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Fish pedicures, the new way of getting nice feet.
Quoting Tracy Roberts: "the best pedicure I ever had." Interesting. I think this place in northern Virginia is the only store that practices this carp eating dead skin pedicure. If anyone has bad feet or just want to... Wikipedia Tries Approval System to Reduce Vandalism on Pages
Wikipedia is considering a basic change to its editing philosophy to cut down on vandalism. In the process, the online encyclopedia anyone can edit would add a layer of hierarchy and eliminate some of the spontaneity that has made the site, at times, an informal source of... Ex-Pentagon worker jailed for China spy case
Ex Pentagon analyst Gregg Bergersen gave secret military information to a New Orleans furniture salesman who turned out to be a Chinese spy. Such revelation caused him to serve five years in prison. This sentence is shorter than the US government asked for. It wanted... Orlando Travel Tradeshow: Answers the tough Airline travel questions.
The travel industry is changing, from limited sized carry ons, to Fuel Surcharges. The Travel Trade Show in Orlando will answer these questions and more. For those in the travel industry or media outlets... Are Web Sites Responsible For Their Commenters? No, Thank God
Good news for UGC. I wonder if this is true for articles published by users? I would suspect it does. "A nice bit of sanity from the U.S. judicial system: A ruling that Web site operators can't be held responsible... The world is being threatened by rising sea levels
The map of the world may have to be redrawn. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and various scientists around the world, sea levels could rise 1.5 meters by the end of this century. If... Storm dumps more than 2 feet of snow in northern Minn.
The poor cowboys out there on the Iron Range! ;}Although this is a serious weather story, I must admit that everytime I hear the words "Iron Range" I think of Da Yoopers and their song about the guy who... Chinese Man accused of spying appears in New Orleans court
"by Bill Walsh, The Times-Picayune
Thursday February 14, 2008, 10:28 AM
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The New Orleans man accused by the government of being at the center of a Chinese spy ring was held in custody Thursday while a federal judge agreed to let his codefendant post $100,000... Internet comes Normal After Undersea Cable Repaired
"ABC Live: Internet’s undersea cable has been repaired and online traffic has returned to normal on undersea Internet cables in the Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf." Severed cables disrupt internet
Some years ago a train crashed in a tunnel in Pennsylvania. A fire burned in the tunnel, which was used by virtually every major North American network service provider, and seriously damaged all the fibre optic... Internet Phone Service Disrupted on Two Continents
Internet Phone Service Disrupted on Two Continents
I am hearing that since this is an undersea cable, repairs could take two weeks. That is an outage!
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CAIRO, Egypt — Internet outages disrupted business and personal usage across a wide swath of the Middle... Egypt nightie stunt police jailed
"An Egyptian court has jailed three police officers for beating a prisoner and forcing him to parade down a busy street wearing women's underclothes. Senior officer Maj Yosri Ahmed Issa was sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted of torture. The court heard... Egypt: small signs anticipate big signs.
"Choosing non-violence is today seen as a positive choice which reflects true strength" - Dalai Lama 12-story residential building in Egypt collapses, killing five
"Five Egyptians were killed on Monday when a 12-storey residential building collapsed in Egypt's Mediterranean city of Alexandria, a security source said. Rescue workers pulled the five bodies from the rubble, but authorities expect the death toll to rise as more... Preteens Trading Fairy Wands for Fishnets
Ick! Modern society. And Ick! I feel bad just reading this -- a Washington Post article (of questionable news value and taste) about how preteens are turning more and more to "sexy" Halloween costumes. Actually, come...
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