" Major lottery winner says he's a fraud victim Ex-carpet cleaner sues to recover more than $3.5 million Ian Mulgrew, CanWest News ServicePublished: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 VANCOUVER -- B.C.'s biggest lottery winner claims he was bilked of more than $3.5...
The devastating Cutty Sark blaze was caused by an overheating vacuum cleaner, according to reports today. Apparently guards failed to notice that the vacuum cleaner was running, and it burst into flames."Lazy guards failed to spot a running vacuum on the Cutty Sark which...
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A simple electrical device can improve fuel efficiency up to 20%, a development which could save billions as fuel costs continue to skyrocket."According to Rongjia Tao, Chair of Temple's Physics Department, the small device consists of an electrically charged tube that can be...
China is the most populous nation on earth; one in every five people on earth lives in China. With nearly 20% of all humans residing within its borders China has an enormous impact on the environmental...
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Wouldn't it be nice to have a car that runs on compressed air? The air pressure would replace compustion in driving the engine's pistons, and you'd have a car that's mean and clean. One company claims to be able to deliver on this promise within two years. The "106 mpg" bit...
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"Sex, Men and Video Tape of Women... Have you ever wondered was going through the minds of financial titans when they make they take huge monetary decisions or risk? Well...
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From my personal blog:"July 31st marked the end of a battle for the air permit needed to progress plans to build a 1500 megawatt coal burning power plant in the middle of Navajo Nation territory. The EPA has signed...
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Lotto rapist Ianworth Hoare claims he has a new girl friend, while the girl friend denied the news."Lotto rapist Iorworth Hoare has a new love - the ex-wife of a policeman. Millionaire Hoare, 56, who spent 16 years...
A man has been convicted in New York of stalking Uma Thurman, but he won't face much time behind bars."A former mental patient obsessed with Uma Thurman faces up to a year in jail after a jury convicted him Tuesday...
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Very unnerving, particularly the fact that it's also in NYC"s drinking water."
Trace amounts of pharmaceutical drugs are lurking in Louisville's drinking water, including one used to treat people with bipolar disorder and alcohol withdrawal, and another prescribed to...
A Polish man working in Britain was caught right in the middle of a sex act - with a vaccuum cleaner. If you think that's not strange enough, then consider his excuse for being caught with his pants down."The...
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Good or bad news, depending on who you are -- domain-name registrar Go Daddy has reportedly won approval from Fox TV censors for its new Superbowl ad (a previously pitched version drew fire for using the word...
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Alberta, Canada has one of the largest petroleum deposits in the world, estimated at between 1.5 to 2.7 Trillion barrels, but theres just one problem the oil is stuck in the sands and is very difficult and...
"Since last year, many of us have been eagerly awaiting the introduction of ‘clean-diesels’: the 2008-2009 models touted as having superior mileage and cleaner emissions than comparable gas models."Strangely,...
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