Woman has expensive crash in Bugatti: A driver speeding on a rain-slicked road near London crashed a rented $1.5 million Bugatti Veyron into another car. The crash could have been one of the …
Bugatti Veyron? Vauxhall Astra? They sound like diseases to me. Oh, those crazy Brits! I just wish I had the money to waste like they do so I could go play demolition derby on the highways too!
Paraguay: Health officer fired amid dengue: Paraguay has fired its top health official amid a deadly dengue fever outbreak, the ABC Color newspaper reported Tuesday. Humberto Recalde was fired …
This is no laughing matter. Dengue, like malaria, is carried by mosquitoes. If not treated at the early stages, it can be fatal.
Bill Hattoy dies of AIDS complications: Bob Hattoy, a former Clinton aide and the first openly gay person with AIDS to speak at a national political convention, has died in California at 56. …
This may be the most politically incorrect thing I can say but if you play with fire, you're going to get burned.
R-rated films tied to teenage smoking: A U.S. study says Hollywood remains a powerful influence on teenage smoking habits. A study by North Carolina researchers, published in the Archives of …
In related news, a non-U.S. study (not published) says you can get sexually transmitted diseases from toilet seats.
Italian reporter kidnapped in Afghanistan: An Italian war correspondent in Afghanistan was taken prisoner after traveling into a Taliban-controlled area without permission, the group said Tuesday. …
When traveling in a hostile combat zone, it's advisable to go to places where you're NOT in danger of being attacked. Is getting the top story of the day worth your life?
Documentary refutes greenhouse theory: A television documentary airing this week in Britain claims the greenhouse theory on global warming is a scam.
Do you believe mankind is responsible for global warming or do you believe it's a natural occurrence caused by the sun? It doesn't matter. There's one thing I've learned out about life. We're not going to get out alive!
'Instant book' on Libby trial planned: A New York publisher will put out a book on the I. Lewis Libby trial, the publisher said shortly after the former White House aide's guilty verdict Tuesday.
Let's all go jump on the money train, shall we?
Microsoft attacks Google on copyright: Microsoft Corp. Tuesday accused U.S. rival Google Inc. of taking a "cavalier approach to copyright" and misleading customers for its own commercial benefit.
Hello pot, I'm kettle and we're both black. Hey, wait a second… Microsoft! Leave one of my sources of income alone!
Army medic convicted of desertion: A U.S. Army medic who refused to serve in Iraq was convicted of desertion Tuesday and sentenced to eight months in a military prison.
Say hello to Bubba for me. Make that "Private Bubba".
Part of Earth's mantle cover is missing: Welsh scientists are investigating a startling discovery in the Atlantic Ocean: Part of the Earth's mantle cover is missing. Cardiff University …
Oh yeah? So where did it go, Mr. Fancypants? Hmmmm?
