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During Tuesday’s Los Angeles City Council meeting, where the most scintillating item on the agenda was a proposal to increase ticket prices at the L.A. Zoo, a speaker stood up and told lawmakers they were ignoring an obvious fact: “You are surrounded by tents.” He was referring to the large group of protesters camped a few hundred feet away, on a grassy lawn outside City Hall. The group, which calls itself Occupy L.A., has been there since Saturday in a demonstration against economic policies that benefit corporations and the wealthiest Americans. The speaker, a well-known political gadfly named John Walsh,...

THE POPE arrived in Scotland to be greeted by an adoring crowd of some 125,000 people in glorious Edinburgh sunshine on his first State Visit to Britain today. It dwarfed protests from less than 100 or so people after flashpoints failed to materialise and mar what turned out to be huge success for the city with coverage of the historic visit beamed to a worldwide audience of around a BILLION people. One lucky schoolboy found himself being hugged by his Holiness Pope Benedict XVI in an impromptu walkabout in Morningside before lunch, while others revelled in being able to...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lawmakers from U.S. steel-producing states on Thursday cheered a decision by Chinese steel company Anshan Iron & Steel Group to back off plans to invest in a U.S. steel plant. "Not only would this venture have set a dangerous precedent further undermining our domestic steel market, but it posed serious national security concerns," Representative Tim Murphy, a Pennsylvania Republican, said in a statement. Anshan's decision comes at a time when China has pushed past Japan to become the world's second largest economy and high U.S. unemployment and a huge budget deficit are causing political anxiety in the...

Hey fellow freepers! My daughter's teammate at her allstar cheerleading gym, The Georgia Allstars, is nominated for Cheerleader of the Month, and is about 400 votes shy of winning. The voting ends this evening, so I am shamelessly asking you to freep the poll to help put our girl over the top! The poll is on the lower left, under March high school cheerleaders, and her name is Lauren Calhoun (Georgia). Thanks in advance for your help, and have a blessed Easter!

Capt. Amy Noble, the chaplain for the 395th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, holds a care package placed underneath a Christmas tree at Contingency Operating Location Q-West, Dec. 22. Photo by 1st Lt. Danielle Gordon, 15th Sustainment Brigade. COL Q-WEST — Though only a handful of 395th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion Soldiers will make it home for the holidays this year, the Christmas spirit here still thrives. The halls have been decked with festive paper decorations, desks adorned with sparkling Christmas trees, and windows ornamented with snowmen and snowflakes. Although many in the Connecticut-based unit may be nostalgic for a white...

FRAZEE, Minn. -- Some young men like to talk sports. Tyler Shipman's favorite topic is a car model that last rolled down an assembly line three years before he was born. "I got my first one when I was 15," says Tyler about the Pontiac Fiero with which he fell in love after seeing one on the internet. "They were something different ... they drive really sweet." General Motors pulled the plug on the sporty mid-engine two-seater in 1988 after a four year run. Quality issues dogged the car from the start. Tyler didn't care. In August, before starting his...

Radical American Muslims support attack on U.S. military base and other terrorist attacks. From CNN.

CNSNews.com) – President Barack Obama has gone to the golf course at least 11 times since he took the oath of office a little more than six months ago--three rounds were played during the late January, 12-day holiday Obama took with his family in Hawaii; one at Andrews Air Force Base; and seven at Ft. Belvoir Golf Course, including a round on Sunday, Father’s Day, with Vice President Joe Biden.

Larry Kudlow, "Obama Inauguration Speech Received one hell of a Bronx Cheer from Wall Street!" Background, Dow Drops below 8000 level in reaction to what wasn't said and the undercurrent of a threat to nationalize banks in what was said. "Shared Sacrifice"...... Larry said further, "..the verdict is in, this speech will go down in history as one of the worst Inauguration Speeches in History."

 GAME 1: Philadelphia Eagles vs. New York Giants. The Eagles cheerleaders are a plucky bunch with big plans. They have their own 2009 calendar, and each cheerleader has her own introductory video on their website. We like their multimedia approach.  GAME 1: Philadelphia Eagles vs. New York Giants. Eagles cheerleader Stephanie is a senior at the University of Delaware majoring in Nursing. This is her fourth year as an Eagles cheerleader. We like the stick-to-it-iveness that represents.       GAME 2: Arizona Cardinals vs. Carolina Panthers. Freshman Cardinals cheerleader Stephanie's favorite food is filet mignon, and she enjoys cooking,...

