Tuesday’s U.S. presidential election will be decided in a handful of battleground states where opinion polls show Democrat Barack Obama mostly in the lead against Republican rival John McCain. Obama, who leads in virtually every national opinion poll, also is ahead in all the states won by Democrat John Kerry in 2004 as well as in [...] "eliotcobb.com"
It is not just that the Democrats will win a crushing victory in both houses of Congress, perhaps reaching the 60-seat Senate threshold that lets them steam-roll legislation. It is also that the incoming class of 2008 is of a new creed. Many no longer believe – or actively reject – the free trade and [...] "eliotcobb.com"
Central London’s financial district will begin installing bomb-proof recycling bins from next year, the company responsible for the product said Monday. The bins, which cost around 30,000 pounds each to produce and install, will also feature news and weather information on LCD screens that are part of the bins. “From a blast technology side, it’s just something [...] "eliotcobb.com"
A Canadian filmmaker has been charged in a murder plot eerily similar to one of his horror movies, media said Monday. Mark Twitchell, 29, was charged Saturday with the murder of Johnny Altinger in what police believe is a case of life imitating art. He was to appear in court Monday. Police believe the victim was lured on [...] "eliotcobb.com"
German prosecutors have opened an investigation into allegations that the country’s richest woman, Susanne Klatten, was blackmailed for millions of euros by an ex-lover, a spokesman and media said on Sunday. “We have been carrying out an investigation for several months,” Christian Schmidt-Sommerfeld, a spokesman for Munich prosecutors, told AFP. Italian authorities also opened an inquiry, he [...] "eliotcobb.com"
Here’s something that might provide a bit of solace amid the plunging values in your retirement accounts: Warren Buffett is losing lots of money, too. So are Kirk Kerkorian, Carl Icahn and Sumner Redstone. They are still plenty rich, but their losses - some on paper and others actually realized - illustrate how few have been [...] "eliotcobb.com"
Teenagers who watch Sex in the City, Friends and other TV shows featuring sex scenes and discussions of sex are far more likely to get pregnant or get someone else pregnant than their peers, a new study has found. The study, which tracked more than 700 sexually active teenagers aged between 12 and 17 for three [...] "eliotcobb.com"
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