Scientists study 'out of body experiences' Posted: 2 weeks ago by jhordie
Researchers plan to test claims of out-of-body experiences made by some of those who have come close to death.
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Scientists study 'out of body experiences' Posted: 2 weeks ago by jhordie
Doctors in hospitals in Britain and the US will study 1,500 heart attack patients to see if people with no heartbeat or brain activity can have "out of body" experiences.
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Write Your Name in Runes Posted: 3 weeks ago by jhordie
When the seafaring Vikings traveled to faraway lands, they brought their system of writing with them, leaving runic inscriptions in places as distant as Greenland. Wherever they went, Vikings turned to runes to express both the poetic and the prosaic, inscribing them on everything from great stone monuments to common household items.
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Vitamin D Deficiency May Lurk in Babies Posted: 1 month ago by jhordie
Physicians have known for more than a century that exclusive breast-feeding may be associated with vitamin D deficiency and rickets, and that the condition is easily prevented and treated with inexpensive vitamin drops or cod liver oil. But doctors are reluctant to say anything that might discourage breast-feeding.

Thought this might be good for all the Plime babies that have come along. (and soon to be)
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San Andreas Fault Longer Than Thought Posted: 2 months ago by jhordie
As if the San Andreas Fault weren't long and menacing enough, newly found mud pots and mud volcanoes now suggest it extends another 18 miles, going under the Salton Sea and beyond, in the desert southeast of Palm Springs.
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Portrait of Woman Revealed Beneath Van Gogh Painting Posted: 2 months ago by jhordie
A previously unknown portrait of a woman by Vincent van Gogh has been revealed in a high-tech look beneath another of his paintings, it was announced today.
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11-year-old under house arrest Posted: 2 months ago by jhordie
Semaj has twice before avoided time behind bars, once when he was put on probation in 2007 for stealing a neighbor's car and leading police on a high-speed chase the day before he conned his way onto a plane to Texas.

This child just might be a tad out of control.
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Power of the human spirit Posted: 2 months ago by jhordie
It's one of life's great mysteries, the way people on the edge of death can hang on until something important happens.
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Buyers of bogus degrees named Posted: 2 months ago by jhordie
The complete list of buyers, which the U.S. Department of Justice has refused to release to the public, has been obtained by The Spokesman-Review.
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Search for Festivals in the Area Posted: 2 months ago by jhordie
Traveling on vacation and want to know if there are any festivals in the area? Or see what's going on near your own home town.
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Did f***ing Matt Damon ruin Sarah’s thing with Jimmy? Posted: 3 months ago by jhordie
(Jimmy) Kimmel’s rep Lewis Kay and Silverman’s rep Amy Zvi both confirmed that Jimmy and Sarah are no longer dating.

(The two videos are part of the article for for your re-viewing pleasure)
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Irena Sendler: Rescued over 2,500 Polish Jews Posted: 3 months ago by jhordie
Irena Sendler, an amazing Roman Catholic woman who created a network of rescuers in Poland and smuggled about 2,500 Jewish children out of the Warsaw ghetto in World War II.
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President Bush: 'Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter' Posted: 3 months ago by jhordie
George Bush surprised world leaders with a joke about his poor record on the environment as he left the G8 summit in Japan.
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Autonomous Light Air Vessels Posted: 3 months ago by jhordie
Artist Jed Berk created sociable, networked, blimp-like "creatures" that float around and interact with other ALAVs or humans. They are "fed" using LED light and can be communicated with via a human's cellphone.

Here's a video link showing humans interacting with the ALAVs.

Apparently, there are do-it-yourself offspring called Blubber Bots.
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Oil for War Posted: 3 months ago by jhordie
Article on how much the war is costing the U.S. and the irony of most of it going to military fuel.
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Tunguska video by History Channel (on youtube) Posted: 3 months ago by jhordie
Interesting clip of the Tunguska explosion with some video footage of when they went in to investigate.

Funny little faux pas by one of the speakers.
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Buns and Guns: Killer Sandwiches in Beirut Posted: 3 months ago by jhordie
No elevator music for this restaurant. Customers sit behind piles of sandbags and listen to gunfire and helicopters hovering while they eat their war-themed burgers.

A nice relaxing meal with the family.
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Beauty Gets a New Beak Posted: 4 months ago by jhordie
A team attached an artificial beak to the 15-pound eagle in mid-May, improving her appearance and, more importantly, helping her grasp food.

Update to this post
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Cheating a Monkey Posted: 4 months ago by jhordie
A test was done where they cheated a monkey at cards. The look on the monkey's face when being cheated is absolutely priceless. -FAF
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Trailer Park Cooking-Temptation Posted: 4 months ago by jhordie
Jolene Sugarbaker teaches you how to make Potato Chip Chocolate Chip cookies. It's a sweet-salty treat like Kettle Korn. Yeah, that's it.
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Ore. teacher placed on leave after taping student to chair Posted: 4 months ago by jhordie
Kid won't sit down. Teacher tapes him to chair. Parent has now contacted a lawyer.

So what's a teacher to do when the student has no respect? Not that this was necessarily the right thing to do... but still
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Fritzl girl to be woken from coma Posted: 4 months ago by jhordie
Doctors are trying to wake cellar girl Kerstin Fritzl out of her coma, it was reported today.
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Scientists track peregrine falcons' epic migration Posted: 4 months ago by jhordie
For the first time, the curious can track the progress of peregrines embarked on one of the world's great migrations — 9,000 miles from the southern tip of Chile to the Arctic.
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Colorado men exchange Taser shots over van Posted: 4 months ago by jhordie
It wasn't exactly pistols at 30 paces, but police say a security company supervisor and a restaurateur shot each other with Tasers in a "bonehead" confrontation over parking.
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$175 buys Wall Street types a hamburger Posted: 4 months ago by jhordie
Despite the economic downturn, a Lower Manhattan restaurant is now offering a $175 hamburger.
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