News & Events - October 2007

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2007-10-18 05:26:44 · 2 answers · asked by sita 3 in Current Events

I feel that I would be waisting my time looking for work right now and I feel it would better to wait out the recession and lay low.

2007-10-18 04:58:03 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - News & Events

that drug addicts who are taking Heroin or coke,,,and are really trying to kick the habit ,should be given extra methadone as a reward for being clean.

2007-10-18 04:57:47 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - News & Events

When did a middle school, or any school, become responsible for such illogical and comical actions? Matters of sexuality are reserved for parents or guardians. The leadership of this school has greatly erred in deciding to give out contraceptives to girls ages 11-13. They should reconsider their first priority: the academic education of the community's children.

Let Principal Michael McCarthy know your thoughts:
mccarm@portlandschools.org

2007-10-18 04:50:46 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

Surely she has more things to worry about than what the public thinks about her. Who cares if she is skinny? Perhaps its the lack of emotion that people dont take to?

2007-10-18 04:27:34 · 19 answers · asked by claire t 3 in Other - News & Events

'We've got NO evidence against the McCanns'


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=488300&in_page_id=1811&ct=5

AT LONG LAST someone with a shred of decency in the Police Force.

2007-10-18 04:20:36 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071018/ap_on_re_us/sex_tape_suspect;_ylt=ArPiK2HZIMzgry9hn09jeGRH2ocA

His lawyer says he's pleading not guilty. Can someone explain that to me? What POSSIBLE chance does this guy have with a trial???

2007-10-18 04:11:32 · 4 answers · asked by searching_please 6 in Other - News & Events

that they were found dead around the 10 of september..any links thanks.was following this case, they were taken by their father, he is in prison and would not say if they were alive or not..thanks

2007-10-18 03:35:43 · 14 answers · asked by dollyk 6 in Current Events

i say, nothing been posted by sidders today
could those beastly colonials he owns have kidnapped him for putting laxatives in their soup?
are they burning down their own huts as we discuss this?
as soon as we finish our drinks the major and i are off to rescue him
tally ho!

2007-10-18 03:31:02 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

We are now not allowed to call Halloween, Halloween. In case we upset anyone who isn't pagan. I'm christian and see nothing wrong with Halloween.

We are not allowed to call Easter, Easter, in case we upset anyone who isn't Christian.

We are not allowed to call Christmas, Christmas, incase we upset any non Christians.

Schools are not allowed to celebrate Mother's Day in case it upsets motherless children.

nor Fathers day in case it upsets fatherless children.

nor Grandparents day in case they upset grandparentless children.

Nurseries cannot teach their children Baa Baa Black Sheep it is now Baa Baa Wooly sheep.

Soon it will be Snow White and her vertically challenged acquaintances.

Beauty and the unsocial person.

Are we to give up Red nose day in case we offend Rudolf?


Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhh!

2007-10-18 02:58:39 · 22 answers · asked by gill79 4 in Other - News & Events

2007-10-18 02:23:55 · 16 answers · asked by daljack -a girl 7 in Current Events

2007-10-18 01:41:50 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

Why do we continue seeing these stories? Are we just going to be told 'mistakes were made but we will make sure it doesn't happen again'? But it always does...disgusting!

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23417069-details/Drug+addict%27s+baby+died+of+neglect+-+despite+47+visits+in+50+days+from+social+services/article.do

A baby died of neglect at his mother's squalid flat despite repeated visits by social workers.

Officials called to check on nine-month- old Perrin Barlow a total of 47 times in 50 days because he was officially "at risk".

2007-10-18 01:40:39 · 30 answers · asked by slıɐuǝoʇ 6 in Current Events

what was it that got him off? some technical thing i guess... i never read anything about this case but just wondering how and why he got off the hook??? thanks

2007-10-18 01:36:15 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - News & Events

Pupils at a city middle school will be able to get birth control pills and patches at their student health center after the local school board approved the proposal Wednesday evening.

The plan, offered by city health officials, makes King Middle School the first middle school in Maine to make a full range of contraception available to students in grades 6 through 8, according to the state Department of Health and Human Services.

Students treated at the centers must first get written parental permission, but under state law such treatment is confidential, and students decide for themselves whether to tell their parents about the services they receive.

At King Middle School, birth control prescriptions will be given after a student undergoes a physical exam by a physician or nurse practitioner, said Lisa Belanger, who oversees Portland's student health centers

A supporter, Richard Verrier, said it's not enough to depend on parents to protect their children because there m

2007-10-18 01:32:45 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

I think we should be given the option to choose if we really wanna watch the BBC channels, those who do, should pay the cost n those who don't should't. Better still why not get rid of the licence n have BBC do adverts just like any other channel then we wouldn't have to pay. I'm really tired of paying this fee as I hardly watch any BBC channel.

2007-10-18 01:32:11 · 35 answers · asked by xy 3 in Media & Journalism

calling the police for 50 minutes?

kate raised the alarm at 10pm. The police were called at 10.50pm by the Complex manager. He was aware immediately at around 10pm that the police were needed. Why didn't he call them?

2007-10-18 01:26:39 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

Are Stedman and Oprah still a couple? Or have they gone their separate ways?
Thanks.

