Killer Petunias and Murderous Potatoes Revealed

Potatoes are scary? Well at least to insects and they will eat the odd corpse. Next time I kill fly's and creepy crawlies in my house I will spread their remains over my potato patch. It's interesting how some...

Video: Racer Danica Patrick and Milka Duno Big Fight in the pits

" Danica Patrick and Milka Duno scream at each other in the pit A practice disagreement led to a heated argument between the Indy Racing League's two female drivers Saturday. I've seen this happen on the...

Nvidia Joins "One Netbook per Geek" Race

Some computer-centric companies concerned with pulling 3rd World areas into the 21st century computer culture have been active in producing miniature computers that are cheap yet functional in order to help connect the have nots to the haves, at least technically. We've all...

Pongy pits pose frock shock

"SO you've drunk too much, partied too hard and spent way too much money. A headache tablet will get rid of a lot of the pain from last night, but how do you undo your overspend? Alarmingly, many women these days try to take back their purchases after they've worn them out on...

Invisible Faces Haunt Artist's Work

"Carolyn Manosevitz's art studio alongside her modernist home on Missouri Heights commands a sweeping view of Mount Sopris and the Roaring Fork Valley. But her paintings depict a different landscape — one of death, hate and healing. Nearly all of her artwork deals with the...

Workington, Cumbria, England

Workington is an ancient market and industrial town at the mouth of the River Derwent. Some parts of the town north of the River Derwent date back to Roman times. It was in the 18th century, with the exploitation...

What's next? Global pandemic of deadly strain ofTB

WMD? Nope. HN51 Bird Flu? Nah. HIV? Not even close. Global Warming? Wrong again. The latest entry into "what's going to kill us all now" is a deadly strain of TB that has already killed hundreds in South...

Sirius Satellite Radio to Provide Unprecedented NASCAR Driver-to-Pit Crew Rac...

"NEW YORK - November 29, 2006 - SIRIUS Satellite Radio announced today that it will present unprecedented live radio coverage of NASCAR races starting in 2007, making listeners feel like they are on top of their favorite team's pit box on race day. In addition to the live...

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Holocaust archive [with restricted access] tells many new stories

"BAD AROLSEN, Germany - The 21-year-old Russian sat before a clerk of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate's office, describing the furnaces at Auschwitz, the Nazi death camp where he had been a prisoner until a few weeks...

Woman Has Rare Case of Bubonic Plague

The Bubonic Plague, more commonly referred to as the "Black Death," ravaged Europe between the years 1347 and 1350. During this short period, 25 million people (one third of Europe's population at the time) were killed.  Thousands of people died each week and...

Next on menu for Starbucks? It's hot food

According to New York Daily News, Starbucks is making changes to its menu. The coffee giant got 12 percent of its $4 billion in sales through food last year, mostly with cold items like cookies, muffins and...

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