Full Moon names date back to Native Americans, of what is now the northern and eastern United States. Those tribes of a few hundred years ago kept track of the seasons by giving distinctive names to each recurring full moon. Their names were applied to the entire month in which each occurred. There were some [...]
January 24, 2010
U.S. filmmaker Dan Woolley was shooting a video about poverty in Haiti when the earthquake struck. He could have died, but he ultimately survived with the help of an iPhone first-aid app that taught him to treat his wounds. After being crushed by a pile of rubble, Woolley used his digital SLR to illuminate his [...]
January 24, 2010
LONDON — International hotel chain Holiday Inn is offering a trial human bed-warming service at three hotels in Britain this month. If requested, a willing staff-member at two of the chain’s London hotels and one in the northern English city of Manchester will dress in an all-in-one fleece sleeper suit before slipping between the sheets. [...]
January 23, 2010
More than three million motorists were involved in accidents during the UK Big Freeze, it has emerged. This means one-in-ten motorists pranged, scraped or crashed their cars as the UK was hit by the the coldest temperatures in 30 years. While the average bill for the damage was £320 ($515 US), researchers found one-in-three people [...]
January 22, 2010
KODIAK, Alaska — A World War II relic that was displayed outside an Alaska bar for years turned out not to be a dud. Soldiers on Wednesday detonated the 1,263-pound aerial bomb. Radio station KMXT reports it lost some of its boom after 60 years, but it did go with a bang. The ordnance was [...]
January 21, 2010
Dear Pat Robertson, I know that you know that all press is good press, so I appreciate the shout-out. And you make God look like a big mean bully who kicks people when they are down, so I’m all over that action. But when you say that Haiti has made a pact with me, it [...]
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