Center gives runaways peace, but now finds itself in need

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Consortiumnews.com

In choosing Leon Panetta to take charge of the CIA, President-elect Barak Obama has shown he is determined to put an abrupt end to the lawlessness and deceit with which the administration of George W. Bush has corrupted intelligence operations and analysis.

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Consortiumnews.com

The Republican Party, which has defined modern-day negative politics, was back at it again, bashing Barack Obama and the news media in an ugly display that rivaled the old days of Nixon-Agnew – or George W.

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What The Entertainment Industry Could Learn From Al Neuharth

No matter what you feel about USA Today founder Al Neuharth (who certainly elicits quite a strong reaction from many people), he revealed a very interesting story about a decision made in the early days of USA Today in an interview on the 25th anniversary of the paper.

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Metrics: The Richter Scale

Measures: Earthquake magnitude. This is a logarithmic scale, plotting greatest displacement from 0 on seismometer after event occurs. Range: 0 to 10+

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People are biggest threat to IT security

The biggest threats to the security of financial institutions' electronic systems are the mistakes that people make, according to a survey (pdf) of banks' IT security.

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Weird Russian Mind-Control Research Behind Homeland Security Contract

MOSCOW -- The future of U.S. anti-terrorism technology could lie near the end of a Moscow subway line in a circular dungeon-like room with a single door and no windows.

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AFP: Sex Pistols announce 30th anniversary gig

Punk legends the Sex Pistols announced Tuesday that they will stage a one-off gig in November to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their controversial album "Never Mind the B*llocks."

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Limericks Of Evolution

There once was a young man named Darwin Who spent five years tossed to the far wind He wrote a book for his peers After only twenty short years And now he's as pop as George Carlin.

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Gum Breakthrough: Non-Stick Chewing Gum Invented by British Scientist

Thanks to a breakthrough by a British chemist, sticky streets could be a thing of the past. Professor Terence Cosgrove of Bristol University has come up with a chewing gum that dissolves in water and can be removed easily. And it's all to do with a new polymer, apparently.

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Prisoners in pink: Deterrent or scarlet mark of danger?

Punishing prisoners for sexual misconduct by making them wear pink places them in peril, a South Carolina inmate says in a lawsuit against the state's penal system.

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Wasp crackers are creating a buzz

I've heard of people eating ants, crickets, and even larvae, but wasps?

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Blind Judo master floors tobacco stealing skinhead

A German skinhead got a far right going over this week when he tried to nick a pack of cigarettes from a blind man, who just happened be a world-class judo champion.

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Is a Fred Thompson Campaign Necessary?

Fred Thompson's plunge into the presidential pool -- more belly-flop than swan dive -- was the strangest product launch since that of New Coke in 1985. Then the question was: Is this product necessary? A similar question stumped Thompson the day he plunged.

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The not-so-liberal media

Progressive media watchdog group, Media Matters, published a study this morning claiming that syndicated conservative columnists are taking over the world— or at least dominating the op/ed pages of your newspaper.

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Bush To Lie To Nation In Primetime Address Tonight

Just a reminder that tonight at 9:00 p.m. EDT, George W. Bush will address the nation, "to ask Americans to stop and take a fresh look," at Iraq.

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Jackie Gleason's occult library on exhibit in Miami

The University of Miami has an exhibit of The Jackie Gleason Collection of Books. It includes approximately 1,700 volumes of books, journals, pamphlets, and publications in the field of parapsychology.

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Spiders worked together to weave massive web

FORT WORTH, Texas — Spiders worked together to make the massive web in Lake Tawakoni State Park, researchers say. Three times the spiders built it. Three times wind and rain ravaged it.

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Canadian Newspaper Gives Away Free Music Downloads

Earlier this year, there was a huge fuss over the UK's Daily Mail newspaper's promotion giving away the new Prince CD for free with a copy of the newspaper.

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Blueberry Nectarine Crisp

Among the many things I love about fruit crisps, one of my favorite features of this versatile dessert is that once you learn the basic technique of making one, you really never have to measure again.

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Steve Jobss Non-Apology

In the wake of the unprecedented response to last weeks post about Michael Vicks apology, I thought Id continue that line of thought with a look at another recent apology by someone on a bit of a different plane Steve Jobs.

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23 Needles Found in Woman's Body

BEIJING (Sept. 10) - Chinese surgeons will try to remove 23 needles from a woman that doctors believe may have been imbedded under her skin by grandparents trying to kill her so that a baby boy might take her place.

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Klobuchar and Rockefeller Announce Cell Phone Consumer Empowerment Act of 2007

Washington, D.C. – Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) today unveiled legislation aimed at empowering the 200 million cell phone customers nationwide to make informed choices about a wireless service that best fits their needs and their budget.

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