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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...

Apple's iPhone: So Far, the Best Phone Ever?

is Apple's iPhone is the best phone ever ? What you say on Apple's iPhone"The iPhone is having a stellar year. First, it blasts past RIM's Blackberry in sales. Then it ousts Motorola's RAZR as the top-selling...

Al-Qaeda's 'mild' message to Obama

"Al-Qaeda's 'mild' message to Obama By Frank Gardner ...

Mama's Cookin'—Something Weird, Somewhere

"Insects and offal top the list. No. 10 is caterpillar pretzels, and uterus sausage slides in at No. 2. In between, though, are a couple of weak entries like stuffed roasted goat, which, while not everyday fare,...

UK energy prices rise twice of EU average

The astonishing rise of gas and electricity prices in Britain have been a worrying trend to many British consumers. Those consumers may be distressed today to learn that gas prices in the UK have risen at twice the EU average. This may frustrate them considering that the UK...

Opinion poll shows Brown bouncing back

The global financial crisis has had a big effect on politics in various countries around the world. In the US, the crisis erased the 'Palin bounce' McCain had received in the polls and started his precipitous...

FDA Okays Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Treat Depression

"The device delivers focused, MRI-strength magnetic pulses to the brain. The procedure, typically administered daily for four to six weeks, takes about 40 minutes and is done on an outpatient basis."

Pakistani putting more rice on world plates

" The rice exports from Pakistan during July-August – the first two months of the new fiscal year – increased by 147.34 per compared to the corresponding period of the last financial year. A total of 403,935 metric tons of rice costing $ 366,582,000 was exported during...

Fox News Gets Reefer Madness Over So-Called Killer Marijuana

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Gates and Seinfeld "I'm a PC" (Update)

Story Continues, Commercial released, new NowPublic news story here. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=This story Highlighted with a Mac.P.C. (Politically correct) Has never been Seinfeld's strong...

Katrina Pain Index: New Orleans Three Years Later

" Katrina hit New Orleans and the Gulf Coast three years ago this week. The president promised to do whatever it took to rebuild. But the nation is trying to fight wars in several countries and is dealing with economic crisis. The attention of the president wandered...

DVLA staff strike over 'pay gap' in UK

A one day strike is being held today across the UK by Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency employees (The UK equivalent of the US's DMV) over a dispute involving a pay gap. Union leaders say that the DVLA workers receive much lower pay than other Department for Transport...

Britain set to become Europe's most populated country

Here's an interesting note for those in England who complain about immigration. Just a week after new population figures released in the UK showed that the population in that country is growing at quite a healthy rate, figures released for the EU as a whole show the...

These homes for sale stink

"Why Fannie and Freddie matterMore Videos This boarded-up, bank-owned home is on the market in Milwaukee. On the inside, that Milwaukee home has been picked clean. Never before have there been so many squalid, dilapidated homes...

Sats results: Thousands fail to hit english, maths and science standards

The bad news keeps rolling in from the SATs results in the UK. The test, which is administered to children around the ages of 10 to 15, was beleaguered with delays in grading this year."Sats results published today revealed 27 per cent of 14-year-olds failed to reach the...

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