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Norwegian blue parrot did exist
"This parrot is deceased A Monty Python fan has discovered that Norwegian parrots really did exist. Some 55 million years before John Cleese and Michael Palin immortalised the "Norwegian...
Girl's twin found inside her stomach
"ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- A nine-year-old girl who went to hospital suffering from stomach pains was found to be carrying her embryonic twin, doctors in central Greece said Thursday. Doctors at Larissa General Hospital examined the girl and surgically removed a growth they...
Law Makes Noose Display a Felony
The new New York governor David Patterson has signed legislation to make displaying a noose, a symbol of the lynching of African Americans common during the reconstruction era, illegal in New York state."Gov. David...
Website to trace Brits in crises
This is interesting, it's a new sevice launched by teh UK Foreign Office to track British citizens if they're abroad during an emergency, so friends and family can see if they're ok. The effort has been given new impetus as several British tourists went missing during the...
Museum Director Is Found Dead
An American director of a museum at Bangkok University, who was recently charged with wire fraud, has been found dead in Seattle. "The 62-year-old American director of a museum in Thailand who was indicted in a federal investigation into looted antiquities was found dead in a...
China quake: Britons found in panda sancutary
All of the British tourists who were in the area of the earthquake in China have now been accounted for."The family of two of the 19 British tourists trapped in a panda sanctuary for three days by the earthquake...
'Shamed' Austrian man kills family with ax
I wish this weren't real. Another father murders his family."(CNN) -- An Austrian man has confessed to killing five members of his family with an ax, Vienna police said Wednesday....
Have a sweet tooth? Find the answer in your genes.
Regardless of age or sex, a variation in genetics (specifically the glucose transporter type 2, GLUT2) will cause individuals to consume more sugars. The study is done by the University of Toronto and published by...
Pastor John Hagee says he's sorry for anti-Cathol...
One wonders how anyone can take this person seriously. My favorite is this line: "he now knew the terms he used to describe the church, such as "the great whore," were "rhetorical devices long employed in...
Pollution Increases Blood Clot Risk
Air pollution that increases the exposure of small particles to the body may cause blood clots in the leg. This will result in an increase in deep-vien thrombosis, a condition that is similiar to the "economy class...
Dennis Farina Apologizes
Actor Dennis Farina apologized in a statement today for his arrest last Sunday at LA Intl Airport. He was arrested for carrying a concealed and unregistered weapon in his luggage.""I apologize to anyone and...
People can't leave home without their cellphones
In a recent study in North America, it was found that over one-third of workers would choose their cell phone over their wallet, keys, laptop or digital music player if they had to leave the house for 24 hours and...
Canada's First National Study of LGBT Youth
""We may have human rights for LGBTQ people in Canada, but you'd never know it based on these results," said Helen Kennedy, executive director of Egale."Egale, Canada's national Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, and...
Interpol: Suspected Pedophile Found by Police
Police have detained Wayne Nelson Corliss, an accused pedophile, who was tracked down by Interpol after an international manhunt. "PARIS, France -- A suspected pedophile targeted in an international manhunt was...
Carbon Dioxide Threatening Koalas
The more that carbon dioxide pollutes the air, the more koalas are being threatened. The rising levels offset the nutrients in eucalyptus plants, making them toxic to koalas."Koalas are threatened by the rising...
