Hugo Chavez and the Cowardly World

A chain of events have started that could convert the wonderful country of Honduras into a place similar to the Gaza Strip.  The actions of the International Community, that within hours of the alleged Coup...

Muggle's magic model

Impressive stuff"Muggle's magic model An Iowa man has built an unbelievably detailed scale model of Harry Potter's Hogwarts school - out of 602,000 matchsticks. Pat Acton, 55, of...

J.K. Rowling Outs Hogwarts Character

 We knew it all the time."NEW YORK (AP) - Harry Potter fans, the rumors are true: Albus Dumbledore, master wizard and Headmaster of Hogwarts, is gay. J.K. Rowling, author of the mega-selling fantasy series...

Ben Franklin Gets High-Tech Makeover in New $100 Bill

"WASHINGTON — After six decades in which the venerable greenback never changed its look, the U.S. currency has undergone a slew of makeovers. The most amazing is yet to come. A new security thread has been...

Theme park to ride on Harry Potter's magic

"Writer J.K. Rowling has given her blessing to a theme park inspired by her creation, schoolboy wizard Harry Potter. The Florida theme park will be joint venture between Warner Bros. Entertainment, which created...

What the final Harry Potter novel means for Vancouver’s Raincoast Books

"Vancouver’s Raincoast Books keeps its offices over a 44,000-square-foot warehouse on the banks of the Fraser River. As the Canadian publisher and distributor of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, the...

Royal Mail gives Harry Potter stamp of approval

"Britain's Royal Mail will issue 11 stamps to honour the extraordinary success of the Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling just before the final volume of the series goes on sale. The postal company announced Monday...

Hogwarts train smashed up

HARRY Potter’s train the Hogwarts Express has been smashed up by yob kids, it has emerged.

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