12/22/2008 - RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFNS) -- A Randolph Air Force Base chaplain is showing his love for wounded warriors this holiday season with a lot of help from his flock. Chaplain (Capt.) Eric Boyer of the 12th Flying Training Wing encouraged base members to contribute to Operation Cheer, a program that brings a dose of the holiday spirit to Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines recovering from wounds in local military hospitals. In its second year, Operation Cheer takes donations from chapel attendees and uses the money to buy poinsettia plants for warfighters recovering from wounds and their...

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Dec. 17, 2008 – This year’s Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff USO Holiday Tour has played at an aircraft hangar at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, in “the Clamshell” at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, in a maintenance facility at Forward Operating Base Sharana in Afghanistan’s Paktika province, and in an in-processing facility here. The tour’s stars -- Kid Rock, Kellie Pickler, Lewis Black, Tichina Arnold, Zac Brown, Kathleen Madigan and John Bowman -- have played far more prestigious venues, but probably none as appreciative. And their usual audiences generally don’t get this warning: “In case of a...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11, 2008 – Express delivery company DHL is spreading holiday cheer to troops serving in the Middle East by sending hundreds of Christmas trees, holiday decorations and messages of support. Army Lt. Col. Sean Shumaker thanks the New York community, Dee’s Nursery and DHL for delivering trees and holiday items when he was stationed at Camp Anaconda in Iraq. DHL courtesy photo  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. The company, based in Plantation, Fla., hosted its annual Trees for Troops send-off this week at DHL's gateway at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. Since 2004, DHL...

November’s elections proved a second-straight disaster for Republicans, but December has given them some room for optimism regarding 2010. In the aftermath of a week in which the GOP went 3-for-3 in contested races and inexplicably stole a seat from the majority party, Republicans are wrestling with the larger significance of the three wins, though some are hesitant to overemphasize. Democrats, meanwhile, are seeking to distance their fortunes from President-elect Obama and reinforce that they won in November thanks to the strength of their candidates and machinery and not simply the Obama effect. In Georgia, a three-point Election Day edge...

Dec. 31 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. is ending 2007 with a whine rather than a whimper. It is tough to keep track of what's collapsing faster, home prices or the dollar, and the financial market crisis caused by it has many seers talking recession as we enter 2008. As always, that delicious negativity receives the lion's share of media attention. But, in many ways, this past year was a pretty good one, and no, I am not just a talking about Boston's sports fans. Thus, to ring in the New Year, I present the Top 10 pieces of happy economic...

Kid Rock performs some of his most popular songs for the gathered troops during the 2007 USO Christmas show, Dec. 19, at Camp Ramadi. Photo by Spc. Ricardo Branch, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Public Affairs. CAMP RAMADI — The United Service Organization brought its Holiday Troop Visit Tour to the service members and civilians here with a special show at the Morale Welfare and Recreation (MWR) center, Dec. 19. Adm. Michael G. Mullen, the 17th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, opened the show to an excited crowd of more than 600 attendees.“You all do a...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2007 – Christmas came early to several camps in Kuwait, where servicemembers kicked off the season Dec. 1 with a tree-lighting ceremony and caroling at Camp Buehring, thanks to a long-time supporter from back home. Servicemembers at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, enjoy some Christmas spirit Dec. 1, 2007, thanks to a partnership between the local officers’ spouses’ club and Bank of America Military Segment. Bank of America provided support for festivities that included a tree-lighting ceremony, stockings full of gifts and food. Courtesy photo  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Bank of America Military Segment sponsored the...

12/18/2007 - BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq (AFPN) -- What began as a small idea soon became a big initiative for a Balad Air Base Airman. Senior Airman Amber Sams had no idea what she was in for when she asked her small hometown of Morocco, Ind., for Christmas cards. But soon, the boxes started pouring in. "Last time I was deployed through the holidays, the base exchange was in a tent," said Airman Sams, a 332nd Expeditionary Services Squadron recreation coordinator deployed from Langley Air Force Base, Va. "They didn't have a wide variety of holiday greeting cards or any...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18, 2007 – This holiday season, the American Red Cross will make sure holiday greetings generically addressed to wounded servicemembers at military medical facilities around the country will find a home. With help from Pitney Bowes Government Solutions, and the support of the Defense Department and Walter Reed Army Medical Center here, the American Red Cross will collect, review and distribute holiday greeting cards to wounded military personnel. “So many Americans want to show their support and gratitude by reaching out to wounded servicemembers at Walter Reed and other military medical centers during the holiday season,” said...

