Honda withdraws from Formula One racing

"HONG KONG : Honda disbanded its renowned Formula One team on Friday, a startling pullout that has its origins in the dismal state of the auto industry and which figures to have huge repercussions on the...

Four Door Media introduces Road Mice

" Four Door Media introduces its innovative wireless optical car shaped computer mouse called Road Mice which is officially licensed by renowned auto manufacturers. You can now park a Dodge Charger,...

Senate stunned by sugar mills scam

"ISLAMABAD, Nov 13: The Senate on Thursday was stunned by revelations made by two PML-Q lawmakers about what they termed the biggest sugar mills scam hitting Sindh. Interestingly, no one from the treasury side came out to defend or reject the allegations made by opposition...

California Motorcycle Racer Shot In Mexico by Hunter

As a motorcycle accident lawyer, I come across a lot of interesting fact patterns, but this is one of the saddest and weirdest ones yet.  A motorcycle racer was shot by a hunter.  Check out the story."November 5, 2008 (by Otto Smyth) According to reports by a...

Britain's world record marrow

"The soggy weather might have cast a dampener on the traditional British summer - but it has ensured vegetables are thriving and breaking new records.This monster vegetable now holds the new world record for the...

Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish dies

News without opinion. " Celebrated poet (Mahmoud Darwish)  passes at age 67 in Houston hospital following complications after open-heart surgery " "Revered as the Palestinians' national poet, Darwish was...

World's oldest blogger signs off for the last time, aged 108

"An Australian woman renowned as the world's oldest blogger has died at the age of 108. Her last post described her ailing health but also how she still sang a happy song every day. Olive Riley, of Woy Woy about...

Everett sorry for calling troops wimps

" ACTOR Rupert Everett has apologised for calling British soldiers "wimps" and suggesting they joined the army to torture prisoners.The 49-year-old yesterday issued a lengthy statement apologising "without reserve" to the "many in this country, and hundreds and thousands of...

Helmsman of the Genome Project to Resign

“Watching our own DNA instruction book emerge letter by letter..." has been Francis Collins, director and face of the Human Genome Project. Over the course of his 15 year long career with The National Human...

Mousetrap Technology - Microsoft's giant touchscreen

This reminded me of the film Minority Report. " Microsoft is trying to out iPhone the iPhone. The software company, not renowned for its slick interfaces, has built a piece of equipment that will turn any flat surface into a giant touch-sensitive screen.Michael...

Dove's 'Real Beauty' Pics Could Be Big Phonies

Beauty, it turns out, is more than skin deep..."BATAVIA, Ohio (AdAge.com) -- Dove's "real beauties" may not be so real after all, at least by the account of a renowned airbrush artist. In a May 12 profile in The New Yorker posted online, Pascal Dangin of New York's Box...

Miley Cyrus pulls out of Disney red carpet event after photo scandal

Miss Miley Cyrus has pulled out of her first scheduled public appearance since the Vanity Fair photo scandal emerged earlier this week."The 15-year-old star of "Hannah Montana" for weeks has been scheduled to...

Architects Vision a World-Class Derby Railway Station

The expert at converting redundant properties back into beneficial and exciting use, Architect  Derek Latham has set his sites on a world class station in  Derby which is located in the centre of...

Hundreds Turn Out At Charmaine Dragun's Memorial Service

" Network Ten's fragile anchor Charmaine Dragun was renowned for her humour, inner strength and courage, her memorial service in Perth was told today. The highly popular 29-year-old fell to her death at The Gap, in Sydney last week, after struggling with depression."

Police make Oink founder squeal

The pirator made a superb point. Though I do not think it will cut ice with the government."The founder of the file sharing site Oink, who was arrested by police on Tuesday, is insisting that he has done nothing...

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