Student Suspended for A Year for Having Ibuprofen Tablets

SMH

Year 10 high school pupil Amanda Stiles, from Louisiana, was suspended after over-the-counter Ibuprofen pills were found in her purse. Head teacher Ken Kruithof said the decision was in line with Parkway High School's tough anti-drugs rules, even though the tablets are legal.

UCI Psychologist Brags: 'We can implant entirely false memories'

London Guardian

"We can easily distort memories for the details of an event that you did experience," says Loftus. "And we can also go so far as to plant entirely false memories - we call them rich false memories because they are so detailed and so big."

Cannibal Freak hungry for More

Sky News

A German cannibal was trying to find a second person to eat after devouring his first victim

Back To The Bad Old Days In Russia

CBS News

Given the dominance of United Russia, this election looks a lot like a return to the bad old days of one-party rule.

Putin to assume the power of a Tsar

London Telegraph

President Vladimir Putin took control of the Russian parliament last night, removing the last effective bastion of opposition to his rule and paving the way for him to assume Tsar-like power.

UK: New Bill will 'be the back door to legal euthanasia'

London Telegraph

Under the draft proposals, patients will be able to appoint someone to ask doctors to withhold life-sustaining treatment if they become mentally incapacitated and unable to make decisions for themselves.

Transvestite pedophile 'art' wins Turner Prize

London Telegraph

Grayson Perry, a transvestite potter with a strong line in pornographic and paedophile imagery, won the Turner Prize yesterday.

Bush Presides Over Biggest Growth in U.S. Spending Since 1990

Bloomberg

President George W. Bush is presiding over the biggest growth in U.S. government spending since 1990, as a Republican-led Congress provides money for programs ranging from the fight against terrorism to a dried plant exhibit at the New York Botanical Garden

Dollar Drops to Record Against Euro, 11-Year Low Versus Pound

Bloomberg

The dollar dropped to a record $1.22 against the euro and fell to its lowest in more than a decade versus the British pound on speculation the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates at a 45-year low in coming months, eroding the appeal of U.S. investments.

Police shut highway in sniper hunt

London Guardian

Police investigating 14 sniper attacks along a stretch of motorway outside Columbus, Ohio, closed almost half the road around the city for several hours at the weekend in a search for clues

Dean Defends Theory That Bush Knew of 9/11 Plot

Newsmax

Democratic presidential front-runner Howard Dean insisted on Sunday that "we don't know" whether President Bush was warned in advance about al-Qaeda's plot to hijack airplanes and drive them into the World Trade Center and Pentagon two years ago.

Sick Society: Women having parts of their feet "lopped off" to fit into stylish shoes

NYT

With vanity always in fashion and shoes reaching iconic cultural status, women are having parts of their toes lopped off to fit into the latest Manolo Blahniks or Jimmy Choos. Cheerful how-to stories about these operations have appeared in women's magazines, newspapers and on television news programs.

Computer system helps track livestock

AP

A new computer system developed by an Iowa company will help state and federal health officials track livestock moving across state lines.

EU Faces Hurdles Over Constitution

AP

European Union foreign ministers remained divided Monday over critical veto powers for their parliament, diminishing chances of a deal on a first-ever constitution despite a weekend deadline for action.

Europe and US clash on satellite system

London Guardian

European officials are set to clash with their US counterparts this week during discussions over Europe's plans to develop a satellite network to rival the US-controlled global positioning system (GPS).

Go ahead for UN internet summit

BBC

Control freak summit for total control of the Internet

Concrete, razor wire, ID cards

CSM

Analysts say security tactics in Iraq echo West Bank, as US general forecasts more violence.

US Soldiers Wrapping Entire Iraqi Villages in Barbed Wire

NYT

As the guerrilla war against Iraqi insurgents intensifies, American soldiers have begun wrapping entire villages in barbed wire.

IRAQ INSURGENTS SHOW OFF FIREPOWER

Time

Guerillas Trying to Drive U.S. Casualties So High That American Public Turns Against The War – ‘They Could Succeed,' Pentagon Official Says

Washington Post

Sunday, also in Mosul, Iraqi insurgents detonated a roadside bomb as a U.S. military patrol was passing through, killing one soldier and wounding two others, U.S. military officials said.

Probe Continues in Accidental Killing of 9 Afghan Children in Coalition Attack

VOA News

U.S. and Afghan military officials are investigating the accidental killing of nine Afghan children during an air attack on an alleged terrorist hideout.

Feds hype conviction rate in terror fight, critics say

Denver Post

The median sentence for those convicted of international terrorism during that time is just 14 days, while some convictions the government has labeled as related to counterterrorism resulted in a sentence of community service or drug rehabilitation

Gingrich Speaks Out Against Administration's Policy in Iraq, Saying The U.S. Went 'Off a Cliff'

Yahoo

The real key in Iraq, he says, "is not how many enemy do I kill. The real key is how many allies do I grow," he says. "And that is a very important metric that they just don't get." He contends that the civilian-run Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) is fairly isolated and powerless, hunkered down inside its bunker in Baghdad

Pakistan's leader thinks bin Laden dead

CNN

Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf said Friday he thinks Osama bin Laden has not been able to get treatment for his kidney disease and is most likely dead.

Bush Senior Met With Bin Laden's Brother on 9/11

Prison Planet

Comment: Despite studying September 11 for two years solid, one fact I only just discovered is that George W. Bush's father was meeting with Osama bin Laden's brother, Shafig bin Laden, in the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Washington, on the morning of 9/11. They were on Carlyle Group business just a few miles from where hijackers supposedly acting on behalf of Osama bin Laden would fly a plane into the Pentagon.

Ban swords! Woman Slashed To Death In Sword Attack

Local 6

A man slashed his wife to death with a sword Sunday in their Bronx apartment and charged police screaming "I'm God! Kill me!" when they came to investigate, officials said.

Chinese military ready for "necessary" casualties over Taiwan

AFP

Senior Chinese military officers warned Taiwan it was staring into the abyss of war and the mainland was ready for "necessary" casualties if the island pursued its independence drive

EU to fund stem cell research

Pakistan Daily Times

The European Commission will fund controversial research using stem cells harvested from human embryos, despite the failure of EU ministers to agree ethical guidelines, a commissioner said Wednesday.

IBM unveils nano-chip technology for cellphones and Computers

CNN Money

IBM said Monday it made an advance in nanotechnology that could make it easier to build smaller, better performing microchips for electronics such as computers and cell phones.

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