Major League Baseball Union Agrees to Stronger Penalites
The player's union of major league baseball agreed in principle that stiffer penalties are needed for first time, second time, and subsequent positive steroid testing in the major leages. While the commissioner had recommended a 50 mday suspensi...
Read full storyTerrorist Newscast Debuts on Internet
ROME (AFP)-- An Internet video newscast called the "Voice of the RepublicanCaliphateParty" was broadcast for the first time on Monday, purporting to be a production of an international terrorist organization. The anchorman wore a turban and beard as...
Read full storyNASA targets Pluto
DUNCAN DONUTS, Fla. -- A spacecraft will begin a voyage to Pluto soon, according to NASA.
Read full storyOil Crisis: West to Resume Whaling and Considers Draining Adolescents
The Western powers are to remove all bans on whaling as the international oil crisis deepens. And America's acne-ridden, hormone-charged adolescents are also being drafted in as a supplementary source of fuel.
Read full storyGordon Brown Seen as Tony Blair's Natural after Party Conference Pink Room Breakfast Bar Meeting
Tony Blair has announced today that he will bow down as leader of the Labour Party and stretch his legs outside the leadership crown bending over to Gordon Brown in an uncontested leadership change designed to avoid any further splits in the Labour P...
Read full storyBoat People arrive in U.S. amid controversy
LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- For many years, 229 Vietnamese Boat People lived floating around the oceans. They have a legitimate home now, as they arrived in the United States on a chartered flight recently.
Read full storyMarseille Twinned with John Prescott
The alleged deputy back-up reserve stand-in Prime Minister has been twinned with Marseille, it was announced today. Hulking northerner John Prescott beat off competition (literally) from Wrexham, Cleethorpes and his home town of Hull to the covet...
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