The appendix has long been considered a vestigial and useless organ, which only reminds us of its presence when it flares up and creates a life-threatning appendicitis. Darwin speculated that it was left behind by evolution when we evolved from plant-eaters into omnivores....
Thanks to Dan Steinberg of the Washington Post for bringing to life an issue I had long thought lost its legs. Former NCAA hoops superstar J.J. Reddick, the NCAA's career leader with 457 three-pointers and a...
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The year was 1988 a great time for college basketball and the start of the "Final Four Streak" for the 5 winningest college basketball programs of all-time Kentucky, N. Carolina, UCLA, Kansas, and Duke.
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The University of N. Carolina are one of the 5 winningest college basketball programs of all-time. The other four that make up The "Phat 5" are Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, and UCLA. The "Phat 5" is...
The Duke Blue Devils have arguably been the best team in college basketball since winning the 1991 NCAA Championship over Kansas. It was the semi-final win over Greg Anthony, Stacey Augmon, Larry Johnson, and the...
"Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, unexpectedly announced the retirement of Chief Executive Officer H. Lee Scott after almost nine years at the helm, replacing him with overseas chief Mike...
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The Queen Elizabeth II oceanliner from the UK is about to be put into retirement. But on its last voyage it ran into some trouble off the coast of Southhampton, becoming trapped on a sandbank. The boat is set to become a floating hotel in Dubai."It was hardly the most regal...
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In a scenario rather resembling the Biblical account of David and Goliath, enigmatic Cornish activist, researcher, historian and author, John Angarrack, who enjoys cult status in the Duchy, is now, once...
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Government and official interference ensures that Cornwall, the fifth and apparently repressed and oft hidden Celtic nation at the toe of Great Britain is subject to strict media and press control but occasionally a story does slip out to the centralist, mainly...
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" McClatchy Newspapers Saturday, August 30, 2008 Duke officials were a bit surprised when, at 6 p.m. EDT on Saturday, about an hour before the scheduled kickoff of their game against James Madison, two men...
Time's up for one of the collections at the National Gallery of Scotland, as the global economic turmoil seeps into the art world. The Duke of Sutherland, who owns the works and has been loaning them to the gallery, now says he must sell them. Now, a £100 million appeal has...
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Agriculture is the most prominent source available for making our world a green. This story all about a largest exhibition on Agriculture.Time to think about Nature and green.Ans also, this is will be the first time the Queen has attended the three-day event since 1977, her...
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OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public Contributor It's not a French or English thing! It is a Canadian I am too busy with my own selfish little world to bother to learn the words thing. That is only a small...
" PRINCESS Eugenie was found NAKED in the grounds of her posh school during a drunken night with pals. The Duke and Duchess of York’s younger daughter and classmates “frolicked like nymphs” on the lawns....
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