The frenzy of election day has long since faded, and the only remaining evidence of President Obama's inauguration is miles of trampled-dead lawn at the nations capitol. However the nation has reversed its...
The prime minister of Thailand, Samak Sundaravej, called a state of emergency in Bangkok as thousands of protesters gathered at the capitol. While most of the anger goes towards what the protesters call a...
"Why Fannie and Freddie matterMore Videos This boarded-up, bank-owned home is on the market in Milwaukee. On the inside, that Milwaukee home has been picked clean. Never before have there been so many squalid, dilapidated homes...
" A 56-year-old man from the Midwestern US state of Wisconsin has been arrested after shooting his lawn mower in his garden because it would not start. Keith Walendowski was charged by police in...
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Article from Alex Steffen about the environmental impact of lawns, ending with the question: "What's your favourite idea for replacing lawns"? Mine is vegetables. Also we put in a littlle patch this weekend of...
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When someone decides to systematically kill pet rabbits, cut off their heads and drain their blood away one has to start worrying what they will turn to killing next. Here in the UK in a small town called Long...
Good interview with Michelle de Kretser - anyone not yet familiar with her work might feel like trying some out after reading this well written interview by Boyd Tonkin"The best stories lodge in the memory and...
In case you're stuck for a Father's Day gift, here's an idea for you:"With Father's Day almost upon us, conscientious sons and daughters are likely scrambling for creative ways to express paternal...
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Too lazy to mow your lawn? If you live in Canton, Ohio you better get on it or hire help! Homeowners who don’t bother mowing their grass can now face jail time if it’s their second...
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"Keeping the lawn in tip-top shape is a matter of pride for many men and bearded transsexual Thomas Beatie is no different - despite being seven months' pregnant.Sporting a T-shirt with the logo of his company...
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Multiple small towns and hamlets were evacuated in northern Alberta over the weekend after wildfires consumed almost 2,000 hectares of land. Hot weather and dry brush often leads to massive wildfires in Western...
After almost 25 years, residents and visitors of Canada's smallest province, Prince Edward Island, can buy canned carbonated beverages. Soon the hiss of gas escaping the metal casing of a coke can will be heard...
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Swampy swimming pools all over the country — a legacy of the foreclosure crisis — are becoming breeding grounds for disease-carrying mosquitoes.
The problem is particularly acute in warm climates like Florida and California, where officials are concerned about the...
... and it turns out that the lawn-waterer was not, in fact, violating any restrictions in the first place."A man has been charged with murder in Australia after allegedly punching and kicking an elderly man during a heated argument over water restrictions.
Ken Proctor, 66,...