Remember the wind-powered rotating skyscrapers of Dubai? Well, the building boom in the Emirates is over, thanks to the financial crisis. Most of the huge and expensive construction projects have been cancelled or are on hold. Not only that, foreign laborers are being laid off at an astounding rate ...

for some bizare reason it has become acceptable for our country to continue allowing children from poorer divorced american families to be denied equal access to both parents. not all americans can afford the high cost of legal fees for their divorces,and if one parent does not have a lawyer and the...

This news feed is clogged up with some of the late tips from last night, and also I haven’t done all of today’s stories. The most important news item is that the US has withdrawn from Durban II. Thanks to C. Cantoni, Insubria, Islam in Action, JD, KGS, TB, Tuan Jim, and all the other tipsters wh...

ACT the SECONDwherein the noble COUNT reccollects old WOUNDS   They overtook the lead elements of the army four miles up the road. The host was crossing the new canal between the Brenta and the Bacchiglione. Here they caught up with the commander of the foot soldiers, Vanni Scornigiani. Called...

From the Journals of Lord Byron February 9, 1821. Before dinner wrote a little; also, before I rode out, Count P. G. called upon me, to let me know the result of the meeting of the Ci. at F. and at B. * * returned late last night. Every thing was combined under the idea that the Barbarians would pas...

There’s an inspiring story in tonight’s feed about a young Swedish man who visited Israel and fell in love with the country. He had been a pacifist, but while he was in Israel a suicide bomber blew up 21 people at a discotheque. This caused the young man to give up his pacifist ideas and aspire ...

Prosegue Sanremofestival.59 , la competizione online tra artisti Giovani voluta per la prossima edizione del Festival di Sanremo dal direttore artistico e conduttore Paolo Bonolis e dal direttore artistico musicale Gianmarco Mazzi. I 50 video che hanno ottenuto più voti e accedono alla second...

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La nevicata di questa mattina in Emilia Romagna ha contribuito a portare quiete in giorni che sono, solitamente, di fermento, tra progetti da chiudere entro il 2008 e nuove avventure da intraprendere per il 2009. Ieri notte ho celebrato il rito del tradizionale backup annuale dei miei computer: il 2...

The world health organization has confirmed new cases of the extremely contagious Fiscal Insanity Virus (FIV) that is rapidly spreading the globe. Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is one of the latest victims as evidenced by the headline Flaherty gives banks deadline to lend more. Finance Mini...