Cause of 'Treeman's' barklike growths revealed

"(CNN) -- For 20 years, the warts studding Dede Kosawa's hands and feet multiplied and sprouted like gnarled roots. ...

Sharon Stone wanted to inject Botox in son

UPDATE (Oct 2. 12:12PM):Sharon Stone denies recommending botox for her son's foot odour problem."Sharon Stone denies ever recommending that her 8-year-old son get Botox treatments for foot odor, the actress's lawyer...

Update: Cutty Sark blaze caused by an overheating vacuum cleaner

The devastating Cutty Sark blaze was caused by an overheating vacuum cleaner, according to reports today. Apparently guards failed to notice that the vacuum cleaner was running, and it burst into flames."Lazy guards failed to spot a running vacuum on the Cutty Sark which...

Kicking up leaves

Autumn brings cooler weather but it's also the time of the year when people report most foot problems as they move from a summer of sandals into closed toe shoes. It's not a glamourous job podiatry but if you've got...

Too Much Money? Try Cosmetic Foot Surgery

This trend just seems wrong to me.  " Forget about pedicures; women who want their toes to look as posh as their Jimmy Choos are turning to cosmetic foot surgery."" Since the '80s, trends in plastic surgery have...

Pictured: The 13-year-old with gigantic size SEVENTEEN feet

If i was him, i'll pick swimming sport, so i can break ian thorpe record."While his school friends enjoy a game of football, 13-year-old Ollie Abbott has to kick his heels on the touchline. Not because he's injured, but because his feet are too big. Having gone up five sizes...

Houston's post-Ike supplies coming, officials say

"HOUSTON, Texas (CNN) -- Federal supplies of food and water will be available to Houstonians affected by Hurricane Ike on Monday, an official said Sunday after Houston's mayor voiced concern about the aid. ...

FEMA refuses to help local PBS affiliate rebuild

"On the air, WYES-Channel 12 looks fine. Everywhere else, the local PBS affiliate's headquarters near City Park, devastated by 5 feet of Hurricane Katrina levee-failure floodwaters, remains a literal shell of its...

High Tech Cactus - thieves beware; Saguaros to get microchips

Under developmentThis is a huge problem in Arizona and even down in Mexico. " TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Some of Arizona's famed saguaro cactuses soon will be more difficult to steal...

Man sues restaurant after passing a 9-foot tapeworm

Two years ago Anthony Franz started eating at Shaw’s Crab House in Chicago.  He apparently became ill after eating a salmon salad, and ended up passing a 9-foot tapeworm. A pathologist said the tapeworm came...

Climate Change Caused Widespread Tree Death In California

Here is another thing we have to worry about with global warming and the rise in temperature. Can any science wiz explain this to me, but doesn't plants and trees do the whole conversion of carbon dioxide and oxygen...

6 arms and 2 legs

A while back I highlighted a story about how a marine zoo in Weymouth UK was trying to find out if Octopuses were left or right handed by getting them to play with Rubik's Cubes and other toys now that research has...

Garden gnome returns home after 7 month world tour

A garden gnome from Gloucestershire, England spent seven months travelling the world to South Africa, Swaziland, Mozambique, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Hong Kong and Laos....

Gravity, erosion rob Utah park of popular arch

This goes to show nothing is forever...... and don't put off for tomorrow what you can do today. Me and some hiking buddies have had to break Arizona/Utah/Canyon hike plans several times over the past few years due...

the longest hair

"When Jean Burgess's pals told her it was high time she let her hair down to celebrate her 70th birthday, she did just that - all FIVE FEET and six inches of it.As the pretty pensioner hasn't had her locks lopped for...

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