CAMP STRIKER, Iraq, Dec. 17, 2007 – Entertaining troops for the sixth consecutive year, the 2007 Hope and Freedom USO Tour stopped off here yesterday to entertain Multinational Division Center soldiers. The Army band “Downrange” performs its final song with other tour members and soldiers during the Sergeant Major of the Army Hope and Freedom tour, Dec. 16, 2007, at Camp Striker, in Baghdad. Photo by Pfc. Monica K. Smith, USA  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. The crowd was engaging, with a few of its own comics, and kept entertainers such as singer Darryl Worley and comedian Sheryl...

12/3/2007 - ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn. (AFPN) -- Santa, took a break from making his list and checking it twice, to attend a children's Christmas party at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., Dec. 2. Instead of arriving by the power of nine reindeer, Santa made his grand entrance in a 150-horsepower specially-outfitted 1967 Cessna float plane. More than 500 party attendees crowded the shoreline to cheer his arrival at the Arnold Lakeside Club. "It was great to see him out here today," said 9-year-old Caleb McAffe. "Seeing Santa makes it feel like Christmas." The party in addition to Santa;...

12/3/2007 - BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan (AFPN) -- The frigid Afghanistan winter was made a little less harsh for Afghan villagers near here, thanks to thousands of pounds of humanitarian relief supplies delivered by a visiting Air Force leader. Lt. Gen. John Bradley, commander of Air Force Reserve Command, arrived here Dec. 2 with more than 25,000 lbs. of supplies for Afghan families, collected by his wife Jan. The delivery included about 500 boxes of blankets, clothing and school supplies, slated for distribution through Provincial Reconstruction Teams, Air Force Office of Special Investigation, humanitarian assistance drops and Bagram's own Operation...

11/16/2007 - DALLAS (AFPN) -- When issuing suggested holiday mailing deadlines for military care packages, the Unites States Postal Service made sure to highlight that "all packages and mail must be addressed to individual service members, as required by U.S. Department of Defense regulations." Since DOD suspended mail addressed to "any servicemember" nearly six years ago, individuals and organizations back home, as well as troops deployed to the contingency theater, have devised a variety of cumbersome, and sometimes potentially dangerous, methods to circumvent security and transportation concerns that originally led to the cancellation of the program. Noting the great lengths being taken, including posting...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14, 2007 – Kate Deyermond is going on a $15,000 holiday spending spree today -- but not for herself or with her own money. Ken Fisher, Fisher House Foundation chairman, receives a $100,000 check from Margaret McKenna, Wal-Mart Foundation president, during the kick-off of “Operation: Deck the Walls,” Wal-Mart’s new program to bring holiday cheer to recovering military families at Fisher houses in the United States and Germany. Photo by Linda Hosek  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. The manager of the three Fisher House facilities at Walter Reed Army Medical Center here will use donations from...

A You Tube video featuring a Williams Field High School teacher dancing in front of her class is causing controversy in the district. Somebody using a recording device captured Christina Mallon, a cheer coach and Humanities/English teacher, performing a cheer dance in front of her Gilbert class. The You Tube video, called WFHS Humanities Class, does not explain why Mallon was performing the dance or what the circumstances were, but students are worried their teacher's job could be in jeopardy. At least one You Tube comment indicated the viewer thought the dancing was inappropriate for inside a classroom. School officials...

A high school teacher in Gilbert is placed on administrative leave, ut the reason why is unclear. A YouTube video showing the teacher doing a cheer routine is believed to be the reason. The video was shot on a student's cell phone.

Tuesday, August 28   Notre Dame Motu Proprio Update I was greeted this morning with excellent news from our friend the Sober Sophomore regarding the implementation of Summorum Pontificium on the campus of Our Lady's University. After several weeks of promising rumors, Campus Ministry has determined on a very favorable course of action regarding the Tridentine liturgy: a regularly-scheduled recited mass in the Extraordinary Form will be celebrated in the chapel of Alumni Hall dorm (it's generally considered one of the most beautiful on campus, and possessing a fine high altar, shown above) at 8 AM on Sundays, starting after...

