Death row inmates’ pages on MySpace draws criticism

HOUSTON – Crime victim advocates are upset that at least 30 Texas death row inmates have had pages on the popular Internet site MySpace created for them.
“I think you ought to draw the line somewhere,” said Andy Kahan, director of the crime victims office for Houston Mayor Bill White.
Kahan recently sent an e-mail to MySpace, [...]

Neo-Nazis rampage through German city

Sixteen of the stupidest people on the planet are now behind bars…

Sixteen people were arrested after neo-Nazis, some shouting “Sieg Heil”, rampaged through a Germany city and destroyed wreaths placed to mark the anniversary of the 1938 Nazi pogrom against the Jews.
Police in the eastern city of Frankfurt on Oder said the group had launched [...]

Oil Tanker Aground off coast of Long Island

November 11, 2006 — A tanker carrying home heating oil ran aground in an inlet on the Atlantic coast of western Long Island early yesterday, but luckily didn’t spring a leak.
The ship, the Kristin Poling, was about 450 yards from shore when it got stuck on the bottom of East Rockaway Inlet shortly after midnight, [...]

What’s with Borat?

Sasha Cohen is starting to look like a bit of an asshole.  *If* this is true this is bigotry and exploitation at its worse. 

When Sacha Baron Cohen wanted a village to represent the impoverished Kazakh home of his character Borat, he found the perfect place in Glod: a remote mountain outpost with no sewerage [...]

Bush Freefall Continues

Bush’s numbers continue to plummet…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Just days after Democrats took over Congress, Americans embraced their top goals and
President George W. Bush’s job approval rating slid to 31 percent, according to a Newsweek poll issued on Saturday.

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The strongest support, 92 percent, was for lowering drug prices for retirees on Medicare by allowing the government [...]

Bnode in the house

Bnode was in to do the final assembly of the furniture at NowPublic world HQ this weekend.  Looking good guys. 
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Music: Can we change the song?

The most popular tag on last.fm is ‘alternative’.   This is a cry for help if I ever heard one.  By the way, if you haven’t tried last.fm you should.  It is fantastic.  Someday news will come to you this way.
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