Posted March 24, 2008 
Comments(0) A Tory councillor has claimed that there should be compulsory sterilisation for parents on benefits.
John Ward prompted comparisons with Adolf Hitler and calls for his resignation after attacking “professional spongers” who he claims “breed for greed”.
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Posted March 19, 2008 Comments(0) Tuscany is about to become a dog-owners’ paradise, with a new law allowing pets into art galleries, theatres, restaurants, cinemas, post offices, museums and beaches.
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Posted March 18, 2008 Comments(0) SALT LAKE CITY - Her decision to cut meat out of her daily diet turned out to be a winning move.
A 21-year-old Salt Lake City woman on Monday was named by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) as 2008’s “sexiest vegetarian” — beating out a field of hundreds.
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Posted March 17, 2008 Comments(0) A Sicilian tour guide who got fed up with answering the same questions about the mafia has written a pocket-sized book he thinks visitors will be unable to refuse.
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Posted March 12, 2008 Comments(0) OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Washington lawmakers have approved a pilot program that will allow beer and wine tasting in 30 grocery stores statewide in an effort to market local products.
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Posted March 12, 2008 Comments(0) They called it the green fairy, and they said it could drive you to peaks of manic creativity — that is, if it didn’t first drive you mad. Countries banned it. Teetotalers reviled it. Meanwhile, aficionados built an entire black market around it.
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Posted March 11, 2008 Comments(0) When Jon Frohling started making sausage just over a decade ago, it was considered over-the-top just to mix a little cheese or jalapeno pepper into a bratwurst.
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