A health problem across the country has flared up over tomatoes with cases of salmonella poisoning being reported. There has been more than 140 cases reported with 23 hospitalized according to the Food and Drug Administration. Consumers should avoid raw red plum, red Roma or round red tomatoes, but may continue to eat cherry tomatoes, [...]

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Starting out excitingly (if predictably) with “Raiders March” – one of the most recognizable score pieces in the history of cinema, John Williams’ latest Indiana Jones score starts out hitting all the right notes. Discussing the piece in the liner notes director Steven Spielberg says, “That piece of music has grown instantly familiar, probably along with the [...]

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Like Mike Myers’ films themselves (at least the Wayne’s World duo and the Austin Powers trilogy), the film’s soundtracks are known to be eclectic to the point of randomness, including pop references, hit songs, and a few throwbacks. The soundtrack for The Love Guru is no exception, though it feels a little light on the current hits (despite [...]

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Let’s take a minute to discuss the blatant duplicity of Ohio’s Rep. Chris Widener (R – Springfield).  During the Assembly’s consideration of HB 545, which nobody except obtuse politicians and corrupt charities wanted passed, Rep. Widener met with several mom-and-pop payday lenders.   He told them, to their faces, that he liked their honest business models [...]

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Many large and small companies are becoming more eco sensitive and this week the Sundance Channel takes a look at three that are certainly making a difference. In the first segment we travel to Mountain View, California, where we get to meet Robyn Beavers the Director Of Environmental Programs for Google. Robyn explains, “Green doesn’t [...]

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Despite the increasing popularity of graphic novels, finely drawn volumes with a compelling plot and characters can still be challenging to find. Fortunately for those who love comics or are looking for a creative answer to, “What to read on vacation this summer?”  Jessica Abel’s La Perdida is all of those things. Abel won the prestigious Harvey [...]

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Jack and Sharon realize they are all alone in the mansion now that Noah is away at camp. Sharon goes over to Jack and sits on his lap as they start to kiss. Gloria sneaks in and tells them not to do anything she wouldn’t do as she passes through. When Gloria is gone, Sharon [...]

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Brad is burning dinner when Liberty walks in. She tells him that calling in for take out would be much easier. He tells her to pick something and he will pay. Janet arrives to save the day with a picnic dinner cooked. When Brad tells her that Katie is out of town for a few [...]

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Cloe is coming downstairs with her heavy suitcase and she gives Phillip the house key back. She tells him to tell Victor she didn’t have a duplicate made. Phillip tries to talk her out of leaving but she tells him he has to pick his battles and apparently she isn’t worth fighting for. Phillip tells [...]

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Legendary smooth jazz saxophonist, vocalist, and talented composer Warren Hill is set to release his 11th studio album, “La Dolce Vita,” on June 24th, 2008. “La Dolce Vita” is Hill’s first studio album since 2005′s “PopJazz” and features an amazing cast of all-stars, including first call bassist Nathan East (Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, Fourplay), renown [...]

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This story starts out with Silas Crow (Ryan Black) and Frank Fencepost (Adam Beach) as two 18 year old Native Canadians from Northern Ontario with high hope of getting into mechanics school in Toronto. They were both told that they each had to write a story about any subject as long as it is about [...]

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 By Shimon Z. Klein In the Middle East, most of the people are following the presidential elections with great interest. They view the elections from the point of view as to which candidate serves their interests better. Will it be the Republican candidate, John McCain or the Democrat’s Barrack Obama? My gut feeling is that [...]

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I see that western diplomats in Zimbabwe and mainstream media have finally woken up to the fact that Mugabe is nothing more than a figurehead.  Catherine Philip of the Times in London reports online today that, “The campaign of terror sweeping Zimbabwe is being directly organised by a junta that took over the running of [...]

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There’s a tired Zimbabwean joke that asks the question, “What did Zimbabweans use to light their homes before candles?”  The answer, of course, is electricity…  This joke epitomises the sad decline in Zimbabwe’s living standards after more than 20 years of socialist rule.  Now that Zimbabweans can’t even get candles, they go to bed at [...]

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Stealing personal and financial information in large quantities isn’t just a problem in North America and the Europe Union. As more IT functions are outsourced to a variety of countries, this information might be getting compromised from just about anywhere. Recently, it was disclosed in the Indian press that a large amount of data was [...]

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The Indian state of Karnataka recently completed a statewide election that drew the national attention. During this eventful political exercise, the Karnataka Police  created a standing example of a model Citizen centric e-Governance project in the form of the website www.kspelections.com  . The site is now archived since the election is over but the authorities have stated [...]

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By Honey Gillard CELEBRITY couple Ashlee Simpson & Pete Wentz are expecting a little boy, according to recent reports. Ashlee confirmed her rumoured pregnancy to ‘Fall Out Boy’ rocker Pete Wentz just last week, following months of speculation. With the actual pregnancy confirmed, rumours have turned to the baby’s sex. On a recent shopping trip, [...]

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By Honey Gillard ACTRESS Jessica Alba has reportedly given birth to a baby girl over the preceding weekend. US Magazine released reports today claiming that ‘Alba’s father was heard remarking “she’s beautiful” and husband Cash Warren — in jeans and a baseball cap — was seen taking food into the Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre’s maternity ward [...]

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Hillary Clinton finally said the words that Dem party poohbahs were waiting to hear: “Today, as I suspend my campaign, I congratulate him on the victory he has won and the extraordinary race he has run. I endorse him and throw my full support behind him. And I ask all of you to join me [...]

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Robert Mugabe is now 88. He continues to be paranoid against everyone, and is banned from traveling to Europe, but no one was surprised when he went to the Rome conference on Food last week. You see, Mugabe is 88. His wife, however, is only 44. If Robert goes, so might his money. So while [...]

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