China's sixth most powerful leader dies

Just wondering how the Bush administration will spin this...--------------------------------------"BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese Vice Premier Huang Ju, who rose through the ranks in Shanghai to become number six in the ruling Communist Party hierarchy, died early Saturday at the...

Charles Houston & The Brotherhood of the Rope

"Charles Houston & The Brotherhood of the Rope Last night, at the American Mountaineering Center here in Golden, Colorado, I was fortunate enough to see a presentation on the life and climbs of Dr. Charles Houston and his new biography, The Brotherhood of the Rope,...

Woman Dies Due to Unpaid Electric Bill; Power Co. Denies Responsibility

Update, via AP:"A New Zealand utility company that cut off power to the home of a woman connected to an electric oxygen pump, leading to her death, has insisted it was not aware she was dependent on the machine. The family of Folole Muliaga accused the company of calling...

Chinese Pigs - Under Viral Attack

"As a mysterious epidemic kill pigs in south-eastern China, Chinese officials are only providing little information about the disease or a contaminated wheat gluten that has been known to cause death and illness in the animals. Thus reviving longstanding questions about...

Actor Tom Poston Dies At 85

I remember him from Newhart, but he was quite prolific.

The Real Survivor Fiji – Physical Disease Follows Political Disease

"Bacteria, contamination, and a general breakdown of the attention to detail just may be the reason for outbreaks of illness and death on Fiji ... or maybe it is just a coincidence. There is a reason that most all successful governments throughout the world are NOT military....

Turning to God to lose weight

Jordan Rubin is convinced God can help you lose weight. Rubin, author of The Maker's Diet, is fresh from a speaking engagement at Toledo’s Cathedral of Praise. He's in town to spread the word about his yearlong "Healthy Toledo" initiative, the name a church-friendly play on...