Authorities are becoming concerned that the economic woes could turn more violent, and they are advising people to get assistance. In some places, mental-health hot lines are jammed, counseling services are in high demand and domestic-violence shelters are full, the Associated Press reported.
A laid off money manager in California loses his wealth and wipes out his family in a murder-suicide. A 90-year-old widow from Ohio shoots herself in the chest as authorities arrive to expel her from the house she called home for 38 years.
“A lot of people are telling …

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan – The spacecraft Soyuz blasted off early this Sunday from Khazakstan. The crew consisting of 6 people namely: Commander E. Michael Fincke, Flight Engineers Yury V. Lonchakov, Gregory E. Chamitoff, Sandra H. Magnus, Koichi Wakata and a spaceflight participant Richard Garriott.
Richard Garriott is a computer game-developer multi-millionaire. He is a private passenger aboard a Soyuz capsule, having paid the Russian space agency $30 million for the privilege and undergone a year’s training.
The Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft has penetrated the orbit and will be docking with the ISS in …

BUDAPEST, Hungary — NATO defense ministers authorized attacks on Afghanistan’s drug trade, after the United States reached a compromise with its other 25 allies in a major shift in strategy for the alliance.
The United States had been pushing for NATO’s 50,000 troops to take on a counter-narcotics role to hit back at the Taliban, whose increasing attacks have cast doubt on the prospects of a Western military victory in Afghanistan.
However, Germany, Spain and others were wary and their doubts led to NATO imposing conditions on the anti-drug mandate for the …

Google launched “Adsense for Games” to insert advertisements into online video games and boost revenue from the online gaming platform. Online games such as Flash Games are the target for this campaign.
AdSense for Games, is still in beta testing right now but according to the adsense blog “you can display video ads, image ads, or text ads within your online games to earn revenue. You’ll be able to show these ads in placements you define, such as interstitial frames before a game, after a level change, or when a game …

According to CNN‘s latest poll, Barack Obama is widening his lead over John McCain in the race for the White House.
Fifty-three percent of likely voters questioned in the poll say they are supporting Obama for president, with 45 percent supporting McCain.
President Bush may be part of the reason why Obama’s making gains. Only 24 percent of those polled approve of Bush’s job as president, an all-time low for a CNN survey.
And that’s bad news for McCain, because the poll suggests a growing number of Americans believe the Republican presidential nominee …

MOGADISHU, Somalia — A Somali pirate spokesman says his group will not release a hijacked Ukrainian cargo ship loaded with arms for less than $20 million.

Sugule Ali told the Associated Press the pirates would “never” decrease the ransom of the Ukrainian freighter loaded with 33 Soviet-designed tanks and other weapons. The MV Faina was seized Sept. 25 and is now anchored off the coast of central Somalia. …

Did I mention Touchscreen before? After the leaked pics of the Nokia 5800 Xpress Music, The Android Phone and the iPhone, BlackBerry will soon release the “Storm”…

Nokia will join the touch screen mobile bandwagon next week according to reports.