Tokidoki "Sometimes" a BIG Deal

"Tokidoki "Sometimes" a BIG Deal 11 12 2007 Tokidoki. In Japanese it means sometimes. But for one Simone Legno, Tokidoki would take on a whole new meaning. One to be shared around the globe. A believer in the Tokidoki...

Deutsche Bank Sold Massive Amounts of Phantom Stock

" delivery records,” there were “only two failures to deliver.” So Deutsche Bank systematically failed to even locate the stock that it sold, but the NYSE isn’t calling it “naked short selling,” and...

School Chief Kathy Cox Wins $1 Million On Game Show

"School Chief Kathy Cox Wins $1 Million On Game ShowCox Won 'Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?'POSTED: 6:26 am EDT September 6, 2008UPDATED: 2:10 pm EDT September 6, 2008Georgia schools superintendent Kathy Cox...

English spelling seen as "truely atrosious"

An academic in the UK has suggested that university professors being accepting variant spellings as legitimate, in light of the fact that spelling errors are growing more and more frequent in university courses. Some misspellings that he's suggested accepting include "ignor",...

Lady wins $10,000 from Plinko mishap

This story cracks me up.  I’ve always wanted to go on the Price is Right and play Plinko.  The popular game show made a commercial featuring Plinko, so they rigged the game so the Pinko chip would...

Granville calls the Wall Street top, offers his gold tips

"Last October the 82 year old Wall Street legend Joseph Granville correctly called the all-time high for the market and pointed to a bearish future in this radio interview. At the same time he gave his tips among the gold stocks for whom a precious metals bull market beckons...

Norwegian blue parrot did exist

"This parrot is deceased A Monty Python fan has discovered that Norwegian parrots really did exist. Some 55 million years before John Cleese and Michael Palin immortalised the "Norwegian...

Corsets - the Many Benefits of Wearing a Corset

"For some women when the thought of slipping on a Corset comes to mind, one can only think of lying down on the bed trying to squeeze into an uncomfortable garment that is two sizes too small, or maybe having to have someone else lace or snap up the back of the piece so that...

Surrey Mayor Diane Watts, Shows her Cojones

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorSurrey’s Mayor Diane Watts certainly shows Politicians everywhere she definitely wears the pants in her City, with the Cajones to fill em. Not unlike Cojonless...

April Fool's Day

Happy April Fool's Day. Well, after reading the origin of AprilFool's day, I am quite confused. You might want to search it yourselfor look at wikipedia. However, in tradition, the jokes only last untilnoon. But when I was in my secondary school, we played madly.Almost10...

Emotion makes nose a sharper smeller

Distance makes the heart grow fonder and pain makes the nose a better smeller. Researchers at Northwestern University have documented that when a smell is experienced while going through an intense emotional...

Barking scientists working on dog to human translation

Budapest's ELTE University have a real understanding of mans best friend..."Hungarian scientists are working on computer software analysing dog barks that could allow people to better recognize dogs' basic...

Mine's Longer Than Yours: Measuring the Amazon

The ultimate measuring contest... "Scientists in Brazil are claiming to have established as a scientific fact that the Amazon is the longest river in the world. The Amazon is recognised as the world's largest...

Software Company Captures Mobility Decode Patent :: Symblogogy

"The United Stated Patent Office issued a patent to Scanbuy, Inc. (New York, NY) for a "System and method for decoding and analyzing barcodes using a mobile device". The method will be known commercially as...

Infant car-seats may cause breathing problems

"AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Dec. 8 -- When infants take lengthy naps in child safety seats, the babies may risk life-threatening oxygen desaturation, according to a small study. Action Points * Explain to parents that this study suggests they should not leave infants sleeping...

closeSign in to NowPublic

is reporting from