Power-generating shock absorbers

This is brilliant!  It is almost free energy that we can tap without any major modifications.  Add in improved thin film solar panels and we could eventually end up with electric cars that use very little external energy!  " Shock absorbers tapped to...

Earthquake jolts southern California

Everyone in California asleep? " A moderate 5.0-magnitude earthquake has rattled southern California but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, officials said. The quake was centred near San Bernadino, some 88 kilometres east of Los Angeles at a depth of...

Tattoo Rebellion or Fashionable Accessory

Tattoos are making a return. Not in a rebellious way. Not as an in your face statement, even in my own family where two of my grown children and now my grandchildren are sporting them. They have professional...

Three dead in Santa Clara office Park Shooting

SANTA CLARA - Police are searching for a man who supposedly returned to the office where he was recently made redundant and opened fire, killing three people. The infer is identified as 47-year-old Jing Wu of...

B.C. Housing Plunges According To Report

According to a report released by the economics department of Central 1 Credit Union. B.C.'s housing market is definitely bleeding from the current world credit crisis. According to research done in the report,...

Shock tactics in anti-obesity drive

With fatness seen as a vanity problem rather than a health problem new research shows many people are not picking up the message that energy-dense foods such as burgers, chips, cakes and other fatty and sweet...

Mystery engulfs strange photo

" Cambridge scientists had a supernatural shock on Hallowe'en at one of the city's most haunted locations."

Sri Lanka says no to EU rights probe for trade deal

A garment-related trade deal between Sri Lanka and the EU may be cancelled after the country decided not to allow the EU to investigate human rights abuses there."Sri Lanka said on Monday it will not allow a...

Why are so many people still smoking?

Despite UK's ban on smoking in public places and good education programmes in place in schools that see all children by age 11 already cued up on the health risks of smoking 9 miilion British people still smoke....

Aussie spinner tested +ve for Cocaine

"New Aussie spin bowler Jason Krejza, in line for a Test debut in the first Test against India at Bangalore, has revealed that he was the victim of a drink-spiking incident that resulted in a positive drug test two years back. Krejza, then a New South Wales player, said his...

The government is stealing your beer

I heard that the House voted against the bailout package and I was pretty shocked, as I think everyone was. Congressional leaders were hyping this up to be a done deal over the weekend and it seemed all but...

Shell-shocked: Carp fisherman catches Mississippi snapping turtle in British ...

A Mississippi snapping turtle caught in a British lake might at first seem just a strange story worth no further comment but the introduction of such alien species into the environment can have disasterous...

Why infants still die from SIDS

" When Melissa and Rudy Haberzettl's son Jacob was born in November 2006, he was perfect in every way -- full-term, healthy weight, and a champion eater. Like many new moms, Melissa was determined to follow doctor's orders: She breastfed Jake exclusively, put him to sleep on...

4.0 earthquake centered near Alamo

"A magnitude 4.0 earthquake that shook the East Bay on Friday evening jangled a few nerves but caused little damage.The quake, which was felt as a sharp rumble that lasted about seven seconds, struck at 9 p.m. The U.S. Geological Survey reported its epicenter at two miles...

Bush smear king joins McCain to handle Palin; same guy who smeared McCain

Sen. John McCain, as he prepares to take the nomination as the GOP candidate for president has hired the man whose smear tactics helped deny McCain that honor eight years ago.McCain's campaign now has brought on...

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