The crazy mountainers have made different kind of record related with tallest peak of the world, Mt Everest.It is an extreme of adventerism,Himalaya is alraedy facing the threat of tourist pollution, and now this new...
The NY State Fair opened today, and after the fair ends this year's butter sculpture will be turned into biodiesel fuel for the first time. "This year's New York State Fair has brought something new to...
"PRINCETON, NJ -- The Democratic convention appears to have helped solidify support for Barack Obama among former Hillary Clinton supporters, with the percent saying they will vote for Obama in November moving from...
An introduction to the equestrian sports at the Olympics. Horses and skilled riding remain among my true loves. There's nothing like the feel of flowing as one with a good horse responding to your every breath--and...
Eileen Syms of Grand Island celebrated her 80th birthday by jumping out of an airplane to skydive, instead of having a party. It was her first skydiving experience. Channel 2 news on your side followed her through...
Shark Week doesn't even start until the end of the month, but some seaborne predators just couldn't wait. Photographer Kem McNair, snapping some surfers got more than he bargained for as a shark breached the water...
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Ultraviolet rays may not mean much to you and me during a night on the town, but, for jumping spiders, it could mean the difference between a night of eight-legged passion or stretch of arachnid loneliness. Indeed,...
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"A 17 year-old teen boy was decapitated by a roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia after allegedly jumping a fence into a restricted area trying to retrieve a lost hat."
"German inflation picked up speed in June, jumping to an annual 3.3 percent, the fastest pace since 1993, from 3.0 percent in May, official figures showed Friday.As inflation climbs and indicators point to an economic slowdown, there are growing concerns Germany and the...
Is not easy at all to become a professional and until you are not professional most of the times you are considered as "those crazy guys".Here is the sad part of one of this "dangerous" sports."25 year-old Paul...
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" For thrill-seekers, it's a 65-foot free-fall rite of passage. For law enforcement, it's the root of an endless cat-and-mouse game that too often ends in a 911 call. "
The UEFA Cup Final, always a tense and exciting event for football fans (soccer for you yanks and some canucks), got a little hairier this year when up to 200 football fans chased officers down after the match. The...
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Wow, a lot of thanks Obama is getting for not throwing his pastor under the bus. Now the Reverend Jeremiah Wright is about to go through a round of interviews and speeches, drudging up the controversy over his fiery...
Robert at Infoworld is absolutely right about CES. There wasn't anything that was truly exciting and new. There was incremental improvement in fidelity, size, speed and usability in many new devices but...
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The International Olympic Committee is saying women's ski jumping won't be included because there are too few women competitors and no World Championships in the sport until the year before 2010. See last...