Zut Alors!

Italian’s Detention Illustrates Dangers Foreign Visitors Face

2008-05-15T18:45:54Z

By NINA BERNSTEIN The New York Times Published: May 14, 2008 He was a carefree Italian with a recent law degree from a Roman university. She was “a totally Virginia girl,” as she puts it, raised across the road from George Washington’s home. Thei...

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Horses abandoned in West as feed prices rise

2008-05-14T06:40:21Z

Tue May 13, 2008 By Laura Zuckerman SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - In the classic Hollywood western, a cowboy portrayed by John Wayne gallops across the sagebrush steppe and rocky ridges of the American West with only his horse for a companion. What ...

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Texas authorities investigate more polygamy charges

2008-05-13T19:47:27Z

By ANGELA K. BROWN Associated Press Writer 13 May 2008 CLYDE, Texas (AP) -- Behind guarded, ornate gates at the end of a rural road, a self-proclaimed prophet warns his followers about the end of time and rails against a dangerous and unclean wor...

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NY man sues US airline over flight spent in toilet

2008-05-13T18:02:47Z

by Edith Honan May 12, 2008 NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York man who says he was denied a seat on a five-hour jetBlue flight and was instead told to "hang out" in the plane's bathroom has sued the airline for $2 million, saying he suffered "extrem...

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U.N. frustration grows at Myanmar's junta over aid

2008-05-13T18:01:51Z

Mon May 12, 2008 By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS, May 12 (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon ratcheted up the pressure on Myanmar on Monday, saying he was extremely frustrated by the junta's slow delivery of aid to more than 1.5 mi...

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Woman fired for giving 16-cent treat to toddler

2008-05-09T16:31:54Z

by Claire Sibonney Thu May 8, 2008 TORONTO (Reuters) - An attendant at a Canadian restaurant who was sacked for giving a bite-sized doughnut, worth 16 cents, to an agitated toddler was given her job back on Thursday after the case received wide m...

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shrub sucks some more.

2008-04-29T16:46:42Z

our flourishing economy Bush Fixes Economy Whines About Congress Dorkus W. Dildo had a press conference today, in his garden. He is very rich and has an entire hospital to attend to him and bombs anything that makes him confused and no matter wha...

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Give me the lesson without the spin

2008-04-28T03:31:23Z

A high school student finds conservative bias in his American government textbook. By Matthew LaClair April 27, 2008 Throughout my life, my teachers have told me that school is a neutral environment where my classmates and I can count on teache...

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Family Stuck With House Possibly Built On Dump

2008-04-26T18:19:41Z

Massachusetts Family Demands Answers From Town, Builder April 23, 2008 MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA, Mass. -- A Massachusetts homeowner said she cannot live or sell her new $850,000 home because it may have been built on an old dump. Julie Gesner and h...

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Accuracy of Detroit police crime lab is questioned

2008-04-26T17:51:58Z

All firearms investigations temporarily suspended BY ERIC D. LAWRENCE and BEN SCHMITT FREE PRESS STAFF WRITERS April 26, 2008 The Wayne County Prosecutor's Office plans to review a year's worth of Detroit criminal cases involving firearms amid co...

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