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Yeti Hair Proved Inconclusive
After testing hairs claimed to belong to an Indian version of a yeti, scientist in the UK say that the initial testing results have proved inconclusive.As a result, the hairs will be sent to labs for DNA analysis.The... Warning! Tofu May Harm Your Memory
Vegetarians beware. Those that eat lots of any kind of specific food might be in danger of too much or too little of one chemical or another. After all in the end that's all that food is - a combination of chemicals.... Opinion: PBS SHOW TO ARGUE ALLIES AS BAD AS NAZIS
"A three-part documentary of the best-selling book, “The War of the World: Twentieth Century Conflict and the Descent of the West” by Harvard and Oxford historian Niall Ferguson. Monday night at 10 on Ch. 13....Anti-gay bishops are after power, not truth
Illuminating comment piece by George Pitcher where he explores the idea that the anti-gay brigade of the Anglican community are using it to gain a power base to maybe even set up a splinter Anglican community....'Drowned' toddler returns from the dead
My thoughts and prayers are with the baby and her family " A toddler whom police had pronounced dead after she fell into the river Thames when her mother fainted while feeding ducks was resuscitated after doctors...S Asians top US spelling contests
Elder daughter, Shruti, was first in the family to participate in the contest, but it was her 13-year-old brother, Sameer, who spelled his way to the coveted first prize - worth more than $40,000 - in this year's... Oxford University, Meet Prof. Kevin Spacey
As fun as it would have been to have Jean-Luc Picard as a prof, it will be way cooler to have Keyser Söze skill up your acting knowledges at Oxford, no?"Kevin Spacey is about to get schooled. The Oscar-winning actor has accepted a position as visiting theater professor at... Professor invents red hot chilli meter
This could take the fun out of second guessing how hot a chilli is before taking a bite. " Professor Richard Compton of the University of Oxford has been experimenting with the world's hottest pepper sauces....Lessons from the 70s in why oil prices can stay high « Peter J. Cooper’s W...
" The problem is that to stop a financial crisis turning into a second Great Depression the only answer is to pump more money into the system to keep it afloat. This happened in the mid-70s and inflation moved still higher while the banking system tottered but did not fall,...A Perpetual Student Pursues Education to the Nth Degree
"Benjamin B. Bolger's story seems like a hoax. At age 32, he says, he has just earned his 11th advanced degree: a doctorate that Harvard University awarded him on Thursday.Mr. Bolger's unlikely story has another twist: He is dyslexic. "Oxfordshire boy dies in storm drain
A teenager who was playing with a group of youths has fallen into a storm drain in Oxfordshire, UK and died. Oxfordshite was the hardest hit country during heavy rain on Sunday, which caused flash flooding across South England. Media reports have said the teenagers were...Entire RAF Nimrod fleet 'should be grounded'
The RAF Nimrod fleet, originally built in the 70's by the British air force, was never flightworthy in the first place, says a new report by the coroner investigating the latest crash. The age of the aircraft,... McCain's Veepstakes
***OPINION***"And they’re down to the wire, racing neck and neck. Who’s it going to be? Jindal? Crist? Or maybe Pawlenty?Ah heck, who knows. All we do know, or at least what I think I know, is that John... Chelsea gunman was a top barrister who was a rising star
The armed man who died in Chelsea, London, was a high-flying lawyer, who had a bright future and a beautiful wife.He tried to send a message to his wife Elizabeth, just before he was killed. He threw a white box into... May 1st, Jumping off the Bridge in Oxford, Muguet in Paris, Long Week-End in ...
In many places around the world, May 1st, May Day is a holiday.First it is Labour Day, second as the French Embassy reminds us for the Catholic church it marks the beginning of the month of the Virgin.The French tradition is to offer Muguet (lily of the valley) to loved ones...
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