NBC to Stream Olympics Live on Web

"NEW YORK Olympics fans will have a bevy of opportunities to get content from NBC Universal next month -- 2,200 hours of live online coverage, live events on their mobile phone and even a way to download coverage...

Yeti Hair Proved Inconclusive

After testing hairs claimed to belong to an Indian version of a yeti, scientist in the UK say that the initial testing results have proved inconclusive.As a result, the hairs will be sent to labs for DNA...

Foot doctors in a flap over flimsy flip-flop fad

The sun is shining, it's a beautiful day, wouldn't it be great not to wear socks and just put on a pair of flip-flops? We see flip-flops everywhere during the summer months and who could blame the flip-flop...

Black and single: Is marriage really for white people?

45% percent of black women have never been married, that is really significant number, almost a half. Do you think marriage for black women related with "KARMA"... Well, i don't think so. What do you think about...

Women and Online Bingo

"Friday, July 18, 2008 Women and Online Bingo A recent survey has shown that more than 85% of online Bingo players are women, as compared to 40% in 2004. Middle aged women and older ladies are really...

British Showers Most Wasteful And Inconsiderate In Western Europe, Survey Sug...

Water-wasting and uncaring about gels, shampoos and soap going down the plughole: that's how the British emerge from a survey on showering habits of western Europeans. "Women in Britain are particularly guilty of wasting shower water and not caring about contaminants, says...

'Chav bashing shows class hatred'

Chav - a term synonymous with Little Britain's Vicky Pollard and used to abuse the working class by middle and upper class Brits according to Tom Hampson in a report to the Fabian Society. It's deeper than this...

U.S. racial divide still strong

An interesting new survey has shown that perceptions about race relations still differ greatly between blacks and whites, with a majority of whites thinking race relations isn't a problem in US society and a...

U.S. exports cigarettes, bras, bull semen to Iran

"WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. exports to Iran -- including brassieres, bull semen, cosmetics and possibly even weapons -- grew more than tenfold during President Bush's years in office even as he accused Iran of nuclear ambitions and helping terrorists. ...

Sales of million-dollar Tahoe homes fall ... by half!!!

Sierra Nevada mountain living just isn't worth as much as it used to be. Poor Lake Tahoe and the beautiful Ponderosa Pine forests that welcome people from all over ... especially, San Francisco. The fuel to drive...

Warning! Tofu May Harm Your Memory

Vegetarians beware. Those that eat lots of any kind of specific food might be in danger of too much or too little of one chemical or another. After all in the end that's all that food is - a combination of...

Vancouver police crack down on bicycle riders not wearing helmets

I find this so irritating. They should leave it to the individual about whether to wear a helmet. Or even - "when" to wear a helmet. As usual, the discourse around these policies and laws presents a radical...

Gas or Coffee? If you had to choose?

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorThis study which states coffee is great for your health, may have many woner what if, what if Coffee prices rose as fast as gas prices?  What would you choose?With...

£150 BRIBES TO QUIT SMOKING

If this works it's a £150 well spent because that will save tax payers so much more in the long run in NHS bills to treat ill smokers."Smokers could be PAID £150 each if they manage to kick the habit for three...

Couch Potato and the asthma risk

Research shows that children who watch five hours of TV a day increases their chance of developing asthma. Reason being that by sitting for hours leads to shallow breathing by the kids.   " ...

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