Government spending billions to keep antique computer systems running
The government is squandering its technology budget maintaining museum-ready computer systems in critical areas from nuclear weapons to Social Security. They're still using floppy disks at the Pentagon. In a report released Wednesday, nonpartisan congressional investigators found that about three-fourths of the $80 billion...
Suspect in Arizona Highway Shootings Identified and Charged
A man who allegedly shot at passing cars while driving the wrong way on a highway — leaving a trail of havoc, including a vehicle that caught fire — was arrested and charged today, according to police. The suspect was identified as 36-year-old James David Walker of San Tan Valley in Phoenix, according to Department...
11-year-old daughter of Volochkova learns how to do make-up
It would seem that quite recently Anastasia gave her only child (by businessman Igor Vdovin) in the first class. Four years is gone. And Ariadne Volochkova graduated 4th grade. In Arisha (so fondly calls her mother, -ed.) In school about this staged graduation. Girl preparing for this event, and my mother helped her....
Vitali Klitschko was not able to pronounce the word «totalitarianism»
Kiev mayor Vitali Klitschko again came to the attention of the media because of his reservations. At this time the former boxer was unable to pronounce the word "totalitarianism". Klitschko "distinguished" during an interview with the radio "Vesti", when talking about how in the Ukrainian capital...
Sergey Lazarev is seriously sick
The singer decided to fight the illness and seek for medical advice. For the first time the Russian pop prince Sergey Lazarev told about his illness. For several months the singer suffers from insomnia and took sleeping pills. A few days ago in the most successful Russian artists Sergey Lazarevhis told in...
Clinton Email Server Broke Government Rules, Watchdog Finds
Hillary Clinton broke government rules by using a private email server without approval for her work as U.S. secretary of state, an internal government watchdog said on Wednesday. The long-awaited report by the State Department inspector general was the first official audit of the controversial arrangement to be made public. It...
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard in marriage split
Film star Johnny Depp and his actress wife Amber Heard are to divorce, US court documents have revealed. Heard, 30, filed for divorce in Los Angeles Superior Court citing irreconcilable differences. They married 15 months ago and have no children. They have recently been embroiled in a legal case in Australia after Heard took...
ISIS on Europe’s doorstep
The call was simple, but it changed what an already dark business meant for one smuggler. Abu Walid knew his caller to be a devout man, a member of ISIS. And his request was chilling. Could he ship 25 of his people from Libya to Europe on a small boat for $40,000? Abu Walid — not his real name — declined. But it is...
Brazen Brussels chiefs would LAUGH OFF any bid to reform EU, top MEP Daniel Hannan says
A LEADING anti-Brussels campaigner has torn apart claims by Eddie Izzard that Britain could reform the EU from inside the bloc. Tory MEP Daniel Hannan went head-to-head with the stand-up comedian during a debate at the University of Reading last night. Izzard admitted the EU is "too bureaucratic" but urged young...
Russian Olympic athletes test positive
The Russian Olympic Committee has said 14 of its athletes at the 2008 Beijing Olympics tested positive for doping during re-tests of their samples. Sports minister Vitaly Mutko said the news of the positive tests "certainly doesn't look good". But speaking to BBC sports editor Dan Roan in Moscow, Mr Mutko said the...
SENSATIONAL CLAIM: Greece’s economic collapse is BRITAIN’S fault and our banks should pay
GREECE'S catastrophic economic collapse is Britain's fault, a charity has sensationally declared. The outrageous allegation was made by the Jubilee Debt Campaign, a UK-based charity which pushes for the debts of economically-struggling countries to be cancelled without payment. On the eve of the decision to give...
Angelina Jolie appointed as professor at the London School of Economics
Actress, Director and goodwill Ambassador of the UN for refugees Angelina Jolie will read to students at the London school of Economics a course of lectures on the impact of global militarization on women. One of the most famous universities in the UK, the London school of Economics, got a rare chance: one of the new courses on...