Skip to content

Trends in the news

All the current trends in the news

Archive

Tag: port au prince
RT @globeandmail Canadians' Internet use exceeds TV time : First time that Web surfing surpasses television watching. http://tgam.ca/KTX First time that Web surfing surpasses television watching Link - Trackbacks

Health Care Reform, at Last
New York Times
The process was wrenching, and tainted to the 11th hour by narrow political obstructionism, but the year-long struggle over health care reform came to an end on Sunday night with a triumph for countless Americans who have been victimized or neglected ...

and more »

The Red State Sex Fetish
Daily Beast (blog)
Norman Scott / startraksphoto.com Sandra Bullock's husband's mistress revealed she often gets approached by men who are into "pedal pumping." Anneli Rufus on a strange sex fad in conservative America. The foot is slender, sleek, unmistakably female, ...

and more »
Games and social networking safety: me in the Observer on how Smokescreen helps make them work in perfect harmony http://bit.ly/c0Hw4N Prize-winning British game explores issues of identity theft and cyber stalking Link - Trackbacks

Australians living in prosperous times
Herald Sun
Commonwealth Securities chief economist Craig James says a new measurement tool launched today shows that Australians are indeed living in prosperous times. The CommSec National Performance Gauge stood at a record high at the end of 2009, ...
Prosperity on rise as economy shows signs of recoverySydney Morning Herald
We're enjoying record prosperity, study findsThe Age
Report shows summer emissions downSydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning Herald -Sydney Morning Herald -Sydney Morning Herald
all 19 news articles »
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- One of the heaviest rainfalls since Haiti's Jan. 12 earthquake swamped homeless camps Friday, sweeping screaming residents into eddies of water, overflowing latrines and panicking thousands.

A long-awaited compromise health care bill drafted by top Democrats will cost $940 billion over the next 10 years, according to a preliminary analysis released Thursday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

Filed under: SoftwareNo press release, no big fanfare, but reader Chris spotted the news earlier tonight: Amazon's long-awaited Kindle application for Mac is ready for download. The 22 MB free application works on Intel Macs running Mac OS X 10.5 and above, and reports a version number of 1.0.0 beta 1. The app has been anticipated since last October, back when the iPad was still a rumor. The app…

0 comments Source: www.tuaw.com

January’s earthquake has prompted hundreds of thousands of Haitians to leave Port-au-Prince, reversing a decades-long migration from the countryside.

AP - A 38-year-old woman acknowledged Monday killing six of her newborns, whose corpses were found in plastic bags in her basement, at the opening of a chilling trial in northwest France.