Eating insects: save the planet and munch a moth

As food prices continue to rise, and the world gets hotter, we as humans need to find more ways to conserve our planet and help our species adapt.Well, eating insects could be the answer. I don't know if I...

Indie Idol, Pt 2: Catherine McPhee Leaves RCA

Another day, another American Idol gone from the major label ranks.Yesterday we reported that Taylor Hicks had parted ways with J Records. Well today it's Catherine McPhee's turn to go it alone."Katharine McPhee has joined fellow "American Idol" contestants Taylor Hicks and...

In Memoriam: Lady Bird Johnson

Former first lady Lady Bird Johnson has died at 94. Lady Bird, born Claudia Alta Taylor Johnson in Texas, was the wife of former President Lyndon Johnson. By all accounts, she was a force of political and personal...

Rare pygmy hippo born at Paris zoo

Life just got a little more exciting for people visiting the Paris zoo--a mother hippo gave birth to a rare pygmy hippo. Mama (Anais) and baby (Aldo) are doing fine, and the zoo is excited to help add to the small...

IMG Gurla Mandhata 2006 Expedition

"Back home safely Not a quick journey, but after driving 3 days across Tibet, bumping across the border in Zhangmu, catching up with the world and modern life in Kathmandu, and then flying some 8500 miles across the globe, we are all finally back home to spouses, friends, and...

Politics in the Zeros [blog]

"Musings on politics: Anti-war, California, and otherwise."

Death-row prisoner gets pregnant in solitary (Reuters)

" 1 hour, 46 minutes ago HANOI (Reuters) - A death-row inmate held in solitary confinement in Vietnam for almost a year is pregnant and is seeking a pardon to give birth, a newspaper reported on Thursday. The Lao Dong (Labour) newspaper quoted a police doctor as saying tests...

Israel - With War Comes Whores

"Thousands of solitary men on vacation in north will greatly increase demand for prostitutes,"

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