A great new breakthrough may be able to heal spinal cord injuries, without murdering unborn children to get at the stem cells. Many people who value human life have argued against stem cell technology because...
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"Posted by Teddy Kider, The Times-Picayune July 31, 2008 10:52PMCHUCK COOK / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE Saints quarterback Drew Brees prepares for his eighth season and his third in New Orleans. (photo on site) JACKSON,...
I'm sure we'll be seeing more of this sort of thing, but right now Microsoft is the only gaming console offering users the chance to put their own games online - and keep most of the profits.With the market penetration Microsoft has (they sold over 500 million items over the...
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"Friday, July 18, 2008 Women and Online Bingo A recent survey has shown that more than 85% of online Bingo players are women, as compared to 40% in 2004. Middle aged women and older ladies are really hooked on...
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Blow-up dolls, mannequins, and dogs dressed up as children. Sure some creative ways to drive in the carpool lane. " Drivers in New Zealand's largest city of Auckland are turning to inflatable passengers...
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Madonna took to the stage in what will be her only UK festival appearance of the summer, and wowed a 12,000 strong crowd. She appeared at Radio 1's Big Weekend in Maidstone, Kent."The veteran star, at number one in...
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"A fugitive wanted by the Glynn County Sheriff’s Department was by the U.S. Marshals New York /New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force in Rochester, New York on April 25, 2008, based on information generated by...
This is the coolest thing I've heard in a while, scientists have used lasers to trigger electrical activity in clouds. I can just imagine a team of scientists in white gowns firing a big cannon into a cloud. Zap!"A...
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With Britain's fuel bills rising by the hour, ministers are right to extend the production of nuclear power fuel plants."
The Prime Minister will tomorrow announce an agreement with France's Nicholas Sarkozy for the...
One has to wonder the mentality of Liquor manufactuerers and Customs officers who allow such stupidity to hit our shores.
" Talk about tequila shooters.
Cops are pledging to hammer down hard on anyone else dumb...
"Military-grade password protection!
Unfortunately, we all have to deal with modern life’s little cyber-burden, the password. Some of us do so by simply re-using an old password when the system asks you to change it. Other times we use the same password but just add the...
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"On the Hunt: Bush backer seeks $1 billion for Peru project
DEPARTMENT Washington Babylon
BY Ken Silverstein
PUBLISHED December 18, 2007
Beginning tomorrow and over the next few weeks, the World Bank and other lenders will be voting, apparently in favor, on a package worth...
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"The cube contains a large battery, an array of LEDs and crucially three accelerometers which can detect the pitch and yaw of the device, and sensors on the inside surface for touch control."
"It could be a scene straight out of the Christmas classic 'Miracle on 34th Street': Ireland's first multi-lingual Santa Claus is bringing smiles to the faces of children from countries like Poland, Hungary and Romania in Dublin this Christmas season.
All this month, hundreds...
Brazil may have no itention to became a big oil exporter, there are many other things Brazil can sale adding more value, that is the main analysis on this report. "RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Brazil's discovery last week of massive oil reserves in its Tupi field has...