Hey, Do 'Commoners' Have Any Say In Political Party Candidates?

     LOOK, the news is abuzz about Sarah Palin, again!  (Screeams! -- joy, -- rage...it depends on who is screaming.)  Yep, Sarah, you've set the headlines and political world...

Barak Obama's Anti-Christian View No Friend to Blacks, Church

     Since taking office, President Barak Obama and his allies in Congress have careened into the headlines and pummelled Republicans still reeling from defeat and dissent within their own...

Blizzard aims for Midwest after socking Plains

One more lesson that nature is still strong and that we cannot control nature. It also shows that winter and cold weather are facts of life for many people. " Residents in the Northern Plains bundled up as a blast...

Mars Lander Succumbs to Winter

"Mission managers said Monday that they had not heard from the NASA spacecraft for a week and that they thought it had probably fallen quiet for good.“At this time, we’re pretty convinced that the vehicle is...

cows point to the north

"New weird news related to cows: Researchers discovered that cattle have a good sense of direction and tend to point in a northerly direction. It has long been observed that cows appear to have a talent for weather forecasting and are able to predict when rain is on the way,...

Phoenix lander spots falling snow on Mars

" LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- NASA's Phoenix spacecraft has discovered evidence of past water at its Martian landing site and spotted falling snow for the first time, scientists reported Monday. ...

Loyal dog guards owner for weeks after death

"GREELEY, Colorado (AP) -- A dog stood guard over her owner's body for up to six weeks after the man committed suicide on the remote northeastern Colorado plains, authorities said. ...

He's black, and he's back! Private enterprise saves southern Africa's rhino f...

Great news for the Black Rhino. Sometimes private enterprise can work hand in hand with conservation as this scheme shows."A pioneering scheme which allows private landlords to own and breed wild rhinoceroses has...

NASA's Mars Phoenix lander is really cooking now

" A last-ditch attempt to shake a sample of Martian soil into an oven on NASA's Phoenix lander succeeded Wednesday, clearing the way for tests to determine whether the northern plains of Mars may...

Mars Lander Phoenix Scoops Martian Soil for First Time

Soil...it's the building blocks of life. It's also a guide to history, both through archeology and in learning how the earth was formed, as well as what happened to it over time. And for the first time ever,...

Beichuan ruins to become museum and memorial

Beichuan, the most seriously damaged town in the Sichuan earthquake, will become a museum and memorial to the now 55,000 people that were killed in the disaster. The death toll is still rising however."The local...

NASA Phoenix set to land on Mars

Phoenix set to land on MarsMission Accomplished " NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is preparing to end its long journey and begin a three-month mission to taste and sniff fistfuls of Martian soil and buried ice. The...

Update: Quebec Voltigeurs: Vow to rebuild armoury

This story is in relation to Greg1USA's covering of the story on the tragic fire at Quebecs Historic Armoury, the Armoury's Regiment have vowed to rebuild the armoury stone for stone to it's former glory.I have...

Kenya's bleeding tourism industry

In a land that once thrived on tourists coming to see the wild game of Africa up close and personal, Kenya's tourism industry has felt the brutal effects of war and hatred sweeping the country. The economy...

Arctic Chill Stretches Across US

Temperatures continued to drop and cold weather storms intensified across much of the U.S. today. Is the weather strangely freezing where you are? Send us your photos of the wild weather in your region."Bitter cold gripped most of the United States on Monday, with...

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