LONDON - Gordon Brown doesn't do charisma. In contrast to Tony Blair, the new British leader has offered no emotive sound bites, no promises of tough new laws and no talk of a "war on terror" since the failed attacks in London and Glasgow. The stern Scot's few public statements have been somber, measured and brief. Many Britons welcome the change, saying the lower-key approach may better reassure a rattled nation and prevent racial tensions from exploding. "We need to be calm about it," said Duncan Walls, 64, a retired lawyer walking through a London on "critical" terror alert after...

While President Bush did the talking, the first lady did the walking. Laura Bush played tourist Saturday on a foot tour of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the ruins of a 17th century Portuguese fort with a view of the broad River Plate and Argentina on the opposite bank. As her husband met with Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez at a nearby countryside retreat, the first lady strolled in a violet-colored pantsuit down quaint cobblestone streets of the old town of Colonia de Sacramento. Uruguay’s first lady, Maria Auxiliadora Delgado, escorted her. They both smiled as tourists and residents applauded them....

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan, Dec. 12, 2006 -- Soldiers with the 277th Aviation Support Battalion will have a brighter Christmas, thanks to one soldier’s mother and the generosity of her co-workers. Nancy Ward (far right) poses with fellow Electronic Data Systems, Corp., employees in their Reston, Va., office. When Ward began gathering supplies to mail Christmas goodie bags to troops deployed with her son in Afghanistan, her co-workers jumped on board, donating gifts and money. Courtesy photo  '(Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Nancy Ward, the mother of Sgt. 1st Class James Foley, recently organized a gift drive at...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5, 2006 -- Milk cartons stuffed with goodies and fashioned into presents, snowmen, elves and reindeer will be sent to Iraq to deliver troops a dose of holiday cheer from Hero Hugs. Bailey Reese, (far right) president of Hero Hugs, and her cheerleading squad, the Emerald City Jewels, show off holiday cards cheerleaders made at the Worldwide Spirit Association’s "Christmas at the Beach" cheerleading competition in Destin, Fla., on Dec. 3. The cheerleaders made several hundred cards for servicemembers. Courtesy photo  '(Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Hero Hugs is a member of America Supports You, a...

WASHINGTON, July 21, 2006 – With a name that sounds like a Madagascar Penguins' plan, Operation Christmas Stocking has commenced. During the 2005 Operation Christmas Stocking campaign, Operation Give shipped about 14,000 pounds of stockings stuffed with goodies. Last year the gifts went to troops in Afghanistan. This year Stars for Stripes and Operation Give, with the help of FedEx as Santa Claus, will ship their goodies to troops in Iraq. Courtesy photo  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Thanks to the efforts of Stars for Stripes and Operation Give, troops in Iraq will have Christmas stockings this holiday...

HANAU, Germany (Army News Service, July 6, 2006) – Coping with the carnage of war is challenging in the best of circumstances. Arriving at a hospital in a foreign land weak, injured and separated from one’s friends or fellow Soldiers only increases the trauma. Members of the Soldiers’ Angels make it their mission to help service members being treated for injuries suffered in Iraq and Afghanistan at the Army’s Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, as well as other military hospitals. They offer friendship, visits and donations ranging from clothes to backpacks. Founded by Patti Patton-Bader, the mother of a Soldier who...

Mobs cheer British deaths as Basra slips out of control By Oliver Poole, Iraq Correspondent (Filed: 08/05/2006) It took the soldiers from 1 Bn Light Infantry all the night and most of yesterday to remove the wreckage of the Lynx helicopter that came down in Basra at the weekend, killing five British servicemen on board. As they used heavy lifting equipment to separate twisted metal from the debris of a house that the aircraft had crashed into, military experts were trying to establish whether the crash was caused by mechanical failure or hostile fire. British officers believe the most likely...

SACRAMENTO – In Michigan, where automakers still reign, the Rev. Charles Morris cites Scripture and California policy as he campaigns for curbs on tailpipe and smokestack emissions linked to disruptions in global weather patterns that can threaten water, power and food supplies. “California is the leader of the pack,” says the Catholic priest who tends a parish in Wyandotte, just outside Dearborn. “They put in emission reductions. They put in reformulated gas,” Morris said. “The sky didn't fall. The sun still shines. It belies the myths put out there.” Religious leaders such as Morris – joining a growing number of...

