $200 Million To Stop Crime

Attorney General Michael Mukasey warned on Thursday about the disastrous effects the release of...
» read full story January 25th, 2008 - 12:14
Johnson Denied California’s Waiver Despite EPA’s Wishes

Johnson Denied California’s Waiver Despite EPA’s Wishes

The EPA v. California discussions have not reached their limit yet, as Senate Democrats are...
» read full story January 24th, 2008 - 14:36
Kansas City Official Resigns Due To Immigration Controversy

Kansas City Official Resigns Due To Immigration Controversy

A city parks official from Kansas City resigned on Monday after two organizations moved their...
» read full story January 23rd, 2008 - 13:13
Police Looking For Mentally Disturbed Man Released From Hospital

Police Looking For Mentally Disturbed Man Released From Hospital

The Los Angeles Police is searching for a 21-year-old suicidal male who has been released from...
» read full story January 21st, 2008 - 15:40
Roe V. Wade – 35 Years of Controversy On Legalized Abortion

Roe V. Wade – 35 Years of Controversy On Legalized Abortion

Thirty-five years ago, the United States Supreme Court landed a controversial decision regarding...
» read full story January 21st, 2008 - 11:48
U.S. Abortion Rate Falls to Lowest in 30 Years

U.S. Abortion Rate Falls to Lowest in 30 Years

The latest stats show that the abortion rate in the U.S. has dropped as just 20 percent of pregnant...
» read full story January 17th, 2008 - 21:38
Twins Separated at Birth Unknowingly Got Married in Britain

Twins Separated at Birth Unknowingly Got Married in Britain

It is well known the fact that twin brothers have a unique bond, but to be separated at birth and...
» read full story January 11th, 2008 - 21:33
Dad Throws Kids Off Alabama Bridge

Dad Throws Kids Off Alabama Bridge

A shrimp fisherman confessed Tuesday that he threw his children from a bridge in the coastal...
» read full story January 10th, 2008 - 12:07
Bush & Garcia Sign US-Peru Free Trade Agreement

Bush & Garcia Sign US-Peru Free Trade Agreement

US President George W. Bush met his Peruvian counterpart Alan Garcia on Friday to sign a free-trade...
» read full story December 16th, 2007 - 19:36
Mugabe Will Attend EU-Africa Summit

Mugabe Will Attend EU-Africa Summit

President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe prepares to participate at the EU-Africa summit in Lisbon due...
» read full story December 07th, 2007 - 17:42
200 Russian Opposition Activists Detained at Protest Rally

200 Russian Opposition Activists Detained at Protest Rally

Almost 200 people were beaten and detained by police at protest rallies against President Vladimir...
» read full story November 25th, 2007 - 19:55
Russian Bomb Blast Kills Five

Russian Bomb Blast Kills Five

A bomb exploded on a bus on Thursday in the Russian northern Caucasus region, killing five people...
» read full story November 23rd, 2007 - 14:39
Sex Offender Law Rejected by Georgia Supreme Court

Sex Offender Law Rejected by Georgia Supreme Court

On Wednesday the Georgia Supreme Court rejected the state law that banned registered sex offenders...
» read full story November 22nd, 2007 - 12:08
Pakistan: Imran Khan Released From Prison

Pakistan: Imran Khan Released From Prison

Imran Khan, Pakistan’s well-known cricketer who turned to politics, was released from jail...
» read full story November 21st, 2007 - 18:59
Ian Smith, Symbol of White-Rule in Africa, Dies at 88

Ian Smith, Symbol of White-Rule in Africa, Dies at 88

Ian Smith, the last white prime minister of Britain’s rebellious colony of Rhodesia, who said that...
» read full story November 21st, 2007 - 12:09