Cause of 'Treeman's' barklike growths revealed

"(CNN) -- For 20 years, the warts studding Dede Kosawa's hands and feet multiplied and sprouted like gnarled roots. ...

The Invisible Man. A scientific breakthrough

"Today, your eyes might not deceive you. But soon, they very well might.Some extremely clever people at Cal (the one at Berkeley) have created a material that can control the direction in which visible light travels."

Cat nap: How Gulliver the Scottish stowaway travelled 300 miles to Hull in a ...

"A mechanic described his shock after finding a cat had travelled 300 miles from Scotland to Yorkshire in the engine compartment of a coach.The young ginger tom, who has been nicknamed Gulliver because of his...

Kane Enabled

Why, Bruce, why!?! At least it's not a Uwe Boll vehicle:"Bruce Willis is in negotiations to play a death row inmate in "Kane & Lynch," a thriller based on a video game.Willis' character, Kane, and a schizophrenic killer named Lynch, are sprung by Kane's former team so...

Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift

"The chosen book for this year’s Dublin: One City, One Book is Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift. Now in its third year, Dublin: One City, One Book is a project designed to encourage everyone in the city to...

42: Happy 30th, Hitchhikers' Guide

Douglas Adams' seminal radio program has turned thirty, but the number that fans remember is 42: a supercomputer's answer to the question, "what is the meaning of life?".Theories abound, from hidden Lewis Carroll...

Scottish backpacker stabbed to death after creationism row

"A bizarre row about evolution versus creationism led to an English backpacker fatally stabbing a Scottish backpacker during a fruit-picking trip to earn money for their travels."

Argentina's first lady - Shades of Hillary

"Argentina's first lady Sep 27th 2007 From the Economist Intelligence Unit ViewsWire Cristina Fernández de Kirchner aims for the presidency Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Argentina’s first lady, a popular...

Fliers' Bill of Rights Becomes NY Law

New York Governor Eliot Spitzer signed  passengers' bill or rights into law, which outlines just how bad things can get for air travelers before the airlines are held accountable to the state.""This law...

Food Footprints?

"AskPablo: Foodmiles foodmiles.jpgPerhaps spawned by the immense popularity of Michael Pollan's book The Omnivore's Dilemma or just the recent explosion of interest in both food safety and climate change, people are demanding locally grown. Such "locavores" are participating...

Craig Chirinda on Him Helping to Inject 4 Billion USD into African Economies

"On Craig Chirinda: What Would You do with 4 Billion USD… Posted by beninmwangi on May 5th, 2007 eafrica.jpgWhat would you do if you had 4 billion USD in your Rolodex (if through your personal and professional contacts you had access to it)? That’s a really tough...

U.S. ‘in trouble’ in Iraq, retired general asserts

"Barry McCaffrey, retired Army general and one-time White House drug czar, came to Kansas City on Tuesday to deliver a speech about leadership. McCaffrey was one of the top commanders in the Army during the first Gulf War. Now he teaches at West Point and is chairman of HNTB...

Please help find my son

THE father of a missing man pleaded with the public today to help find him. "THE traveller at the centre of a murder probe had £3,000 with him when he went missing. A VAN recovered from floodwaters in Cambridgeshire...

Transport minister Dr. Stephen Ladyman pleases North Northamptonshire

Corby could soon be surrounded by dual carriageways if a £40.8m plan to cope with growth is put into place. Plans have been drawn up by the county council to improve the road network and public transport in and...

Lord Mayor's Show

This annual event has been taking over the streets of London for nearly 800 years now. The parade involves over 6,000 people, bands, over 140 decorated floats, costumed performers and a gilded State Coach that the Lord Mayor travels in. If you aren't sick of fireworks by this...

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