Puppy Bowl V, February 1 2009; part of Super Bowl action

Puppy Bowl V 2009 takes place this Sunday February 1 to accompany all the Super Bowl 2009 action.  Hosted by Animal Planet, this years Puppy Bowl has once again earned the American Humane Association's 'No...

Prosthetic eye gives horse a shot at show career

"A miniature horse has been given a second chance for a career as a show horse - thanks to a prosthetic eye."

Clouds clear for Jetman Yves Rossy to retry Channel crossing

The Swiss daredevil who is attempting to be the first man to fly across the channel in a single-wing jet-propelled pack will make another attempt today, after yesterday's flight had to be cancelled because of...

Pig in Boots: The world's only porker who is afraid of mud

I am a bit fed up with the Lisbon Treaty and other depressing news so I needed something a bit lighter and as I know that all of you here really like pigs I thought that you might like this story.For more...

President: RI`s poverty rate down from 42.2 pct to 16.5 pct

""I will honestly say that the downward trend in the poverty rate has continued and that the figure now is not 49.5 percent as alleged out there," the president said.He said the poverty rate had kept dropping from year to year and in 2005 it was recorded at 15.9 percent but...

The Discovery of Dover's Lost 'Miniature Castle'

On the hills above East Cliff the Norman Keep of Dover Castle forms part of a famous skyline known throughout the world. On the other side of the of the Dour Valley, however, very, very few local people - yet...

'Flying Saucer' Police Spy Camera Takes Off

It looks more like UFO technology than the future of crime fighting. Watch the spy drone in action in this Video link." But police are confident that this miniature remote- controlled helicopter will be an invaluable weapon in the war against wrongdoers. The Microdrone,...

Beyond Memory Spot & Memory Dust to Memory Powder :: Symblogogy

"Symblogogy visited the Popular Science Magazine's "Best Of What's New - 2006" breakthrough and application of Memory Spot manufactured by Hewlett-Packard thinking that this form factor was pretty much about as...

Lace and knits go subversive in New York exhibition

"NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - On the surface, it's an art exhibition that would make any grandmother proud, with a knitted christening blanket and miniature cardigans, but a closer look might make granny's hair curl.Image Source by Courtesy of: uk.news.yahoo.com" ''David...

New York Times

"If it was the desire of the man who called himself William M. V. Kingsland to be remembered in the salons of New York long after he died, to be the subject of the kind of scandal-whiffed conversation he once so enjoyed, to be the one having the last loud laugh, then the man...

Can I Get a Bottle of Holy Water With That Please?

Christianity's going commercial.Read The Globe and Mail article here. 

Hungry? 10 Jobs That Let You Sample Food

"Most of us sample plenty of food during our work weeks -- leftover pasta from working lunches, mousse cakes from baby showers, and fistfuls of miniature candy bars from a co-worker's candy jar. While some of us are content with eating bags and bags of chips, these 10 jobs...

Une recette infaillible pour attirer les adultes dans les parcs d’attraction ?

Vous connaissez peut-être France Miniature, un sympatique parc d’attraction qui présente en modèles réduits réalistes les plus célèbres monuments de France. L’Allemagne s’est aussi dotée d’un parc...

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