Puppies and Flowers
Irish eagle chick is first in century Link to article
May 2007
Large Waterspout off Singapore’s east coast
SINGAPORE: A large waterspout has been spotted from the eastern parts of Singapore. Most callers to the MediaCorp News Hotline reported seeing what looked like a tornado or a twister over the sea. Most said they saw the phenomenon at about 2.30pm and that the phenomenon lasted about 15 […]
Mao Zedong female impersonator
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chen Yan waves at a crowd of onlookers bemused at seeing China’s late helmsman, Mao Zedong, brought back to life by a middle-aged woman. Chen, 51, from Mianyang, in China’s southwestern province of Sichuan, has been dressing up as Mao since she was discovered on a local […]
Hermann Mejía’s artwork: illustration, painting and sculpture
Link to Flash website
Happy 70th Golden Gate Bridge
Interesting comments from current employees of the bridge including: “People in Corvettes are very snotty,” she said. “I hate to say that, but it’s true. They don’t give you the time of day.” and Forest “Woody” Becker said working on the bridge is “about the greatest job an ironworker can […]
Coca Cola Cloak ‘n Dagger
Coke secrets plot woman is jailed Coca-Cola’s recipe has been a trade secret for 120 years. A former secretary at Coca-Cola has been sentenced to eight years in prison for plotting to steal the company’s secrets and sell them to rival Pepsi. Joya Williams, 42, was sentenced in Atlanta – […]
U.S. Navy Sends Carriers Near Iran
ABOARD THE USS JOHN C. STENNIS — American warplanes screamed off two aircraft carriers Tuesday as the U.S. Navy staged its largest show of force in the Persian Gulf since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, launching a mammoth exercise meant as a message to the Iranians. The maneuvers with 15 warships […]
Napa gets EU ‘Region Protection’
Napa vintners finally get name recognition, European Union agrees on special designation for region. In China, Spain, Chile, Tahiti and other parts of the world there are at least a dozen winemakers using the words Napa or Napa Valley in their brand names in what California vintners say is a […]
Man’s plot to kill girlfriend ends with his death
A CALIFORNIAN man who tried to kill his girlfriend by leaving her in a car parked across railway lines was himself killed when an oncoming train hurled the car into him as he fled. His girlfriend survived, the Associated Press reported. The man drove the car to the head of […]
Can’t get enough of “Deadliest Catch”?
Amazing photographer, Fisherman dude, Deadliest Catch star, Corey Arnold gives you this first hand account. Link to article with awesome photographs