The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Hamburg - When victims of East Germany's systematic doping programme took part in a protest action at the world athletics championships in August it seemed an innocuous enough affair. The former athletes, trying to raise awareness of the plight of do...
49 Writers (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
It’s disappointing – even a little chilling -- to realize that a passion for literature and art does not guarantee the creation of a healthy intellect or the blossoming of a gentle spirit. Consider Hitler. An avid reader, he had 16,000 titles in his private library. Even at the end, when Soviet soldiers invaded his Berlin bunker, they found it stocked with several dozen books, according...
Wort's Going On Here? (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009
This picture appeared on a billboard in Deep River, CN . Disguised as an attempt to get parents to stop their children from drinking, the real reason behind the billboard is revealed in the article: "'Letting kids drink young is not a good idea at all. But telling your children not to drink, while you're drinking isn't ever going to work. What we need is leadership by example,' said [Wayne] Martin."...
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
At his home office in Elk Grove Village, Kevin Carney would sit in front of six computers buzzing with stock information, according to his clients.
Canal Street Chronicles (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
We've had a few requests by some of our members to take this bye week as an opportunity to get back to our All-Time Saints Team selection process started this past summer. Since there isn't much else to talk about and I'm a man of the people, why the hell not? Today, we will revisit the defensive end position. If you'll remember, Wayne Martin was selected as the first defensive end for our team. Therefore,...
Gadgets9.com (Free subscription) | 30/09/2009
It’s Strange & Wonderful Wednesday, and as I was perusing the offerings of the Internet I came upon Gerard Vlemmings’ – aka The Presurfer – link to an article on blogbits about weird cameras. read more
Cybergrass (Free subscription) | 28/09/2009
Raleigh, N.C. -- PineCone's first-ever CD release is happening this October, and it highlights some of the very best old-time, regional Piedmont stringband music. PineCone and the NC Museum of History will host a special pre-release concert at the Museum on Sunday, Oct. 11 at 3 p.m. as part of the Music of the Carolinas series. Artists confirmed for this special pre-release performance include Marvin...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 26/09/2009
A Walnut Creek optometrist was charged today with numerous counts of arson for allegedly setting fire to a fast-food restaurant and igniting a Comcast office in a blaze that knocked out service to thousands of customers, authorities said. Scott Weinberg, 51,...
Medindia Health News (Free subscription) | 22/09/2009
A quadriplegic in Australia who won a landmark legal battle to starve himself to death by refusing food died on Monday,
BBC News (Free subscription) | 21/09/2009
An Australian quadriplegic, who last month won the landmark legal right to starve to death, dies.
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 20/09/2009
QUADRIPLEGIC Christian Rossiter has died from a chest infection, five weeks after a court granted him the right to refuse food and water.
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 20/09/2009
PERTH - Perth quadriplegic Christian Rossiter has died of an infection, five weeks after a court granted him the right to refuse food and water. Seven Network says Rossiter (49), died in a Perth nursing home late on Sunday night...
icWales (Free subscription) | 16/09/2009
LAST season’s treble winners, City Crusaders made a winning start on their Premier Division debut, with a 6-4 victory over Joga Bonito at Trelai Park.
The Age (Free subscription) | 14/09/2009
Australian Fabrice Lapierre has won the men's long jump title at the lucrative World Athletics Final for the second successive year.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 12/09/2009
Thessaloniki, Greece - Tyson Gay of the United States beat Jamaica's Asafa Powell in the men's 100 metres at the World Athletics Final in Thessaloniki, Greece on Saturday. Gay clocked 9.88 seconds with a late surge to edge Powell (9.90) and Darvis Pa...
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