Woman's paper skin a walking notepad

Typically Urticaria covers a wide range of rashes and hives, but in this instance it appears to make you into a Human etchosketch. "A Chengdu resident suffers from a condition that allows her to use her skin like...

PHILLIES MOVE ON WITH 6-2 WIN

" pushing Philadelphia into the NLCS for the first time in 15 years. Blanton gave up one run in six innings, allowing five hits while striking out seven and walking none in the Phillies' 6-2 victory over the...

Fire Truck Stolen And Wrecked

"Texas - A 17-year-old who was cold and tired of walking took and then crashed a $650,000 fire engine in the West End Tuesday morning, said Beaumont Fire Chief Michel Micky Bertrand. The Quint 9, a nickname referring...

"Work walking" to combat ADD, shed pounds

Feeling antsy at work?  A new office treadmill configured for your desk could be your solution.  Developed in part by Dr. James Levine of the Mayo Clinic, Walkstations could help you burn between 100-130...

Sand. A natural cure for stress?

Sand has a way of making you feel relaxed and carefree. Sand helps all your troubles disappear for a period of time. Sand lets you refocus on the positive things in your life. Walking on a sandy beach...

Ready to Draw Back? 'Recession has its blessings' says Harry Eyres

While acknowledging the negative effects of a recession on many lives, Harry Eyres in Yes, recession has its blessings (FT, August 23) notes that "the word “recession” implies drawing back, rather than proceeding ever onwards and upwards. Now we have a chance not just to...

Can you Walk or Ride your Bike Down the Street without being Run Over?

I have to admit I become one of these 'on the edge' drivers when my wife starts hitting my buttons while I get close to pedestrians, dogs or cats or raccoons or any other living creatures. She makes me tense. I am not trying to overrun any living creatures either human of...

New way to show art invented!

Artistjoy Joy Johnson wears a mini-monitor around her neck thereby creating a Walking DVD Art Show. New way to show art invented! www.artistjoy.com

Walking: The Cheapest Way to Move Around: Walkscore can help

I grew up without a car so when I did not ride my bike or took the bus, I had to walk. As Walk the talk in the August 2008 issue of Ode Magazine states, there is no easier way to cut your carbon footprint than when possible walking around town while running errands, going to...

Fear and Loathing in Sillamea: A Message from Narva, Estonia

A message from Sergei of Narva, Newspaper Editor: "Hello all. Giovanni. I read your story with a great interest, just because I'm leaving next door to Sillamae. Well, if I'll try to step inside any guarded private...

Google introduces Walking Directions on Google Maps

Great! Perhaps bike directions will be next. I know there has been a lot of chatter in the biking communities about the desirability of such a thing. Go, google!"Google has test added a new feature to Google Maps...

Being black can mean being a suspect

Do black people have to look in the past?! This surely left a deep trauma for black people. Let gone be by gone!! Let the true color live in harmony." The 39-year-old former Marine said he's never had any trouble...

There’s Lots of Money in Those Old iPhones

"I was walking by the lengthy iPhone line outside the Apple Store in Soho on Sunday when I heard someone call out: “Turn in your old iPhone and get the new one free!” I turned around and saw a bearded guy handing...

Two of five feet found at shore are from same man, DNA shows

"(CNN) -- Two of five feet that have washed up on the shores of British Columbia are from the same person, but authorities said Tuesday they are a long way from solving the mystery of where they came from. ...

US woman gets 4 years jail for killing Indian

A  US women has been sentenced for 4 years after she hit an Indian student in US. "A US woman, whose car accidentally ran over an Indian student last year, has been sentenced to four years in jail by an Ohio court. The 27-year-old Hankinson had ran a red light,...

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