In political circles, there is a difference between ‘convincing’ someone and ‘influencing’ them; this is not just semantics, these are two entirely divergent concepts. To convince someone to agree with you, you present your argument logically and provide evidence that supports your position; if your argument is good and your evidence convincing, you win! When [...]

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It would seem that the police and the ministry and the court all act responsibly only when they know that their actions will be reported and people will note.

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When Kim Jong Il and his military machine set the world on its ear by testing a nuclear device, I along with many others thought that were definitely headed for dark days. I got this unfortunate news after having just finished watching “The Wire” on HBO and was still in the afterglow when my smiling [...]

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Indian yoga guru Swami Ramdev was invited to New York as a guest at a United Nations-sponsored program against poverty, organized by the Millennium Campaign.

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This afternoon, the President signed the much contested detainee treatment bill. Supposedly, the law sends a clear message, but Dan Froomkin does an excellent job of debunking such a myth. It’s not just opinion columnists from the Washington Post on this either; one political action committee has spelled out why this is such a bad [...]

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Attention – Due To Allegations of Plagiarism, This Article Is Highly Suspect   Supported by an army of nearly 4 lakh DOTS providers, 2,000 NGOs, 10,000 private practitioners, 11,000 peripheral laboratories, over 200 medical colleges and more than 100 corporate health facilities, India has achieved what was considered impossible a couple of decades back. According [...]

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IBM was once being written off alongside mainframe computers. That was few years back. Latest results shows that not only it has made a comback, it continues to do it in style. The world’s largest technology services company has beaten expectations by registering a net profit increase of 47%. To read… http://money.cnn.com/2006/10/17/technology/ibm.reut/index.htm?postversion=2006101718

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Zhang Wenjing, a leading Chinese glaciologist has said that the world’s glaciers could neutralize the effects of global warming, by absorbing heat, which would help in curbing the rapid increase in global temperatures. Glaciers remain as the largest source of fresh water in this planet and the second largest reservoir of water, next to the [...]

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India is among the countries, which have the highest number of polio cases and it is suspected that Indians travelling abroad are spreading the disease.

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JetBlue Airways offers its passengers low fares and individual television screens on every flight.  The New York based airline was finally granted access to Chicago on Monday via O’Hare International Airport.  The majority of passengers that will utilize the airline’s services will not be that of business men and women.    JetBlue is appealing to [...]

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Residents of Illinois are anything but excited about the upcoming election for governor.  The two well-known, but inept candidates are current Governor Rod Blagojevich, and his opponent, Judy Topinka.  Neither candidate is appealing, and many voters will be at odds when it comes to making their final decision.  A preliminary survey conducted at www.wgnradio.com found that [...]

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Bruce Willis, a movie star who became an icon after his “Die Hard” movies, received his own star in Hollywood’s Walk of Fame, Monday.  On hand to witness his achievement were Don Johnson, Sylvester Stallone, Kevin Costner, Willis’s ex-wife Demi Moore, and her new husband, Ashton Kutcher. 

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Russian and American scientists collaborated to create a new super-heavy element.  The element’s existence lasted for only one millisecond, but, unlike the false claims of 2002, this experiment proved to be successful.  The element was constructed by smashing together the manmade element Californium with Calcium.  It produced an atom with 118 protons in the nucleus.  [...]

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Mike Tyson is scheduled to fight again this Friday in Youngstown, Ohio.  Tyson claims the fight will not go more than four rounds before he earns a victory.  Hopefully, at the end of this bout all of the appendages of his opponent will remain intact.  The future of “Mike Tyson’s World Tour” would include women [...]

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Even after the South Siders (Chicago White Sox) won a World Series Championship last year, most people still deemed Chicago as a “Cubs” town, White Sox fans included.  However, after this year’s results, favoritism towards the north becomes more than just debatable.    For the 1st time in quite some time, the Chicago White Sox [...]

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Bill Murray (“Ghostbusters,” “Caddyshack,” and “Lost in Translation” movie star) is typically known for his brash behavior, surprising antics, and uncanny knack for entertaining, whether on or off the set.  Last week, he was up to his old tricks again.  After finishing a round at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in St. Andrews, Scotland, he [...]

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Bill Murray (“Ghostbusters,” “Caddyshack,” and “Lost in Translation” movie star) is typically known for his brash behavior, surprising antics, and uncanny knack for entertaining, whether on or off the set.  Last week, he was up to his old tricks again.  After finishing a round at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in St. Andrews, Scotland, he [...]

