Brian Gongol

Bush and Condoleeza Rice "looked liked a normal couple"

Sticky question: Is Europe a "Christian" region?

How long before some fool calls his trip a political junket?

But it's OK, since they're capturing terrorists

Canadian bellboy found plans for D-Day left behind after Quebec Conference in WWII

"You are defeating the terrorists here in Iraq, so that we don't have to face them in our own country"

Those bogus emails are one of Nigeria's top-five foreign-exchange industries

Will cost billions

Molding at room temps saves lots of money

Had sold computer technology to same Chinese government that busted her

Fewer in Germany and Japan, more in southern Asia

Florida woman has stroke, acquires strange syndrome, now speaks with British accent

City worker complains because computers use "master/slave" terminology

Majority: Cheaper, faster, lighter; still probably not universal

Well-done slide show

Twice as many there own rental properties as in U.S.

Income from private industry continues to climb

Could be non-conventional. Could be in US.

BBC: UK official "'sick and tired' of people pretending there was not a terrorist threat"

Storming the parliament

New leadership more pro-Western; want fast reforms

Separation of church and state usually good, but I won't argue with this one

Scent of desperation in the air

Grand jury skipped in investigation of Las Vegas political scandal

Manitoba to mandate use of 10% ethanol; corn farmers dance for joy

It can be done, it's just tricky

Turkish foreign minister: "[W]e are trying to prove that a Muslim country can be democratic...This may disturb some people"

Might reduce shoplifting, but could also violate your privacy

Opposition leader threatening violence

Excessive taxation pushes legitimate businesses out of the market

Free Trade Area of The Americas coming in 2005...and it's good for you

Suicide bombings at British consulate, British bank and shopping center

Witness tells BBC: "[T]he area is 'full of modern buildings, symbols of capitalism'".

This is war

Why the people who still don't get it about the 2000 election probably don't get what they're saying

Evacuation caused by radar error

We really don't need war with China, but what's the price of loyalty?

Someone tell the Democratic Presidential candidates who want socialized medicine here, too

Silent majority (or those with jobs) rules in UK: Cops and reporters outnumber anti-US protesters during President's visit

Causes included bad tree trimming, poor communication, weak alarm systems

1,000 victims; 20 years of scheming

Hospitals trying to opt out of government control

Queen, Prime Minister voice support for Bush; protesters number in hundreds, not thousands

Found in slag heaps with the pH of floor stripper

Don't reply with your bank details to unsolicited emails, period

Reporter says he got job based on false credentials with no security check

Says one of his character references was a guy he knew from the bar

More staff on show when conservatives in power, less for liberals

Security codes handed over after three days on the job; President Bush on the guest list

Imaginative scientists call it "X(3872)"

Sadly we note creators of "Queer Eye" show not among them

Chicago-based airline (United) passes over Chicago-based jet manufacturer (Boeing) in favor of a fleet of European birds from Airbus

Look them up. Why? I do not know.

Cute enough to keep our attention, ditzy enough to be the marshmallow fluff on your dinnertime news

Advocates say socialized medicine reduces costs; reality says docs will do whatever they can to reduce liability, including ordering lots of tests

I feel safer already

More special-ops forces than the U.S.

Protests will inevitably get more attention

Article IV, Section 1 of the Constitution says each state must give "full faith and credit" to legal contracts from every other state

Establishing a world governing body for the Internet might mean bending our free-speech rights to the will of Communists and dictators

Defense Department says we're still committed to South Korea

UK says Secret Service will be prosecuted if they shoot anybody

Tracking the US-UK relationship over time

Canadians proving that multi-party systems tend to consolidate into two-party systems

Guess what's near the top of his to-do list? Budget problems from socialized medicine. Surprise!

Free markets bridge gaps between people with differences; terrorists want to make that painful

"You're either with us or against us" is usually a false dichotomy; in the case of terrorism, it isn't anymore

No other explanation for expanding socialized health services

Failure to tailor messages irritates people when they sign up for newsletters

Security lapses mean data on mobile phones can be hacked

If you haven't priced terrorism into your investments by this point, you need to wake up and smell the fundamentalist hatred

State of Iowa purchases Ramen noodles for inmates 161,280 packages at a time

How to stop a hijacked big-rig

British crash website with their 1901 census

Shevardnaze says protesters they're playing with civil war

Someone actually found a way to legitimize the old college trick of teaching your dog to drink beer

How many times do I have to tell you?

France, Germany talking about unification. No punchline; this isn't a joke.

Cooperate with caring for kids, observe social hierarchy; minivans next?

France, Germany both growing again

Virus built to kill E. coli

US: Behavior makes them look bigger than they are

Canada says it just doesn't do any good

IT departments spending too much time fighting spam to catch on

A phone call you don't want to receive

Economist says Hoover started the New Deal

The Telegraph rightly calls protesters "anti-capitalists"

Scientists try to duplicate solar flares

Even some of the old anti-American presses are now singing a different tune

President forced out of capital; warlords becoming power brokers

Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea mad he didn't clamp down

Former officer has high praises for sergeants

Our trans-Atlantic cousins to be tracked biometrically by 2013

Iran starting to cooperate after reading the writing on the wall

House of Saud still showing little resolve to combat Islamic terrorism

Lawyers to get about four times the amount panhandlers get

Says troop numbers to fall by May, but will stay until U.S. achieves "success"

Terrorists kill kids

How censorship hurts democracies like Israel and the U.S.

Defending our freedom against violent enemies

Senate Foreign Relations votes to end travel restrictions; maybe they realized trade tends to destabilize dictators

Dutch study says Solitaire and Minesweeper are good for morale

Palestinian Authority gives funds to suicide bombing group





















