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Lawmaker Berates Double Amputee

I wonder if this lady is going for the sympathy vote from patriotards or if Walsh is exaggerating a bit? In any case, veterans groups are predictably calling for an apology and...

How state officials mistreat mobile food vendors


You can always trust that these brown guys wash their hands

We would all laugh at a man who, sinking in millions of dollars in house payments, car loans, and credit card bills, decided to...

Romney’s neocon dream team: Condoleezza Rice for VP

Obama's wife ain't looking any better.

Presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney hasn’t settled on a running mate yet, but a new name has made it to the list of rumored frontrunners. Americans might soon see...

CANBERRA, Australia — Authorities have arrested 29 people accused of being part of a cannibal cult in Papua New Guinea's jungle interior and charged them with the murders of seven suspected witch doctors, police said Friday.
Madang Police Commander Anthony Wagambie confirmed a report in The National newspaper that said the cult members allegedly...

Convict freed early, now held for rape

July 13 2012 at 01:34pm
By Zara Nicholson

A month ago Steven Hanson was released as part of President Jacob Zuma’s remission programme – and on Thursday he appeared in the Porterville Magistrate’s Court on charges of rape and abduction.
Hanson, 51, and his co-accused Jurgen George,...