Somethingawful Indeed: Frontrunner in Hockey Night Song Contest

The frontrunner in the contest for the new Hockey Night in Canada song is a compilation of animal noises and banging sounds. Sort of like a K-Fed song. This creation ("song" is perhaps overstepping it) has been...

War is over - but WW2 Bombs continue to be found...

As a foreigner in Berlin, these articles never cease to amaze me.  By some estimates - British and American Bombers dropped over 2 million tons of bombs on Germany during WW2.  As the city of Berlin (and...

Reaching out from death row

Scores of California's most notorious convicts have pen-pal postings and personalized Web pages. Civil libertarians applaud the development as the exercise of free speech; victims' rights advocates say"Prisoners are barred from direct computer access that officials say could...

Good 'Golden Tomatoes', Bad 'Golden Raspberries'

In the spirit of annual best and worst lists, announcements have been made for the most dazzling and the most 'razzling' flicks of 2007.The annual Golden Tomato Awards are handed out to the highest-rated films of the...

Bush to attend Olympic ceremony

Despite worldwide condemnation of China over its human rights abuses US President George W Bush will attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics.  "US President George W Bush will attend the opening...

Euro 2008: Spain 0-0 Italy, Spain win 4-2 on Penalties

Spain win, and deservedly so, a poor game but Spain were the better team. So now a meeting with Russia, a pretty mixed bag in the last four."Spain beat Italy 4-2 on penalties to reach the semi-finals of Euro 2008...

Euro 2008: Croatia 1-1 Turkey (1-3 pens)

All the excitement happened in the last few minutes, Croatia had it in the bag in the last few minutes of extra time, Turkey equalises seconds later to take it to penalties, and win easily 3 penalties to 1. So a...

Portugal wins 2-1, Ronaldo continues to press

Or at least that’s how it appeared after sixty-minutes Oh, but sixty-minutes does not a football game make.   Following the first sixty minutes of today clash between Portugal and the Czech Republic, I had...

Fit kids who eat well are better students, study finds

Yep, makes sense to me. As with most things, quality input yields better output."When a quarter-million Ontario school children were prepping for last week's province-wide tests in the "3 Rs," they may have...

Crosby Lifts Penguins Over Wings

As a Canucks fan, I stopped caring about hockey a month ago when the good guys failed to make the playoffs, but it still would be nice to watch a competitive Stanley Cup Finals. The Penguins, driven by a two-goal...

School tests are bad, m'kay

English officials will review this week whether standardized tests in school are helping any, or whether they might be doing harm."Ministers will this week be under renewed pressure to scrap school tests for...

Terror hits Jaipur in India: Seven blasts, 25 killed

""Terror struck Jaipur on Tuesday when seven serial blasts rocked crowdedareas including one near a temple in the space of a few minutes leavingat least 25 killed and scores injured.Police sources said that25 persons perished in the attack that triggered a stampede in...

Team news for Leeds v Carlisle Play Off Semi Final

Leeds v Carlisle (Mon)" Leeds v Carlisle (Mon) LEAGUE ONE PLAY-OFF SEMI-FINAL FIRST LEGVenue: Elland Road Date: Monday, 12 May Kick-off: 1945 BST Coverage: Live scores on BBC Sport...

Breastfeeding May Improve Children’s Intelligence Scores

Another reason to choose human, live milk to nourish our infants.

Saving Venice From Rising Sea Levels

url="http://skywatch-media.com/"]Venice has become increasingly vulnerable over time, suffering more than 50 significant floods between 1993 and 2002 and sinking about 23 centimeters over the course of the 20th century."

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