Toy trains 'Star Wars' fans to use The Force

"Could The Force be with you? A toy due in stores this fall will let you test and hone your Jedi-like abilities. The Force Trainer (expected to be priced at $90 to $100) comes with a headset that uses brain waves to allow players to manipulate a sphere within a clear...

Royal Marine who died on Christmas Eve

" Lance Corporal Benjamin Whatley, from Lima Company, 42 Commando Royal Marines Photo: MOD The soldier was named as L/Cpl Benjamin Whatley, 20, from King’s Lynn in Norfolk who was serving...

Race Car Driver and Actor, Paul Newman Dead

" September 27, 2008 (by Otto Smyth) According to reports by Los Angeles car accident attorneys, the legendary actor, racecar driver and entrepreneur of Newman’s Own food line has passed away after his battle...

Barack Obama aide: Why Winnie the Pooh should shape US foreign policy

This is how serious a Barack Obama foreign policy would look after he assumes office. If one thinks the United States might be looking weak in the view of the rest of the world ... NOW ... just think how we would...

Once-Disfigured Girl Attends Prom After 18 Surgeries

" Cody Hall was born with a hemangioma, a tumorous birthmark that distorted the shape of her face and grew larger as she got older. When she was 1-year-old, her doctors in England told her parents that nothing...

The Words of the World's First Citizen Journalists Reverberate around the Wor...

The writers of the Gospels in the first centuries of the first millennium were the original citizen journalists. They were concerned, dedicated people who wished to make things better for 'their' people. Like any...

Writer Contrasts Jesus and Muhammad

I came across William J. “Bill” Federer’s most-recent article, Jesus and Muhammad Compared, published at World Net Daily, and found it well worth my time to read. Therefore, I commend it to you.Below is a sampling of the differences the author notes in his...

France Upsets NZ: Rugby World Cup

In a shocking turn of events, tournament favorites New Zealand have lost to France:"France set up a World Cup semi-final with England after a stunning win over hot favourites New Zealand in Cardiff. The All Blacks dominated the first half but only had Luke McAlister's try to...

England hit by virus in Sri Lanka

"England fled immediately to Sri Lanka in search of comfort after their flop in World Twenty20, but it has not worked out according to plan. Colombo is afflicted by flu, or "fever" as the locals call it, and four England players - captain Paul Collingwood, Stuart Broad, Luke...

Eight years for driver, 19, who killed girl in crash while racing

"A teenager who killed a 17-year-old girl while racing his car at up to 100mph was jailed for eight years yesterday. Luke Grimes, 19, from Harrogate, North Yorkshire, was racing with friends when his car "cartwheeled" over an embankment and into a tree, killing passenger...

Owen Wilson Suicide Attempt!!!!!

   Hollywood gossip site Perezhilton.com is reporting that hollywood star Owen Wilson has been hospitalized after an apparent suicide attempt. Wilson is reported to have sliced his left wrist and...

Will a Comedy Version of "Dallas" Kill JR?

Regency and 20th Century Fox will shoot JR... the two studios are working on the big-screen version of the classic prime-time drama Dallas, which featured Larry Hagman (he of I Dream of Jeannie fame) as the...

Avril Lavigne fights rip-off claims

Whether you like Avril Lavigne or not, there's no mistaking that it's interesting to watch her respond to the claims by 70s rock band The Rubinoos that Lavigne stole their song "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" for...

Teachers' union wants stab-vests

"Teachers' union wants stab-vests Luke Walmsley Luke Walmsley was stabbed to death at his school in Lincolnshire School staff will need body armour when new powers to search pupils for weapons come into force, a teaching union says. From next Thursday head teachers will be...

Lightsaber Clinic: Celebrating 30 Years of Star Wars

Star Wars is turning 30, and celebrations are underway. Aside from giving us countess catch phrases and analytical shorthands, the seminal sci-fi trilogy has changed the way movies are made, marketed and...

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