Woman Wins Her Funeral In Competition

" A Texas woman was thrilled to win a competition at a baseball game - but she isn't planning to claim the prize of a funeral and burial plot any time soon. Competition had morbid prizeElaine Fulps was the lucky...

College girls go nude before camera for eternal beauty

" They are young, they are energetic, and now for an eternal memory, they go nude -- in the studio. |A young girl, nude, turns her back to the camera in a picture taken in the Xi'an photo studio. [sohu]They are college girls in Xi'an, an ancient city in landlocked...

Gold heading quickly back above $1,000 and silver $22 « Peter J. Cooper’s ...

" Depressed gold and silver junior exploration stocks are the best buy but anything linked to precious metals will gain in price as the metals rise in value. Gold is a safe haven for investors and a hedge against inflation but silver generally has the better performance in a...

Decline of puffin population is blamed on fish dearth in North Sea

" An unexpected decline in puffin numbers on one of their most successful breeding colonies has raised fears that the birds are the victims of a North Sea fish famine. To the puzzlement of ornithologists,...

Junk dealer's $100,000 gold cup found under bed

" DORCHESTER, England (CNN) -- Englishman John Webber thought nothing of the small, shiny cup, passed down from his junk dealer grandfather and stashed under a bed for years, until appraisers said it was an...

Tracking cell phone use could help curb epidemics -- study

Tracking demographic movement through cell phone usage can potentially curtail spread of communicable diseases, researchers found." Scientists searching for patterns in seemingly random human movements have found that people, in the aggregate, go about their daily lives with...

Over 10,000 arrested in Bangladesh crackdown: police

Just  ahead of election in a major crackdown police in Bangladesh have arrested thousands of people including political workers. The wave of arrests began days aftertwo main political parties the Awami...

Cyclone victims face 'long-term' food shortages

" The cyclone, which battered the country last weekend with winds of 240 km/hr(150 mph) and 3.5 meter (11.48 feet) storm water surges, killed more than 22,000. Another 41,000 people are still missing, according to state-run media outlets in Myanmar, and the U.N. estimates one...

German remembers persecuted gays

German governement has finally paid homage to persecuted gays during Nazis era. The Nazis branded homesexuality an aberration threatening their super race image. " Germany has inaugurated a 600,000 euro concrete memorial to honour the thousands of homosexuals persecuted...

Aftershocks demolish large number of China homes

Even after two weeks of massive earthquake, China is still reeling under the impact of earthquake and now state media has reported that  two further aftershocks have destroyed more than 420,000...

Children deprived of food due to soaring food prices

Cuts in aid by wealthy countries have forced thousands of kid in developing countries to go without breakfast. A severe increase in food prices have also worsened their condition. 450,000 Children in Cambodia will become the latest victims of soaring food...

Jackie Chan plans earthquake film

Famous actor Jackie Chan is going to make a movie to highlight sufferings of  the earthquake in Sichuan province of China. The movie would "raise money for charity". He is also organising other charity events to raise money for the victims. " Actor Jackie Chan...

Skydiver to attemp 130,000 ft. free-fall

As much as I love flying, my ears still 'plug-up' every time I travel in a commercial airliner at 30,000 feet.  I could never attempt to even envision the feat of Michel Fournier, being lifted into space...

China says quake losses total $9.5 billion

Recent earthquake has hit Chinese economy very hard and it is estimated to have total losses of $9.5 bn. Although with  the size of Chinese economy it is not significant. Analysts say the long-term effect on...

More than 71,000 dead, missing in China’s Sichuan--gov’t

Excuse the lack of comments for this highlight.  It leaves me utterly speechless.  It seems the casualty figure is growing by the day. " More than 71,000 people are dead, buried or missing in southwest China's Sichuan province following last week's earthquake,...

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