Senator Obama’s passport records breached in January 2008

Friday, March 21, 2008 Two low-level United States Department of State employees have been dismissed and a third employee disciplined over accessing the passport files of Senator Barack Obama “without a need to do so.” According to Assistant Secretary of State, Sean McCormack, on three separate incidents which occurred separately on January 9, February 21 […]

US raids Iran ‘liaison office’, Russia says it is unacceptable

Friday, January 12, 2007 The U.S. armed forces detained five Iranians working at a “liaison office” located in Erbil, Iraq before dawn on Friday. Sources said that the U.S. forces first landed their helicopters around the building, then broke through the office’s gate, disarmed the guards, confiscated some documents and certain objects, arrested five suspected […]

Manitoba volunteers go to war against Red River flooding

Monday, April 6, 2009 Over 1,600 volunteers registered to help build approximately 65,000 of the 500,000 sandbags to create dikes 20.5 feet (6.2 meters) high to protect the City of Winnipeg, Manitoba in the war against the Red River of the North flood. 700 volunteers answered at the rural municipality of St. Andrews alone. Once sandbags are […]

Soft drink foes cheer victory, lament remaining junk foods in schools

Monday, May 8, 2006 Last week’s announcement that most soda manufacturers will stop selling their sugary products in U.S. schools did not mention that avoiding lawsuits was part of the motivation for the self-imposed ban. Some of those who threatened legal action to stop the soda sales are patting themselves on the back over the […]

Owsley Stanley, icon of 1960s counterculture, dies at 76

Thursday, March 17, 2011 Owsley Stanley, mass-producer of LSD, the drug underlying much of the culture of the 1960s California hippie era, died Sunday in a car accident in Australia at the age of 76, his family announced on Tuesday. According to The New York Times, “Mr. Stanley lent the ’60s a great deal of […]

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UK seizes drugs worth £25 million in new record

Saturday, September 19, 2009 The United Kingdom’s Border Agency has seized drugs worth £25 million (US$ 40.6 million) after heroin was discovered in a shipment from South Africa. The discovery was made during an inspection of souvenirs shipped into London’s Heathrow Airport, where 165 kg of the drug was recovered. The Serious Organised Crime Agency […]

Eurovision ’73 winner Anne Marie David discusses her four-decade career and the Contest, past and present

Monday, February 16, 2009 In the 1970s, she was one of the most popular female vocalists in France, and became well-known internationally. Anne Marie David, from Arles in the south of France, parlayed her initial success from playing Mary Magdalene in the French production of Jesus Christ Superstar into taking home the “grand prix” at […]

Podolski announces retirement from international football

Tuesday, August 16, 2016 Yesterday, Poland-born German football player and Galatasaray S.K. forward Lukas Podolski announced retirement from international football. Debuting internationally in 2004, Podolski has won 129 international caps, Germany’s third all time most capped player after Lothar Matthäus and Miroslav Klose. 31-year-old Lukas Podolski is the third top-scorer for Germany, netting 48 goals. […]

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Read An Opinion On: Equipment Finance Classic Funding Group byAlma Abell You might be surprised to learn that some of your co-workers, friends, and even family members have filed for bankruptcy protection. While seeking help for serious financial trouble was once something that was looked poorly upon, it is now so common that most people […]