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Lonesome George may have finally reproduced!
Yea for Lonesome George! George may have finally mated after 36 years in captivity. George lives in the Galapagos Islands and is the only Pinta Island tortoise left in the world. Park rangers found...The End of White Flight
"The End of White Flight For the First Time in Decades, Cities' Black Populations Lose Ground, Stirring Clashes Over Class, Culture and Even Ice Cream By CONOR DOUGHERTYJuly 19, 2008; Page A1 Decades of white flight transformed America's cities. That era is...iPhone 3G Shortage: PR Stunt or controlled damage
"Nobody knows how to play with the media more than Apple does, even when a bad news can damage their profits Apple turns it into good news and generate more positive buzz than bad. Take for example the recently...
Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund
"Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund Paul Graham July 2008 When we read Y Combinator applications there are always ideas we're hoping to see. In the past we've never said publicly what they are. If we say we're... Taking the Wii to the next level
With 28 million Nintendo Wii consoles sold around the world it is no longer possible to declare its success a fad. But can Nintendo sustain its phenomenal momentum?Nintendo's global president Satoru Iwata is humble... Rice acknowledges US policy shift on Iran
I think its high time people start talking with one another, online talking, not committing anything. I think this is the right step forward. "Rice acknowledges US policy shift on Iran 6 hours ago WASHINGTON (AFP)... Barack Obama's fundraising roars to life
"The Democrat raised $52 million in June, up from $22 million in May. Republican John McCain's June take was $22 million. By Dan Morain, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer July 18, 2008 ... Chess and boxing together at last
Chessboxing -- exactly what it sounds like -- is taking Europe by storm, using brute force and clever tactics. Competitors with names like "the President" and "David Steppeler" hone their skills in Europe-wide... More UFO 2008
"Unknown Object in Photograph of Funnel Cloud in Oklahoma Oklahoma-06-05-08-It was evening time on June 5, 2008, and my friend and I were driving back home from Ohio to Arizona. We ran into some nasty weather in...'Chav bashing shows class hatred'
Chav - a term synonymous with Little Britain's Vicky Pollard and used to abuse the working class by middle and upper class Brits according to Tom Hampson in a report to the Fabian Society. It's deeper than this...Revealed: how the restaurant chains pocket your tips
The UK has been slow in adopting the tipping habit and just as it does we find our restaurants (including some big chains) undermining confidence in the tipping culture by exploiting the staff - essentially taking...President Yudhoyono says regrets East Timor violence
It's time for Indonesia and Timor leste co-operated for the future...""We would like to express our sympathy over the past violence that have claimed lives and material losses," President Yudhoyono said after ... Warning over maternity leave threat to women's careers
A commission has claimed that the right for a woman in the UK to take a year for maternity leave may be making employers hesitant to hire or promote women, for fear of losing them for a eyar down the line."THE right to a year's maternity leave could be ruining women's... South Korea recalls ambassador to Japan
South Korea has recalled its ambassador to Tokyo over a territorial dispute over some islets both countries claim. The dispute is long-running, but Japan has renewed its claims, sparking the current feud."South Korea announced on Monday that it was recalling its ambassador to... Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood, 61, 'runs away with 18-year-old Russian cocktail w...
A Rolling Stone gathers no moss but a lot of baggae along the way. It seems that the resurgence of public interest in the Stones since the Scorsese film about the band has seen Ronnie Wood return to his wild and...
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