The Death of Astroland: Iconic Rocket Could Be Sold for Scrap

Anyone who's been to Coney Island and doesn't know the Astroland Rockethasn't really been to Coney Island. Back in the 60s, when Astroland was a "futuristic" amusement park, it was a ride. Then it ended...

Twin Baby Boys Born on Different Days, Months and Years

Rochester, Michigan - They're twins, despite what their spanking new birth certificates say. "Tariq Griffin is a New Year's baby, having entered the world shortly after midnight at Crittenton Hospital in Rochester.  Twin brother Tarrance was born a bit earlier — 26...

Tokyo Fashion Overview

"Introduction For much of the last 50 years, since the modern fashion industry developed, cities like New York, Paris, London, and Milan have all been centers of new trends, fashions, and brands that have...

Leanne - Project Runway

"Leanne - Project Runway Season...Leanne, 27-year-old Californian, has closed the show at the Bryant park tents this morning, as part of the Project Runway finale at the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week New...

Cut Yourself a Big Slice of Video Marketing Pie

"Today, creating and presenting online videos related to your business has become a unique way of interacting with the audiences and also gives you a chance to advertise your products. Through Video Sharing Websites, you can use your video to promote certain product or...

WhoseSpace? Facebook Rules the Social-Networking Roost

Maybe it's a trend issue, maybe it's all about page appearance and usability. Maybe tastes have fundamentally changed. Whatever the cause, Facebook is now more popular than MySpace, with over 15 million more...

Witness Saw Maddie in Venezuela JUST WEEKS AGO "I Recognised the Eye Blemish"

A 64 year-old businessman Trevor Francis claims he spotted missing 3 year-old Madeleine McCann with a group of three women in a restaurant in the island of Margarita JUST WEEKS AGO.  Madeleine McCann was born...

Dear Google and Yahoo: Track Me, Please.

"Targeted advertising is not a perfect science. But it is a far better option than whatever it was that we had “way back when.” And as for matters of privacy, a tired old adage comes to mind: it’s all relative. As you have probably been made well aware already, the...

More Liquidity Leads to Falling Dollar and Rising Oil Prices

What's wrong with our economy? Well, in historical terms, not really all that much. But we do have some problems. The most pressing concern right now is that the dollar's value is falling in comparison to other countries' currencies. Why? All I know is that it doesn't help...

Google URL Index Hits 1 Trillion

"mytrip points out news that Google's index of unique URLs has reached a milestone: one trillion. Google's blog provides some more information, noting, "The first Google index in 1998 already had 26 million pages,...

Fish pedicures, the new way of getting nice feet.

Quoting Tracy Roberts: "the best pedicure I ever had." Interesting. I think this place in northern Virginia is the only store that practices this carp eating dead skin pedicure. If anyone has bad feet or just want...

Italian cultural fest in HCM City

" Italian culture, arts and cuisines will be introduced in Hcm city from September 12 to September 19 under the Italian Cultural Festival.The festival will open with a fashion photo exhibition of famous photographer Max Salvaggio. With the theme “Italian fashion”,...

Is Your Child a Budding Weather Forecaster?

"The Weather Channel Interactive Offers Video Forecast Contest for Kids Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) July 5, 2008 --...

Nine Inch Nails Tracks Downloads of 'The Slip' via Google Earth

This is the first time I've seen this done.  Pretty cool.  Fan geo-location."Over 1.4 million unique users have downloaded the free Nine Inch Nails album The Slip, according to the band, since they...

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