News Archive for December 22 2007

Former British PM Blair converts to Catholicism

Former British prime minister Tony Blair has converted to Catholicism. Observers had long suspected he would switch faiths after leaving office.

Sony to quit rear projection TV business

No extramarital affairs, or at least keep it a secret from her. And hold your wife's hand in public.

Baby Jesus statue gets GPS for Christmas (AP)

AP - A baby Jesus statue here is getting a Global Positioning System for Christmas. The statue, part of a nativity scene, will be equipped with the device after the previous statue went missing, even though it had been bolted down.

FBI aims for world's largest biometrics database

The FBI is embarking on a $1 billion (504 million pounds) project to build the world's largest computer database of biometrics to give the U.S. government more ways to identify people at home and abroad, the Washington Post reported on Friday.

Hoover had plan for mass arrests

A newly declassified document shows that J. Edgar Hoover, longtime director of the FBI, had a plan to suspend habeas corpus and imprison...

Sir Charles Court dies at 96

Former West Australian premier Sir Charles Court has died at the age of 96.