Bud Fans Hope Patriotic Web Site Will Halt Foreign Takeover
ST. LOUIS A new Web site is trying to block the rumored takeover of Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. by Belgium-based brewer InBev SA, playing on patriotic fervor to stop an iconic American firm from slipping into foreign hands.
The Web site, SaveBudweiser.com, encourages visitors to contact elected officials and Anheuser-Busch shareholders to discourage the deal.
Animal Rights Activists Take Protests to Scientists’ Doors
BERKELEY, Calif. In the hills above the University of California’s Berkeley campus, nine protesters gathered in front of the home of a toxicology professor, their faces covered with scarves and hoods despite the warm spring weather.
One scrawled “killer” in chalk on the scientist’s doorstep, while another hurled insults through a bullhorn and announced, “Your neighbor […]
Hackers Flood Epilepsy Web Forum With Flashing Lights
Web-site hacking has reached a new low, both morally and technically.
Unknown miscreants had a good time two weekends ago when they posted hundreds of flashing animated images onto discussion boards hosted by the Landover, Md.-based Epilepsy Foundation.
Flashing lights or bold moving patterns can trigger often violent seizures among 3 percent of the estimated 50 […]
Charges Dropped Against 3 Teens in Video Beating
BARTOW, Fla. Criminal charges were dropped Friday against three of the eight teenagers involved with the notorious videotaped beating of a central Florida teen, prosecutors said.
Kidnapping and battery charges were dropped against Cara Murphy, 16, Stephen Schumaker, 18 and Zachary Ashley, 17, said Chip Thullbery, a spokesman for the state attorney’s office in Polk County.
U.S. Web Host Pulls Site For Dutch Anti-Islam Film
A northern Virginia-based Internet host provider has suspended the Web site set up by a Dutch politician to promote his new film critical of Islam, after a spate of complaints and fears of a possible backlash, the French news service Agence France Presse reported.
Network Solutions pulled Dutch Member of Parliament Geert Wilders’ page Sunday […]
Judge Posts Sexual Images Online; Obscenity Trial Suspended
PASADENA, Calif. A federal judge overseeing an case exploring the extremal fringe of pornography suspended the obscenity trial after a newspaper reported he had posted sexually explicit photos and videos on his own Web site.
Judge Alex Kozinski, chief judge of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, granted a joint prosecution and defense motion to […]
Afflicted Eduardo could play once again in 2008
LONDON, England Arsenal striker Eduardo could be playing again by the end of the year as he recovers from the horror tackle that left him with a career-threatening leg injury.
Eduardo’s injury in the 2-2 draw at Birmingham stunned his Arsenal teammates.
The Croatia international spent his 25th birthday on Monday in an unnamed London […]
