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Ted Kennedy's "True Compass" Memoir To Be Published In September

Ted Kennedy died Tuesday night at the age off 77 and his memoir will be published in September.  The "True Compass" book of Senator Edward M. Kennedy is 532 pages and according to the publisher will be out on...

Maximum Wage for Greedy People like Bankers? Bring it on!

"Saturday, 22 August 2009 Compass High Pay Commission Campaign Compass are running a campaign for a High Pay Commission to balance the Low Pay Commission that led to the minimum wage. They have a statement that anyone in support of it can sign. This is the web address...

Magnetic fields and resonance

Strange as it may be - A magnetic field can transfer a Force to another mass via a Magnetic field. But what is more strange is that my compass conflicts as does my Electronic GPS as to Postional Data....

Cows know how to point themselves north, researchers say

Scientists don't seem to know why exactly, but cows may have an internal compass similar to that of honeybees. A team of German and Czech researchers were startled to make the discovery, the first of its kind...

Cattle shown to align north-south

"Have you ever noticed that herds of grazing animals all face the same way? Images from Google Earth have confirmed that cattle tend to align their bodies in a north-south direction. Wild deer also display this behaviour - a phenomenon that has apparently gone unnoticed by...

Call for energy windfall tax to tackle fuel poverty

Energy companies in the UK are pleading poverty. Their profits are being slashed, they tell us, as wholesale prices of gas and oil increase. They must, therefore, increase the price at which they are selling fuel to us. But when these corporations are still making billions...

Video: Witnesses Do Nothing After 78-Year-Old Hit by Car

I unfortunately see a lot of disturbing and outright disgusting stories as a journalist, especially one who spends most of his time online. But this story out of Hartford, Conn. in the States takes the cake....

Blogging: Chicks dig it

A new study confirms it - blogging is now a mainstream activity with women."YORK, Pa. (AdAge.com) -- "Blogosphere" may not be a pretty name for it, but it is a pretty attractive destination -- for women at least,...

Flight Attendant Fired For Setting Fire On Plane

Somehow I feel like the fact that Rojas is being prosecuted in Fargo has something to do with this story."A19-year-old flight attendant angry at having to work a route set a firein an airplane bathroom, forcing...

The Oscar Winners Are...

"Did your favorite star take home a golden statuette? Read our complete winners list to find out -- winners are listed in red and bold. BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR "Atonement" "Juno" "Michael Clayton" "No Country For Old Men" "There Will Be Blood" PERFORMANCE BY AN...

Vatican blasts "Golden Compass" as Godless, hopeless

"The Vatican newspaper said "honest" viewers would find it "devoid of any particular emotion apart from a great chill."In the fantasy world created by Pullman's trilogy, 'His Dark Materials', the Church and its governing body the Magisterium, are linked to cruel experiments...

New `Islamic car` to have compass to find Mecca

""We will identify a car that we can develop to be produced in Malaysia, Iran or Turkey," he told the Bernama agency in a weekend report. "The car will have all the Islamic features and should be meant for export purposes," he said, adding that it would feature a compartment...

Avian Magnetic Field Sensing Visualizes Direction :: Oblate Spheroid

"Here on the Oblate Spheroid, many forces exist that aid in our collective experiences. Animals of every stripe have developed specialized senses on which to take advantage of these forces in their own special...

Our freedom from China

China invented the technology used by Europe to conquer the world: yet the Chinese could have done the same, but refrained. Here's a pacific society, crucified at the turn of the century by the most aggressive of...

Attach photos to Waypoints and more...

This is really cool.  It's like a 21 Century Swiss Army Knife.  I'd go hiking just so I had an excuse to buy one:"For those looking for navigational insight whilst trekking, Magellan's Triton 2000 should certainly fit the bill. Boasting a rugged, water submersible...

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