Cyborg Lobsters Foil Poachers

Lobsters outfitted with special microchips easily allowed Canadian fisheries officers to catch some poachers in the act. The chips are emitters that are implanted in each lobster, who then wander into unmarked and...

Biodiesel Train Gets Test Run in Washington, DC

Restaurant grease, canola oil and soy are fueling a new generation of trains, with a biodiesel train operating in the UK and a new one taking test runs in Washington over the summer. The fuel is a 25-per-cent...

Hard Candy-Hard Time: Drug Seizures

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorBlow, Snow, Rock, ICE, Horse,Crank, PCP, THC, Meth, a minute inventory in the big scheme of things,  when it comes to Nose Candy.  Illegal Drugs of...

A Dublin man has returned home safely after an epic adventure to the South Pole.

"A Southside man has returned home safely after an epic adventure to the South Pole. Kevin Dempsey (52), who is originally from Churchtown, became only the second Irish person ever to arrive at the pole hauling...

A REAL STINK AT SORVINO FARM

Is this really news??----------------------------------------"July 19, 2007 -- ACCLAIMED "Goodfellas" actor Paul Sorvino and his playwright daughter, Amanda, are up to their necks in deep doo-doo, now that a...

Truck Hauling 6,000 Pounds of Uranium Overturns on North Carolina Highway

"BENSON, N.C. — A tractor-trailer hauling about 6,000 pounds of low-grade uranium overturned Thursday as it exited Interstate 95 in Johnston County, North Carolina, authorities said. The truck crashed onto its side while exiting onto Interstate 40, said Jason Barbour, the...

Pyramids built by pouring concrete, not hauling giant stones, new study

"The Ancient Egyptians built their great Pyramids by pouring concrete into blocks high on the site rather than hauling up giant stones, according to a new Franco-American study. The research, by materials scientists from national institutions, adds fuel to a theory that the...

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