Posts Tagged ‘Salt & Pepper Media Inc’
Man implicated in ‘D.B. Cooper’ skyjacking had worked at Boeing
By Douglas Stanglin One of two brothers implicated by a niece in the 40-year-old “D.B. Cooper” (http://en NULL.wikipedia NULL.org/wiki/D NULL._B NULL._Cooper) skyjacking case worked at Boeing around the time of the fabled incident, according to the woman’s mother, The Seattle Times reports. In the elaborate scheme, “D.B.Cooper” hijacked a Boeing plane on a Northwest Orient [...]
Rebekah Brooks latest arrest in phone hacking scandal
The Associated Press – London police arrested Rebekah Brooks, Rupert Murdoch’s former British CEO, in the phone hacking and police bribery scandal Sunday, and the former News of the World editor said she was “assisting the police with their inquiries.” Ms. Brooks, 43, was arrested at a London police station at noon Sunday. She is [...]
Bin Laden Is Dead
By Paul Koring and with files from the Associated Press (from today’s Globe and Mail Newspaper) The killing of Osama bin Laden – iconic symbol of radical jihad and the fugitive leader of al-Qaeda – marks a historic moment and the end of a decade-long hunt for the most wanted man on the planet. “Justice [...]
‘They dish it but they can’t take it,’ Ignatieff says after Liberals pull Harper quote
BILL CURRY AND JANE TABER (from Today’s Globe and Mail Newspaper, April 18, 2011) The Liberals are escalating their attack on Stephen Harper over the future of health care, portraying complaints from the Conservative war room as a sign of nervousness. Liberals say they will post an online poll Monday asking Canadians which new Harper [...]
Liberals drop gloves
By John Ibbitson, The Globe and Mail Conservatives are reacting with fury to a Liberal attack ad that accuses them of harbouring a secret agenda to cut health care funding if they obtain a majority government. “The Liberal ad uses some of the dirtiest tricks in the book — including twisting words out of context [...]
Ignatieff’s rebuke of Harper majority hailed as Liberal ‘turning point’
By Jane Taber, from Today’s Globe and Mail Newspaper The Liberals are calling the 42-minute mark of the English-language debate the “turning point” for Michael Ignatieff and are urging supporters to spread the word, arguing the debate can be won twice – on debate night and in the court of public opinion long after it [...]
The AgilityGuard Helps Rocklin Athlete Achieve Excellence in Sport
Ariana Wong has been skiing for many years and is always on the lookout for news ways to improve her performance on the slopes. The 18 year-old from Rocklin, California – a suburb of Sacramento – knows that every second counts in her game of choice and this is why she regularly trains, works out, [...]
Huge Asteroid to Pass Near Earth in November
By Leonard David (Yahoo News File) Mark your calendars for an impressive and upcoming flyby of an asteroid that’s one of the larger potentially perilous space rocks in the heavens – in terms of smacking the Earth in the future. It’s the case of asteroid 2005 YU55, a round mini-world that is about 1,300 feet [...]
Judge denies Elizabeth May’s bid to join leaders’ debates
Green party Leader Elizabeth May has lost in her last-ditch effort to get in to the televised leaders’ debates. Federal Court judge Marc Nadon has decided not to expedite the case before the first debate on Tuesday. The party says it will look at all options before deciding whether to pursue the case any further. [...]
Sheen kicks off tour in Detroit; crowd yells for refund
Mike Householder, The Associated Press Charlie Sheen and his “goddesses” took the stage to thunderous applause Saturday night for the first leg of his “Torpedo of Truth” tour. The 70-minute show hadn’t even ended when the first reviews were in, and they were brutal. The former Two and a Half Men star showed that comedic [...]


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