May 19 2008
Boston’s Children’s Hospital bills itself as the hospital for children — and now it’s also the hospital for children who want a sex change, a procedure some critics are calling “barbaric.”
May 19 2008
Being slim doesn’t necessarily mean you’re fit. Fitness expert Deanne Pandey says, “Exercise is a powerful weapon against ageing and disease. There’s no guarantee that if you’re slim then, you won’t suffer from any problem. Swimming,...
May 19 2008
At the sprawling Fermin Toro School, students take classes that extol President Hugo Chávez’s brand of socialism and highlight the menace posed by the imperial power to the north, the United States. Teachers file into workshops every afternoon...
May 19 2008
Gangs of men armed with guns, clubs and threats have chased thousands of Zimbabweans and other foreigners from their homes in this nation’s poor townships over the past week, leaving at least 12 people dead and scores injured, according to news...
May 17 2008
The Energy Department says it has canceled oil shipments into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve beginning in July when the current purchase contract expires.
May 17 2008
During a speech before the National Rifle Association convention Friday afternoon in Louisville, Kentucky, former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee — who has endorsed presumptive GOP nominee John McCain — joked that an unexpected...
May 17 2008
Over the past few months, the software and themes I used have enabled me to reach an absolutely fantastic looking desktop, using a combination of natural green wallpapers and themes which fit well together. I therefore decided to create a pack with all...
May 16 2008
Across the country, on many local TV stations’ health reports, you are being deceived if you think that the “reporter” was actually a “reporter.” He/she may only be putting his/her name on a story produced by an outside...
May 16 2008
A Yahoo security upgrade that caused chaos for thousands of BT customers who use their own domain name to send email has been temporarily removed after protests from users.
May 16 2008
Palestinians marked the 60th anniversary of their displacement today. The annual ritual turned even darker this year because of crippling internal divisions, diminishing hopes for independence and the stark contrast to Israel’s all-out birthday...