A day after an Iraqi television journalist threw his shoes at President George W. Bush, this act of defiance toward the American commander in chief reverberated throughout Iraq and across the Arab world.
Greece was ranked as the most corrupt country in the euro zone by the Berlin-based Transparency International watchdog in its latest global survey of corruption perceptions.
Thousands of Greek protesters clashed with riot police yet again in Athens today, as police started to run out of tear gas after battling rioters day and night for a whole week.
A peculiar amphibian that was clad in bony armor prowled warm lakes 210 million years ago, catching fish and other tasty snacks with one of the most unusual bites in the history of life on Earth.
The creature called Gerrothorax pulcherrimus, which
Donovan, head of New York's Housing Preservation and Development Department, is a former Clinton administration HUD official with a national reputation for curtailing low-income foreclosures, developing affordable housing and managing the nation*
How the MKV-L concept works & its successful first hover ground test (Dec. 2008). The actual ground test footage is bookended by CGI concept clips so you'll know what you're watching. See how missile defense will deal with countermeasures.
Like a similar technology previously endorsed by Lenovo, the remote kill switch technology locks down a lost or stolen PC when it receives a special SMS message from the owner [or the government].
This 60 Minute interview covers the deadly nature of "Option ARM Mortgage" where between 50 to 70 percent of the homes will end up in foreclosure. This tsunami will hit the middle class hard between 2009 and 2011.
A pair of US inventors are bringing to market a computerized car key that prevents people from chatting on mobile telephones or sending text messages while driving. [Which they will now lobby legislators to mandate.]
Iran has documents to prove the United States and Britain, the Islamic Republic's two Western arch foes, back a group that killed 16 abducted Iranian police officers, state radio reported.
As lawmakers around the country continue to consider speed limit enforcement as the primary traffic safety measure, the most comprehensive examination of accident causation in thirty years suggests this focus on speed may be misplaced.
Inspired in part by the scallop, engineers are unveiling a new type of surveillance camera that combines images from 5 separate image sensors, each equivalent to the camera in a typical cell phone whose video feeds span a full 180 degrees,
The freedom to fail is an essential part of freedom. Government provided financial security necessitates relinquishing the very essence of freedom. Last week, the big 3 American automakers came back to Capitol Hill with their hands out
...Morgellon’s Disease is no longer rare, nor is it mysterious any longer. A study of the fibers shows that they contain DNA from both a fungus and a bacterium.. used in the commercial preparation of genetically modified foods and non-food crops (suc
"Banks aren't lending so people are coming here for short-term loans against collateral like diamonds, watches and other jewelry," said Jordan Tabach-Bank, CEO of Beverly Loan Co, self-described "pawnbroker to the stars."
Do you know where you stand? You had better! It has now been 12 months since gun owners in Australia were forced by new law to surrender 640,381 personal firearms to be destroyed by their own government, a program costing Australia taxpayers more t
Microsoft's HealthVault, the medical records database, is to be integrated with VeriMed's human-embedded RFID tags, allowing doctors to access the medical records of unconscious patients with a quick scan of the arm.
Today, surveys show 35 million Americans use marijuana yearly, and 114 million have in their lifetimes. Addicts to prohibited drugs, notes Eric Sterling of the Criminal Justice Policy Foundation, "are famous radio personalities, spouses of major
Thirty states are at risk of having the funds that pay out unemployment benefits become insolvent over the next few months, according to the National Association of State Workforce Agencies. Funds in two states, Indiana and Michigan, have already dri
Defending full-fledged conservatism against the naysayers -
American Spectator – Quin Hillyer takes 'conservative' media critics like Kathleen Parker to task for their assaults on full-spectrum conservatism (those who believe in strong nat
“Rates will fall close to zero. Everywhere,” Hugh Hendry, chief investment officer and partner, Eclectica, told CNBC.com. “The central banks will be forced to take them to zero because of the widespread disruption in society, for job losses.”
The cause of the riots would be a hyper-inflationary depression, Celente told interviewer Lew Rockwell, causing Americans to revolt in similar circumstances that we have witnessed recently in Iceland and Greece. The trouble would be sparked off by Ob
Those who jumped back in during 2007 badly mistimed the bottom. Phoenix prices are down 20 percent this year, according to the (NAR). The result? That second wave of speculation has resulted in scads of newly trapped homeowners.
The Bush Administration inserted an eleventh-hour provision into the $750 billion bailout bill to protect executive bonuses, a single sentence that will torpedo efforts to reduce bonuses even as companies slash tens of thousands of jobs and use taxpa
Darin Simmer, 40, a retired nightclub owner, said the sheer number of freeway cameras bothers him. "There's just one after the other after the other," he said.