2007-10-18 01:14:01 · 3 answers · asked by Mac 1 in Media & Journalism

This case is unusual for the PJ because they have not had to deal with calous, neglecting parents that may of accidently killed their baby and do a FANTASTIC job of covering up with the aid of their cronies. Its said, you never stop learning, I think they have learned a lesson and will gear up for situations such as the McCanns & Co: incident

2007-10-18 00:24:59 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

Bearing in mind 30 odd people had access to this car.

Rather than dismissing it as ludicrous rubbish I think I would be down the police station demanding to know which of these 30 people could have killed my daughter because I had nothing to do with it.

It isn't impossible that one of their associates could have used this car to move the body and yet they seem too busy defending themselves to accept the evidence in the boot may be correct and someone close to them knows more than them.

2007-10-18 00:18:18 · 6 answers · asked by snaffle 4 in Current Events

Whilst Madeliene McCann is still looking why is there so much focus on the way that Kate McCann looks. For two days running the Daily Mail (no I am definetly not a reader) has printed stories about how 'poor' Kate has been vilified because of her looks.

Personally I couldnt care whether the woman had three legs, Madeleine McCann is the most important person in this case.

2007-10-18 00:17:40 · 18 answers · asked by Lady Claire - Hates Bigotry 6 in Current Events

Madeleine? If they believe she is dead and died on the 3rd of May, why haven't they turned up her body yet? Why can't they find her - dead or alive?

The whole of Praia Da Luz & Portimao should have been scoured by now by any means.
They should just face facts. The child has been abducted and taken OUT of Portugal.

I think it comes down to FUNDING. They can't afford it.
The case of Holly Wells & Jessica Chapman cost around £1million to solve. Do the Portimao police have this sort of budget for such serious crime? I think not.

2007-10-18 00:00:46 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

I sympathise with her painful awareness of a prejudice that must bewilder her. I want to tell her, for a start, that many of us have left our children in situations which (with hindsight) could have been disastrous, and it's only the grace of God which saved us from what was surely a one-in-a-million tragedy.
I want to say that countless people (especially those of us who have thought our children near to death) admire that desperate, necessary self-control.
And as someone whose maternal qualities were once called into question because I worked in newspapers, liked a glass of wine and teetered about in high heels wearing lots of slap, I want to reassure her that in the end, only you can truly know what kind of mother you are.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/columnists/columnists.html?in_article_id=488191&in_page_id=1772&in_author_id=465&in_check=N

2007-10-17 23:27:43 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

Was it just after she was left and dissappeared? It's just that, the people who were SUPPOSED to be RESPONSIBLE for her, said the DNA, in the hire car, came from her unwashed clothes, so why wash the toy, the last thing she held, and not her clothes?

2007-10-17 23:27:10 · 10 answers · asked by Chris 6 in Current Events

The comic book hero Captain America was recently Assasinated in a storyline that touches on terrorism, which given the current climate is fair enough. The Character has now been redesigned but now he carrys a 9mm pistol of the forties. The artist Alex Ross claims that this is a nostalgic refrence to the time when the character was at the height of his popularity. Personally I have always taught my son that super heros do not kill obvisiously this flys in the face of everything I have taught my son and given the recent spate of shootings in American schools and children shot on the streets of Britain is it really a good idea to be promoting gun culture?

2007-10-17 23:18:15 · 8 answers · asked by tomthewirish 2 in Current Events

Madeleine's sweaty plastic beach sandals or the twins' diapers or a sick bag...would you still use it as "significant evidence"???

2007-10-17 23:14:56 · 5 answers · asked by Faith 6 in Current Events

Excuse me Justme, for hijacking your Q, but i'd really like to know...

2007-10-17 23:11:39 · 4 answers · asked by Faith 6 in Current Events

Speculations, based on unofficial leaks from the Portuguese police, are all the media have to go on. The only undisputed fact is Madeleine is missing. The rest are Unfounded and uncorroborated rumours (even neglect as we don’t know the exact check-up arrangements).

I agree there is still a possibility that the McCanns had something to do with her disappearance. But if they exonerate the McCanns, then everything we’ve heard so far is nothing but malicious lies and the Portuguese police should be sued for Negligence, Incompetence and Corruption and because of them Madeleine is still missing and possibly dead.

Your opinion?

2007-10-17 22:43:51 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

I have just read this on the BBC news website.I hadn't heard about it on tv.Just where the heck are British kids getting guns from?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/7050288.stm

2007-10-17 22:29:36 · 10 answers · asked by CMH 6 in Media & Journalism

In the McCann feeding frenzy how many times does it take for a lie to be repeated for it to be believed?
No matter that almost no facts are known, a few people repeatedly condemn the McCanns as if the evidence of murder is indisputable. They imply it's only a matter of time before others who admit they don't know are shown the error of their ways.
Some seem utterly convinced of their innocence, and are then abused for condoning child neglect. Others seem to be of the opinion that whether they are involved or not, they deserve locking up anyway.

Only a few weeks ago, I leaned firmly towards the conviction that her parents had nothing to do with Madeleine's disappearance.
I still haven't seen solid evidence to the contrary, but the constant drip-feed of hostility and malice masquerading as fact sometimes makes it difficult to keep an open mind. Doubts creep in.
If you feel the same, please read this.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article2459924.

2007-10-17 22:28:46 · 22 answers · asked by Netty 3 in Other - News & Events