Italian Sports Car Designer Killed in Traffic Accident

Andrea Pininfarina, head of Pininfarina SpA, was killed today in a traffic accident on the way to a design meeting. Pininfarina is a family-run design firm that brough the world various forms of Fiat, Ferrari, and...

Doping-free roast ducks guaranteed in famous Beijing restaurant

If you like your roast duck doped, do not ask for one at the Quanjude restaurant in Beijing this summer. Having been founded in 1864, Quanjude restaurant has a longstanding culinary heritage and is famous for its...

No BEER for You! Munich's Famous Oktoberfest tents are booked up

Probabally Germany's best known festival, the Munich Oktoberfest begins September 20 and runs until October 5.  Last year the Bavarian festival drew in 6.2 million visitors who drank 6.7 million litres of...

BC's Weather killing Marijuana Crops

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorYeah, that's a crying shame, perhaps I can take a vacation this year."VANCOUVER - There's little hope for this dope.British Columbia's famed outdoor pot will rot if the sun...

D.B. Cooper's parachute possibly found

They might have to bring back the X-Files for one more episode." SEATTLE - The FBI is analyzing a torn, tangled parachute found buried by children in southwest Washington to determine whether...

Wikipedia Reliability at Stake After ‘Edit 4 Donations’ Allegation on Jim...

"New Delhi (ABC Live): Jimmy Wales, the founder of world famed online encyclopedia, Wikipedia has been accused content tampering in lieu of $5000 donation in Wikipedia."

Golden toilet leaves Hong Kong jeweller flush with cash

"HONG KONG (AFP) — Hong Kong's famed solid gold toilet is, well, a fixture on the city's tourist itinerary. But with gold prices touching record highs, part of the site could soon be headed down the pan.Hang Fung...

Teaching bacteria to drink CO2 and belch methane

The highlighted article refers to a recent technology and design conference in California. Geneticist Craig Venter disclosed that he is working on a project involving modified bacteria. The goal is to increase the...

Lalu enjoys Indian Railways while fooders got jail for fodder scam

"Ranchi (ABC Live): New Delhi on Tuesday When Indian Railways Minister Lalu Prasad was delivering his fifth consecutive railways and luring common Indian with his management skills in New Delhi the CBI special court hearing the case of Lalu’s Famed fodder scam delivering...

7 offenses to avoid in the workplace

"Kudos to the paltry 14% of us who keep New Year's resolutions. The vast majority -- a full 86% -- go right back to our counterproductive ways as it relates to personal health, careers, relationships, and otherwise. Forgo the ever popular New Year's resolution to lose weight...

Artist to build four giant waterfalls in New York

"NEW YORK (Reuters) - Four giant waterfalls will be erected in New York for three months this summer in a public art project city officials hope will create $55 million in extra tourism revenue for the Big Apple. The waterfalls, including one that will fall from the famed...

Finnish bogs supplying Irish beauticians

"reland may be a country famed for its wild bogs, but Irish beauticians using turf as a new skin-care treatment are being forced to import peat from overseas. Beauty consultants offering the ground-breaking therapy say it is increasingly popular here but they are being forced...

Amsterdam orders famed sex club to close

I'm not going to touch this one but I thought it was an interesting article about the workings of society."AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - One of Amsterdam's best-known sex clubs has become the latest target of the city's crackdown on organized crime infiltration of the city's world...

Bill O'Reilly's Racially Charged Comments

*UPDATED* (9/26) Here is a YouTube video of Bill O'Reilly defending his comments and going after CNN, Media Matters and others for taking the story out of context ... "Fox News conservative commentator Bill O'Reilly...

A ‘fun’ experience for Tarantino aboard a ‘pedicab’

"MANILA, Philippines -- It was one “fun” experience famed American director Quentin Tarantino would take with him when he goes back to Hollywood: Riding aboard the only transportation that took him across the flooded streets of Manila Wednesday to Malacañang -- a...

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