" In the poll of over a thousand adults, undertaken for Theos by ComRes, 34% of people agreed that the statement "Jesus was born to a virgin called Mary" was historically accurate. Only 32% considered it fictional. Women are more likely to...
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"Hiroko Yoda says she made several attempts to sign up to the popular social networking site but her applications were always met with an error message. The Japanese author suspected that her distinctive...
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They say that reality can be stranger than fiction.I have been wondering if in the current economic downturn, we will see virtual or even fictional restaurants sprout online.Another way for the Consumed to Thrifty to share experiences without going broke.Fictional restaurants...
Sadly enough, I was one of those hapless folks waiting in line at my local EB Games at midnight last night for Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto IV (4). I wasn't going to do it (after all, I'm the 'morning guy' for...
"This post has been awhile in the making. We wanted to run a list of the Top 10 most Famous Lawyers of all time. The people in our list, for the majority of them found notoriety outwith law but they all studied it at some point in their lives. We have drawn from many...
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I thought this story was interesting because it demonstrates how nervous school officials are in the wake of Columbine and the many high school tragedies since. Did they overreact?"TORONTO -- A 17-year-old...
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Picture it: Spiderman and the X-Men are battling an international foe responsible for the deaths of thousands of people. They can't do it alone, so they call upon...the United Nations? Well, yes--at least, that's...
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As evidence that the demonization of the left is nothing new, the release of government documents to the British public shows that author George Orwell was suspected of being a communist supporter despite his...
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OpinionBarry artiste, Now Public ContributorA perplexing story where data is so extremely rare that conjecture and theory seems to be the only scientific method on what would possess an identical Twin to take the...
One of the most ambitious movie promos I've heard of to date. The change isn't permanent, but it's worth pointing out that, when an Australian friend visited me in New York a few years ago, she asked if we...
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Quiet how they pulled this one off is amazing. The countries top Royal Philharmonic Orchestra playing at a Northamptonshire Village park?"NOT since the BBC's Vicar of Dibley secured Kylie Minogue to open a village fete has there been such a coup for a parish...
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Nobody does irony better than the Brits, as this map of George Orwell's old neighborhood shows. I used to think of Islington as home of the Hope 'n' Anchor Pub, where one can catch all kinds of awesome music. Now I'll have to be ready for my close-up next time I return. The...
"President Bush claimed in his State of the Union speech to have prevented four terrorist plots. Phew! It's a good thing to know that we tossed out our Bill of Rights for some actual REASON – I mean other than turning Iraq into a training ground for terrorism.
Except that...
On Sunday the streets of Seattle were filled with protesters. Many signs were seen mirroring the same ones used in 1999 during the famous demonstrations against the WTO. That year over five hundred people were...
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"White House gates shut to 'Kazakh reporter' comic
today.reuters.com:
"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Borat, the fictional TV reporter from Kazakhstan, may have gotten under the skin of Kazakh officials but on Thursday he couldn't get past the gates of t...""