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Funny how the richest man on the planet is from a country where over 50% of the population are living in poverty. That's capitalism for you.... ::: ::: Mexico's telecoms tycoon Carlos Slim has overtaken Bill Gates to become the world's richest person, according to a respected Mexican...

The big bounce is an interesting theory in that this universe could be the first or the millionth... :: Original Source: Penn State Date: July 3, 2007 Science Daily - New discoveries have been made about another universe whose collapse appears to have given birth to the one we live in...

Scientists have apparently converted one species of micro-organism into another by transplanting DNA. It is claimed that this will lead to the ability to design new organisms which could be used to generate new “green” fuels. However, it is also feared that the process could be used to create...

Well I guess Pacman vs Guzman or Pacman vs Marquez are both out for the time being.... Last update: 06-29-2007 Submitted by Lee Samuels Pacquiao-Barrera Rematch Set For Oct. 6 LOS ANGELES - Golden Boy Promotions and Top Rank have reached a settlement of the various legal disputes...

Interesting stuff: http://medtempus.com/archives/top-10-weird-anomalies-in-medicine/

Symptoms of mental retardation and autism have been reversed for the first time in laboratory mice. US scientists created mice that showed symptoms of Fragile X Syndrome - a leading cause of mental retardation and autism in humans. They then reversed symptoms of the condition by inhibiting...

Germany has banned the makers of Tom Cruise's new movie from filming at military sites in the country because the actor is a Scientologist. The German defence ministry said Cruise has "publicly professed to being a member of the Scientology cult". Scientology masquerades as a religion to make...

Next week... The US Central Intelligence Agency is to declassify hundreds of documents detailing some of the agency's worst illegal abuses from the 1950s to 1970s. The papers, to be released next week, will detail assassination plots, domestic spying and wiretapping, kidnapping and human...

This first image shows Roseanne Holland at the age of 29 before her heroin habit took hold. A few years later, Ms Holland's habit starts to show in her face. "This drug is evil...Not only the outer disfiguration is extreme, the effect it has on your insides are worse". At 38, Ms Holland...

Why would Cotto take this fight??!?!? I definately understand Judah's reasonings, but Cotto KO'd him, it really wasn't that close of a fight. Judah landed some big punches that stunned Cotto from time to time, but that's pretty much it. It was, for the most part, a one sided match. I just don't...

US military launches massive assault in Iraq By Bill Van Auken 20 June 2007 Backed by armored columns and helicopter gunships, some 10,000 US troops have launched a massive assault on the provincial capital of Baquba and other areas north and east of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. The...

Anyone going to pick this game up? Looks pretty sick, check it out: Screenshots: http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/thedarkness/images.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=gsimage&tag=images;all http://www.2kgames.com/thedarkness/local.htm If you haven't been keeping up, the game is based on the Top...

http://www.charlotte.com/112/story/153260.html THOSE WHO MAKE THEIR OWN ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY GAS CAN AVOID PAIN AT THE PUMP BUT NOT THE TAXES. A price to pay for alternative fuels BRUCE HENDERSON [email protected] Bob Teixeira re-applies a sticker touting an alternative fuel...

The North American Union, an increasingly popular conspiracy theory about a group of shadowy international "elites" who are planning to "replace the United States" with a transnational government, is a manifestation of xenophobia that would do the John Birch Society proud. Just what is the...

US: New polls reveal mass opposition to Democrats and Republicans By Joe Kay New opinion polls released this week show mounting discontent within the American population over the war in Iraq and the policies of both political parties. They reflect deep and bitter opposition to the Bush...

Former two-time heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko will begin his comeback against three-time title challenger Jameel McCline on September 22 in Munich, Germany. For Klitschko (35-2, 34 KOs), it will be his first fight since his December 2004 KO against Danny Williams. Vitali retired in...

Woman jailed for testicle attack A woman who ripped off her ex-boyfriend's testicle with her bare hands has been sent to prison. Amanda Monti, 24, flew into a rage when Geoffrey Jones, 37, rejected her advances at the end of a house party, Liverpool Crown Court heard. She pulled off his left...

“The Army now admits that it secretly dumped 64 million pounds of nerve and mustard agents into the sea, along with 400,000 chemical-filled bombs, land mines and rockets and more than 500 tons of radioactive waste - either tossed overboard or packed into the holds of scuttled vessels.” t is...

Italian police have arrested a Russian "ninja" who had been spreading fear across farmlands in the north of the country. The man, camouflaged in an all black suit, had robbed several farmers and their families at knife point, police say. Police had been searching for him for several weeks...

Last update: 06-11-2007 BILOXI, Miss. - A judge sentenced boxer Hector Luis "Macho" Camacho to the maximum seven years in prison Monday for burglary. But the 8-time world champion could avoid spending time in a jail cell. Harrison County Circuit Judge Steve Simpson suspended six years...