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Soldiers Discover Abandoned Baby on Side of Road in southern Afghanistan

Soldiers Discover Abandoned Baby on Side of Road in southern Afghanistan
Posted at September 25th, 2012
Soldiers Discover Abandoned Baby on Side of Road in Afghanistan A newborn baby girl left abandoned on the side of the road in southern Afghanistan has been discovered by a group of Polish soldiers. The soldiers came upon the baby, who they have named Pola, after Poland, wrapped in a towel on Wednesday while they.. Read More

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Russia clashes over energy with Belarus, Ukraine, EU

Russia plunged back into the disputes over energy with Ukraine and Belarus that have repeatedly disrupted oil and gas supplies to European Unioncountries, and it also termed EU energy policy as "uncivilized". Russia on Friday denied remarks by Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko that it [more]

Simple test may predict life expectancy

Don’t be surprised if your doctor asks you to sit on the floor at your next checkup. A new study says testing a person’s ability to sit down and then rise from the floor could provide useful insight into their overall health and longevity. [more]

For North Korea, next step is a nuclear test?

North Korea's next step after rattling the world by putting a satellite into orbit for the first time will likely be a nuclear test, the third conducted by the reclusive and unpredictable state. A nuclear test would be the logical follow-up to [more]

NASA releases “Told Ya So” apocalypse video early

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=QY_Gc1bF8ds Dec. 21, 2012, has long been rumored to be the day of the Mayan apocalypse, when Earth comes to its inglorious end. The good folks at NASA want you to know that isn't going to happen. In fact, NASA is so [more]

South Korea produce missiles that can Bomb All of North Korea

South Korea can now produce missiles that can reach all of North Korea as part of a new deal with Washington that's a response to the North's own growing weapons stockpile. There were restrictions put on their missile production by Washington to try and deter [more]

Pregnant wife of 21 murdered by family to rid her of evil spirits: Jailed for 58 years

A man and three members of his family were jailed for a total of 58 years yesterday after being convicted of murdering his pregnant wife claiming she was possessed by evil spirits. One of the four smothered 21-year-old Nalia Mumtaz while the others held [more]

Topless Kate Middleton pix published in Ireland, Italy next

Posted at September 16th, 2012
The British royal family faced a multinational battle to contain the spread of topless photos of Prince William’s wife Kate, as an Irish tabloid published them Saturday and an Italian gossip magazine planned to do the same despite the threat of legal action. The royal couple’s St. James’s Palace office condemned the moves as unjustifiable.. Read More

Zombie runs for US president

Posted at September 5th, 2012
The world’s first zombie presidential candidate and his wife Patty Morgan-Zombie arrive in Charlotte, the city hosting the Democratic National Convention, to "highlight the plight of the zombie community". After being helped into a NASCAR uniform the zombie candidate was lifted into a race car and taken on a few laps around Charlotte’s Speedway track... Read More

White House releases beer recipes, ‘Ale to the Chief’

Posted at September 2nd, 2012
Tapping into an outpouring of public interest, the White House on Saturday made its beer recipes public — giving hope to any Americans interested in having a hair of the first dog after joining the coalition of the swilling. Sam Kass, White House Assistant Chef and the Senior Policy Advisor for the Healthy Food Initiative,.. Read More

Jinichi Kawakami, Japan ‘last ninja’

Posted at August 20th, 2012
A 63-year-old former engineer may not fit the typical image of a dark-clad assassin with deadly weapons who can disappear into a cloud of smoke. But Jinichi Kawakami is reputedly Japan’s last ninja. As the 21st head of the Ban clan, a line of ninjas that can trace its history back some 500 years, Kawakami.. Read More

Bikini-clad, gun-toting Israeli woman standing on a crowded Tel Aviv beach becomes an Internet sensation

Bikini-clad, gun-toting Israeli woman standing on a crowded Tel Aviv beach becomes an Internet sensation
Posted at July 16th, 2012
A photo of a gun-wielding, bikini-clad woman standing on a crowded Tel Aviv beach has become an Internet sensation, NY Daily News report. With thousands of viewers curious about whether the brunette beauty is part of Israel’s military and why she wasn’t in uniform with her weapon in tow. The young woman, dressed only in.. Read More

The Humans With Super Human Vision discovered

The Humans With Super Human Vision discovered
Posted at June 24th, 2012
An unknown number of women may perceive millions of colors invisible to the rest of us. One British scientist is trying to track them down and understand their extraordinary power of sight. An average human, utterly unremarkable in every way, can perceive a million different colors. Vermilion, puce, cerulean, periwinkle, chartreuse—we have thousands of words.. Read More

Las Vegas roulette wheel hitting the number 19 seven times

Las Vegas roulette wheel hitting the number 19 seven times
Posted at June 21st, 2012
Professional gambler in Las Vegas purports to show a roulette wheel hitting the number 19 seven times in a row. And as the Las Vegas Sun notes, the odds of striking such a remarkable set are an astounding 3 billion to 1. The sequence reportedly occurred at 8:32 p.m. on Monday at the Rio Casino.. Read More

El Castillo cave paintings more than 40,000 years old

El Castillo cave paintings more than 40,000 years old
Posted at June 15th, 2012
Scientists say that some of the prehistoric cave paintings are more than 40,000 years old – four or five thousand years older than anyone had believed before. (ABC) The Panel of Hands in El Castillo Cave near the village of Puente Viesgo is seen in this handout photo released June 14, 2012. REUTERS/Image courtesy of.. Read More

90 percent of a stranger’s personality simply by looking at the person’s shoes

90 percent of a stranger’s personality simply by looking at the person’s shoes
Posted at June 14th, 2012
Researchers at the University of Kansas say that people can accurately judge 90 percent of a stranger’s personality simply by looking at the person’s shoes. "Shoes convey a thin but useful slice of information about their wearers," the authors wrote in the new study published in the Journal of Research in Personality. "Shoes serve a.. Read More

Buddhists release snakes ’cause plague of serpents’

Buddhists release snakes ’cause plague of serpents’
Posted at June 10th, 2012
For a group of Chinese Buddhists, releasing a thousand snakes from captivity into the wild was a compassionate act that would bring them good karma. But for the small nearby village of Miao Erdong, it resulted in a plague of serpents. The 50 members of the "Let Blessings and Wisdom Grow" Buddhist group left Beijing.. Read More

Ann Colagiovanni, 97 year old gets high school diploma

Ann Colagiovanni, 97 year old gets high school diploma
Posted at June 9th, 2012
Ann Colagiovanni, 97 years old, is finally receiving her high school diploma. The Depression-era student quit school at the age of 17, back in 1930s, to work in her father’s market. The Ohio resident never returned to finish her education but instead became a student of life. She worked at the family store until the.. Read More

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Soldiers Discover Abandoned Baby on Side of Road in Afghanistan A newborn baby girl left abandoned on the side of the road in southern Afghanistan has been.. Read More

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Don’t be surprised if your doctor asks you to sit on the floor at your next checkup. A new study says testing a person’s ability to sit.. Read More