England thump South Africa in 2nd ODI

"Stuart Broad returned a career-best five for 23 to help England thrash South Africa by 10 wickets in the second ODI at Nottingham on Tuesday. The visitors thus went 2-0 down in the five-match series after collapsing to 83 all out in 23 overs, their second lowest total in a...

Mysterious 'ghost' appears in couple's wedding photographs

"A schoolboy photographer is baffled after spotting a ghostly apparition hovering in the disco lights in a picture he had snapped of a newlywed couple.Wedding guest Jordan Martin, 12, took a whole series of...

the longest hair

"When Jean Burgess's pals told her it was high time she let her hair down to celebrate her 70th birthday, she did just that - all FIVE FEET and six inches of it.As the pretty pensioner hasn't had her locks lopped...

Two rescued after 11 Killed in K2 Avalanche

UPDATE Aug. 4, 2008:Two Dutch climbers have been airlifted from the site of a K2 ice avalanche that killed 11 climbers over the weekend."GILGIT, Pakistan (AFP) — Helicopters airlifted two frostbitten Dutch...

The incredible moment a leopard attacks a crocodile

"These are the incredible pictures which show the first ever leopard attack on a crocodile.Hal Brindley snapped the amazing moment a leopard snatched a crocodile at a South African game reserve on the only...

Are real estate speculators good for Vancouver?

This week's article in the Sun about a proposed speculator tax is truly odd.  The piece begins:"The Lower Mainland housing market might be cooling off these days. But glittering highrise condos continue to...

Hitchcock- type Birds halt trains & Cut Power in India

" PATNA, India (Reuters) - Train services were disrupted in parts of eastern India for three hours after flocks of agitated crows snapped overhead power lines when railway workers tried to...

Canadian Farmer: Jeff Gill's "Inconvienient Truth"

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCanadian Farmers, the backbone of Canada, are in jeopardy when cheap food imports flooding the Canadian Market sometimes makes one wonder if it is worth getting up at...

Ancient meteorite goes unsold in N.Y. as dung sells

"Some dinosaur dung was snapped up at auction in New York even as a 4.5 billion year old meteorite which was supposed to top the sale went unsold."

Lifeboat stranded on rocks

"High seas and gale force winds threatened fresh damage to the stranded £2m Portrush lifeboat which was stuck on rocks on Rathlin Island tonight. Earlier the crew and engineering experts had to be rescued...

James Bond Shoes fetch £2000

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...

Offensive Golly Dolls 'Snapped Up'

" Golly dolls - the black and white toys which many believe have offensive racist connotations - are being snapped up in Northen Ireland shops. A Belfast woman said she was "horrified" to find them in a local...

New York Judge Jails Entire Courtroom over Ringing Cellphone

Sometinmes you just can't this stuff up."NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. - A judge who jailed 46 people who were in his courtroom when a cellphone call interrupted proceedings was removed from the bench Tuesday by a state...

Students In Blackface "Jena 6" Reenactment

This has reached the level of extreme stupidity. What kind of empty headed  people are looking for their 15 minutes. This is stupid but also very dangerous and can lead to violence. Those who say it should...

Saved by Beer!

The following is a press release by band called National Product, whose tour van was beset by mechanical difficulties, to put it mildly."Late Friday night while driving to Calgary the members in National Product...

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