♦ Patagonia Pushes Boundary of Business' Role in U.S. Elections

Patagonia, the outdoor apparel company, has formally launched its "Vote The Environment" campaign in advance of the presidential election this November 2008.	1 vote

♦ Lenny Kravitz's Revolver no

Lenny Kravitz has denied he is joining Velvet Revolver. The 'American Woman' rocker was named as a possible new frontman for the band earlier this week, but has insisted he will not be becoming part of the super-group, who have been without a singer since Scott Weiland's departure in April.	1 vote

♦ 2 dead, 7 hurt in Tenn. church shooting

Police stand guard outside the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church in Knoxville, Tenn., after a shooting there killed two and left several people hurt. KNOXVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — A gunman opened fire at a church youth performance Sunday and killed two people, including a man who witnesses called a hero for shielding others from a shotgun blast.	1 vote

♦ Kate Moss' life swap

Kate Moss swapped lives with her nanny yesterday (06.08.08). The British supermodel decided to switch roles with Mary Davidson who is Sadie Frost's mother as a 60th birthday present for her helper.	1 vote

♦ Former Treasury Sec. Rubin sees more uncertainty

Rubin, who served at Treasury under President Bill Clinton in the 1990s, appeared on CBS "Face the Nation" to promote the economic agenda of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. "I think that the current difficulties, the current duress, I think the most likely scenario with respect to all of that is that it will likely continue for quite some period of time...	1 vote

♦ Sprint launches new mobile Web service, expands Airave

Sprint Web on the LG Rumor.(Credit: Sprint)Sprint launched its new mobile Web service on Tuesday. Sprint Web adds a slight redesign and a couple of new features. Users will now have direct access to Google search for finding content across the entire Internet. What's more...	1 vote

♦ Panel: Arthritis drug should be approved

WASHINGTON (AP) — A government advisory panel Tuesday recommended approval of the drug Actemra, promoted as a new type of treatment for rheumatoid arthritis, a painful and disabling swelling of the joints generally kept in check with medication. The Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc. drug is already being used in Japan...	1 vote

♦ Fujitsu Expands Manufacturing Capacity in North Texas

Fujitsu Network Communications, a leading supplier of innovative optical and wireless networking solutions, announced today that they are expanding manufacturing capacity at their Richardson, Texas, headquarters.	1 vote

♦ Mission Istaanbul Review

In Mission Istaanbul, there's an Osama replica, bunkers in Afghanistan where he is supposedly hiding, also a television channel that telecasts exclusive footage from the terrorists [its called Al Johara here], a George Bush lookalike... Lakhia seems to have incorporated snippets and vignettes from real-life to celluloid in an effort to make the goings-on relatable and believable. But...	1 vote

♦ Report: Taliban text message threats

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban have created a sophisticated media network to undermine support for the Afghan government, sending threats by text message and spreading the militia's views through songs available as ring tones, according to a report released Thursday.	1 vote

♦ Man Asian longlist strong on Filipino writers

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♦ What was Monkey Magic about?

What was Monkey Magic all about? The 1970s cult TV series is now an opera and its characters front the BBC Olympics coverage. But it's a mystery to those who never watched it.	1 vote

♦ Big Brother 9: Housemates reminisce

Luke, Rebecca, Dale and Stuart reminisced about their time in the 'Big Brother' house this afternoon. They may only have been incarcerated for seven weeks, but the group were keen to relive their favourite moments during an animated discussion in the luxury bedroom.	1 vote

♦ Net TV Testers Wanted

Telecom regulators met in Pittsburgh but with few ground rules, causing the discussion to meander haphazardly from spam and porn to privacy, Net neutrality, computer prices...	1 vote

♦ Is this the last gasp for big screen smoking?

The British Medical Association has proposed a plan to bump all films which show smoking in a positive light up a certificate. They also want to have an anti-smoking propaganda film shown beforehand. I wondered when the war against smoking was going to move on to a new front.	1 vote

♦ Review: Shire Hell by Rachel Johnson

Buy Shire Hell at the Guardian bookshop Shire Hell by Rachel Johnson320pp, Penguin, 6.99Goodness, how exhausting it must be to be a Johnson all that multitasking! Obviously there's Boris, the columnist/magazine editor/MP/London mayor/ gossip-column filler, almost all of which he managed, for a time, simultaneously. Then there's father Stanley, an environmentalist...	1 vote

♦ Is marriage all about children?

This debate is now closed. Are you worthless if you can't bear children? Nearly one in four couples in Africa have problems giving birth to their own children, according to the World Health Organisation. Many women in this position find themselves shunned by their families or communities, while for men infertility is often a taboo subject.	1 vote

♦ South Africa: Hundreds gather for Mandela's festivities

Five hundred guests and a Xhosa choir, singing 'Here is our hope!', greeted Nelson Mandela yesterday for a formal celebration of his 90th birthday at his home in Qunu, in the Eastern Cape. Mandela walked into the party tent outside his homestead with his successor as South Africa's President, Thabo Mbeki, and African National Congress leader Jacob Zuma.	1 vote

♦ French nuclear firm admits uranium leaks at two plants

The French nuclear giant Areva yesterday confirmed there was a radioactive leak from a broken pipe at a nuclear fuel plant in south-eastern France, a week after a uranium spill at another of its plants polluted the local water supply.	1 vote

♦ Exercise May Thwart Brain Shrinkage

The new study showed that mild Alzheimer's disease patients with higher physical fitness had larger brains compared to mild Alzheimer's patients with lower physical fitness. Exercising regularly, say researchers, can prevent brain shrinkage in early Alzheimer's disease. The study was conducted over 121 people age 60 and older.	1 vote