Bono, Melinda and Bill Gates Hailed as Time Magazine's Persons of the Year

December 18, 2005
Time Magazine has named its Persons of the Year and the three people on this year's cover are honored for being good Samaritans. The magazine says the trio is changing the way people feel about charity. Bill Gates, and his wife, Melinda, were named Time magazine's "Persons of the Year" along with Irish rocker Bono for making a difference in different ways. Managing Editor James Kelly said the three had been chosen as the people most effective at finding ways to eradicate such calamities as malaria in Africa, HIV and AIDS and the grinding poverty that kills 8 million people a year. Time also named former Presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton as "Partners of the Year" for their humanitarian efforts after the Asian tsunami and Hurricane Katrina, and the unlikely friendship that developed from that work.

British Man Claims He's "Cured" of HIV-AIDS

November 14, 2005
Hector Duarte Jr. - All Headline News Staff ReporterIf true, the case of 25-year-old Andrew Stimpson, which has already hit two British newspapers, could reveal more clues about the virus and possibly provide a breakthrough in the search for a cure for HIV/AIDS.

Condom Ad Pulled In Taiwan

August 24, 2005
Taiwan removes an anti-AIDS campaign advertisement featuring a smiling nun holding a condom, as Roman Catholics vehemently protest. Almost 300,000 Catholics live in Taiwan. The poster depicts the nun holding the condom with both hands saying, "Although I don't need one, even I know. "

Chastity May Pay In Uganda

July 21, 2005
A Ugandan lawmaker is attempting to keep young girls in school and out of trouble. Parliament member, Sulayiman Madaada, is planning to offer virgins college scholarships.

Psychic Fails To Predict Own Fate

July 1, 2005
Linda Marks is a Florida psychic who has recently gained notoriety, not for her success as a psychic, but for her lengthy rap sheet. Marks was previously sued by over a dozen former clients who say she stiffed them out of over $1 million when they visited her Delray Beach business. She and her husband, James, pleaded guilty in December 2002 to reporting their car stolen to defraud their insurance company. They were placed on five years' probation.
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