Oklahomans pause to remember victims of 1995 bombing

Before 9/11, there was the Oklahoma City bombings, which is still the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in US history. Today marks the 13th anniversary of the deadly attack. 168 people were killed in the...

Bronze Statue of Fonzie in Milwaukee

Remember Fonzie?  Yay or nay, residents of Milwaukee will receive a permanent tribute of the television personality, in the form of a bronze statute.I hope it'll also have a speaker to blast out his...

SEA Games: Indonesia, Thailand in marathon glory

"Host nation Thailand enjoyed a winning start to the athletics on Friday, taking six gold from nine events on a day that saw five Games records broken. But Vietnam and the Philippines dominated the competition on...

Roman bronze collection unearthed

A glimpse of old Roman London has been uncovered in what had been the gardens of The Drapers Company Hall."A rare collection of Roman bronzes have been unearthed at the bottom of a well in the City of London. Wine...

Madura student wins bronze at int`l astronomy olympiad in Ukraine

""I just received information that Anas has won a bronze medal," Principal of Sumenep`s State Junior High School I (SMPN I) Nurul Hamzah said here on Monday. The Indonesian education ministry had set a target for Anas Maulidi Utama to get a gold medal in the competition....

In the hall of the mountain king: Olafur Eliasson's Serpentine Pavilion.

"Not only is the 2007 Serpentine pavilion not as awkward as I'd feared from the early publicity images - on the contrary, it is the best of these annual summer temporary structures since Toyo Ito and Cecil...

Nelson Mandela statue is unveiled

"A statue of former South African President Nelson Mandela has been unveiled in London. Mr Mandela, 89, his wife Graca Machel, and Prime Minister Gordon Brown were among those at the unveiling in Parliament...

How Bronze Age man enjoyed his pint

"Bronze Age Irishmen were as fond of their beer as their 21st century counterparts, it has been claimed. Two archaeologists have put forward a theory that one of the most common ancient monuments seen around...

Tallinn on Edge after Russian-Estonian Riots

A monument to heroism or to occupation, depends on whom you ask. "A tense calm is reported in Estonia's capital, Tallinn, after two nights of clashes between ethnic Russians and police over a Soviet war...

Russia Pissed At Estonia

The question is....why would Estonia care? "Russia reacted furiously on Friday to the removal of a Soviet war monument from Estonia's capital and analysts predicted a long-running "cold war" between the...

Vietnamese Athlete Gets Five Years For Sex With A 10-Year-Old

"A Vietnamese wushu international was sentenced to five years in jail Tuesday for having sex with a 12-year-old girl in a Hanoi hotel last September. Tran Xuan Anh, 21, who won a bronze medal at the 2001 Southeast Asian Games in Malaysia, was arrested after being caught in...

Shark attack with a difference

Here is a tale of a tail...This part of Australia has plenty of sharks, once I was fishing 30 feet from shore and turned to see several large sharks swimming between me and the shore. Gulp!Despite the tales of...

National Academy of Engineering Announces Winners of $1 Million Challenge to ...

"National Academy of Engineering Announces Winners of $1 Million Challenge to Provide Safe Drinking Water WASHINGTON -- The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) announced today the winners of the 2007 Grainger...

Party continues as Metals gleam for India

"As results of categories are revealed, the Indian metal tally is on the rise. Madison Media have won two Bronze Media Lions in the media category. They won for P&G Whisper Choice and another for Cadbury’s chocolate."

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