Historic Precedent - Youngest Boy to Ride the River...in a Truck!

     I imagine most parents have a pretty good idea about how to watch out for their children, and some states tend to have some pretty strong ideas about how parents ought to be doing so,...

Look Out for the ISS Toolbag

"On Nov. 18, 2008, spacewalking astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper dropped her backpack-sized toolbag and it floated away from the International Space Station. The errant bag, about as big as a hiker's...

Obama likely change CIA, NI directors: report

"WASHINGTON: The current chiefs of National Intelligence and the CIA expect to be replaced when Barack Obama takes over as US president on January 20, a U.S. daily reported Wednesday.Several senior Democrats oppose keeping National Intelligence director Mike McConnell and...

Kinder Eggs nearly banned by German Gov't

A little over 10 Years ago, the US government banned kinder eggs saying they were a health and safety (choking) hazard for very small children. In addition, they stated that these couldn't be told to be...

Discovery Astronauts Begin First Spacewalk of Mission

Although they've become "routine," a spacewalk is anything but. The training and preparations for becoming a spacewalker are arduous. The work is always risky. There's no such thing as just "dinging" your thumb while doing construction work outside a space shuttle or the...

Power That Infrastructure, Ye Seadogs!

Yeah, I just wanted to use that headline, but there really is a prototype hydroelectric generator called a Seadog, which converts ocean wave energy into electricity without any electronics of its own. The idea is for delsalination plants (which suck up a lot of power to...

Inflatable pig lost during Coachella music festival is found

Heh, this made me chuckle. Isn't Peter Frampton the one who always had an inflatable pig?"A reward has been offered for a giant inflatable pig which floated into the Californian desert during a concert by Pink...

Man claims responsibility for Phoenix mystery lights

Update: There is extensive  coverage here of a 1997 incident that is very similiar--except that there were more lights. Does the man's statement about causing the lights display indicate that this earlier sighting was similiar? There were more lights in that episode.Or,...

Music: "Older Than Dirt Making a Comeback"

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorLP's (Long Playing Records) have been around for a Hundred years, and only remembered by us who are older than dirt.  So it's nice to know LP's are now making a...

Bhajan Lal And Kuldeep in Congress going to be History

"New Delhi (ABCLive) – The Congress Party has sought disqualification of suspended party MPs Kuldeep Bishnoi (Bhiwani, Lok Sabha), Natwar Singh (Rajya Sabha) and Maulana Obaidullah Khan Azmi (Rajya Sabha) from respective house."

POLITICS-US: Official Version of Naval Incident Starts to Unravel

"POLITICS-US: Official Version of Naval Incident Starts to Unravel Analysis by Gareth Porter* Credit:Press-TV Image from Iranian video depicting the Jan. 7 encounter with U.S. warships in the Strait of Hormuz. WASHINGTON, Jan 10 (IPS) - Despite the official and media...

Gas Station Ghost

I don't want to upset any demons are anything but I'm not convinced that this is a real ghost. My understanding is that ghosts are white not blue; maybe it drank some anti-freeze. Whatever it is, it's got people...

Endeavour: Williams has 'amazing ride' on spacewalk

Deciding on whether to repair the gouge or not has yet to be decided by NASA ground crews, Perhaps astronauts in space would feel a little better to have it repaired considering Space Shuttle Columbia's tragedy...

Canadian Astronauts To Repair Shuttle Endeavour From Space

It will certainly be a feather in Canada's cap if Canadian Astronaut Hadfield on the ground and currently in Space Canadian Astronaut Williams pull off this patchwork repair of the Shuttle Endeavour successfully....

Amendment chills press coverage of government activities

"The Senate Judiciary Committee meets today to potentially tack the so-called “Kyl Amendment” onto Section 798 of the Espionage Act, which has been deemed a potential Offical Secrets Act by First Amendment and open government advocates. Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) has floated...

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