Olympic Female Ski Jumpers Mount Final Appeal

The controversial question of whether female ski jumping should be included in the 2010 Olympic games will be decided soon.  Today the Women will be making their final appeal in front of the B.C. Supreme Court.  Their claim is that Vancouver's Olympic Organizing...

Men parachute into wrong American football stadium

" 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...

Inflatables Zizo

Welcome to ZIZO INFLATABLES, Manufacturers of Inflatables, bouncy castles, & all kinds of inflatable promotional structures, play grounds and trampolines. Based in EERNEGEM, BELGIUM, we are the industry leader in design and manufacture of all kinds of Inflatables. •...

Hair of the dog: The animal lovers who turned their dead pets' coats into woo...

"Their beloved dogs may have gone to the great kennel in the sky, but for Beth and Brian Willis they will always be close. Because the couple have had his and hers jumpers knitted out of the hair moulted by...

Jumping women want gender-equal Olympics

It's kind of weird that women ski jumping at the Olympics is even an issue.  Aren't we in the noughts, as in not-1955?"Canada could become the first country to hold fully gender-equal Winter Olympic Games if...

One old lady locked in the lavatory

"A great grandmother popped into a public loo after a long journey - and ended up locked in for 12 hours. Gwyneth Coles, 77, certainly knew what the matter was when a caretaker locked up the toilet block in Pickering, North Yorkshire. He had shouted out: "Anyone in?" but...

'Bridge' suicides hard to watch or forget

"The Bridge: Documentary about people who have committed suicide on the Golden Gate Bridge. Physical beauty, without a spiritual component, has a kind of cruelty to it. It represents a promise that can't be delivered, a challenge that can't be met, and a standard by which...

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