Twilight's Jackson Rathbone Grants Fan Dorothy's Dying Wish

Twilight's Jackson Rathbone, who plays Jasper Hale in the series, grants a fan's dying wish, by inviting her to a personal backstage tour of his upcoming concert with his band '100 Monkeys'. The fan, known only...

Fossil Found In Ike-Ravaged Home's Yard

"Fossil Found In Ike-Ravaged Home's YardPaleontologist: Big Tooth Could Be From Mammoth""CAPLEN, Texas -- A homeowner whose beachfront property in Texas was destroyed during Hurricane Ike found a football-sized fossil tooth in the debris.Dorothy Sisk and her colleague, Lamar...

Old people & Viagra

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public Grossed Out!You know they do, but did the National Post really, really have to go into detail on this.  I damn near spewed my coffee all over my monitor.  I know my Kids...

Disabled pregnant woman used as target practice

This story is so shocking that it's hard to believe it is even real. A 29-year-old pregnant and disabled woman was forced to live in the basement and was subjected to torture and humiliation at the hands of her...

Diamond Life - the big divide

"The chief executive of Marks & Spencer believes the UK is fast becoming a very divided nation: the rich who live inside the M25 - and the rest. Speaking earlier this month, Sir Stuart Rose said there was a widening gulf between the have-nots and the have-a-lots, which is...

Deadly Black Widow spider hitches ride to UK in Cadillac imported from US

Working for a firm importing classic American cars, Adam Morrison-Thomas is well-versed in handling exotic arrivals. But not necessarily eight-legged ones that can kill with a single bite. The encounter between the mechanic and the black widow spider began when he opened...

Saxon-style home for just £100.

"Dorothy Wade reckoned she landed herself a real bargain when she picked up a Saxon-style home for just £100. The timber hut was one of the 134 lots going yesterday at an auction, which was selling what was left of Derventio Heritage Village. The Viking village, which opened...

'William Wordsworth'

"William Wordsworth was born on 7 April 1770 in a fine Georgian house in Cockermouth, now called Wordsworth House. His father John was estate agent to Sir James Lowther, who owned the house. The garden at the...

A New Way to See Art: The Modern, Completed

The new Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman education building at the Museum of Modern Art is unlikely to appease those who feel the museum has become a soulless corporate machine. But at least it underscores what is most alluring about the museum’s recent expansion.A taut...

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