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    Last week, Nagin Cox, an engineer from space agency NASA, gave an inspirational speech about her work to students at Sarah Bonnell School, in Deanery Road, Stratford.

    Newham Recorder Apr 19 17:21PM UTC

  2. Rob Ford isn't the first mayor at the centre of scandal

    Toronto Mayor Rob Ford may be dominating headlines with allegations of crack cocaine use that he has labelled ridiculous, but he's hardly the first to earn attention for questionable behaviour. Here are a few other mayors who have found themselves in an uncomfortable spotlight, in courtroom or occasionally even behind bars.

    The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News May 17 21:19PM UTC

  3. A spot-fixer always knows where his towel is

    India, May 19 -- Unless you've been living under a rock in some remote medieval outpost like, say, Kolkata, you're aware of the latest blow inflicted upon the noble character of the T20 by Rajasthan Royals bowler and part-time item number, Sreesanth.He was arrested by the Delhi police earlier this week for his role in an international spot-fixing scandal, which is unprecedented because we've ...

    Hindustan Times via Yahoo! India News May 18 18:30PM UTC

  4. Integrity: Harder to Come By?

    What is happening to us? We?ve had an overabundance of low-integrity events over the last year. The manipulation of Libor rates in London, the scandal at Penn State University, the alleged bribes taken by former mayor Ray Nagin of New Orleans, Lance Armstrong?s cheating (and his lies about cheating), the chronic ducking of responsibility by the Roman Catholic Church, the misuse of campaign funds ...

    Forbes Apr 26 13:07PM UTC

  5. Electric Cars on Earth and Mars: How They Stack Up

    Electric vehicles have no real competitors for the Martian market.

    SPACE.com May 17 18:10PM UTC

  6. Chesapeake Executive Testifies to Change of Mind on Notes

    A Chesapeake Energy Corp. (CHK) executive said at a trial in New York that as recently as Jan. 9 he thought the natural-gas producer would need to complete an early call of $1.3 billion in notes by March 15 to do so at par.

    Bloomberg Apr 24 22:00PM UTC

  7. Living theatre

    Nageen Tanvir describes her father Habib Tanvir’s theatrical approach, even as she tells Anjana Rajan that times have changed

    The Hindu May 17 14:13PM UTC

  8. Police seek gunmen in New Orleans Mother's Day parade shooting

    (Reuters) - New Orleans police searched on Monday for the gunmen who wounded 19 people, including two children, at a Mother's Day parade, a police spokesman said.

    WDBJ 7 Roanoke May 13 12:18PM UTC

  9. AMERICA'S MOST FEARED ECONOMIST

    You can tell the conservatives liberals fear most because they start being automatically referred to as "discredited." Ask Sen. Ted Cruz. But no one is called "discredited" by liberals more often than the inestimable economist John Lott, author of the groundbreaking book "More Guns, Less Crime."Lott's economic analysis of the effect of concealed-carry laws on violent crime is the most thoroughly ...

    Ann Coulter via Yahoo! News May 1 22:00PM UTC

  10. Melissa Harris-Perry Tears Into Bush Over Presidential Library’s Katrina Exhibit: ‘Heckuva Job, Dubya’

    The George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum opened its doors to the public last week and this morning MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry delivered a highly critical open letter to former president Bush about the exhibit dedicated to Hurricane Katrina.

    Mediaite May 4 20:30PM UTC