World's Heaviest Man Marries in Mexico

" MONTERREY, Mexico - The world's heaviest man has tied the knot. Manuel Uribe, who hasn't left his bed in six years, married his longtime girlfriend Claudia Solis Sunday in northern Mexico. Wearing a white silk...

Saina wins Gold at Youth CommonWealth Games

"Saina Nehwal survived some nervous moments to claim the girls singles gold of the third Commonwealth Youth Games at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex on Friday. Fifteen-year-old Sikki Reddy gave Saina the jitters before the Beijing Olympic Games quarter-finalist wrapped up...

India vs Sri Lanka, 5th ODI: SL win toss & bat

"Sri Lanka finally won the toss for the first time in the series and chose to bat in the 5th ODI against India at the Premdasa Stadium. India have already wrapped up the series 3-1. Scorecard"

Cops Make Major Drug Bust When FedEx Delivers Pot Package to Wrong Address

And here I thought that Big Brown and FedEx trucks mostly brought goodies from shopping or expedited business materials. But one drug pusher decided that his business would do best by FedEx--which luckily then took a shipment to the wrong address."When it absolutely,...

Children Struggle With Death

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorA Child witnessing the strangulation of their mother, at the hands of the father, one cannot imagine what goes on in the mind of a child.  One wonders what life will...

Terminal Fury Prepares PACOM to Confront Crisis, Threats

" CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii, April 6, 2008 – The top U.S. officer in the Pacific declared a command post exercise that wrapped up here yesterday a big success in ensuring U.S. Pacific Command is ready to respond...

The Reluctant Candidate

"Fred Thompson’s supporters are rightfully disappointed. Today was a tough one. I’ve often thought, and several times written, that if Fred wanted the nomination half as much as his supporters wanted him to have it, the whole thing would have been wrapped up in...

Top 11 Weird News Stories of 2007

"Check out the year's oddities, dumb criminals and unexplained wonders, and vote for your favorite. Then take a spin through some of 2007's most far-out news photos. Photo Gallery: The Odd Bunch"

No money, not enough food, rampant sickness, night-time raids. Darfur today

This is a really good article about the current situation in darfur. Once again we are somewhat helpless to provide any Major Assistance which is what they need, but I think it deserves attention.The first part of the article describes the detail of the human suffering in the...

Ivy League Professor Admits Killing Wife “I lost it”

This is the same guy who as a pallbearer at his wife’s funeral held the casket in one hand and a drink in the other. A Perry Mason moment. He is a stupid Drew Peterson. "NORRISTOWN, Pa. — A former Ivy League...

Ex-Cougars Player Found Dead in Brazil

"The body of a former Washington State basketball player was found in a dense thicket in central Brazil, two weeks after he was reported missing. The body of Tony Harris was slumped against a tree in an Army training ground with the shoelace from one of his sneakers wrapped...

Shocking Inside DC Scandal Rumor: A Media Ethics Dilemma

Ron Rosenbaum is sitting on a ticking time bomb of a story that is about to break......"So I was down in DC this past weekend and happened to run into a well-connected media person, who told me flatly, unequivocally that “everyone knows” The LA Times was sitting on a...

Eater X: Burrito-Eating Machine

I'm trying to find a photo of Eater X: did he compete in a special mask that allowed for the rapid consumption of burritos?Ah- found one. It's face-paint: good call-- disguise one's true identity and still devour...

'Duct tape bandit' fails his mission

A man in Ashland, Kentucky attempted to rob a liquor store last Friday with his head wrapped in duct tape (promptly earning him the creative nickname "Duct Tabe Bandit"). He was chased off by the store's bat-wearing...

Bikini-Clad Reporter Filmed At Home Of Missing Mom

"(CBS) CHICAGO A Chicago television reporter is in hot water over her technique in pursuing a source in the disappearance of Lisa Stebic. The Plainfield mother was last seen by her husband, Craig Stebic, on April 30,...

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