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A 38 year-old man who remained a hair above conscious for six years experienced remarkable improvement yesterday.  After neuroscientists used electrical stimulation, applied directly to his brain, the man gained use of his left arm.  He also used coherent speech for the first time in six years.  Experts at the annual meeting of Society for [...]

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A 38 year-old man who remained a hair above consciousness for six years experienced remarkable improvement yesterday.  After neuroscientists used electrical stimulation, applied directly to his brain, the man gained use of his left arm.  He also used coherent speech for the first time in six years.  Experts at the annual meeting of Society for [...]

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MSNBC has released a poll on privacy in America. It turns out that in many ways, we in the U.S. have no clue what to think. The poll, unfortunately, is not scientific. It was taken by msnbc.com users who volunteered, undoubtedly skewing the results in the direction of Internet news junkies’ opinions. The results show [...]

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According to Fox News, Wal-Mart is likely to buy a retail chain in China. This is of course good news for Wal-Mart (and bad news for Wal-Mart bashers), but a surge in retail trade is also indicative of many terrific trends in China. With the Asian country’s huge population, everyone should wish it the best. [...]

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After a brief time out of the spotlight, file-sharing is back in the news. The music industry recently filed suit against 8,000 Internet pirates. I buy tons of CDs, but I’d be lying if I said I’d never downloaded a song illegally — most anyone my age who’s had access to a high-speed Internet connection [...]

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One of Wikipedia’s founders is planning to launch a rival site, according to the Daily Mail. Wikipedi is a favorite of college students, news junkies and just about anyone who needs a random fact; the term “Wiki” means that it publicly written and maintained by a volunteer staff. It has pretty much no competition that [...]

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Absolutely incredible story: UK prime minister Tony Blair has joined other commentators in insisting that Muslim veils are a “mark of separation” from the rest of society. Bush’s policies have rightly or wrongly killed thousands of Middle Easterners, but it’s hard to imagine even him insulting Islamic tradition like this. Anti-immigration activists have long warned [...]

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As previously reported OJ Simpson is once again in trouble with the Goldman family. Paying the almost $20 million dollars that was awarded in the Wrongful Death civil suit, is still on OJ Simpson’s to do list. According to the Goldman family with interest tacked on the amount is now about $38 million. The latest attempt [...]

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Today marks a significant milestone for the United States – but perhaps one you’ve not heard in the news. Evidently early this morning the US population reached a hefty 300,000,000 making it the third most populous nation. Both China and India exceed 1 billion people. When the US reached 200,000,000 in 1967, then president Lyndon [...]

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by Ted Lipien FreeMediaOnline.org Dublin, CA — During the Cold War, the Soviet media reported extensively on any real or imagined political scandal and natural disaster in the West, focusing especially on Moscow’s two biggest capitalist enemies: the United States and Great Britain. Six years into Vladimir Putin’s presidency, Voice of Russia, the state-run international [...]

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The government must solve the problems of poverty which leads to child labour and exploitation if it wants to eradicate child labour

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Waldameer Park and Water World, an amusement park in Erie PA, yesterday began installing their new ride the 140 foot drop tower called the X Scream. Waldameer’s newest thrill ride will be open to the public for a special premier fundraiser on Saturday November 4 and Sunday November 5 to benefit the Children’s Miracle Network. [...]

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That economic sanctions alone are unlikely to work does not mean that they cannot make a useful contribution toward the changes that are sought to be attained

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News and commentary by: Whymrhymer As the U.S. sorts out detainees in the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba detention facility into those who will be tried as war criminals and those who will not, Most European nations are screaming that the process is taking too long . . . and about that they are absolutely right. IMO, [...]

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Yup, it’s dog mine time again. Oh boy, oh boy. But there may yet be hope: City officials are taking a look at a pilot project (pet project?) in San Francisco in which dog crap gets turned into “biofuel”. The idea is that if you run Fido’s stuff through something called a “methane digester” (I [...]

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In a classic Simpsons’ moment, at their show’s equivalent of Disney World dedicated to the parodies of Tom and Jerry known as Itchy and Scratchy, a giddy Homer is duped into trading his money for the amusement park’s imitation play currency which can’t be spent on anything at the park. The scene is humorous in [...]

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Exposure to sunlight (the largest source of vitamin D) and consumption of fish and diary products rich in Vitamin D can reduce the risk of breast cancer, according to a new study conducted in UK. Scientists have found that the levels of vitamin D in those patients with advanced stages of breast cancer were much [...]

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