Rare So Cal Snow Causes Major Traffic and Accidents

So I wake up this morning and see there is snow from Palmdale to Malibu.  Plus a helicopter accident and traffic backed up for hours.  Is this global warming, or global cooling?"December 18, 2008 (by Otto Smyth) Car accident lawyers in Los Angeles, California have...

Canada's Constitutional Crisis Continues, Conservatives Call Coalition Calls ...

"The normally placid halls of Canada's Parliament were buzzing Thursday after Prime Minister Stephen Harper shut down the lawmaking body until Jan. 26, seeking to forestall a no-confidence vote he was sure to lose...

Chinese Man Pierced 2008 Times for Upcoming Olympics

skypedia provided a link about this, but i would just like to follow it up. I don't know if I am impressed by his pride and excitement or just think he is plain crazy, but "Wei" coloured his head, face, cheset,...

Annoying Mosquito: Anti-Teen Sonic Device Arrives in US

As we grow older, our hearing decays as our fragile ears are exposed to loud noises over time. A UK company has leveraged this with the Mosquito, a device that emits frequencies inaudible to most adults, but...

Ads! Out of My Head!

Yikes. The voices in my head do not like competition. Butseriouslyfolks, this is precisely the sort of thing that makes people loathe the ad industry: intrusive, distracting, annoying, and detrimental to the...

J Lo goes from midrif to moo-moos

In 2000, the Grammy Awards belonged to Carlos Santana and to Jennifer Lopez's dress. But now her plunging neckline has been replaced by horendous moos-moos and oversized t-shirt dresses, like the one she wore last night while performing on David Letterman. Gossips have been...

globeandmail.com: Buzzing of bees makes elephants flee

"LONDON — The buzz of angry bees frightens African elephants into fleeing"

globeandmail.com: Buzzing of bees makes elephants flee

"LONDON — The buzz of angry bees frightens African elephants into fleeing"

globeandmail.com: Buzzing of bees makes elephants flee

url="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20071008.welephants1008/BNStory/Science/home"]LONDON — The buzz of angry bees frightens African elephants into fleeing"

Hole in one twice for teenager

"A teenage golfer who took up the sport two years ago got two holes-in-one in the same hole on the same, day beating odds of 40 million to one. Lewis Miller, a student at Sharnbrook Upper School, rounded off a summer of golf by hitting two balls directly from the tee into the...

When news begins to mock itself

One of the most popular stories on Yahoo news today is that kids are skipping ahead to the last page of the most recent Harry Potter book.  This story ranks right up there with 'Area Man Slips on Ice' or 'Why Can't I Sell These Fuckin' Bibles' and other such gems from...

Honeybee Deaths Continue

The honeybee die-offs have been an ongoing emergency. Some scientists are blaming colony collapse disorder, whilst others point toward climate change and adverse reactions to chemicals."Honeybees in southwestern...

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