Fans of October Baseball have no idea what they'll be missing

With less than twenty games remaining before Major League Baseball commerces the 09' edition of the MLB playoffs, the playoff picture is beginning to appear in full focus. The American League The Yanks...

Pelicans put on incredible display as they catch rain in their bills

"When four young pelicans decided to put on a performance of ’synchronised billing’ it became a hard act to swallow. The youngsters opened their bills together as a welcome downpour swept across the coast of...

Australia A to meet India A in final

"Australia A secured a place in the A Team Triangular Series final after allrounder Cameron White triggered a New Zealand A collapse that left his side needing 145 runs in 50 overs. Australia did the needful in 24.5; David Hussey hurrying matters with a 56-ball 78. New...

Coming soon: 'wallet phones' from Japan

"TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- Japan will start an aggressive push to market abroad its mobile technology, especially the nation's popular "wallet phone," a government official said Tuesday. ...

Cyborg Lobsters Foil Poachers

Lobsters outfitted with special microchips easily allowed Canadian fisheries officers to catch some poachers in the act. The chips are emitters that are implanted in each lobster, who then wander into unmarked and...

Hi-tech thieves target Olympics

Re posted using a Mac" Hi-tech thieves target Olympics The Olympics has motivated many hi-tech...

Why The Slow-Paced World Could Make It Difficult To Catch A Ball

This is a new research that reveals about the way humans perceive fast moving, incoming objects-such as tennis or cricket balls."The new research studies why the human brain has difficulty perceiving fast moving objects coming from straight ahead; something that should be a...

84-year-old Quebec man bikes his way to Olympics

84-year-old Albert Leblanc from Maria, Quebec, biked 800 km from his native town to Montreal to catch a plane to Beijing, from where he will bike again to the Olympic Bird Nest Stadium. It won't be the first time...

Indian Investment in Africa: In the Shadows of China

Benin's intro:  This is an article that I just penned about India's growing investments into Africa and against the backdrop of the even larger Chinese presence in Africa.  The main question that this...

The Cute Cat Theory of Digital Activism

From one of the comments posted at the bottom of the article: "Best Education Piece of Online Activism : This one post has put together a bunch of the best examples of online hacktivism and activism I have ever...

Police catch money counterfeiters

The police should put the counterfeit case into account..." Police arrested a Cameroon national who allegedly counterfeited money in Central Jakarta on Monday. Eric Kuate, 40, who had been staying in...

Facebook Traffic Catches Up To MySpace

"A long-awaited milestone for Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg's social networking site finally caught up to News Corp.'s (NWS) MySpace in worldwide unique visitors in April, when both sites attracted about 115 million...

HP Unveils New Touch-Screen Desktops

This looks pretty cool." YORK, Pa. (AdAge.com) -- Following the wave of awe and acclaim over the iPhone's distinctive touch-screen, PCs are joining the latest "hands-on" revolution in tech, led by Hewlett-Packard. The question is whether the innovation will catch on as well...

Car bombings in Baghdad leave at least 6 dead

At least six people are dead in Baghdad after a suicide car bomb and another car packed with explosives targeted Iraqi police patrols today, and exploded on the capital's west side."The suicide attacker rammed...

Fisherman nets one heck of a halibut - record-breaker weighs in at 30 stone

"As a fully paid-up monster of the deep, it should have swatted aside any angler with the temerity to try to catch it with a mere rod and line.But this record-breaking Atlantic halibut bit off more than it could...

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