" Justin Wilson claimed his first win in the IRL IndyCar Series in Detroit after Helio Castroneves was awarded to relinquish the lead by race control having allegedly blocked the Newman/Haas/Lanigan driver. ///...
" Beverly Monroe is an elegant, gentle, Southern woman who you would never dream could be accused of treating someone poorly let alone convicted of murder. Beverly Monroe was wrongfully convicted of...
Coming soon to your living room; full immersion "virtual reality" extreme sports, action, romance, horror, scifi and shopping"The StarCAVE is a five-sided virtual reality (VR) room where scientific models and animations are projected in stereo on 360-degree screens...
"Round Four of Eighteen - Kansas - Oval Track - Final grid:SP Car Driver Team Time Speed1 9 Scott Dixon Target Chip Ganassi Racing 1:42.3014 213.9562 10 Dan Wheldon Target Chip Ganassi Racing 1:42.4521 213.6413 7...
"Sometimes politics has the uncanny effect of mirroring the national psyche even when nobody intended to do that. This is perfectly illustrated by the rousing effect that Gov. Sarah Palin had on the Republican convention in Minneapolis this week. On the surface, she outdoes...
A vote splitting fight has been averted and COPE is now backing Vision candidate Gregor Robertson for Mayor in the upcoming Vancouver race. This is very good news for Robertson and a set back for rival Peter...
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"Posted: 4:36 am, September 6, 2008, by Amir Taheri, NY POST IN one of his last sermons before his death, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini warned of "three threats" to his vision of Islam: the US, the Jews and women. Two...
We are more capable and powerful than we realize. This study has revealed that blindfolded subjects quickly develop other senses to compensate, such as improved ability to learn and read Braille. Brainscans showed that during the 5 days they were blindfolded 24/7, touch...
This is a new research that reveals about the way humans perceive fast moving, incoming objects-such as tennis or cricket balls."The new research studies why the human brain has difficulty perceiving fast moving objects coming from straight ahead; something that should be a...
David Miliband, Foreign Secretary, will tomorrow dare Prime Minister Gordon Brown to sack him, as he makes a naked bid for Labour leadership. " The Foreign Secretary fires the first salvo in a...
"Archbishop of Canterbury to spell out new rules for Anglicans By George Pitcher and Martin Beckford The Archbishop of Canterbury will today spell out how he hopes a new set of rules can solve "one of the...
I didn't realize this, but apparently gay tourism campaigns are becoming fairly common in major cities across North America. A city councillor here in Vancouver wants to earmark some city money for just such a...
Even though I've been following the Vancouver election quite closely I was unaware of this dimension. An interesting read from a local paper that gets too little credit for publishing important news."Behind the...
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"Up to 30 partygoers at an outdoor rave have been partially blinded by a laser light show.Health officials confirmed 12 cases of laser-blindness from the event, with reports suggesting up to 17 more.Some of those...
Wow, quite a story. Apparently these lasers were supposed to shoot into the sky, but because it was raining the set up tents and had the lasers reflect off them instead. The lasers were too powerful to be doing this,...