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  1. EnglishLady

    US court demands WikiLeaks' Twitter account info

    AP Jan 8 LONDON – U.S. investigators have gone to court to demand details about WikiLeaks' Twitter account, according to documents obtained Saturday — the first revelation about the criminal case Washington is trying to build against those who leaked classified U.S. documents. WikiLeaks...
  2. EnglishLady

    New, big challenges confront Obama the candidate

    AP Jan 8 The Barack Obama of 2011 is a chief executive who confronts enormous challenges, chief among them the economy, as he starts building a re-election campaign far different from the juggernaut of optimism and trajectory that vaulted him to the White House. He's the incumbent facing...
  3. EnglishLady

    Mexican trucks........again

    LOL I was asking your opinion as another poster had mentioned a .13c rate. :)
  4. EnglishLady

    Mexican trucks........again

    Do you believe that their rates will be far lower than the rates are now?
  5. EnglishLady

    Obama strongly backs US trials for terror suspects

    Guardian Jan 8 Associated Press= WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama forcefully declared his support Friday for U.S. civilian trials of Guantanamo detainees, pledging to overturn language in a sweeping defense bill that would effectively block such trials anytime soon. "The...
  6. EnglishLady

    Load1 Location and banter accepted

    Good to hear from you :)
  7. EnglishLady

    Republicans attempt to stifle action on climate change

    Guardian Jan 7 Republicans have wasted no time in using their new majority in Congress to try to block the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to act on climate change. In their first full day in the new Congress, Republicans outlined three different bills –...
  8. EnglishLady

    Verizon to start selling iPhone

    The Guardian Jan 8 The US's biggest mobile network, Verizon, is expected to announce next week that it will begin selling Apple's iPhone. The move, which requires different chips in the phone from those used in the version already sold through AT&T, America's second-biggest network, could...
  9. EnglishLady

    'Cats do not talk': kitty litter manufacturer sues rival over TV advert

    Telegraph Jan 8 A cat litter manufacturer is suing a rival for running TV advertisements in which clever and chatty cats reject its product in favour of the competitor's, stating in court papers: "Cats do not talk". Church & Dwight has filed a lawsuit in a New York court against Clorox...
  10. EnglishLady

    US conservatives object to gay Republicans at conference

    Telegraph Jan 8 Leading Right-wing organisations in the United States have pulled out of a major conservative conference because of the participation of a gay Republican group, exposing a schism among conservatives over the direction of the movement. At least half a dozen groups have...
  11. EnglishLady

    Report: US Warning Sources Named in WikiLeaks Cables

    New York Times Jan 7 The State Department has issued warnings to hundreds of foreign government employees, human rights activists and business people named in yet-to-be published leaked diplomatic cables -- and has even moved some sources to safer locations. Obama administration officials...
  12. EnglishLady

    Now It's Dead Doves Falling From Sky in Italy

    AP jan 7 Thousands of dead turtle doves, many of which had a "strange" blue stain inside their beaks, have crashed from the sky in Italy. They're the latest in a puzzling spate of birds, fish and other animals dying under mysterious circumstances around the world. Residents of Faenza...
  13. EnglishLady

    Living in a van to music.

    Our fav song ..... at the moment LOL :D
  14. EnglishLady

    British Government makes a decisive descision

    British Government makes a decisive decision The UK, like the US, is struggling with unemployment, the nations debt, and now apparently poisonous eggs ... BBC News - Dioxin scare: German feed fat 'contains 77 times limit' but thank goodness the British Government sorted out this huge...
  15. EnglishLady

    Parcel alert at Washington postal building

    BBC New Jan 7 A parcel that ignited at a Washington DC postal building on Friday was similar to two sent to Maryland state offices the day before, officials say. No-one was reported injured in the incident. The building was evacuated. Police earlier said two parcels sent to Maryland...
  16. EnglishLady

    US 'wants Twitter details of Wikileaks activist'

    BBC News Jan 7 An Icelandic MP who once worked with Wikileaks says US officials have subpoenaed her personal details from the social networking website Twitter. Birgitta Jonsdottir says the US Department of Justice also asked Twitter for all of her tweets since November 2009. She says...
  17. EnglishLady

    Sorry Wombat ...Ashes: England wrap up 3-1 series win over Australia

    That is a shame - that was an awesome keepsake :(
  18. EnglishLady

    Sorry Wombat ...Ashes: England wrap up 3-1 series win over Australia

    ROFL - honestly I don't know what you find hard about cricket rules - baseball rules now THAT is hard to understand :p:D
  19. EnglishLady

    Sorry Wombat ...Ashes: England wrap up 3-1 series win over Australia

    Can't help on that one - but I do know that in football ...sorry soccer lol, there is hardly an English team, in the leagues, with all English players in it!!
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