"Humble" Bob wins Ohio chili eating contest

"Humble" Bob wins again!  This time Bob Shoudt managed to devour 11.5 pounds of chili in 10 minutes at the Skyline Chili Spaghetti eat-off in Cincinnati.  To be honest I’ve never heard of this guy…so...

Jackson celebrates 50th with cake and cartoons

Why am I not surprised about the cartoons part??"NEW YORK (AP) -- Michael Jackson celebrated his 50th birthday Friday, but he's still young at heart. ...

Look out for the 125mph electric car (because you won't hear it)

"It looks as stylish as a Lotus, can outpace a Porsche 911 and is coveted by Hollywood A-listers such as Brad Pitt and George Clooney. But unlike the average super car, the Tesla Roadster is electric. The £92,000 car, made in Britain and...

Solomon Burke: last of the great soul men

The great Solomon Burke talks to Robert Chalmers about his life as mortician-turned-preacher but most of all as one of the all time great soul men. " "Humility," I ask Solomon Burke, soul legend, mortician...

Gaps In McCain's Military Record Raise Questions

""At a meeting in his Pentagon office in early 1981, Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman told Capt. John S. McCain III that he was about to attain his life ambition: becoming an admiral.... Mr. McCain declined...

Canada: Mulroney-Schreiber Inquiry

OpinonBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorThe Mulroney-Schrieber Inquiry into kickbacks to our former Prime Minister started off with a simple question by the panel of inquisitors.  Did you Brian Mulroney...

All change for beach huts

"FOR centuries humble wooden beach Huts have dotted the nation's coastline. Many have been treated to a colourful lick of paint but generally they have been ignored by the world of architecture. So when Manchester artist Michael Trainor launched a competition challenging...

Devon Expects The Unexpected

A wildlife program is being recorded at Fishleigh estate near Hatherleigh in west Devon for a forthcoming TV series. The program makers do not know what wildlife will be staring in the show as at this stage no performers are pre booked. "Springwatch presenter Bill Oddie is in...

Can You Swap A Paperclip For A Narrowboat?

James has come a step closer to his narrow boat with his 10th swap a Porsche for a piece of paper...."  On this piece of paper is an agreement from a search engine optimisation company which has offered a...

The Sims Coming to the Big Screen

No, not The Simpsons. The Sims. When I think "video game-based movie", I think Resident Evil, or maybe even Doom. Or the still-in-preproduction Splinter Cell. I do not think of The Sims, in which the player...

Donors get web wish lists from homeless

"VANCOUVER, CALGARY -- The simply written, personal biographies hint at the terrible loneliness and longing that visit the homeless each Christmas. Heartbreaking, too, are the humble requests penned by those who live and sleep on the streets of two of Canada's most prosperous...

For firefighter, sense of brotherhood shattered

"Before he was Big Dog in the fire station, he was Big Fella because of his giant frame and Bigfoot because of his size 15 boots. Before there was the dog food in his spaghetti, there was the noose draped over his...

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