"These are the incredible pictures which show the first ever leopard attack on a crocodile.Hal Brindley snapped the amazing moment a leopard snatched a crocodile at a South African game reserve on the only occasion...
"Benjamin B. Bolger's story seems like a hoax. At age 32, he says, he has just earned his 11th advanced degree: a doctorate that Harvard University awarded him on Thursday.Mr. Bolger's unlikely story has another twist: He is dyslexic. "
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After much discussion at this week's G8 environment ministers meeting, a compromise deal was reached to halve those countries' emissions by 2050. Well, that's only 42 years from now, after all, I'm sure my potential...
"CANNES, France —61st Cannes Film Festival awarded the French film "The Class," a story about classroom life using real students and teachers (amateur actors) at a junior high school, with Palme d'Or, the most...
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Trevor Boddy critiques a proposed new urbanist development in South Delta as "a last-gasp attempt to reform suburbanism from within,before high energy prices and new respect for land compels much denserdevelopment." "The 13th of May brought several downer developments — and...
Let's not get too far ahead, it needs to be won first, but if they hadn't had the 15 point deduction, they would be one point behind Swansea in an automatic promotion place, and nine ahead of Forest, who go up....
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President George Bush was doing his best to put a happy face on an unhappy situation in Palestine. I'm not sure how he can do any good with everyone knowing he's soon on his way out." JERUSALEM (AP) --...
English people everywhere will be flying the St. George's Cross proudly today, as this marks the accepted day that Saint George died in 303 AD. The day is also recognized in Portugal, Georgia, Serbia, Bulgaria,...
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Call him what you will, but McCain is no populist. He's continued to defend NAFTA to working class voters in midwest states, an area where, despite its actual number of characters, NAFTA does tend to be a "four...
"Grammar Girl here.
March 4 is National Grammar Day. So I've created a special grammar-related top 10 show to celebrate the occasion.
Organizer Martha Brockenbrough, who writes about grammar and language for Encarta, has fun suggestions for National Grammar Day, including...
I've never been a fan of reality TV but a curling show sounds awesome, especially when hosted by Bruce Springsteen. The sport needs some masculinization.They're a little behind the times though. An astute...
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"SO you've drunk too much, partied too hard and spent way too much money. A headache tablet will get rid of a lot of the pain from last night, but how do you undo your overspend?
Alarmingly, many women these days try to take back their purchases after they've worn them out on...
This is the last thing you want to hear about during the holidays..."A suspension bridge overloaded with as many as 1,000 people attending a
Hindu religious festival collapsed Tuesday, sending most of them into
the...
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""We should not be egoistic or greedy nor abdicate our responsibility to protect the interest of future generations," the president said when inaugurating the Bali Safari and Marine Park here on Tuesday.
The head of...