He Pingping (L) of China holds the finger of Sultan Kosen of Turkey as they pose for photographers during a promotional event in Istanbul January 14, 2010. He, with a height of 73 cm (2 feet 5 inch), and Kosen, with a height of 246.5 cm (8 feet 1 inch), are listed in the Guinness [...]
January 16, 2010
On Saturday, groups of programmers, Web developers and other assorted technophiles will meet in Washington and other cities to brainstorm ways computer technology can help in the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake. CrisisCamp Haiti will bring together professionals from tech companies, universities and government agencies for a free-form session of firing out ideas, then turning [...]
January 16, 2010
MOSCOW — An enormous television screen showing a pornographic film caused a midnight traffic jam in central Moscow Thursday as stunned motorists slammed on the brakes to gawk at the writhing naked bodies. The owner of the advertising screen, which sits atop a main road about two km (1.2 miles) south of the Kremlin, told [...]
January 15, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO — Cellphone users in the United States have contributed more than $11 million to Haitian earthquake relief through text messages in what is being hailed as an unprecedented mobile response to a natural disaster. The Mobile Giving Foundation called it a “mobile-giving record” for funds raised for a single cause. Donations are rising [...]
January 14, 2010
Nothing highlights a social awareness message like a giant Toilet-shaped House. That was the aim of Sim Jae-Duck, a member of the World Toilet Association, when he commissioned the construction of his new home, a gargantuan concrete and glass home that resembled a toilet. Located in Suweon, south of Seoul, the strange home towers over [...]
January 14, 2010
SEATTLE (AP) — A fugitive facing an attempted murder charge in the United Kingdom has been arrested in Washington after his car crashed into a state trooper’s. Investigators say Julio Martins-Paes fled his country four years ago after he was accused of stabbing his wife. U.S. Marshal Joe Hawe says in a statement that his [...]
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