The flags have risen, the stages are going up, and Taranaki’s beautiful Bowl of Brooklands is ready to play host.
New Plymouth heating up for Womad
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Mohamed ElBaradei: The Next President of Egypt?
Egyptian activists, most of them young, were out in force in the midday sun on Friday, Feb.
Vettel takes pole position in Japan
Sebastian Vettel will begin the Japanese Grand Prix in pole position after the Red Bull driver produced the fastest lap in an action-packed qualifying session which saw Formula One Championship leader Jenson Button penalized five places. The German held his nerve in a session which saw three red flags and two drivers taken to hospital to clock a time of one minute 32.160 seconds ahead of Toyota’s Jarno Trulli, who also secured a place at the front of the grid after he got round in 1min 32.220secs
Missing boaters clung to thread of hope
They kept their bodies alive with rationed crackers, bubble gum, beer and three gallons of water. But spiritually, the three men lost at sea for eight days had something else to keep them going. “We just kept praying, and we kept hope alive,” rescued boater Tressel Hawkins told CNN on Monday.
Theme-park chain Six Flags files for bankruptcy
In an effort to shed $1.8 billion in debt, popular theme-park chain Six Flags announced Saturday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Google flags entire Web as ‘malware’
A major hiccup at Google this morning caused the entire Internet to be flagged as malware. The problem appears to be centered around the Google Safe Browsing API — even that returned a “This site may harm your computer” warning (see screenshot below) — the security diagnostics service that powers Firefox’s malware blocking service. There […]