Almost every Saturday at 9:30 a.m. Candace McCann, inmate No. 188342, sits down for a scheduled video conference with her daughter. Seven-year-old Kashmir appears from McCann's aunt's home, three hours away. Sometimes Kashmir draws a picture. Other times she stands on a chair to model an outfit: jeans and a Hannah Montana T-shirt or new shoes. Lately she's been pressing her face close to the camera and opening her mouth, showing off lost teeth. "I feel like I'm at home, kind of," said McCann, 24, in ......
With the USA in a very bad situation there are many problems that we face. President Barack Obama is trying fix them all but that is very difficult. Do you think President Barack Obama should mainly focus on one of the problems, if so which one, or you think he should continue trying to fix all the problems at once
After scoring a surprise electoral win in Sweden and getting high-profile support in Germany, The Pirate Party's next port of call may be Canada, where a so-far small band of buccaneers are hoping to send copyright restrictions to Davy Jones's locker. they want to become an official federal political party within the next few years and get enough support to persuade Parliament to relax proposed copyright laws they say are heavy-handed and a violation of personal privacy.
Tropicana drinkers, it turns out, are as passionate about packaging as they are about pulp. That's why they rebelled when parent company PepsiCo and consultancy Arnell overhauled the juice line's packaging in January as part of a $35 million branding campaign called "Squeeze."
With drug-related violence growing along the Mexican border, the U.S. is considering deploying troops to the Southwest, according to a Department of Homeland Security official. Senior officials say the Obama administration is developing plans to seek up to 1,500 National Guard volunteers to help combat the drug war along the Mexican border. “You can’t fight this war with just one hand,” President Barack Obama has said. “You can’t have Mexico making an effort and the United States not making an effort.”
If you're concerned that your child's baby fat has ballooned into a more serious problem, join the club. About 18% of American children aged 6 to 19 are now overweight, and childhood obesity rates are rising around the world. But what does early overweight mean for youngsters in adulthood: will overweight kids necessarily become overweight — and unhealthy — grown-ups? Epidemiologist David Freedman from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity stud
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen took in $112 million in the sequel's first weekend and $201.2 million since opening Wednesday. It was well on the way to becoming the year's top-grossing movie. "Transformers" overcame harsh reviews from critics, who called it a visual-effects extravaganza without much story or human heart. Director Michael Bay has a history of bad reviews and big box office with "Armageddon" and "Pearl Harbor."
A federal judge sentenced Bernard Madoff, the convicted mastermind of the largest and most sweeping Ponzi scheme ever, to the maximum sentence of 150 years in federal court Monday.
Named Plastiki ~ a boat made out of plastic bottles is getting ready to set sail from San Fransisco by Christmas 2009. Currently, the hope is that the boat will sail from San Francisco, stopping in Hawaii, the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and New Caledonia, before berthing in Sydney. Do you think the People of the Earth have sufficiently woken up? Or are we still living our lives as if the Earth will have resources Forever?
