Posted Wednesday July 9, 2008, 7:55 am, Over one day old
Reuters - Everyone knows what too much television
can do to the mind and what too little exercise can do to the
body, but a Canadian study has now shown that the boob tube can
also lead to an increase in how much we eat.
Read Study says turn TV off to stay slim
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Posted Wednesday July 9, 2008, 7:55 am, Over one day old
Reuters - New Zealanders eager to be the first
in the world to buy Apple's new-generation iPhone have began
queuing up in freezing temperatures, two days before its
release, local media reported on Wednesday.
Read New Zealanders queue in cold for iPhone
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Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 4:35 am, Over one day old
Reuters - A Nevada brothel is trying to
stimulate business by offering free petrol.
Read Brothel offers customers petrol rebate
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Posted Wednesday July 9, 2008, 7:55 am, Over one day old
Reuters - A demolition man stripping a fireplace
from the former home of "The Lord of the Rings" author J.R.R.
Tolkien stumbled across a postcard to the writer dated 1968,
and hopes to sell it for a small fortune.
Read Builder discovers "priceless" Tolkien postcard
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Posted Wednesday July 9, 2008, 7:55 am, Over one day old
Reuters - A Moscow court convicted a man of fraud
on Monday for preying on people mourning loved ones by saying
he could resurrect the dead.
Read Court convicts man who says he can raise dead
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Posted Wednesday July 9, 2008, 7:55 am, Over one day old
Reuters - The cost of living is rising in Malta,
but the cost of dying may be about to drop.
Read Dying to get cheaper as Malta ends hearse cartel
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Posted Thursday July 10, 2008, 8:35 am, Over one day old
Reuters - A Japanese woman and her six-month-old
baby escaped unhurt from a knife-wielding thief this week after
the mother calmed him down with a cup of tea and a chat.
Read Woman overpowers thief with tea and sympathy
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Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 4:35 am, Over one day old
AP - The running of the bulls through Pamplona on Tuesday left one man gored and four slightly injured during the annual San Fermin festival, the Spanish Red Cross said.
Read Spaniard gored in San Fermin festival bull-run
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Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 4:35 am, Over one day old
AP - An embarrassed museum official says a two-week nose job should reverse the damage a Concorde supersonic jet suffered when a truck rammed it.
Read Truck rams Concorde, knocks off its nose in NYC
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Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 4:35 am, Over one day old
Reuters - Children's knowledge of wildlife comes a
poor second to their ability to identify science fiction
creatures such as Star Wars characters, according to a survey.
Read Common wildlife is alien to many British kids
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