"Wall Street falls sharply as investors, worrying about recess, ponder Obama impact on economy NEW YORK (AP) -- A case of postelection nerves sent Wall Street plunging Wednesday as investors, looking past Barack Obama's presidential victory, returned to their fears of a deep...
created by danheil | 1 year ago 65 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"Hundreds of children will help build the tallest record tower in history this week which will eventually stand 30m tall and weigh 1.5 tonnes.The tower, behind the city hall in Vienna, will beat the previous...
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I wonder if NowPublic will start hiring these Weight Watchers and have mandatory weekly weigh-ins. Looking around the office now, we definitely do not need one of these and it would be a total waste of money. It...
"Teenage poultry farmer Dean Sambers was stunned when one of his hens laid a gigantic egg - weighing a staggering four times as much as a normal one.The 16-year-old could hardly believe his eyes when he looked in...
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" Scrambling to find ways to punish Russia for its invasion of pro-Western Georgia, the United States and its allies are considering expelling Moscow from an exclusive club of wealthy nations and canceling an upcoming joint NATO-Russia military exercise,...
created by nirajan | 1 year ago 229 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
It's a feisty, contradictory mix of politics, religion, and personal views now sitting as Barack Obama's judge on his Middle East tour. As this article shows, one person may think he'll improve things by...
created by PEP | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 299 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment
"At six feet wide, this stingray seems to measure up as a monster of the deep. But if you think it's the king of the stingers, think again. Legend has it that in the rivers of Cambodia there are others with...
created by stvalentine | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 1486 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
"Equality Forum this month called on Sens. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Barack Obama (D-Ill.) to encourage British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to halt the deportation of gay Iranian refugees...
Even with the endless services charges Citibank still managed to break the record books. "NEW YORK - Citigroup Inc. lost almost $10 billion in last year's final three months, the largest quarterly deficit in...
created by mtippett | 1 year ago 613 views | 4 recommendations | 1 comment
""We never thought the baby could weigh twice as much as a normal one. It`s the very first time for me to see such a huge baby in my 20 years of experience as a doctor," Dr. Moh. Andalas said here on Thursday.
The extra-large infant was the second child of a couple identified...
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"It's the ultimate high, orbiting 210 miles above the Earth in the space shuttle watching the planet whip by at 17,500 mph and listening to your favorite music.
Every astronaut on the space shuttle Endeavour has an iPod. NASA certified the MP3 players for flight about a year...
created by enathu | 2 years ago 330 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Looks like some fisherman (I assume from New Zealand) have caught a squid which is weighing in at around 900+ pounds. According to a squid expert in New Zealand this monster would produce Calamari rings the size of dinner plates.Now that is some good eating. :)
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"LOG JAM:
If you were wondering why the Government has banned drivers from talking on mobiles – well now there's some scientific research to back it up.
A US team claims to have found a 'bottleneck in the brain' which explains why people struggle to do two things at once....
created by liamssoft | 2 years ago 455 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"Even the tiniest suspicion that her man might be unfaithful can turn some women into an investigator worthy of a guest-star role on CSI. Now, a surprising new study suggests that women with huskier mates can breathe a bit easier on this front.
Here's the scoop: When...
created by alaaron | 2 years ago 472 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
An interesting behind-the-scenes look into some of the popular "character driven videos" on YouTube, like LonelyGirl115's and Little Loca's. Videos that all feature characters that were made up by actors, either...
created by Victoria Revay | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 465 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments