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Posted at May 18th, 2012
Social networking sites are buzzing with debate over a Mexican congressional candidate who released a campaign poster showing herself topless. Candidate Natalia Juarez says the poster is intended to fight prejudices. Twitter user Camila Deborarte tweeted "I’d vote for her." But Itzel Garcia responded, "What a shame! Even this way, she has to call attention..


Natalia Juarez campaign poster controversy
Social networking sites are buzzing with debate over a Mexican congressional candidate who released a campaign poster showing herself topless. Candidate Natalia Juarez says the poster is intended to fight prejudices. Twitter user Camila Deborarte tweeted "I'd vote for her." But Itzel Garcia responded, "What a shame! Even this way, she has to call attention to herself." Juarez is running on the ticket of the leftist Democratic [more]
American Pie’s Jason Biggs and wife parody: TIME magazine’s breastfeeding cover
It's the magazine cover that sparked a worldwide debate, with politicians, historians and celebrities all taking time to voice their opinions. And the latest famous face to make his own unique comment on TIME magazine's image of a woman breastfeeding her three-year-old son is American Pie star Jason Biggs. The actor and his wife Jenny Mollen posed up for a picture to parody the shot, with Biggs sharing [more]
Easter Island archaeology project digs-up island's secrets
New photographs reveal what lies beneath the surface of Easter Island, one of the most remote places in the world -- the carved bodies of the island's 887 famous guardians. Most people think of the 63-square-mile Pacific island’s silent stone sentinels as simple heads. But the heads all have bodies -- and a backstory that's only now being pieced together, explained Jo Anne Van Tilburg, director of the Easter [more]
One Very Rare Sea Monster/Creature Captured
Video shot by underwater drillers of a jellyfish near their well at 5000+ feet. Some people who viewed the video were puzzled by the floating creature, with suggestions that it may be a deep sea monster or a more mundane plastic bag. Speculation was also rife that it may have been whale placenta or even the mythical creature Cthulhu. Experts have however confirmed that it is in [more]

Posted at May 18th, 2012
It’s the magazine cover that sparked a worldwide debate, with politicians, historians and celebrities all taking time to voice their opinions. And the latest famous face to make his own unique comment on TIME magazine’s image of a woman breastfeeding her three-year-old son is American Pie star Jason Biggs. The actor and his wife Jenny..


Posted at May 16th, 2012
In the frantic world of financial news reporting, it’s best to be ready for whatever comes your way. Be it a market crash, or a news camera in your face when you least expect it. Because that’s what happened to Bloomberg’s Sara Eisen who was caught on camera fixing her skirt during a pan through..


Posted at May 15th, 2012
Manipur: An ordinary Indian woman has been on hunger strike for the last 12—repeat 12—years in an effort to have the Government of India withdraw the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 (AFSPA) from Manipur and other parts of India. Irom Sharmila Chanu, also known as the Iron Lady of Manipur, went on a hunger..


Posted at May 13th, 2012
Human and vehicle track mark areas at the base of chalk Inselbergs at sunrise in 2007 in the Farafra Depression, home of the White Desert, in western Egypt. A World War II airplane that crash landed in Egypt’s western desert has been found "almost intact" in a vast sea of sand and rock almost 70..
