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A DRUNK driver who allegedly caused the deaths of five people in neighboring Jiangsu Province may face the death penalty, according to a lawyer.

Want access to the Washington, D.C., elite? The city's hometown paper is happy to arrange that for you provided you're willing to pay between $25,000 and $250,000. The caveat: That fee won't include access to the Washington Post's editorial staff.

Los Angeles, CA - Spam scams relating to Michael Jackson's death are spreading like wildfire across the internet.

Posted by Henry J. Gomez and Stan Donaldson / Plain Dealer Reporters July 01, 2009 22:30PM Beachwood and Reminderville police have helped crack a multi million-dollar international drug ring that trafficked marijuana through New York's North Country into Northeast Ohio, law enforcement officials said Wednesday.

Once the New York Rangers got out from under Scott Gomez's expensive contract, they turned to Marian Gaborik and gave him the money they suddenly saved.

Two girls, thirteen and twelve years old, were gang-raped by powerful men and regional commanders in Sar-e-Pul province about four months back.

DAVAO CITY, Philippines - " Police killed an army soldier who was tagged as one of two motorcycle gunmen who shot dead three people in an attack in the southern Filipino province of Davao del Norte.

"What are the first steps to optimizing my blog for searches?" - question submitted by @monedays using the #pbquestions hashtag on Twitter.

June 30, 2009 -- [23 miles off the coast of Gaza, 15:30pm] - Today Israeli Occupation Forces attacked and boarded the Free Gaza Movement boat, the SPIRIT OF HUMANITY, abducting 21 human rights workers from 11 countries, including Noble laureate Mairead Maguire and former U.S. Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney .

Dear Abayomi, Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court delayed a decision on whether to grant Troy Davis an appeal until after it returns from recess in September.

Talk about bad sports. Every Republican in the Minnesota government, along with a great many in the rest of the country need to go back to primary school, to learn what 'being a good sport' and ' losing gracefully' means.

"They're all about where people come from. Nobody seems to wonder where somebody's going." So says the Depression-era bank-robber-cum-folk-hero John Dillinger upon surveying the clientele of a chic Chicago eatery in a key scene from Michael Mann 's Public Enemies .

Cincinnati starter Bronson Arroyo, who's scheduled to face the D-Backs this afternoon: Chicks dig him, and the babe magnet can pitch some, too.

Swedish software firm Global Gaming Factory is in the process of acquiring controversial file-sharing site The Pirate Bay for $7.8 million .

Another piece from my dissertation that might be interesting by itself. In the study of my logging practices I looked at my weblog from two perspectives: focusing on its uses as a personal knowledge base and the ways it supports the process of growing ideas over time .

You be the judge. The equation is the same A father in jail, mother dead, children left as orphans.

According to an article on InformationWeek, the Chinese government has banned the trading of virtual money for real goods and services.

This is an interesting article on the state of Hollywood today. Check it out from LATimes.com : The stars are not twinkling bright this summer.

Bernard Madoff has been sentenced to the maximum 150 years in prison for his multibillion-dollar fraud scheme.

Harlem, especially the Apollo, is the media's unofficial spot to get Black America's reaction to Michael Jackson 's death.