"An ancient organism from the pit of a collapsed volcano may hold the key to tomorrow's hydrogen economy. Scientists from across the world have formed a team to unlock the process refined by a billions-year old archaea. The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute...
One of the advantages of living in the EU is that we can import products from anywhere within the union without having to pay additional taxes at the point of import. A few years ago I imported records and CD from the island of Jersey on a regular basis. One morning the...
UPDATE: 6:13PM ESTThe flooding could slow the US coal exports." Floods on the upper Mississippi River could slow U.S. coal exports because of stalled barge traffic and disrupted rail shipments, some industry sources...
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"WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans blocked a proposal Tuesday to tax the windfall profits of the largest oil companies, despite pleas by Democratic leaders to use the measure to address America's anger over $4 a...
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" UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. - A Los Angeles fire official says a large fire is burning on a lot at Universal Studios.Los Angeles fire Capt. Frank Reynoso says the blaze was reported just before dawn Sunday on a sound stage on a back lot. There are no immediate reports of...
Modern Technology Solves Cold Case"CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio — Police on Wednesday announced an arrest in the 1990 rape and murder of an 83-year-old woman.Authorities said advanced technology led them to James J. Hollis, who they said killed Mary Cookinside her Corwin Street home,...
""Amphibian horror" isn't a movie genre, but on this evidence perhaps it should be. Harvard biologists have described a bizarre, hairy frog with cat-like extendable claws. Trichobatrachus...
What a nutter."Knievel son breaks record Robbie 'Kaptain' Knievel, the son of legendary stuntman, Evel Knievel has broken his father's record by jumping over 24 buses on a motorcycle...
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The Globe and Mail's Mathew Ingram wrote about Twitter's news breaking success today as well. If you don't read Mathew's blog it's worth checking out for a Canadian perspective on technology. Here's what Mathew had to say today:""Like many others, I woke up...
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A british artist has submerged in the sand for last 48 hours and plan to continue for more time. What a weired idea." A performance artist planning to stay buried in the sand on a Kent beach for the best part of 48 hours has said his stunt is going well. Mark McGowan...
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In a strange event that happened during Oprah Winfrey show, David Blaine could beat the previous record and achieve a new one for holding one's breath as he could hold his breath for 17 minutes and 4...
Ah, to be a fly on the Church Wall in Israel to witness this, priests, holy men of different faiths, the modicum of peace and love during Passover, performing their own Ultimate Fight Club in front...
"Mongolia Sings its Own Song You can also read more about Mongolia and its modern culture, in Wild East: Travels in the New Mongolia, at www.wildeast.ca. Peter Marsh The author is a senior expert on Mongolia and its...
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Update: AP reports 22 inmates injured and one killed in the rioting so far. Fifteen prisoners have been hospitalized."Prison spokeswoman Deborah Denham says how the inmate died is being investigated. His name wasn't...
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A man has been arrested by armed police after running on to a runway at Heathrow airport, police have confirmed.
The Man ran onto the Runway in Path of an Aircraft. The Man was carrying a...