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Cyborg Lobsters Foil Poachers

Lobsters outfitted with special microchips easily allowed Canadian fisheries officers to catch some poachers in the act. The chips are emitters that are implanted in each lobster, who then wander into unmarked and...

Using the web as a playground

PMOG lets you use the internet as a medium for a game of treasure hunting.  An interesting use of the medum and an example of how you can re-claim your browsing experience."PMOG is the Passively Multiplayer Online Game. To play, you’ll need to Get Firefox and Add...

Intelegent sewer dwellers are a nuissance in local houses, local says!

It was an evening that no one can forget, the horror that I can remember that was caused by a mere sewer dwelling being – a rat. While I was watching TV in a dark living room, I leaned over to get the TV remote...

Intelegent sewer dwellers are a nuissance in local houses, local says!

It was an evening that no one can forget, the horror that I can remember that was caused by a mere sewer dwelling being – a rat. While I was watching TV in a dark living room, I leaned over to get the TV remote...

Intelegent sewer dwellers are a nuissance in local houses, local says!

It was an evening that no one can forget, the horror that I can remember that was caused by a mere sewer dwelling being – a rat. While I was watching TV in a dark living room, I leaned over to get the TV remote...

Intelegent sewer dwellers are a nuissance in local houses, local says!

It was an evening that no one can forget, the horror that I can remember that was caused by a mere sewer dwelling being – a rat. While I was watching TV in a dark living room, I leaned over to get the TV remote...

3,000 Trapped in Mine in South Africa

Around half of the miners have now been rescued, the other half are expected to be out of the mine by midday." Oct. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Harmony Gold Mining Co., Africa's third-largest gold producer, rescued half...

Apparent power outage traps 200 in arch

About 200 people were trapped inside the 630-foot Gateway Arch for about two hours after an apparent power outage, authorities said.The power went out around 8:45 p.m. Saturday, stalling two trams filled with...

Mogadishu Turns Toward Chaos

Ethiopia invaded Somalia last December  to rid the land of the Islamic Courts Union, a group accused of harboring al-Qaeda  The Ethiopians thought they would be out in two weeks, replaced by an African...

Chinese Mine Explosion Traps 33 Workers

UPDATE:So far China Daily reports ten killed, and that the mine was not even supposed to be operating."A gas explosion on Wednesday in a Henan Province coal mine left 10 miners dead and injured 10 others, a source in Zhengzhou said. The explosion occurred around 9am at...

Fortune 100 Companies' PCs Spewing Spam

Frighteningly, machines maintained by big technocentric firms have been pwned (as it were): these machines are dancing to the spam tune under the very noses of some of tech's biggest sellers. Practically, it's worrisome because such machines would store far more contacts than...

POLICE forced to rescue cat with head in jam jar after chasing mouse into the...

POLICE had to rescue a cat that tried to fish a mouse out of a jam jar and got its head stuck. A motorist went to a police station for help after finding the tabby wandering beside a road in Peterborough with the jar on its head and the mouse millimetres from its nose. A...

PETA Attacks Madonna Over Her Chincilla Coat

"We reported yesterday how Madge wore the coat for a night out with huubby Guy Ritchie in London on Wednesday night. A spokesman for the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said: "We encourage anyone who...

Overpass collapses traps cars - NEWS.com.au

" Article from: Agence France-Presse Font size: + - Send this article: Print Email A HIGHWAY overpass in a suburb of Montreal in Canada collapsed today, trapping cars underneath and sending others crashing down from above, police said. Five people were pulled from the rubble...

Ukraine coal mine blast traps 43

"More than 40 miners were trapped in a coal mine in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday when a mixture of coal powder and methane exploded, a spokesman for the emergencies ministry said. Ihor Krol said the incident occurred at around 0200 GMT at Zasyadko mine in the Donetsk coal...

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