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Peterson guide England to victory
South Africa’s batsmen Battled hard but England’s bowlers regained the initiative to come out victorious by 20 runs in the opening NatWest Series one-day international at Headingley Carnegie. England`s new captain Kevin Peterson guide his team to victory with his...
Why Play A Losing Game? Study Uncovers Why Low-income People Buy Lottery Tickets
Although state lotteries, on average, return just 53 cents for every dollar spent on a ticket, people continue to pour money into them -- especially low-income people, who spend a larger percentage of their incomes... Astronomers on verge of finding Earth's twin
"It's just a matter of time before Earth's twin can be found, scientists say. And they believe it is surely hiding somewhere in our star-studded galaxy. Momentum is building: Just last week, astronomers...Cricket latest: Play abandoned for the day at Headingley Carnegie
"Cricket latest: Play abandoned for the day at Headingley Carnegie Michael Vaughan has scored his highest total of the season against Notts at... Poverty Olympics to protest penury
The 2010 Winter Games has received much backlash from Vancouver's homeless advocates, and the first annual Poverty Olympics is the latest display of dissent. Think stuffed cockroaches and rats will outsell... Debit cards for 20,000 welfare clients in BC
An interesting idea. Would a loaded card be a dangerous item to carry around in sketchier areas though?"The B.C. government plans to issue direct-debit cards to more than 20,000 welfare recipients who don't... 'Jerry Springer: The Opera' Takes Manhattan
In celebration of trash talk television and all things low-brow and profane, Jerry Springer: The Opera (yes it's all too true), will conclude its brief, two night run in New York City tonight."The award-winning... The Dinosaurs of Carnegie
Do you ever get that nagging feeling that you've missed your calling? I didn't, not until today... I could have been a Dinosaur Diorama Engineer."An Apatosaurus rears its head in anger, swinging its tail wildly,... Dumbledore was gay, JK tells amazed fans
Well, I have no comment about this."There could hardly have been a bigger sensation if Russell Crowe, Rod Stewart or Sven-Goran Eriksson had come out of the closet. Millions of fans around the world were yesterday...J.K. Rowling Outs Hogwarts Character
We knew it all the time."NEW YORK (AP) - Harry Potter fans, the rumors are true: Albus Dumbledore, master wizard and Headmaster of Hogwarts, is gay. J.K. Rowling, author of the mega-selling fantasy series that...George Nakashima Furniture Exhibition at Miller Gallery
"An exhibition by Japanese-American artist, architect and woodworker George Nakashima is showing at the Regina Gouger Miller Gallery on Carnegie Mellon's Pittsburgh campus. "Nakashima Revealed," a collection of furniture pieces created by the artist, runs through October 28,... Scans reveal lost gravestone text
"Illegible words on church headstones could be read once more thanks to a scan technology developed in the US.
Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University are making high resolution 3D scans of tombstones to reveal the carved patterns in the stone.
A computer matches the... Fighting on Two Fronts: Secular Parties in the Arab World - A Carnegie Paper,...
"Without strong secular parties, political competition in the Arab world could be reduced to a dangerous head-on confrontation between Islamist parties and the incumbent governments. Yet secular parties—a broad term referring to organizations that do not embrace a...What Islamists Need to Be Clear About: The Case of the Egyptian Muslim Brothe...
"In March 2006, Carnegie senior associates Amr Hamzawy, Marina Ottaway, and Nathan Brown explored the ambiguous position of moderate Islamist movements on crucial political issues—what the authors referred to as “gray zones”. The paper elicited many responses, positive...
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