Tiger Woods’ ex: ‘I’ve been through hell’
Elin Nordegren has finally come forward to clear the air about her dissolved marriage to golf superstar Tiger Woods, telling People magazine that the shock and stress of the scandal about his multiple infidelities impacted her health, causing her to lose sleep, weight, and even her hair. After staying silent for months under an intense [...]
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Yup, Conrad Black can sue
Jacquie McNish and Cigdem Iltan – The Court of Appeal of Ontario has granted Conrad Black the right to pursue a libel action in Ontario against the directors and officers who accused him of running a “corporate kleptocracy” at Hollinger International Inc. In its ruling a panel of three appeal court judges said that although Lord Black [...]
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Car run on human waste is launched
A car that runs on methane gas produced by human waste has been launched and its makers claim drivers cannot tell the difference. The Bio-Bug has been converted by a team of British engineers to be powered by biogas, which is produced from human waste at sewage works across the country. Excrement flushed down the [...]
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NHL Agent Bites on New Technology
By Paul W. Fitzgerald – Rich Evans has been around the world of sports for quite a while. He’s seen just about everything when it comes to new inventions and has always been skeptical. However, the founder of Points West Sports & Entertainment Inc has just discovered a new invention and it’s one he is [...]
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Car run on human waste is launched
A car that runs on methane gas produced by human waste has been launched and its makers claim drivers cannot tell the difference. The Bio-Bug has been converted by a team of British engineers to be powered by biogas, which is produced from human waste at sewage works across the country. Excrement flushed down the [...]
Arts & Entertainment
The final days of Dennis Hopper
If you wanted to understand Dennis Hopper late in his life, after five decades of fighting the system, firing up revolutions and invoking dark nightmares onscreen, all you had to do was look at his home in Venice, California. That it looked like no other home — a weird warehouse set among decrepit craftsman beach [...]
Business & Finance
Yup, Conrad Black can sue
Jacquie McNish and Cigdem Iltan – The Court of Appeal of Ontario has granted Conrad Black the right to pursue a libel action in Ontario against the directors and officers who accused him of running a “corporate kleptocracy” at Hollinger International Inc. In its ruling a panel of three appeal court judges said that although Lord Black [...]
Travel
In Amsterdam, a Jazz Beat
By Joel Weickgenant – On a Wednesday night this spring, in a shadowy brick cellar hidden under a bridge in Amsterdam’s canal belt, the city’s hottest new jazz event was tuning up. The atmosphere at Brug 9 (Singel Tegenover 157 or 161; no phone;brug9.nl) that night was as hip and improvised as the music: behind a cheap table [...]
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Tiger Woods’ ex: ‘I’ve been through hell’
Elin Nordegren has finally come forward to clear the air about her dissolved marriage to golf superstar Tiger Woods, telling People magazine that the shock and stress of the scandal about his multiple infidelities impacted her health, causing her to lose sleep, weight, and even her hair. After staying silent for months under an intense [...]
Yup, Conrad Black can sue
Jacquie McNish and Cigdem Iltan – The Court of Appeal of Ontario has granted Conrad Black the right to pursue a libel action in Ontario against the directors and officers who accused him of running a “corporate kleptocracy” at Hollinger International Inc. In its ruling a panel of three appeal court judges said that although Lord Black [...]
Car run on human waste is launched
A car that runs on methane gas produced by human waste has been launched and its makers claim drivers cannot tell the difference. The Bio-Bug has been converted by a team of British engineers to be powered by biogas, which is produced from human waste at sewage works across the country. Excrement flushed down the [...]
NHL Agent Bites on New Technology
By Paul W. Fitzgerald – Rich Evans has been around the world of sports for quite a while. He’s seen just about everything when it comes to new inventions and has always been skeptical. However, the founder of Points West Sports & Entertainment Inc has just discovered a new invention and it’s one he is [...]
Burqas and Bikinis
Time magazine’s cover is the latest cynical attempt to oversimplify the reality of Afghan lives By Privamavda Gopal Reprising a legendary 1985 National Geographic cover, this week’s Time magazine cover girl is another beautiful young Afghan woman. But this time there is a gaping hole where her nose used to be before it was cut off [...]
Ethnic Diversity Exists Among Patients: Study
Cystic fibrosis (CF) has long been thought of by most people as a disease affecting only Caucasians. While some experts asserted this was not the case, they did not have the data to correct this misconception. Now they do. A new North American study led by researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) reveals [...]
The acid test for Washington
Is WikiLeaks antidote to the Washington K Street Kool-Aid? By Elizabeth Gould and Paul Fitzgerald – Since the end of the cold war, the U.S. had been looking for an enemy to match the Soviet Union and came up empty handed until 9/11. Refocusing the efforts of the world’s largest and most expensive military empire [...]
The final days of Dennis Hopper
If you wanted to understand Dennis Hopper late in his life, after five decades of fighting the system, firing up revolutions and invoking dark nightmares onscreen, all you had to do was look at his home in Venice, California. That it looked like no other home — a weird warehouse set among decrepit craftsman beach [...]
Hayward has bags packed, will travel
By Harry Weber – Tony Hayward, the man who became the face of BP PLC’s failing efforts to contain the massive Gulf of Oil spill, will step down as chief executive officer in October and be offered a job with the company’s joint venture in Russia, a person familiar with the matter said Monday. The person spoke on [...]
Contador wins Tour de France
By Julie Preston – Spaniard Alberto Contador claimed his third Tour de France title on Sunday as seven-times champion Lance Armstrong made his final exit from the race. The 27-year-old Contador stayed safe in the main bunch and the last stage, over 102.5 km from Longjumeau, went to Briton Mark Cavendish for the second year [...]




