http://www.allvoices.com/ en-us The era of impersonal communication has taken another step forward with the phone service Sly Dial. In an age when the world's youth is digitally interconnected and text and instant messenging reign free, this phone service provides an interesting bridge... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/956132 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:09:57 -0700 Two men were devoured alive by a pack of bears in the region of Kamchatka in eastern Russia. The region, located about 7,500 miles away from Moscow is home to many mining areas and sites of geological research. It is... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/955657 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:07:20 -0700 At least at one nudist resort in France, being nude is not a privilege available to all. After denying entry to a sun-bather, the Rene Oltra nudist center was forced to seek permission from France's data protection authority to keep... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/954700 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:07:41 -0700 Christian Bale was released from police custody last night after being held for over 4 hours no charges of assault filed by none other than his mother, Jenny, 61, and sister Sharon, 40. The two went into the police station... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/941198 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:17:22 -0700 Last week, 18 year old Tavulares took his fascination with the movie "Natural Born Killers" one step too far when he leaned across his bed and strangled his girlfriend to death. Lauren Aljubouri, also 18, was dead within minutes. Tavulares... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/941196 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:36:09 -0700 One would think that after the fiasco of the New Yorker cover, which has resulted in the New Yorker's Washington correspondent being denied a seat on Senator Obama's press plane as he travels abroad, those attempting to ridicule the Democratic... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/938759 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:11:52 -0700 In honor of Rafael Nadal's epic Wimbledon win, an asteroid is being named after him. The asteroid appeared around the same time Nadal's tennis career began to attract attention: about 5 years ago. After Nadal ended Roger Federer's five-year winning... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/886144 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:00:10 -0700 Starting March 2009, high school juniors and seniors will find the college applicaiton process much more sympathetic to their struggle. The College Board has announced that it will re-institute its policy of allowing students to selectively submit SAT scores to... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/758347 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:58:56 -0700 After undergoing preimplantation diagnosis (PGD), a 27 year old British woman will be the first to give birth to a baby guaranteed to be free of breast cancer. The PGD scan identified a gene, BRCA-1, that would have made her... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/758322 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:49:08 -0700 Across California, drivers are rapidly switching over to Bluetooth and other hands-free devices as the result of new legislation banning the use handheld cellphones while driving. The law comes into effect tomorrow, and lawmakers expect that it will reduce the... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/758273 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:18:40 -0700 On the day the Supreme Court ruled the execution of child rapists to be unconstitutional, Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal, who staunchly opposes the ruling, was also dealing with child rapist legislation. The governor passed Senate Bill 144, which provides for... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/740503 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:23:33 -0700 For the third year running, Iraq produced more new refugees in 2007 than any other country in the world. So reports the World Refugee Survey 2008, a brand new study by the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants ( USCRI... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/721577 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:45:16 -0700 Focus on the Family founder Dr James Dobson took aim at Barack Obama Wednesday, telling listeners of his radio show, "I think he is dragging biblical understanding through the gutter." Attacking the Democratic Presidential candidate on a number of grounds,... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/721384 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:12:27 -0700 Even to the most uneducated of audiences, America's Presidential primary season has been marred by enormous bouts of anti-black racism. Almost entirely revolving around Illinois Senator Barack Obama's bid for the Democratic Party's leadership, the race was a real wake-up... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/712052 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:23:58 -0700 For Americans, the automobile has always been the most commonly accepted symbol of affluence and social mobility. Though they may not have nice houses, or decent clothes, Americans will most happily go into debt to own a respectable-looking vehicle. The... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/711669 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:15:34 -0700 A Japanese pensioner has been hired by the Italian military to teach troops hand-to-hand combat skills. Keiko Wakabayshi, a 5 foot tall, 77-year-old female martial arts master, will instruct soldiers of the Folgore brigade in jujitsu, jojitso, kenjitso, judo, kendo... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/711056 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:39:42 -0700 When it comes to gender-swapping, we instinctually think of it as a wholly contemporary thing. Getting a sex change, or discovering our inner male or female is a product of typically western, affluent, and culturally out-there communities that can only... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/710473 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:08:37 -0700 From basketball star to rapper, it appears Shaquille O'Neal thinks he can do it all. In this video of Shaq's most recent rap endeavor, he asks former teammate Kobe Bryant to "tell me how my ass tastes." info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/710264 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:43:16 -0700 In an attack against Senator Barack Obama yesterday, Karl Rove referred to the presidential candidate as "the guy at the country club with the beautiful date, holding a martini and a cigarette that stands against the wall and makes snide... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/710180 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:31:42 -0700 "Daughters of Iraq," the female counterpart to "Sons of Iraq, a program developed by the US Army to sniff out suicide bombers, has begun training women to sniff out female suicide bombers. Due to the fact that cultural norms prevent... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/709949 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:56:27 -0700