Pole trek needs last explorer

"Descendants of Sir Ernest Shackleton and his team are looking for a final budding explorer to complete their ancestors' journey to the South Pole. Legend has it Sir Ernest recruited his expedition members with an advert promising "small wages", "constant danger" and a...

Work at Home? Your Employer May Be Watching

"The clipboard toting, clock-watching, quota-setting productivity expert, peering nosily over your shoulder at work, has been out of fashion in business schools for decades.Now he's back, in electronic form -- in the home office.In a budding trend some employment experts say...

Is Your Child a Budding Weather Forecaster?

"The Weather Channel Interactive Offers Video Forecast Contest for Kids Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) July 5, 2008 --...

Ayub Din to mentor fund for first-time filmmakers

"Ayub Khan Din, the writer of Award-winning comedy 'East is East', about the conflict between a Pakistani father and his mixed race family in Salford, 1971, will mentor the budding screenwriters for a new film fund...

Eggs for Everest: One Woman's Dream

"Eggs for Everest: One Woman's Dream Eleanor Roosevelt once said: The future belongs to thosewho believe in the beauty of their dreams.How true that statement is, and it is a message I share with audiences...

AJT for Indian Air force

"Bangalore (ABC Live): The search for Advanced Jet Trainer by Indian Air force ended on Saturday when Indian Air Force officially inducted Britain built AJT ‘Hawk’ to train its budding pilots."

RIP Mr. Wizard

Don Herbert, the famously inspiring Mr. Wizard, has died. Herbert, who was a precursor to other pro-science TV hosts like Bill Nye the Science Guy, was 89. All in all, the scientist, teacher, and actor's career...

Business good and bad for suspect in suburban prostitution case

"Lisa Ann Taylor's real estate career may be in jeopardy, now that she's accused of running a prostitution ring at her suburban Atlanta mansion, but business is booming for the adult entertainer who is preparing for sold-out audiences on a whirlwind exotic dancing tour. The...

Wife swapping in southern China

"It's not an uncommon question for a foreigner in China to field from strangers on trains, planes, buses, sidewalks, and in stores and cafes. The urge for Chinese men, women, and children alike to learn better English, even randomly and at inopportune moments, is strong. In...

The actress, Internet, and a sex film - in Iran

"Sex films, soap stars and international fugitives were an unheard of combination on the front pages of newspapers in conservative Muslim Iran until now. For Western readers who regularly feast on celebrity antics in popular scandal sheets, a grainy film of sexual activity is...

The Next YouTubes

"After Google's deal, dotcoms are bubbling hot. What you need to know about Web 2.0. For budding internet entrepreneurs, the moral of Google's $1.65 billion purchase of video start-up YouTube is simple: Build a real,...

The 25 Worst Web Sites

From unforgettable flame-outs to some of the most popular destinations around, no one is safe from our look at the world's dumbest dot-coms and silliest sites.People say hindsight is 20/20. When it comes to the Web,...

Next on menu for Starbucks? It's hot food

According to New York Daily News, Starbucks is making changes to its menu. The coffee giant got 12 percent of its $4 billion in sales through food last year, mostly with cold items like cookies, muffins and salads. ...

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