Posted in Alert, Astonishing, Campaigns & Elections, Computers & Technology, Dictators, Government, Islam, Middle East, Terrible, Terrorism, WWW, You've GOT to be Kidding on Monday, 3 March, 2008 | No Comments »
TEHRAN: The Iranian government might block private access to the Internet for the general legislative election on March 14, two Iranian news outlets reported Monday.
But the two accounts appeared to differ on the rationale. “Shutting down the Internet service will depend on security plans and on the Ministry of Telecommunication,” said Mostafa Pourmohammadi, the interior [...]
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Posted in Alert, Astonishing, Caught, Horrific, Investigation, Life & Death, Lost & Found, Oddly, Shocking, Weird on Monday, 3 March, 2008 | No Comments »
GABRIOLA ISLAND, British Columbia — Should a fourth human foot float ashore here in the evergreen Gulf Islands off the west coast of Canada, the person who finds it would no doubt want to know the answers to three questions.
Is it a right foot?
Is it wearing a running shoe?
Is the shoe a size 12?
After all, [...]
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Posted in Astonishing, Bad Soldiers, Caught, Crime, Drugs & Alcohol, Entertainment, Europe, Investigation, Military, Shocking, Terrible, You've GOT to be Kidding on Monday, 3 March, 2008 | 2 Comments »
HARSTAD, Norway - Eight British Commandos have been flown home in disgrace for stripping naked and engaging in appalling behaviour in a Norwegian bar during an Arctic training exercise.
The men disgusted onlookers in the town of Harstad with a drunken game of “naked bar”.
After whipping off their clothes, they urinated on each other - splashing [...]
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Posted in Alert, Banking & Finance, Capitol Hill, Communication, Decision, Education, Government, Legislation, Money on Monday, 3 March, 2008 | 6 Comments »
FACTS ABOUT THE 2008 ECONOMIC STIMULUS PAYMENTS
FS-2008-15, February 2008
Starting in May, the Treasury will begin sending economic stimulus payments to more than 130 million individuals. The stimulus payments will go out through the late spring and summer.The vast majority of Americans who qualify for an economic stimulus payment will not have to do anything other [...]
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Posted in Astonishing, Caught, Decision, History, Life & Death, Oddly, Religious, Weird, You've GOT to be Kidding on Monday, 3 March, 2008 | 3 Comments »
ROME (Reuters) - The body of the mystic monk Padre Pio, one of the Roman Catholic world’s most revered saints who died 40 years ago, has been exhumed to be prepared for display to his many devotees.
The body of the Capuchin friar, who was said to have had the stigmata — the wounds of Christ’s [...]
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ATLANTA (AP) — Kid Rock has pleaded not guilty to a charge of battery from a fight at a Waffle House in Atlanta.
Robert James Ritchie, better known as the musician Kid Rock, was not present for the plea. His attorney, Darryl Cohen, waived an arraignment hearing [...]
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Posted in Awards, Celebrities, Decision, Family, Impressive, Life & Death, Schools, University, Wow on Monday, 3 March, 2008 | 2 Comments »
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Activist-actor Martin Sheen will be honored by the University of Notre Dame with its Laetare Medal for his humanitarian work, the school announced Sunday.
Sheen, who played a U.S. president who was a Notre Dame graduate in the TV series “West Wing,” is to receive the medal at the school’s May [...]
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