2/27/2006 - ANGELES CITY, Philippines (AFPN) -- Christmas came in February for the Children’s Home of the Immaculate Heart of Mary as about 20 members of the U.S. and Philippine military brought smiles and gifts with them Feb. 26. Located outside Clark Air Base, the home is for abandoned girls 6 to 16. The servicemembers, participating in exercise Balikatan 2006, were greeted with songs of hope and welcoming. “To hear those songs sung by those kids, who don’t have much, is amazing to say the least,” said Chaplain (Capt.) Martin Adamson, 36th Air Base Wing, Anderson Air Force Base, Guam....

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION NEW RIVER, N.C. (Jan. 10, 2006) -- When out on the Station there arose such a clatter, I sprang from my car to see what was the matter. Roars of Chevy engines ringing out through the skies, and my eyes not prepared for such a grand surprise. The sun on my back, but the day still cold and the distant sound of helicopters on patrol. When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, but 41 shinning Corvettes, bringing holiday cheer. A familiar sight to Marines and families of Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron-26 as dozens of Corvettes...

BAGHDAD, Dec. 26, 2005 – It was 11 p.m. on Christmas Eve, and it was raining at an air base in Kuwait. The "moon dust" that overlays everything in the country was now a gooey mire that stuck to everything. Contrary to popular belief, it does get cold in the Middle East, and it was wet and cold. About 60 soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division waited in a tent for a flight to Baghdad. They had been there a while, as previously scheduled flights were diverted or cancelled. They sat or stretched out on aluminum Army cots, and slept...

Iraqis in former rebel stronghold now cheer American soldiers By Oliver Poole in Tal Afar (Filed: 19/12/2005) In the low-slung concrete buildings of Tal Afar, a city built on dirty sand and mud, George W Bush sees the potential for military success in Iraq. In recent weeks it has been one case study the American president has consistently cited in order to buttress the rhetoric that the insurgency, and the killing, can be ended. Tal Afar was the site of the largest military operation of 2005, when 8,000 US and Iraqi troops reclaimed it from armed groups. It has since...

SAQLAWIYAH, Iraq (Dec. 17, 2005) -- In this season of giving, a number of students from Kailua Intermediate School, in Kailua, Hawaii, are reaching out to help the children of Iraq. The students and teachers have been hard at work for the past two months, sending toys overseas to Marines stationed in Iraq for the country’s needy children. The idea originated out of Boulder, Colo., from a family who arranged to deliver the stuffed animals and soccer balls to an Army staff sergeant in Baghdad. “My son started Operation Teddy Bear with his two teenage daughters and wife,” said Representative...

CAMP BONDSTEEL, KOSOVO (Army News Service, Dec 8, 2005) – Families of U.S. troops in the Kosovo Force have donated clothing and school supplies to an elementary school in a small mountainside village. In the village of Ukzmajl, Kosovo, 600 Euro dollars, or $750 USD is the yearly budget allotted by the municipality for the Skenderbeu School. Aware of the scarcity of funding for the school, Kosovo Force Soldiers and their families decided to do something to help out. Eight soldiers from the Headquarters and Headquarters Operations Company, 628th Military Intelligence Battalion, 28th Infantry Division from Harrisburg, Pa., visited the...

11/18/2005 - EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFPN) -- First sergeants here distributed frozen turkeys and other Thanksgiving essentials as this year’s Operation Care program got underway. Funded through Combined Federal Campaign donations, the program provides the makings of a Thanksgiving meal to Eglin people going through hardship. The first of 1,200 people started getting their package of holiday goodies Nov. 15. “The food is for active duty, Guard, reserves and federal employees enduring tough times financially, and who might not otherwise enjoy a traditional Thanksgiving meal without help,” said Master Sgt. Steven Evans, the 46th Maintenance Squadron first sergeant....

11/16/2005 - CAMP BUCCA, Iraq (AFPN) -- Coalition forces brought some much needed cheer to school children in Umm Qasr, when they conducted a humanitarian relief mission to the Iraqi town. Airman from the 586th and 886th Expeditionary Security Forces squadrons here joined forces with their Army and British counterparts to delivered more than a thousand school supplies and toys Nov. 14. The supplies included most of the things children need to successfully complete a school year: Pencils, pens, notebooks, rulers and scissors -- to name a few. Other donations included clothing, stuffed animals and soccer balls. The smiling faces...

