The Princess And The President: Fact Of Fiction?

Former President of France Valery Giscard d'Estaing has written a book titled the Princess and the President, in which a French president has an affair with a British princess - who bears a striking resemblance to Lady Diana. Excerots of the book were published in Le Figaro...

Helgoland: Proposed Construction Will Enlarge Deserted Island

Sick of it all? It may not be long before you can immigrate to Helgoland." Helgoland, an island in the North Sea which was once fiercely contested between Britain and Germany, could nearly double in size under a land reclamation project which won official clearance this week....

Paris Hilton’s biggest fan is — Paris Hilton.

"Birthday visitors to the partying heiress’ home in the Hollywood Hills were startled to see the number of portraits of Paris Hilton. “Upon entry, guests were handed silver pens and told to write gushing messages on a gigantic portrait of the ever-modest party hostess,”...

What Kind of Genius Are You?

"A new theory suggests that creativity comes in two distinct types – quick and dramatic, or careful and quiet. In the fall of 1972, when David Galenson was a senior economics major at Harvard, he took what he describes as a “gut” course in 17th-century Dutch art. On the...

President Bush pens WSJ op-ed, calls for balanced budget by 2012

Mike Sheehan Published: Wednesday January 3, 2007 - President George W. Bush has written an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal that will appear in its pages today. In a lengthy piece intended to address the new...

Inkless Pen Will Last Forever

"A stainless steel pen, 8cm long. However when you unscrew the top, the 'nib' is a solid piece of metal. There is no ink, yet this pen will write on virtually any type of paper. How does it work? In the Medieval period, artists and scribes often used a metal stylus in order...