Clik here to view.
Stonehenge may have been burial site for Stone Age elite, say archaeologists
Dating cremated bone fragments of men, women and children found at site puts origin of first circle back 500 years to 3,000 BC Centuries before the first massive sarsen stone was hauled into place at...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Maryland lawmaker introduces bill pushing back on ‘zero tolerance’ gun...
A Maryland state Senator has introduced legislation he said would counter local schools’ “zero tolerance” policies regarding mimicking of firearms. WJZ-TV reported on Friday that state Sen. J.B....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Jeb Bush going ‘full Ginsburg’ to promote immigration policy on Sunday talk...
Named for the Lewinsky lawyer who first pulled off the feat, former governor to appear on all five major Sunday talk shows In insider Washington slang it is a publicity coup that has been dubbed the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Big Pharma battle threatens to derail Pacific trade pact
A US-led Pacific free trade pact faces further delays as a row between Big Pharma and activists supporting access to generic drugs erupts ahead of an October deadline, officials say. Negotiators from...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘Osama bin Laden’s right-hand man in Europe’ Abu Qatada sent back to UK jail
Jordanian terror suspect Abu Qatada was on Saturday sent back to prison by a British judge, just two days before the government was due to make a fresh bid to deport him. The radical cleric, who has...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘World’s best restaurant’ vows to reimburse poisoned diners
The “world’s best restaurant” said Saturday it would reimburse dozens of diners who came down with a nasty case of food poisoning after savouring its delights. The two-Michelin-star Noma restaurant...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Student attempts to be first openly gay climber to reach Seven Summits
Cason Crane is attempting to become the first openly gay person to scale the Seven Summits, the highest peaks on all seven continents. In this June 2012 photo, Crane holds holding one of his Rainbow...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Man arrested at Newark Airport with $300,000 of cocaine hidden in bags
NEWARK — A 33-year-old man was arrested earlier this month at Newark Liberty International Airport after customs and border patrol officers found $300,000 worth of cocaine hidden his luggage,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Obama’s minimum wage pledge divides economists
President Barack Obama’s pledge to raise the minimum wage by 24 percent has divided economists and businesses who warn it could threaten recent improvements in jobless numbers. Obama has stated that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Debate flares over impact of social media on Arab Spring and other ‘revolutions’
How important were Twitter, Facebook and other social media in toppling regimes in the Arab Spring uprisings? Amid a fierce debate in academic circles, an upcoming book argues that social media and new...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Massive dust storm engulfs Tokyo
A huge dust storm hit Tokyo Sunday, blanketing the city with brown dust that darkened the skies and rapidly transformed what had been a clear and sunny day. Visibility in the capital deteriorated...
View ArticleClik here to view.
SimCity slowly recovering from launch debacle
The hugely popular SimCity game is rapidly recovering from its trouble-plagued launch but problems are yet to be completely eradicated, company officials said. Electronic Arts servers hosting SimCity...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Report finds 233 million women will lack contraception access by 2015
An estimated 233 million women in their fertile years will lack access to modern contraception by 2015, up from 221 million in 2010, according to a study published on Tuesday. Excluding China,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Anti-gay Cardinal sleeping above the biggest gay sauna in Europe
An apartment building in Rome currently occupied by Cardinal Ivan Dias is also home to the biggest gay sauna in Europe. The Italian newspaper La Repubblica reported that Cardinal Ivan Dias is living...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Georgia Republican admits defending Todd Akin’s rape comment was ‘stupid’
Republican Rep. Phil Gingrey of Georgia said Monday that he was wrong to defend Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin’s remarks about “legitimate rape.” “Rape is rape,” he told the Atlanta-Journal...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Fox News guest Zerlina Maxwell: ‘I refuse to be silenced’ by rape threats
Democratic strategist Zerlina Maxwell on Monday said she would not be silenced by vulgar insults and threats of violence, and would continue speaking out against rape. “I’m certainly taking steps to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Vienna Philharmonic admits sending Jewish musicians to their deaths in...
On the 75th anniversary of Austria’s Anschluss with Germany, the famous orchestra is giving up dark secrets about its past On 23 March 1938, the violinist Viktor Robitsek received a curt note from the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘Mad Men’ hires 75-year-old ad man straight from the swinging 60s for new...
New series of hit show has called on British artist Brian Sanders to draw ad campaign heralding return of Don Draper and Co. When the creator of Mad Men wants the new adverts for series six to have a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How Americans were swindled by the hidden cost of the Iraq war
George Bush sold the war as quick and cheap; it was long and costly. Even now, the US is paying billions to private contractors When the US invaded Iraq in March 2003, the Bush administration estimated...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick convicted under federal corruption charges
Copyright ImageClick to View Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick leaves federal court after being convicted Monday, in Detroit, of corruption charges, ensuring a return to prison for a man once among...
View Article