Big Brother House Is More Like Peeping Tom House [Architecture] (Gizmodo)The idea behind the Big Brother House, designed by Julien De Smedt Architects for the Ordos 100 Project in Inner Mongolia in China, is that it's "a place where one can watch and be watched."...(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:48:13 GMT)
Artists Strive To Wrest Rights From Music Industry (Slashdot)eldavojohn writes "The funny thing about the RIAA & BPI is that the artists are just as tired as the fans with how online music is being handled. So they're trying something new called the Featured Artists' Coalition. FAC's site states in their charter: 'We believe that all music artistes should control their destiny because ultimately it is their art and endeavors that create the pleasure and ...(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:14:09 GMT)
YOUR VIEW: A bridge too far for Maryhill (EveningTimes Online)I HAD to check the calendar to make sure it wasn't April 1 when I read about the new statue and £4million footbridge planned for the Forth and Clyde Canal at Stockingfield Junction.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:32:06 GMT)
Animal activists over the line (The Logan Herald Journal)PETA and the ALF: If you are familiar with these vacuous minded, agri-terrorist extremist groups, you are aware of the “noble” do-gooder badge they carry.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:17:26 GMT)
The Monitor: Captions for Wall St... that's Wall St, West Yorks (BBC News)Winning entries for the caption competition. This week's picture is of Wall Street, in West Yorkshire. Thanks to all who entered. The prize of a small amount of kudos to the following:(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:37:18 GMT)
‘Special victims' are real and need our help (The Kansas City Star)Have you ever watched an episode of “Law & Order: SVU”? Every week the Special Victims Unit explores cases involving sexual predators. Sometimes the victims are grown women and men, but it’s not unusual for the show’s police to investigate the most atrocious crimes of all — those involving children.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:35:04 GMT)
Five groups benefit from Torridge grants (North Devon Gazette & Advertiser)TORRIDGE District Council's Community Grants Scheme has made five awards to local groups. Rydon Archers, based in Holsworthy, have hit the target with an award of £260 to help with the purchase of specialised archery equipment.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:08:41 GMT)
Tuesday, May 06, 2003 (WestportNow)Westports Representative Town Meeting has given preliminary approval to a $46.1 million budget for the town portion of spending for the next fiscal year, a 2.65 percent increase.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:51:13 GMT)
Graziano: New York Mets' Church finds redemption in play at plate in 7-6 victory over Cubs (The Times of Trenton)NEW YORK -- The ground is wet, Ryan Church thought, and that's a good thing. That will help. It was the bottom of the eighth inning, the Mets down a run to a team of backups posing as the Chicago Cubs, when Church broke from second base on a single to right field by Robinson Cancel.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:52:03 GMT)