Atlantis blasted off this morning on the last flight for NASA’s space shuttle program. The historic liftoff occurred 30 years and three months after the very first shuttle flight. Four astronauts are riding Atlantis to orbit, bound for the International Space Station. Massive crowds jammed Cape Canaveral and surrounding towns…
Continue reading …Police responding to reports of a light aircraft going down in a town south of Montreal found the aircraft parked safely in a parking lot—of a strip club, which the pilot had entered. The 43-year-old later left the bar and took off. Canadian aviation authorities, who say pilots can’t…
Continue reading …Media companies and Internet providers have agreed on a system to put the brakes on the service of users of illegal file-sharing services. The ISPs have agreed to alert customers up to six times if they believe their account is being used to illegally download music and movie, Reuters reports….
Continue reading …Not only is Tim Pawlenty a Lady Gaga fan … he’s a fan of her gay anthem , “Born This Way.” In an interview picked up by Mediaite , the presidential hopeful (and “Little Monster”?) noted that “even though she’s a little unusual, ‘Born this Way’ has got some appeal.” He points out…
Continue reading …Last week, Hugo Chavez announced he had cancer , but kept quiet on the details; now, insiders say it’s likely colon cancer, and he’s likely undergoing chemo, the Wall Street Journal reports. A tumor was discovered during the Venezuelan president’s surgery for a pelvic abscess and later removed. The abscess fits…
Continue reading …By now, you’ve probably heard that outcast eating champ Takeru Kobayashi gobbled down 69 hot dogs on a Manhattan rooftop in a renegade contest while the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest was happening nearby—which would have been good for a world record if he had been in the…
Continue reading …Facing a mounting public outcry over the News of the World scandal, David Cameron today announced a pair of investigations that will look into both the News of the World’s activities (including allegations of police bribery) and the future of media regulation, the AP reports. Cameron said that politicians had…
Continue reading …Despite the fact that a recently unearthed, unused train ticket led to the arrest of Jack Daniel McCullough for an unsolved 1957 murder, the 71-year-old is sticking with his original story. “I have an iron-clad alibi,” McCullough tells the AP from a Seattle jail. “I did not commit a murder….
Continue reading …Bill O’Reilly is shocked at the Casey Anthony verdict—and he wants everyone to know it. The anchor blasted a juror’s assertion that Caylee’s death could have been accidental. “There’s no evidence—none—that Caylee Anthony died from an accident,” unless, of course, “a Martian came down and put duct…
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Libyan leader says he will send hundreds of supporters to ‘martyr’ in Europe in revenge for NATO campaign Muammar Gaddafi has threatened to send hundreds of Libyans to launch attacks in Europe in revenge for the Nato-led military campaign against him. In a speech on Libyan television the Libyan leader said: “Hundreds of Libyans will martyr in Europe. I told you it is eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth. But we will give them a chance to come to their senses.” The Canary Islands, Sicily, other Mediterranean islands as well as Andalusia in southern Spain were Arab lands that should be liberated, he said. Gaddafi, whose forces have been battling rebel fighters increasingly encroaching on his territory and Nato warplanes, was speaking to a crowd of about 50,000 in the desert town of Sabha, about 500 miles south of Tripoli. The speech appeared designed to show that he still enjoys support in the areas of Libya still under his control. “You will regret it, Nato, when the war moves to Europe,” he said. “The Libyan people have no problem, the colonial powers are the ones who have a problem. They want to control our oil. They are jealous because God gave us the gift of oil,” Gaddafi said. “We do not fear them. We have no choice but to resist, become martyrs and fight on till the end.” Muammar Gaddafi Libya Middle East Africa Nato Arab and Middle East unrest guardian.co.uk
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