1 in 3 Britons believe in virgin birth

" In the poll of over a thousand adults, undertaken for Theos by ComRes, 34% of people agreed that the statement "Jesus was born to a virgin called Mary" was historically accurate. Only 32% considered it fictional. Women are more likely to...

Google 'Voice Search' hands-on verdict: Awesome

" The new voice-activated Google Mobile app for the iPhone is finally here. Whatever the reason for the delay, it was worth the wait. As we wrote last week, the search app knows when you bring the phone to your...

cows point to the north

"New weird news related to cows: Researchers discovered that cattle have a good sense of direction and tend to point in a northerly direction. It has long been observed that cows appear to have a talent for weather forecasting and are able to predict when rain is on the way,...

Administration Withheld E-Mails About Rove by Murray Waas, National Journal

"The Bush administration has withheld a series of e-mails from Congress showing that senior White House and Justice Department officials worked together to conceal the role of Karl Rove in installing Timothy Griffin, a protégé of Rove's, as U.S. attorney for the Eastern...

Campaign Lies, Media Double Standards

Regardless of your political leanings, if you are interested in politics and have some time I suggest popping over to the National Journal and giving the full piece a thorough read." I no longer trust the major...

Ohio's Voting Machines Busted, and Won't Be Fixed

Ohio's electronic voting machines, made by don't-call-them-Diebold, are broken, and won't be fixed by Election Day. Does that sound right to you? What do you think of a company that can't fix its software by...

High Tech Cactus - thieves beware; Saguaros to get microchips

Under developmentThis is a huge problem in Arizona and even down in Mexico. " TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Some of Arizona's famed saguaro cactuses soon will be more difficult to...

Anti-terrorism police arrest two men at airport

Two men have been arrested at Manchester Airport in the UK on suspicion of terrorist activities. There isn't much detail being released by the authorities at this time, and it is unknown whether they were about to carry out an attack, or were just planning one."Two men have...

Six degrees of separation theory is correct

The six (or seven) degrees of separation no longer appears to be a myth now it's been proven by Microsoft in a study of 30 billion text messages, but I guess the chaps at Facebook already know this. It's quite a thought that you can be connected anyone else on the planet so...

New York Times Op-Ed: Israel Will Attack Iran

"Yes, you read my title correctly. Today's New York Times includes an op-ed piece by Benny Morris, a Professor of Middle Eastern history at Ben Gurion University. He claims Israel will most certainly attack Iran...

ComScore’s Top Start-ups in Canada

I'm not a huge believer in Alexa's numbers but as I'm fond of saying, "in the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king"."Everytime we publish our monthly Techvibes Start-Up Indexes, there are always a few complaints about the use of Alexa and Compete data...

Pupil gains marks for exam expletive

What the ....?"A student who scribbled an expletive on an English language exam paper was awarded 7.5 percent for accurate spelling and effective communication, The Times newspaper reported on Monday.The pupil,...

One nation's happiness is another's misery

"Australia has a super abundance of happiness, an emotional state that's hard to measure and impossible to weigh up.Just about everything that contributes to the high standard of living in the developed world -...

Uncomfortable lessons from a disastrous night - Michael Medved

"The numbers from every corner of the country make it clear that the American people meant to send a message to their leaders, and the future of the conservative movement depends on an accurate reading of the...

White House criticizes NBC News' editing of Bush interview

The White House has accused NBC News of 'deceitful' editing for the below cut, when president Bush was answerign a question from NBC reporter Richard Engel. The question concerned whether or not he was referring...

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