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A Republican senator has apologised for "a very serious sin in my past" after his phone number was linked to an alleged Washington prostitution ring. David Vitter, a Louisiana senator, said he had asked for and received forgiveness from God and his wife. Deborah Palfrey, dubbed the "DC...

By Silvia Salek BBC Brasil Neguinho da Beija-Flor's stage-name indicates his skin colour; in Portuguese, Neguinho means Little Black. In this year's Rio Carnival competition, he sang a song celebrating Brazil's African roots in a performance that won his samba school the title. But having...

Obviously a potential match up that comes to mind is against Valuev. LOL, The Big Show would outweigh him by around 100 pounds!! "Former seven-foot professional wrestler Paul “The Big Show” Wight, who claims to have dropped down to 449 pounds from the more than 500 pounds he...

Summary: During the 1980s, Israel was a crucial conduit for the supply of arms to Central American contra forces, as well as to apartheid South Africa and Iran. With a Sandinista government installed in Nicaragua, and the ever present irritant that is Hugo Chavez, could this discovery be a sign...

Currently, the belt holders are: WBC - Oleg Maskaev 33-5 (26 KOs) WBA - Ruslan Chagaev 23-0-1 NC (17 KOs) IBF - Wladimir Klitschko 48-3 (43 KOs) WBO - Sultan Ibragimov 21-0-1 (17 KOs) On Saturday, Klitschko faces Brewster. Assuming he wins, he will face the winner of the October 13th fight, a...

Thats just a misdemeanor right? Anyone know what someone would be facing if they got charged with Unlawful Discharge of a Firearm and reckless endangerment? Dumb ass coworker of mine apparently got drunk last night and pulled out his AK and shot in the air a few times. Neighbors called the...

This game is sick. Anyone play it??

Funny how the richest man on the planet is from a country where over 50% of the population are living in poverty. That's capitalism for you.... ::: ::: Mexico's telecoms tycoon Carlos Slim has overtaken Bill Gates to become the world's richest person, according to a respected Mexican...

The big bounce is an interesting theory in that this universe could be the first or the millionth... :: Original Source: Penn State Date: July 3, 2007 Science Daily - New discoveries have been made about another universe whose collapse appears to have given birth to the one we live in...

Scientists have apparently converted one species of micro-organism into another by transplanting DNA. It is claimed that this will lead to the ability to design new organisms which could be used to generate new “green” fuels. However, it is also feared that the process could be used to create...

Well I guess Pacman vs Guzman or Pacman vs Marquez are both out for the time being.... Last update: 06-29-2007 Submitted by Lee Samuels Pacquiao-Barrera Rematch Set For Oct. 6 LOS ANGELES - Golden Boy Promotions and Top Rank have reached a settlement of the various legal disputes...

Interesting stuff: http://medtempus.com/archives/top-10-weird-anomalies-in-medicine/

Symptoms of mental retardation and autism have been reversed for the first time in laboratory mice. US scientists created mice that showed symptoms of Fragile X Syndrome - a leading cause of mental retardation and autism in humans. They then reversed symptoms of the condition by inhibiting...

Germany has banned the makers of Tom Cruise's new movie from filming at military sites in the country because the actor is a Scientologist. The German defence ministry said Cruise has "publicly professed to being a member of the Scientology cult". Scientology masquerades as a religion to make...

Next week... The US Central Intelligence Agency is to declassify hundreds of documents detailing some of the agency's worst illegal abuses from the 1950s to 1970s. The papers, to be released next week, will detail assassination plots, domestic spying and wiretapping, kidnapping and human...

This first image shows Roseanne Holland at the age of 29 before her heroin habit took hold. A few years later, Ms Holland's habit starts to show in her face. "This drug is evil...Not only the outer disfiguration is extreme, the effect it has on your insides are worse". At 38, Ms Holland...

Why would Cotto take this fight??!?!? I definately understand Judah's reasonings, but Cotto KO'd him, it really wasn't that close of a fight. Judah landed some big punches that stunned Cotto from time to time, but that's pretty much it. It was, for the most part, a one sided match. I just don't...

US military launches massive assault in Iraq By Bill Van Auken 20 June 2007 Backed by armored columns and helicopter gunships, some 10,000 US troops have launched a massive assault on the provincial capital of Baquba and other areas north and east of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. The...

Anyone going to pick this game up? Looks pretty sick, check it out: Screenshots: http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/thedarkness/images.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=gsimage&tag=images;all http://www.2kgames.com/thedarkness/local.htm If you haven't been keeping up, the game is based on the Top...

http://www.charlotte.com/112/story/153260.html THOSE WHO MAKE THEIR OWN ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY GAS CAN AVOID PAIN AT THE PUMP BUT NOT THE TAXES. A price to pay for alternative fuels BRUCE HENDERSON [email protected] Bob Teixeira re-applies a sticker touting an alternative fuel...