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A woman is campaigning to raise awareness of a rare condition which has left her with 11 stone (70kg) legs. Mandy Sellars, 32, from Lancashire, suffers from Proteus syndrome, a condition also thought to have affected the "Elephant Man", Joseph Merrick. Although she was born with abnormally...

Should make for an entertaining night of boxing... ::: If you like welterweight fights, circle July 14 on the calendar, when HBO will televise a rare split-site tripleheader. Plans for the complicated broadcast came together Wednesday evening, when HBO and promoter Main Events finally came to...

Documents Reveal: Cops Planted Pot on 92-Year Old Woman They Killed in Botched Drug Raid By Rhonda Cook, Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Posted April 30, 2007. Atlanta resident Kathryn Johnston's death has finally been exposed to be a case of police coverup in clear example of the insanity of...

The US Senate has voted to approve a bill which requires US troops to be withdrawn from Iraq within 11 months. It follows a vote in the US House of Representatives which makes further funding of the war in Iraq conditional on a timetable for a US troop pullout. The Democrat-sponsored bill will...

Starting to piss me off. Sounds like some major corruption going on. 33% increase in 11 weeks. High gas prices fuel state investigation Drivers here pay more than elsewhere in U.S. Tuesday, April 24, 2007 Last updated 7:44 a.m. PT If you filled up your gas tank Monday in Washington, you...

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A man cut off his penis with a knife in a packed London restaurant. Police were forced to use CS gas to restrain the man when they entered the Zizzi restaurant in The Strand on Sunday evening. A Metropolitan Police spokeswoman said the man was aged between 30 and 40 and that his injuries were...

It's all over... Kryptonite is no longer just the stuff of fiction feared by caped superheroes. A new mineral matching its unique chemistry - as described in the film Superman Returns - has been identified in a mine in Serbia. According to movie and comic-book storylines, kryptonite is...

Jeanna Bryner LiveScience Staff LiveScience.com 1 hour, 20 minutes ago Scientists exploring a mine have uncovered a natural Sistine chapel showing not religious paintings, but incredibly well preserved images of sprawling tree trunks and fallen leaves that once breathed life into an ancient...

I'm not a Michael Moore fan but I'm looking forward to seeing this film. It is about America's healthcare system, or lack thereof. The most controversial part of the film apparently is when Moore takes several 9/11 recscue workers to visit Cuba for treatment they couldn't get in America. Most...

This is a really good read for those interested...it's a bit long but worth it. ::: ::: The malignant resentments that erupted into mass murder in Virginia By David Walsh 20 April 2007 The Virginia Tech tragedy, which led to the brutal deaths of 33 people, is an event that needs to be...

_________ July 7 At Cologne, Germany (HBO): Wladimir Klitschko vs. Lamon Brewster, rematch, 12 rounds, for Klitschko's IBF heavyweight title __________ NEW YORK -- IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko will defend his title against Lamon Brewster in a July 7 rematch in Germany. The bout...

This has gone under the radar... ::: ::: By Joe Kay 19 April 2007 In a highly significant decision released Wednesday morning, the US Supreme Court for the first time upheld a law banning certain types of abortion. The ruling sets the stage for further legal restrictions on abortion rights...

NEW YORK (April 18, 2007) -- Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher was fined $100,000 by the NFL for wearing a cap during Super Bowl media day that promoted a sponsor not authorized by the league. NFL rules prohibit gear that advertises any product but a designated sponsor, league spokesman...

June 9 At New York (HBO PPV): Miguel Cotto vs. Zab Judah, 12 rounds, for Cotto's WBA welterweight title; Humberto Soto vs. Bobby Pacquiao, 12 rounds, junior lightweights; Anthony Thompson vs. Yuri Foreman, 10 rounds, junior middleweights Top Rank announced the fight between WBA...

Life in Solitary Confinement By Brooke Shelby Biggs, AlterNet. Posted April 17, 2007. Americans shamefully imagine that spending a life sentence in solitary confinement could only happen in faraway countries. But two men in Louisiana's Angola prison know otherwise. Albert Woodfox and Herman...

In wake of the recent events I thought it would be appropriate to post a time line for school shootings in North America. Feel free to discuss causes, solutions, etc. ::: ::: August 1, 1966 Austin, Texas University of Texas at Austin Tower Massacre. In all Whitman killed 15 people and wounded...

These are my favorite, IN ORDER: Wolfenstein 3D, 1992 Wing Commander, 1990 Wing Commander II, 1994 Doom, 1993 Space Quest 4 (Roger Wilco series), 1993 Release Space Quest is a series of six science fiction computer games that follow the adventures of a hapless janitor...