Barcelona bid for Arshavin

The big clubs are homing in on him now, funny that a Spanish Club should go for the Russian after todays semi final."Barcelona bid for Arshavin Reuters June 26, 2008...

Hello Kitty mounts global offensive

All you hello kitty lovers (not me), get ready for Hello Kitty Mania. Upcoming products include digital cameras shaped like like a cat's head and also a Hello Kitty MMORPG game. Who wouldn't want a Hello Kitty...

HP Unveils New Touch-Screen Desktops

This looks pretty cool." YORK, Pa. (AdAge.com) -- Following the wave of awe and acclaim over the iPhone's distinctive touch-screen, PCs are joining the latest "hands-on" revolution in tech, led by Hewlett-Packard. The question is whether the innovation will catch on as well...

Actor Heath Ledger Found Dead

UPDATE:  AP has released a photo of police carrying Ledger's body from the apartment, and TMZ.com has reported that Ledger had pneumonia when he died.  Ledger told the New York Times in November that he...

CellCraft G440: Concept car that’ll take you places

"Jetsons dream is still alive, thanks to a few dedicated souls like the Italian stallion Gino d’Ignazio. He has conceptualized flying cars in the past to much acclaim; G420 (flying-sportscar) and the G416ef...

Katrina volunteers feel unwanted

They gave Greg Porter the key to the city for his volunteer work after Hurricane Katrina. Then, he says, they showed him the door.Porter received widespread acclaim — including an award from the White House — for founding God's Katrina Kitchen, a faith-based relief...

Families Anger Over Jonathan King's Shipman Song

Seems like Jonathan King will go to any depths to bolster up and publicise his ailing music career.  'Every ones gone to the moon'.  The only half decent record he ever made, back in the 60's, is the...

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...

Turkish Writer Wins Nobel in Literature

"Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk, whose uncommon lyrical gifts and uncompromising politics have brought him acclaim worldwide and prosecution at home, won the Nobel literature prize Thursday for his works dealing...

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