modelBuilder completes Titanic matchstick model

"Dedicated Tim Elkins has finally finished building a scale model of the Titanic made out of 147,000 matchsticks - 15 years after he started. Builder Tim, 42, has slaved away for 3,500 hours erecting the 1:115...

Silvestre completes Arsenal move

Arsenal have signed Manchester United’s France international defender Mikael Silvestre for an undisclosed fee. The 31-year-old joined United in September 1999 and had one year left on his contract at Old Trafford, but has now signed a two-year deal at Arsenal.Read full story

Coldplay completes free-show run in NYC

Coldplay performed its third and final free concert at New York's Madison Square Garden last night and it was anything but worthy of full-priced ticket."The 70-minute set featured mostly material from the new...

Mars lander completes first day on Red Planet

" TUCSON, Ariz. - Fresh images sent back by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander during its first full day operating in the Martian northern polar region showed most of its science instruments in good health, mission scientists said."

Virgin completes first biofuel airline flight

Interesting to see that FOE has criticized the development of biofuels for airlines."A Virgin Atlantic jumbo jet flew from London to Amsterdam with one of its fuel tanks filled with a bio-jet blend including babassu oil and coconut oil. A Virgin Atlantic statement said the...

Benazir Bhutto's Son Fears Pakistan May Disintegrate

It would be hard enough to get the privacy to grieve with a mother as famous as his, but when half the country is looking at you to lead it must take an enormous toll on Bhutto."Benazir Bhutto’s 19-year-old son...

MIT Finally Completes Its OpenCourseWare Project.

"MIT this week announced an important digital achievement: the completion of its pioneering OpenCourseWare project. And everyone involved seems quite happy with being unsure about why exactly it's important. The achievement is digitizing all the classroom materials for all of...

Row, Row, Row Your Bowl: Thames by Doggie Dish

A cunning stunt indeed: a vet and his dog have rowed the lenght of the River Thames in an outsized dog bowl, covering a distance of 150 miles over nine days."A TV vet has successfully rowed down the River Thames...

Amputee Zanardi completes F1 return (AP)

" VALENCIA, Spain - Alex Zanardi, who lost both legs in a crash five years ago, completed his return to Formula One on Saturday by becoming the first double amputee to test drive an F1 car. The 40-year-old Italian drove 14 laps in a modified BMW-Sauber C24-B car at the...

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