Hasbro has settled a lawsuit filed against two Indian brothers, whose RJ Software had created the word game 'Scrabulous' on Facebook. They, however, cannot use the term 'Scrabulous' in any of their...
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"Financial Weapons Of Mass Destruction photo credit: laffy4k New York Times called the possibility of an AIG liquidation “as close to an extinction-level event as the financial markets have seen since the Great Depression.” We keep hearing that the current...
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In Texas, they're digging up some interesting stuff that may re-define the Clovis people. Now if the experts could only figure out that the Siberian land bridge went both ways."Since the 1930s textbooks have taught that the New World's first inhabitants, known for the town in...
created by PEP | 3 years ago 874 views | 7 recommendations | 5 comments
You cant get any greener*..."Four and a half centuries of feudalism were brought to an end yesterday when the Privy Council approved changes to the laws governing Sark, in the Channel Islands, which will introduce...
I like that the main concern the chief of the U.S. military has is the public perception of the army, and not the human rights abuses and torture going on right under his nose.This story comes on the heels of a...
created by Rob Walker | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 492 views | 2 recommendations | 5 comments
James bond memorabilia and Church's shoes are fetching a fortune nowadays.."Two pairs of James Bond's Northampton-made shoes sold at auction for a combined total of more than £2,000.
The Church's size 11s were...
"A bag belonging to a World War II soldier from Lancashire has been discovered in the Egyptian desert after lying there for more than 60 years.
Alec Ross, from Burnley, lost the bag containing personal letters and photos, while serving with the 8th Army.
Egyptian tour guide...
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Vancouver's civic strike is now entering its tenth week, and Vancouverites are way past tired of the piles of garbage, rats and other fun consequences of the lack of action by either party (I miss the libraries...
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"A great grandmother popped into a public loo after a long journey - and ended up locked in for 12 hours.
Gwyneth Coles, 77, certainly knew what the matter was when a caretaker locked up the toilet block in Pickering, North Yorkshire.
He had shouted out: "Anyone in?" but...
"FAMILIES of soldiers killed in Afghanistan are furious that a former Taliban fighter is seeking asylum in Scotland.
The Record revealed yesterday how ex-jihad front-liner Muhammad Hanif Hanifi has settled in Glasgow and wants to stay here.
Bobby Wright, of Edinburgh - whose...
"Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton is unveiling a sweeping health care reform proposal Monday that would require every American to carry health insurance and offer federal subsidies to help...
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"A 1,000-year-old Viking longship is thought to have been discovered under a pub car park on Merseyside.
The vessel is believed to lie beneath 6ft to 10ft (2m to 3m) of clay by the Railway Inn in Meols, Wirral, where Vikings are known to have settled.
Experts believe the ship...
"Missouri Court Opines “Hillbilly” Label a Compliment
Lowell and Minnie want a divorce. Well, Lowell does (rather "did" ... this is a 1960 case). The grounds for divorce?
"Indignities."
The Circuit Court in Stone County, Missouri, gave it to him. Minnie appealed to...
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More than 30,000 people use the bridge between Memphis and Arkansas daily. "The Mississippi River bridge between Arkansas and Memphis, Tenn., was closed Monday after a bridge pier in a construction zone settled overnight. Engineers were inspecting the span.
"We want to be...
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