Two fingers cut from the hand of Italian astronomer Galileo nearly 300 years ago have been rediscovered more than a century after they were last seen, an Italian museum director said Monday. They were purchased recently at an auction by a person who then brought them to the Museum of the History of Science in [...]
November 23, 2009
Thomas E. Mahany, a 62-year-old Vietnam veteran, is staging a hunger strike in Lafayette Square across from the White House to raise awareness about post-traumatic stress disorder and protest the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Nothing weird about that. I applaud his efforts. The weird part comes from not being able to find any media [...]
November 22, 2009
If sniffing the scent of the ocean while booking a vacation online or the smell of whisky and cigars while digitally listening to jazz sounds appealing to you, the British cable company Telewest has a new device that adds a whole new dimension to the internet: Smell! The technology makes it possible to send and [...]
November 22, 2009
THOUSAND OAKS, CA — A Thousand Oaks man was arrested this week on suspicion of paying a teenager $31 to spit in his face, authorities said. The 39-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of annoying a child, a misdemeanor, about 7:10 p.m. Wednesday at the Promenade at Westlake in Thousand Oaks, police said Thursday. The [...]
November 22, 2009
He wiggled, jiggled and even dropped his trousers, but a thief trying to break into a supermarket in Portugal stayed stuck fast in a tiny window until he was rescued by police and the fire brigade. “Apparently he dropped his trousers as he was trying to free himself by wiggling,” Capt. Santos, local police chief [...]
November 22, 2009
It was a test of strength that would top the bill of any sporting competition. The 150-year-old, 20ft oak vs the 50tonne, 90ft crane. The young crane would have been firm favorite with the bookies but the mighty oak, though aging and sickly, had one last fight in it – yanking the crane off its [...]
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