Man charged with leading student visa fraud operation - latimes.com

Man enrolled in different colleges for seven years in order to keep taking tests for foreign students so they can maintain their student visas. He also hired a staff to help him with the work load. He made up to $1500 dollars per test.

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Loss of the Virtual Dream

Jaron Lanier publishes his first book "You Are Not A Gadget: A Manifesto" and talks about the very beginnings of the internet to where it has taken us now.

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali on radical Islam, European and American muslims...

For five years she's lived under the threat of death from Islamic radicals, and in those five years, she has become an acclaimed and provocative author on matters about Islam and the West.

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Cyclists join Lance Armstrong for LA bike ride

Lance is at it again! Looks like he's really having fun doing what he's doing. He 'only' drew a few hundred riders compared to Dublin's 1000.

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Afghan-Born German Gets Life for Honor Killing of Sister

Afghan-Born German Gets Life for Honor Killing of Sister - The girl who had been killed, Morsal, had won a civic prize for setting up a peer-counseling project at her school.

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Creating anticancer beer | ZME Science

Give someone a challenge and they will rise to the occasion... A new category of cures? Beer with resveratrol will not just make you more sociable and feel better, but it will also have an anti-inflammatory, anticancer and cardiovascular effect.

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Recreating the USA: Your Revolutionary Ideas Needed Now

Great article on the future of the USA. If you're sick of going to your doctor only to have surgeries and drugs with all kinds of side effects pushed on you; or sick of having to spend your whole paycheck on food and gasoline, this article is for you.

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Students hit the dance floor for AIDS

UCLA raises $380,000 at a 26-hour dance marathon for pediatric AIDS activism and awareness. By Ari B.

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Website an unlikely forum for Iran's youth

Goodreads, a book lovers' site based in Santa Monica, has become a place to let off political steam.

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Striking writers in talks to launch Web start-ups - Los Angeles Times

Dozens of striking film and TV writers are negotiating with venture capitalists to set up companies that would bypass the Hollywood studio system and reach consumers with video entertainment on the Web.

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Shiite cleric bans 'honor' killings

Lebanon's most senior Shiite Muslim cleric issued a religious edict banning the custom of killing a woman for allegedly bringing shame to her family, which he called "a repulsive act."

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Iranian woman to get lashes and prison

TEHRAN — An Iranian court has sentenced a women's rights activist to almost three years in prison and 10 lashes for attending a banned rally, her lawyer said Tuesday.

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In Saudi Arabia, A Veiled-Eye View Of Saudi Segregation

Megan Stack, a Times reporter, tells of her experience in the male-dominated kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This is an account of her struggle between a lifetime of being taught to respect foreign cultures and the realization that this culture judged her a lesser being.

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Bill heats up talk of solar water systems

But the bill, which would offer $250 million in incentives to build 200,000 solar water systems statewide over the next 10 years, is running into opposition from gas and electric companies.

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17 Year Old Girl Stoned To Death In Iraq

A slender, black-haired girl is dragged in a headlock through a braying mob of men. Within seconds, she is on the ground in a fetal position, covering her head with her arms in a futile attempt to fend off a shower of stones.

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Illegal Immigrants Rally For Path To Citizenship

Returning to the streets for the first time since a May Day rally ended with allegations of police brutality, hundreds of immigrant rights activists marched Thursday to MacArthur Park to again call for a path to citizenship for the nation's 12 million illegal immigrants.

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User rebellion at Digg.com unearths a can of worms

Will mobs rule the internet? Another first on the internet - who thought users themselves could stop the code from being taken down?

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Climate Change Talks Grow in Importance

There are signs of movement. In March, the European Union formally committed to at least a 20-percent cut in emissions, below 1990 levels, by 2020. The Democrats newly in control of Congress are pushing for mandatory caps on U.S. emissions.

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Ex-Guantanamo Inmate Publishes Memoir | Germany | Deutsche Welle | 24.04.2007

Beatings, amputations and torture were parts of the excruciating daily routine with which Murat Kurnaz claims to have lived for almost 5 years

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If You Can Make it There… Cities Are the Greatest Generators of Innovation and Wealth

How living in a big city stimulates innovation and creativity.

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Space tourist back on Earth: Scientific American

Space tourist Charles Simonyi back on Earth.

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Plate: Let's lay down our right to bear arms - CNN.com

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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Nip'n'tuck loans offer in Lebanon

Loans for cosmetic surgery for anyone under age 64.

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The kindness of Kurt Vonnegut - Los Angeles Times

Personal account of a meeting with the late Kurt Vonnegut.

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