The Dirtsurfer: getting dirty on a Skateboard

This is SO COOL !"The Dirtsurfer: New Bike And Skateboard Hybrid Thing It's part bike and part skateboard and it looks all fun. It's the Freestyle Dirtsurfer and it's a new hybrid like toy for all of you X Games types who can't wait for winter to get here soon...

Jazz great Oscar Peterson dies at 82

This A breaking news story from MSNBC"Oscar Peterson, whose early talent and speedy fingers made him one of the world’s best known jazz pianists, died at age 82. His death was confirmed by Hazel McCallion, mayor of Mississauga, Ontario, the Toronto suburb where Peterson...

Runaway Wrecking Ball Causes Havoc

"A wrecking ball has smashed more than a dozen cars after it broke loose from a crane cable and raced downhill. The 1,500lb (680kg) demolition device bounced into vehicles and injured three people before coming to rest in the boot of a car in the US. The wrecking ball,...

Commit to the Turn

"When I was learning to ski many years ago, an instructor gave me some advice about how to change direction: "Commit yourself to the turn." The same advice is true in business. Whenever you want to go in a new direction, you have to commit yourself to the turn. Skiing is all...

Dorfmeister Wins Downhill; Kildow Eighth (AP)

"AP - Austrian Michaela Dorfmeister overcame deteriorating weather and Olympic disappointment Wednesday to win long-elusive skiing gold in the women's downhill."