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Ties in quite nicely with the thread 'Greatest Scam': The founder of the Weather Channel wants to sue Al Gore for fraud, hoping a legal debate will settle the global-warming debate once and for all. John Coleman, who founded the cable network in 1982...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -- Arthur C. Clarke, a visionary science fiction writer who won worldwide acclaim with more than 100 books on space, science and the future, died Wednesday in his adopted home of Sri Lanka, an aide said. He was 90. Clarke, who had battled debilitating post-polio syndrome...

Another member of the club. DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp Vice Chairman Bob Lutz has defended remarks he made dismissing global warming as a "total crock of s---," saying his views had no bearing on GM's commitment to build environmentally friendly vehicles. Lutz, GM's...

More scum that we'll coddle and hug no doubt. A judge has found a B.C. Interior man guilty of kidnapping, drugging and raping an 11-year-old girl from Armstrong, following an often bizarre trial that wrapped up Friday morning in Vernon Supreme Court. B.C. Supreme Court Judge Peter Roger...

Nice index layout change Andem The who's online column is placed nicely. Videos etc. Nice work boss. 8-)

Oh yes, it's true. :lol: A Sudanese man has been forced to take a goat as his "wife", after he was caught having sex with the animal. The goat's owner, Mr Alifi, said he surprised the man with his goat and took him to a council of elders. They ordered the man, Mr Tombe, to pay a dowry of...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - In the latest example that the U.S. dollar just ain't what it used to be, some shops in New York City have begun accepting euros and other foreign currency as payment for merchandise. "We had decided that money is money and we'll take it and just do the exchange whenever we...

Chris Berman did and got a little cranky. :lol: Oh, and if you're offended by grown-up language, bugger off now. .

Perhaps the evil dental lobby is behind this. Keep on tokin', you know where to find us. :lol: WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Smoking marijuana, much like smoking tobacco, may increase a person's risk for gum disease that can lead to tooth loss, researchers said on Tuesday. A study of 903...

A truly amazing story here: http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=qOCiP3UCMoc How it ends: http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=VEm5sJL66hU

So that should be the last word and we'll call it a wrap.

RIP man: The jazz odyssey is over for Oscar Peterson: the Canadian known globally as one of the most spectacularly talented musicians ever to play jazz piano has died at age 82. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2...son-oscar.html

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071220/..._top10_stories

Here's the article, their link to the data tables and the .xls downloads if you're into that kind of thing. London, capital of the world A new study has found that the British capital outstrips 60 global rivals as an economic and cultural powerhouse By Simon Calder Published: 22 December...

...that's right.... (Here's the story. It's not exactly new but I must have missed the memo the first time around.) ....ASS OCTOBER 8--An Alabama minister who died in June of "accidental mechanical asphyxia" was found hogtied and wearing two complete wet suits, including a face mask, diving...

Again, why people find what celebrities say as relevant and newsworthy, I'll never know. Most of them suffer from verbal diarrhea and brain farts. None the less, I simply report them kids, I do not endorse the use of any celebrity 'word'. By staff writers December 24, 2007 10:36am US...

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Mumbo-jumbo is right.

2007/2008 Human Development Index rankings #1 Iceland #2 Norway #3 Australia #4 Canada #5 Ireland #6 Sweden #7 Switzerland #8 Japan #9 Netherlands #10 France Rest of list and more data here: http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/

Jumps to the other side: http://www.evelknievel.com/ http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/30/obit.knievel/index.html