Balloon Boy Parents Are Now Under FAA Investigation
abcnews.go.com — Bad enough that they used their 6-year-old son in a national hoax (they're pleading guilty). Now, Richard and Mayumi Heene may face federal charges stemming from an ongoing civil investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration because the family's stunt caused some planes at the Denver airport to switch runways while the balloon was in flight. (Submitted by weirdralph) More…
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Armistice Day Remembrances - The Big Picture [Pics]
boston.com — Last Wednesday was Armistice Day, when on the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month", in 1918, the armistice was signed for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front at the end of World War I. (Submitted by deepak1uw) More…
Does Jesus save aliens?
timesonline.typepad.com — Four hundred years after Renaissance philosopher Giordano Bruno was burnt at the stake for his belief in the "plurality of worlds" (aliens), scientists and religious leaders gathered this week at a seemingly more open-minded Vatican for a conference on astrobiology (aliens). (Submitted by atomicpoet) More…
Obama in Beijing: How other US presidents handled the dragon
globalpost.com — From Nixon, to Ford, to Reagan, Clinton and both Bushes, dealing with China has never been simple. President Barack Obama begins his first trip to China Nov. 15, with his policy toward China still largely untested. He has said little about human rights in China and last month was the first president in 20 years to refuse to meet the Dalai Lama. (Submitted by Slashered) More…
Man Rapes Girlfriend Then Douses Her With Acid
truecrimereport.com — Los Angeles police are searching for 30-year-old Miguel Herrera, wanted in a brutal attack against his girlfriend on Halloween night. The victim says she showed up late to Herrera's apartment that night, and they got into a argument. So he decided to teach her a lesson. (Submitted by vtbarrera) More…
Mexican City Pleads for UN Peacekeepers
news.aol.com — Business groups in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez said Wednesday they are calling for United Nations peacekeepers to quell the drug-related violence that has given their city one of the highest homicide rates in the world. (Submitted by ActiveDigger007) More…
Official: Accused 9/11 mastermind, others to be tried in N.Y
washingtonpost.com — Khalid Sheik Mohammed -- the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks -- and four co-defendants will be tried in federal court in New York instead of a military commission, a federal official said Friday morning. (Submitted by FI5HERMAN) More…
Billionaire Bill Gates says Wall Street pay too high
reuters.com — By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bill Gates said on Wednesday he believes Wall Street pay is ''often too high'' and that U.S. government ownership of American International Group Inc worries him because it has devalued the giant insurer. The... (Submitted by pezangel) More…
Feds move to seize 4 mosques, tower linked to Iran
news.yahoo.com — Federal prosecutors Thursday took steps to seize four U.S. mosques and a Fifth Avenue skyscraper owned by a nonprofit Muslim organization long suspected of being secretly controlled by the Iranian government. (Submitted by SethStuck) More…
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