Lest anyone suffer the delusion that Canadian politics – or the participants – are boring copies of our US neighbours, the example of recent blog postings by one MP should provide a clear example of the opposite.

The GOP convention will be held on the first week of September and the biggest name in the Republican Party, George Bush, is not wanted in the convention by some Republican Representatives.

A 34 year old Kentucky woman was arrested for trading sex for a $100 gas card. The man who had sex with her was also arrested for promoting prostitution.

After a week of searching and investigating, Vermont law enforcement officials believe that they have located the body of 12 year old Brooke Bennett.

Reading Yahoo! on the subject of Microsoft’s takeover offer is like listening to the Presidential candidates interpreting each other. Yahoo isn’t above a bit of self-promotion on its own behalf, talking $40 a share compared to the offer of $31.

Human rights groups across the world could possibly have a field day as the United States Department of Justice has said to Congress that the CIA is legally allowed to bend the rules of tortures that are illegal under international law.

A Tennessee woman is accused in the death of her husband in a bizarre case from Columbia, in Maury County. Allegations of adultery tinge this unusual case.

Cindy McCain, the wife of presumed GOP nominee Senator John McCain was on ABC’s “The View.” On the show, Cindy McCain would address criticisms about her husband’s temper.

A woman has died after her car was hit by Mercedes in east London. The police had been chasing the Mercedes when it crashed into several other cars also injuring four people. One man has suffered massive head injuries

With the Texas Primaries second phase behind them and still no clear cut lead for either candidate, the Democratic Party is starting to prepare for a brokered convention, and the possibility of a compromise candidate.

Having an excess middle in your 40s may increase your risk of dementia by close to 90 per cent, according to an Oakland study. Study findings were reported in Wednesday's online issue of Neurology.

The family of Carol Gotbaum filed $8 Million USD claim against the city of Phoenix, Arizona and its police department for use of "excessive and unreasonable force" and failure to follow police protocol. She accidentally hanged herself in police custody.

Some states have been granted complete exemption from having to disclose electronic information, while many others have partial exemption rules. This upsets supporters of total information transparency.

The Hannaford Bros. grocery chain announced today that due to a security breach at an East Coast supermarket chain 4.2 million credit and debit card numbers were exposed, leading to 1,800 cases of fraud.

A 32 year old man named Terrence Baughman was shot by a member of the Boulder SWAT team after a five hour standoff where he threatened to detonate a device connected to his oxygen tank, claiming it was a bomb.

Jorge Muentes booked a trip to Costa Rica to visit a teen prostitute or so he thought in November. Instead Muentes booked through the F.B.I. and got busted. The West Palm Beach man goes on trial today.

Sedition is a term of law which refers to covert conduct, such as speech and organization, that is deemed by the legal authority as tending toward insurrection against the established order.

Naked man goes on "spree" of different kind at a twenty-four-hour grocery store in the Pennsylvania resort area of Willow Valley on Friday night. He was arrested on a multitude of charges.

"King of Spam" Robert Soloway, from Seattle, Wash., plead guilty to charges of fraud and tax evasion and faces up to 26 years in prison and a $625,000 fine. He is responsible for millions of junk mail spread by malicious code and botnets.

With the massive amount of United States funds paying for the war in Iraq mental health services for those who serve are not in the equation. As a result suicide, family breakups and depression is a commonplace factor of those who have been deployed.