May 25 2008
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in China Saturday to observe earthquake relief efforts, China\’s state-run news agency reported.
May 25 2008
If his cell were at Guantanamo Bay, the prisoner would be just one of hundreds of suspected terrorists detained offshore, where the U.S. says the Constitution does not apply.
May 24 2008
As we walked away from thestupa site and towards theabbot’s living quarters,we passed a series ofsmall pagodas and shrines.
May 24 2008
In recent years Moore\’s Law, the idea the computing power will double every eighteen months, has seem less an amazing sign of progress and more an immense brick wall we\’re speeding towards - with recent advances like one-atom transistors,...
May 24 2008
Ironically, dirt might be the new clean. What started as a simple student design to light up a display at the London Olympics, “dirt energy” will soon be powering 10 households in Tanzania.
May 24 2008
I’m sure most of you remember the comedian Tim Allen and his show Home Improvement–he was dedicated to the glory of all things manly, more power, more horsepower, more sawdust, and football, and big, loud, fast cars, UGHH GRUNT MANLY NOISE.
May 23 2008
A Japanese farmer who committed suicide by drinking pesticide vomited the poison at a hospital before he died, releasing toxic fumes that sickened more than 50 people, including one seriously, the hospital has said.Doctors were trying to pump the...
May 19 2008
Shot him in the head, stabbed him 199 times, and then dismembered the body, if the son’s story is to be believed (it also involves God telling the father that the son needed a sex change to become his wife...):
May 19 2008
At the moment of greatest despair, Wang Zhijun tried to kill himself by twisting his neck against the debris. Breathing had become harder as day turned to night. The chunks of brick and concrete that had buried him and his wife were pressing tighter by...
May 19 2008
A well-trained golden retriever will receive a bachelor’s degree from Ohio Northern University today along with the rest of the graduating class. Zeeke, a 1-year-old dog, will earn his bachelor’s of science degree in canine companionship....