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION NEW RIVER, N.C. (Nov. 15, 2005) -- Since Oct. 1, Station servicemembers have been donating canned goods and cooking accessories to the annual Holiday Cheer program, sponsored by the Officer’s Wives Club and the Station chaplain’s office to benefit Marines in need. The program began as Christmas Cheer, but the organizers realized there was a greater need at Thanksgiving, said Monica Turner, program coordinator. “Now the idea is to provide a complete Thanksgiving meal to Marines and their families,” she said. “Many people leave the area at Christmastime, but we wanted to help people at Thanksgiving...

11/9/2005 - PARWAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan (AFPN) -- Airmen fighting the global war on terrorism from nearby Bagram Air Base took time to spread cheer and share smiles with the people of a village here. As part of an adopt-a-village visit Nov. 3, Airmen distributed more than 1,200 pounds of winter clothes, blankets, school supplies and toys, said Master Sgt. Edgar Langdon, Bagram’s adopt-a-village coordinator. “Our adopt-a-village program gives Airmen from the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing a chance to travel outside the gate and share some goodwill with the people of Afghanistan,” said Sergeant Langdon, deployed from Davis-Monthan Air Force, Base,...

SACRAMENTO - It's like a credit card bill that California lawmakers can't seem to get under control - the state budget deficit born of a perpetual imbalance between what the state spends and what it takes in. The gap stood at $17 billion last year, had been projected to be almost $9 billion this year and is likely to be about $5 billion in the 2006-2007 fiscal year. Despite a balanced-budget agreement struck this week, economists and fiscal analysts warn that future shortfalls are likely to continue until a long-term fix is found. "We haven't come to grips with the...

Space Future - http://www.spacefuture.com/pr/archive/on_the_practical_and_sporting_aspects_of_football_in_zero_gravity.shtml O Thornton & P Collins, 19 September 2001, "On the Practical and Sporting Aspects of Football in Zero-Gravity", Presented at Symposium on The Popular Commercialisation of Space, British Interplanetary Society, 19 September 2001. Also downloadable from http://www.spacefuture.com/archive/on_the_practical_and_sporting_aspects_of_football_in_zero_gravity.shtml Presented at Symposium on The Popular Commercialisation of Space, British Interplanetary Society , 19 September 2001 On the Practical and Sporting Aspects of Football in Zero-Gravity Oliver Thornton & Patrick Collins Introduction: Association Football, or 'soccer', is the major spectator sport in the world, as well the most widely-played. When space becomes a practical living space for the...

A new version of the Zafi e-mail worm is spreading Christmas wishes along with its malicious code, according to antivirus software companies Zafi.D is a mass-mailing worm that arrives in a.zip file attached to e-mail messages with the subject "Merry Christmas." Instead of a gift, however, the e-mail package delivers worm code that infects Microsoft Windows systems on which it is opened. Leading antivirus companies, including McAfee, Sophos, and Computer Associates issued warnings about the new worm and updated antivirus signatures to stop the new threat. In addition to the Christmas well wishes in the subject line, Zafi-generated e-mails contain...

Cannes stands to cheer story of Che's road to revolution By Hugh Davies (Filed: 20/05/2004 As the 20th century's most romanticised revolutionary, Ernesto "Che" Guevara, dead since 1967, is being immortalised in a rash of new films led by a British-backed epic based on his writings. At two screenings in Cannes yesterday, audiences reacted with standing ovations. Critics hailed what Variety called a beautifully wrought account of how 52 years ago, Guevara travelled on a 1939 Norton 500 from Buenos Aires through Chile, Machu Picchu in Peru and Venezuela, on an eye-opening road trip. The Motorcycle Diaries shows how the...

WASHINGTON (Talon News) -- Democrats seeking support from primary voters in their race for the White House celebrated the Supreme Court's ruling 31 years ago permitting women the legal right to have an abortion. Their messages were strong and clear that they support the practice of abortion and will defend it. Sen. John Edwards (D-NC) came in second during the Iowa Caucuses last week and announced that he is willing to stand up against Republican attacks against Roe v. Wade. "On the same day that we are honoring the 31st anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we are also fighting to...