9,000 Couples to Marry on Lucky 8/8/08

I am personally not a big fan of doing things on certain days due to the special significance of the day. For example, I remember there was a craze over having a baby on January 1st of the year 2000. It might be...

Man asks court to change his name to "In God We Trust"

A man from Illinois, Steve Kreuscher, wants a judge to allow him to legally change his name to 'In God We Trust'."Kreuscher (CROY'-shir) says the new name would symbolize the help God gave him through tough...

Several thousand China supporters stage Paris demonstration

After weeks of anti-China demonstrations, today in Paris pro-China demonstrators voiced their support of China's handling of the run-up to the Olympic Games."Organizers say between 6,000 and 7,000 turned out for Saturday's protest, at Paris' Place de la Republique. Police...

English will become 'Panglish' in the next hundred years

The version of English people speak across the world, will most likely soon become a section in student's literature textbooks, under 'ancient languages', right after Shakespeare and Chaucer. Language experts are...

"Cut and run" -- How do you mean?

Depending on how you view the Iraq War, the phrase "cut and run" can mean "turn tail and save your own skin" or "prudently quit fighting in a hopeless situation." Let us consult some reference sources to draw our...

Www.ackiest sites on the net

"IT must have seemed a good idea to name a website after the well-known phrase "The pen is mightier than the sword." But written as a web address (URL) which has to have no spaces between words, it didn't turn out exactly as planned. The result is would-be writers finding a...

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