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• Arab countries declare Ramadan begins Monday

  Sat Jul 30, 2011
  • David K.  Sorry, mate.  You're way off-base on that one - about Jews never using terroris tactics etc.  Try researching the bombing of the King David Hotel, Jerusalem, in the late 40s when the Israelis were trying to get the Brits and French to leave Palestine.

• Rental car companies charge frequent flier mile redemption fees

  Sat Jun 25, 2011
  •  This is not news.  Hertz has been charging a fee for my United miles for years.  Years.  And, by the way, in the first paragraph, it isn't "redemption," it's "earning." This article reminds me of my days on my high school newspaper when the advisor wanted a filler.

• What bugs you? Book uncovers science of what irks us

  Tue May 10, 2011
  • you got me on nail clippers for exactly the 3 reasons cited.

• On a phone, interfering with flight safety

  Tue Jan 18, 2011
  • lexiwords: On (some) European carriers, passengers are required to remove headphones/ear-buds during t/o and landing AND switch everything off

• On a phone, interfering with flight safety

  Tue Jan 18, 2011
  • anyone who has had his/her cell phone next to a landline and had the cell signal interfere should easily know that the phone can cause a disturbance. Have seen it interfere with a clock/radio, too, so, on the plane, mine's off when it's supposed to be, even when set to airplane mode.

• iPhone home button to go the way of the dino?

  Thu Jan 13, 2011
  • Biggest concern with the loss of the button external to the touch screen is:  what happens if the touch screen becomes "insensitive" or loses its "touch" which has happened to me.  By pressing hard-wired buttons, rebooting is available.  If I'm expected to reboot using an …

• U.S. travel rules make waves across the pond

  Wed Oct 27, 2010
  • University of Chicago Student:  Superior answer.  Thanks.  You give me, an American living in London for the past 12 years, hope that there are rational beings at play in the good old U S of A.  To the head of the class with ya.

• Israeli police storm Jerusalem mosque compound

  Wed Sep 22, 2010
  • Turkey, for one, is a predominantly Muslim country that has a secular government. Ataturk was the leader of the movement that created the Republic of Turkey in 1923.

• KFC owners wonder what happened to the 'F'

  Mon Aug 16, 2010
  • I live in London (as in England) and KFC exists over here. I first wondered if that is why they took "Kentucky" out of the name.

• Pregnant? No mortgage for you, banks tell couples

  Wed Jul 21, 2010
  • This isn't particularly new - tho it makes for sensational reading.