Sunday, February 10, 2008 The Internet group ‘Anonymous’ held protests outside Scientology centers in cities around the world on Sunday.Image: David Shankbone. Video report from BostonVideo: TUFKAAP. The Internet group Project Chanology today held protests critical of the Church of Scientology. The protests marked what would have been the 49th birthday of Lisa McPherson, who […]

Saturday, September 15, 2007 Queues forming outside a Northern Rock branch in Brighton, East Sussex.Image: Dominic Alves. Nervous savers have re-formed queues this morning outside many branches of Northern Rock, after the £2.68 billion bank took an emergency loan from the Bank of England, the UK central bank. Shares in the bank had dropped 25% […]

Wednesday, September 7, 2005 Delta Airlines Boeing 757-232 at Los Angeles International Airport. The United States’ third-largest airline operator, Delta Air Lines, will cut 1,000 jobs due to a planned service reduction at their Cincinnati hub. The carrier also announced they will sell 11 of their Boeing 767-200 planes to an air-cargo company, ABX Air […]

Monday, March 14, 2022 Boris Johnson (left) meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (right) on February 1. Image: President of Ukraine. Kwarteng on January 13, 2021. Image: UK Government. Activists in London on February 12 contrast high energy bills with climate change and profit by fossil fuel corporation Shell plc. Image: User:Alisdare Hickson. Sunak on […]

Wednesday, February 16, 2005 According to computer security expert Bruce Schneier, a widely-used cryptography algorithm, known as SHA-1, has been broken by three researchers at Shandong University in China. Designed by the US intelligence agency NSA, SHA-1 has been adopted as an official US government standard and has become widely-used in security applications worldwide, notably […]

Tuesday, April 25, 2006 An overview of the Gallipoli Peninsula. The dotted lines approximately mark the furthest advance of Allied Forces. Australians and New Zealanders throughout the world stood still and turned out in huge numbers for their national war memorial days in remembrance of the failed Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) — […]

Marijuana plants. Image: Jennifer Martin. Wednesday, February 1, 2023 On March 7, voters in the US state of Oklahoma will decide on State Question 820, the Marijuana Legalization Initiative. If the initiative passes, adults 21 and older could own up to an ounce (28.35 grams) of recreational marijuana and cultivate “not more than six (6) […]

Pano Georgiadis speaks at Monday night’s public community meeting. Image: Jason Safoutin. Thursday, March 16, 2006 Buffalo, New York — The property at 605 Forest in Buffalo was the center of attention at last night’s public meeting held at the offices of Forever Elmwood on Elmwood Avenue in Buffalo. Eva Hassett, Vice President of Savarino […]

Wednesday, November 21, 2007 A former accountant for Oral Roberts University (ORU) has filed a lawsuit against ORU and its Board of Regents claiming he was told by Richard Roberts and his wife Lindsay to “cook the books”, hiding financial wrongdoing from authorities and the public. Trent Huddleston, the accountant, has filed suit against the […]