Apr 15 2008
Pictures of the ruined World Trade Centre and the burning wreckage of the Pentagon were among 49,000 images found on the computer of one of the men accused of helping the July 7 bombers plan their attack, a court heard today.
Apr 15 2008
Kung-fu action hero Jackie Chan has warned anyone planning to stop him carrying the Olympic Torch he will come out fighting.
Apr 15 2008
A new form of cloning has been developed that is easier to carry out than the technique used to create Dolly the sheep, raising fears that it may one day be used on human embryos to produce “designer” babies.
Apr 14 2008
Forget about passing notes in study hall; some teens are now using their cell phones to flirt and send nude pictures of themselves.
Apr 14 2008
Palo Alto police are looking for a bank robber who favors a decidedly slow-speed getaway vehicle — an electric wheelchair. Police say a wheelchair-bound man in his 60s with gray hair and a beard held up the Wachovia Bank branch at the Stanford...
Apr 13 2008
Women seeking a lifelong mate might do well to choose the guy a notch below them in the looks category. New research reveals couples in which the wife is better looking than her husband are more positive and supportive than other match-ups.
Apr 12 2008
There was a really interesting thread from/about late virgins here some time ago; I was probably one of the oldest goon virgins here at that time but was to shy to contribute. I think it might be interesting to have one of these again, starting with my...
Apr 11 2008
A 19-year-old father was arrested for disorderly conduct, harassment, and domestic violence after an altercation with his girlfriend over which gang their four-year-old toddler should join. Joseph Manzanares, a member of the Westside Ballers, walked...
Apr 11 2008
The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a resolution Wednesday calling on China to end its crackdown on Tibet and release Tibetans imprisoned for “nonviolent” demonstrations.
Apr 11 2008
n early March 2004, I went to visit the office of al-Hawza, Muqtada al-Sadr’s newspaper in Baghdad. There were only a few staff there, but they were relaxed and friendly. I talked to a young man called Hussein who was a student in the French...