A former soldier who lost his hearing 15 years ago has suddenly regained it on a ski lift in the Italian Dolomites. Derek Glover, 72, from Bourne, Lincolnshire, was 7,000ft up on holiday with his daughter when he heard a loud pop and his hearing returned. Mr Glover’s hearing was first damaged while on National…
Cindy Sheehan arrested at PSOTU address
Here, from t r u t h o u t, is the story in her own words. What Really Happened By Cindy Sheehan t r u t h o u t | Perspective Wednesday 01 February 2006 As most of you have probably heard, I was arrested before the State of the Union address last…
Mink Hippies Carrot
So the big question Mink Hippie, is are you bidding on it? cd The Amazing Anthropomorphic Carrot Featuring uncomfortably mammalian anatomical characteristics, this startling, organically-grown carrot will be a compelling addition to anyone’s collection of nature’s oddities–perfect for your personal Victorian cabinet of curiousities. The carrot is 5-1/2 inches long from top to bottom. The…
FDA tests find high mercury in light tuna cans
Concern over the accumulation of mercury in fish pops up in the media from time to time. I’ve managed to ignore it, thinking that it is only one of the many environmental contaminates that I am exposed to on a daily basis and I can’t worry about everything. Well, I’m finally paying attention. I shudder…
The Origin of Feces
We all have our own shit to deal with….. cd The Origin of Feces An urban naturalist’s guide to crap By Sarah Godfrey In community meetings and on neighborhood message boards, there are few hotter topics than poop. While talk of dog-curbing dominates the discourse, plenty are eager to identify varmints in or around their…
Bull involves spectators in bullfight..
The bulls are getting smarter…they’ve finally figured out that if you want to make bullfighting less popular, you need to lower attendance…. cd MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A half-ton bull named “Little Bird” has flown into Mexico’s history books by leaping into a packed crowd of bullfight fans and injuring seven in a panicked frenzy….
Concord Times Newspaper …Sierra Leone, West Africa : Online newspaper
Jan 29.2006 Cholera kills 18 children in Bonthe Eighteen children are reported to have died of diarrhea in fishing villages around Delken it’s surrounding in the Bonthe district, southern Sierra Leone over the past week. This epidemic is reported to have affected over one thousand people of whom thirty are children in that area. An…
Japanese Liar Loses Harem (already lost hair)
TOKYO (Reuters) – Police found a stun gun and tear gas Friday at the Tokyo home of a man who said he persuaded 11 younger women to live with him by chanting a spell, media reports said. Police suspect he used the weapons to prevent the women, mainly in their 20s, from leaving, the reports…
The Funny Man Got the Girl…
TORONTO (Reuters) – When it comes to romance, women prefer someone who tickles their funny bone while men opt for those who catch their eye, according to an international survey released on Wednesday. The survey, conducted in 16 countries by Canadian romance publisher Harlequin Enterprises, asked men and women on six continents about traits they…
Humuhumunukunukuapuaa Dethroned in Hawaii
HONOLULU – Everyone thought the humuhumunukunukuapuaa was Hawaii’s state fish. As it turns out, the brightly colored fish with the excessively long name has been dethroned. The news shook the world of Rep. Blake Oshiro, who found out the designation was no longer official from Joel Itomura, a 6-year-old fish-loving son of a friend and…