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Halima Brewer found this cream promising to "subdue clean pieces... of smallpox glossily."

Colombia is to seek the extradition of an Israeli mercenary, convicted in absentia of training death squads, who has been arrested in Russia. Yair Klein, a former Israeli colonel, was held at a Moscow airport on an international arrest warrant. Yair Klein He was sentenced to 10 years for...

Two miners who escaped from a collapsed pit in Beijing ate coal and drank urine to survive, Chinese media has reported. Brothers Meng Xianchen and Meng Xianyou told the Beijing News they became so hungry it was impossible even to crawl. Xianchen said he found coal "quite fragrant" at first...

The Fighter, is a drama about boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's (Mark Wahlberg) unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky (Matt Damon), a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being KO'd by drugs and crime...

Bill Nye, the harmless children's edu-tainer known as "The Science Guy," managed to offend a select group of adults in Waco, Texas at a presentation, when he suggested that the moon does not emit light, but instead reflects the light of the sun. As even most elementary-school graduates know...

1. Secretariat destroys the field at the 1973 Belmont Stakes by an astonishing 31 lengths to win the Triple Crown ... "He is moving like a TREMENDOUS machine!" A performance so dominating spectators were weeping in the stands. 2. Tiger Woods wins the 2000 U.S. Open by a mind-boggling 15...

Experts have found a way to trigger an out-of-body experience in volunteers. The experiments, described in the Science journal, offer a scientific explanation for a phenomenon experienced by one in 10 people. Two teams used virtual reality goggles to con the brain into thinking the body was...

By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer Fri Aug 24, 7:45 AM ET WASHINGTON - Astronomers have stumbled upon a tremendous hole in the universe. That's got them scratching their heads about what's just not there. The cosmic blank spot has no stray stars, no galaxies, no sucking black holes, not even...

Excellent read. Check it out ::: ::: Implosion of US ’sub-prime’ housing bubble goes global Laurence Coates, Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna, cwi Sweden, Stockholm How serious is the turbulence on global stock markets and can central bank intervention, such as last Friday’s discount rate cut by...

Some people with HIV/Aids in Papua New Guinea are being buried alive by their relatives, a health worker says. Margaret Marabe said families were taking the extreme action because they could no longer look after sufferers or feared catching the disease themselves. Ms Marabe said she saw the...

A US judge has refused to block the extradition of ex-Panama leader Manuel Noriega to France, where he faces 10 years in prison for money laundering. A federal judge rejected arguments by Noriega's lawyers that his status as a US prisoner of war negated the request. Noriega, 72, is due to...

Dear Santa.... ::::: ::::: 08-24-2007 Read more by Mark Vester Cintron-Margarito Rematch Possible For Dec. 1 By Mark Vester According to a recent report by Dan Rafael, a rematch between IBF welterweight champion Kermit Cintron and Antonio Margarito is possible for a main event slot on...

lil dan where you at? A Japanese arm wrestling game is being withdrawn from arcades across the country after three players broke their arms, company officials said. Arm Spirit, which is distributed by Atlus, is to be removed from 150 game emporiums as "a precaution". "We think that maybe...

It's against some bum, but nice to see Tua back in the ring. Still looks deadly as fuck and I bet he could still put up big challenge against any of the current belt holders. J5g8_3S0EUA David "The Terminator" Tua won 48 (KO 41) + lost 3 (KO 0) + drawn 1

This is an amazing story. Good read. ::: ::: By Nick Bryant BBC News, Melbourne Alex Kurzem came to Australia in 1949 carrying just a small brown briefcase, but weighed down by some harrowing psychological and emotional baggage. Tucked away in his briefcase were the secrets of his past -...

A robber who held up a bookmaker's shop in Leicester with his girlfriend's vibrator has been jailed. Nicki Jex, 27, of Braunstone, Leicester, hid the sex toy in a carrier bag pretending it was a gun, Leicester Crown Court heard. The manager at Ladbrokes in Narborough Road handed over more than...

Source: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,293268,00.html Quote: South Carolina Inmate Hits Michael Vick With '$63,000,000,000 Billion Dollar' Lawsuit Alleging Al Qaeda Ties Tuesday, August 14, 2007 AP Michael Vick Michael Vick Embattled NFL quarterback Michael Vick, facing federal charges...

Good example of democracy, worth the read... ::: ::: By James Ingham BBC News, Caracas In classrooms, town halls and squares across Venezuela, people are coming together to talk about their communities. These are the 26,000 communal councils that are becoming the new power base in...

Excellent read. Once again Profit comes before human life. I wouldn't be surprised if the efforts to save these men are an illusion and they are purposely looking in the wrong areas, and/or delaying the efforts to be absolutely certain these men are dead by the time they are found. Dead men...

Kenneth Foster faces death for a crime he didn't commit because of a twist of Texas law that enables a jury to sentence someone to death even if he or she had no proven role in a murder. Kenneth Foster's time is running out. On Tuesday, August 7, in a six-to-three decision, the Texas Court of...