Disney Pushes Robinson Movie Via 44 Million Valpak Mailing, Sweeps

"Walt Disney Pictures is promoting its latest animated film Meet the Robinsons with a 44-million piece mailing from Valpak and a sweepstakes offering the chance to win a trip to the Disneyland Resort.  Valpak envelopes will be branded with Meet the Robinsons, due out in...

Bangladesh Slam India in World Cup Cricket Match

I was introduced to cricket during the Ashes tests (England vs. Australia), shown live. Unfortunately, I was living in England at the time. My flatmates yanked me out of bed at three in the morning, placed a beer in my hand and explained cricket to me. I remember some of...

Tiny Duckling has rare mutation: four legs

Webbed feet run in Stumpy's family, but a rare mutation has left the eight-day-old duckling with two nearly full-sized legs behind the two he runs on. Nicky Janaway, a duck farmer in New Forest, Hampshire, 95 miles southwest of London, unveiled the duckling to reporters on...

Cabbie Runs Down Students

More from the Religion of peace™"NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A local cab driver allegedly tried to run over two customers after a fight over religion became heated. The incident happened early Sunday morning on the Vanderbilt campus and left one man hospitalized and a cab driver...

Police told: save cash by using small words

CHATTY constables will be handed a special CD encouraging them to use shorter words and sentences . . . as they are spending too much time on their police radios.Image Courtesy of:Supt Bob Smart, head of Northamptonshire Police’s communications department...

Tests Show UK Bird Flu Could Spread to Humans

"The avian flu which killed 2,600 turkeys at a Suffolk farm has been confirmed as the H5N1 virus. The strain can be fatal if it is passed on to humans but experts said the outbreak was being contained and posed little danger to people. A spokesman for Bernard Matthews, which...

Crackdown Launched On Counterfeit Tickets, Memorabilia

Certainly South Florida has Super Bowl fever, and all of the non-stop parties and countless celebrities sightings, there's another phenomenon flooding this area -- crooks.  This is a warning about buying and selling fake Super Bowl goods.   "As sure as there...

Microsoft threatens licence dodgers

Microsoft will take a new approach toward mid-size companies it suspects of using unlicensed software, sending a series of letters culminating in a threat of legal action from the Business Software Alliance (BSA), a company official said today. By involving the BSA, which is...