Real life Spider-Man scales 24-storey French national library with his bare h...

"Like the nimble superhero, he scales skyscrapers with dazzling agility, with just his hands and legs to support him.And now the man they call Spider-Man has turned his attention to the National Library of...

David Blaine To Hang Upside Down for 60 Hours

Street magician and "endurance artist" David Blaine has begun his latest challenge: he will hang upside down above a skating rink in New York for 60 hours. As always with Blaine's stunts, there are many risks...

I will not retire: Sourav Ganguly

"Former captain Sourav Ganguly insisted that he was in no mood to hang up his boots as far as Test and Twenty20 cricket are concerned even though he is out of the ODI side and the selectors didn’t pick him in the Rest of India squad. “I would like to think I have a couple...

New Tech Converts Heat into Electricity, Saves You Gas

Turning your car into a closed system."New Tech Converts Heat into Electricity, Saves You Gas Furukawa, a Tokyo-based tech company, has developed a thermoelectric conversion material that's said to be...

The new Messiah? - 8lb baby born at 8.08am on 08/08

For those that believe in the influence of numbers things like the birth of this 8lb child at 8.08am on 08/08 possibly has some significance beyond it's quirkyness but do stories like these constitute newsworthyness...

Soldiers face off on Thai-Cambodian border

Thai troops have allegedly mounted an incursion into Cambodian territory over a border dispute involving a 900-year-old temple."The incident was sparked when three Thai protesters crossed barbed wire to enter the disputed site and were arrested by Cambodian border guards. A...

Mugabe aide tells West to 'go hang'

Zimbabwe's leadership finds itself in further controversy following Robert Mugabe's re-election as president. "Robert Mugabe's spokesman told the West on Tuesday it can "go hang" amid growing criticism of the...

Web 'terrorists' killed Emo boy, says vicar

"A vicar launched a scathing attack today on "terrorist" cyberbullies who drove a 13-year-old boy to hang himself because of his alternative music and fashion tastes. Canon John Evans, conducting the funeral of Sam Leeson, 13, said online tormentors who attacked his dark...

For Japanese men, dysfunction starts in the cradle

" I was lucky. I didn’t have a Japanese mother. My mother had four boys. She had a job. She had my father to deal with. She had her hands full. With my mother juggling the various contradictory roles imposed on...

Underwear is called underwear for a reason

" We’ve all seen them, mostly young men walking around with their crouches down to their knees and their boxer covered butt hanging out. They hold their pants up by grabbing the front and pulling them up or constantly hiking their drawers just in the nick of time before...

AdamAir Plane skids off Hang Nadim airport`s runway

"Batam, Sumatra (ANTARA News) - A Boeing 737-400 plane operated by Indonesia`s Adam Air skidded off a wet runway while landing at Hang Nadim Aiport, Batam, Sumatra, on Monday at 10.40 am local time.Four out of a...

Who can afford $1-million houses?

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorThe only ones who can truly afford Million dollar homes are well, Millionaires.  Unfortunately for the most of us who purchase what is considered a 1,400 square...

Australian man hangs himself in Balikpapan

"He said there were no bruises or injuries on the Australian`s body."The only injury on the victim`s body was the mark around his neck from the rope that he had used to hang himself. When he was found, his tongue stuck out and there was sperm that had come out from his...

China Sovereign Wealth Fund Could Buy Every US Company

"Lenin said that capitalists would sell the ropes that he'd use to hang them. Well, the communist Chinese are ready for a buying spree. Currently, those funds have about US $2 trillion in them. They're expected to have about US $17 trillion by 2010 - enough to buy every...

Can Mexico's cenotes be saved?

Mexico's cenotes are a haven for divers and snorkellers, but tourism is taking its toll.A MexicoReporter dispatch for CNN Traveler, with unseen video and pictures."The mystical depths of Mexico’s ceynotes attract...

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