Get paid to lose weight

In an attempt to hold down spiraling health-care costs, many companies are paying employees to lose weight or get in better shape. Employers are doling out bonuses, insurance discounts, vacation days and even gift cards. Highmark, a Pennsylvania Blue Cross/Blue Shield...

Gift for Wife

A woman goes to Italy to attend a 2-week, company training session. Her husband drives her to the airport and wishes her to have a good trip. The wife answers: "Thank you honey, what would you like me to bring for you?" The husband laughs and says: "An Italian girl!!!" The...

Al Gore: Last man standing

"When I heard about the Terra Pass gift cards being handed out at The Oscars, it reminded me of the Catholic Church’s practice of selling indulgences. I thought about Luther, The 95 Theses, and the righteous rebellion against money and influence. Apparently, I wasn’t the...

Game On! Play N Trade Announces Its First National Halo 2 Tournament

Winners from Each Store Will Compete for National Title and Grand PrizesNEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Feb. 13, 2007 – Play N Trade Franchise, Inc., the fastest-growing video game retailer in the U.S., today announced the local rounds of the Play N Trade National Halo 2 Tournament...

Darwin Day

"Did you know today was "Darwin Day?"  I did not know it existed…it must have just evolved to the point that I finally recognized it.  I was not going to take my discovery of a website named darwinday.org seriously until I stumbled upon this within the website,...

Scientists to save 5,000-year-old embrace

Italy won't split up its Stone Age "lovers." In a Valentine's Day gift to the country, scientists said they are determined to remove and preserve together the remains of a couple buried 5,000 to 6,000 years ago, their arms still wrapped around each other in an enduring...

Points worth remembering while filing Return

"What are the important points which one suit keep in mind while repairing Returns of Income? 1. Use corrects Form of Return; 2. File return before due date; 3. Fill up the Form completely and special attention should be given to A.Y. and PAN ; 4. Following...

Crackdown Launched On Counterfeit Tickets, Memorabilia

Certainly South Florida has Super Bowl fever, and all of the non-stop parties and countless celebrities sightings, there's another phenomenon flooding this area -- crooks.  This is a warning about buying and selling fake Super Bowl goods.   "As sure as there...

The ultimate wife: has early delivery so hubby can watch football

"PALOS HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) -- Nine months pregnant and married to a fervent Bears fan with tickets to Sunday's NFC Championship game, Colleen Pavelka didn't want to risk going into labor during the game against the New Orleans Saints. Due to give birth on Monday, Pavelka's...

Artist turns Mount Everest's trash into treasures

"Artist turns Mount Everest's trash into treasures The Associated Press Published: January 14, 2007 BRUNSWICK, Maine: Thousands of adventurers have been drawn to Mount Everest by the challenge of climbing to the top of the world. Jeff Clapp was drawn by the trash they leave...

Namibia: Snipes Launches Local Film School

"AN opportunity for formal training in the film industry was the farewell gift from the makers of the Hollywood movie 'Gallowwalker' and its star, Wesley Snipes. Filming of the movie in the Namib Desert has wrapped up and the cast and crew have departed, but not before...

Special Squid : Glowing USB SQUID by SolidAlliance

Happy 2007! How about starting this year "eating" something different? How about a glowing squid for example? :) Another awesome creation from the "creative" people out-there.

Wines for all tastes

"Wine can be the perfect gift if carefully chosen. Most of us enjoy a glass of good wine at dinner. But how many of us know what makes a good wine? Who decides it’s good or bad? Well, in the first place, the decision is yours, your own taste matters most, as you know...