The letter is direct, simple and to the point.

I am very sorry for you , is a pity that this is how your life is going to end as soon as you dont comply.

Its an e-mail scam, state authorities say, designed to threaten the recipient into sending money so an unnamed hit man wont pay them a visit.

Kandahar governor denies torture claim

There will be little difference rotating out in two years and rotating out now. 1,000 additional troops won't be sufficient to win the day and there is no reason to continue in the Khandahar province without a greater commitment from NATO overall. Our current approach (with 1,000 extra troops) is a recipe for a stalemate at best and failure at worst. Sometimes it takes more courage to know when to quit than it does to continue. Without a much greater commitment by NATO, this is one of those times. Posted 02/02/08 at 1:07 AM EST | Alert an Editor | Link to Comment .

Hilary Clinton sacks campaign manager

Solis Doyle announced the shift in an email to staff today.

"I have been proud to manage this campaign and prouder still to call Hillary my friend for more than 16 years," Solis Doyle wrote.

Three weeks until it begins anew

I honestly believe that Kelly Johnson and Escobar are going to be good table setters and that Mccann and Francoeur are going to blossom into big stars. I also expect Chipper Jones to play at least 140 games and have a monster year with Texeira and him having runners on base all year long. Should be fun, can't wait

Electric chair, likened to torture, declared unconstitutional

Connolly said physicians determined the man was still alive after the first jolt. A second jolt was administered, causing heavy brown smoke to fill the room, the judge said."This shows the current protocol will continue the mutilation of prisoners’ bodies," he wrote. "It also supports the district court’s conclusion that some prisoners will be tortured during electrocutions."Connolly said the court could not rule the electric chair unconstitutional under the U.S. Constitution, since that court has sanctioned its use.But the federal court’s rulings on the electric chair, based on the one it rendered in the 1890 New York case, were based on an "equal protection," or 14th Amendment analysis, and not an Eighth Amendment one, Connolly said."Therefore, the Court did not decide the (New York) case under the Eighth Amendment and there was scant evidence about electrocution in 1890," Connolly wrote.He said the U.S.

CDG to Host Executive Workshop: Advanced Strategies for Engineering ...

CYPRESS, Calif., Oct. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Continental DataGraphics (CDG), a Boeing Company, announced an upcoming executive workshop event, "Advanced Strategies for Engineering and Technical Data Management". The event will be hosted in Marina Del Rey, California on November 8. This educational workshop is designed to provide manufacturers and other engineering-focused organizations with an overview of several leading edge "Lean" approaches for managing engineering and technical data.

The workshop will provide an overview of the S1000D technical publications standard, which is rapidly gaining acceptance in both military and commercial engineering programs in the US. Also included in the agenda will be a discussion of Boeing's recent decision and plans to adopt the S1000D standard for its 787 aircraft program, and an objective tutorial on the key factors to be considered when evaluating S1000D software tools.

Internet IFPI, Warner, Universal, Sony Attack Baidu, Yahoo, Sohu For ...

Three Chinese companies are in hot legal water for providing access to infringed copyrighted material Looks like Google/YouTube isn't the only online giant in trouble for yielding copyrighted material in its searches. China's top search engine, Baidu.com Inc, has been brought to court by three major record companies, Universal Music Ltd, Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Hong Kong) Ltd and Warner Music Hong Kong Ltd, for allegedly giving access to copyrighted music files. The companies have asked for a court order to force Baidu.com to remove links to sites with infringing material, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, IFPI, the organization handling the company's complaints said in a released statement. The IFPI is the parent organization of the RIAA, well know in the U.S.