Strong winds negate sprinter's world record

Tyson Gay ran like the wind, but the officials didn't like it one bit."EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- Tyson Gay was a blur in blue, sprinting 100 meters faster than anyone ever has.His time of 9.68 seconds at the U.S. Olympic...

Floods threaten Southern Alberta - again

The fact is that the Elbow River gets pretty mean every year about this time from snow run-off in the mountains and normal rain-fall.  But every once in a while, things get out of hand, causing widespread damage...

NASA Images Capture 'Death Star Galaxy' Firing On Neighbor

I've always been a bit of an atronomy nerd so this is pretty interesting. Basically a black hole is shooting radiation and energy towards a nearby galaxy. I wonder, if there was sound in space, would it sound like...

Day in jail for Tyson over drugs

"Ex-boxer Mike Tyson has been sentenced to 24 hours in jail and 360 hours of community service for drug possession and driving under the influence. The former heavyweight champion also received three years' probation after being caught driving in possession of cocaine, having...

Mike Tyson Jailed Over Drug Charge

Former American world heavyweight boxing champion and the youngest man to have won a world heavyweight title. During his prime in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Tyson was one of the most recognizable athletes in the...

Fuel From Fat; there goes our beef folks!

"HOUSTON — Oil major ConocoPhillips and Tyson Foods Inc., the world's largest meat producer, said Monday they were teaming up to produce and market diesel fuel for U.S. trucking fleets using beef, pork and poultry...

Tyson arrested for DUI, drug possession

Mike Tyson was arrested early Friday on suspicion of driving under the influence and possession of cocaine after police stopped him shortly after he left a Scottsdale nightclub.Sgt. Larry Hall said the boxer was stopped after his car almost struck a sheriff’s vehicle while...

In Memoriam: Virgil Butler

"Virgil Butler, the former slaughterhouse worker from Arkansas who dedicated his life to educating others about the horrors of factory farming, died last night in his sleep at the age of 41. Virgil spent 9 years working in Tyson slaughterhouses, killing as many as 80,000...

A Free-for-All on Science and Religion

"Maybe the pivotal moment came when Steven Weinberg, a Nobel laureate in physics, warned that “the world needs to wake up from its long nightmare of religious belief,” or when a Nobelist in chemistry, Sir Harold Kroto, called for the John Templeton Foundation to...

Tyson bores crowd in return to ring (AP)

" YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - Mike Tyson's return to boxing was no knockout. Not even close. The former heavyweight champion and one-time baddest man alive opened his "World Tour" on Friday night with a ho-hum performance in a four-round exhibition against Corey "T-Rex" Sanders, a...

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