] The gate at the entrance to this tiny Sicilian village
] has come off its hinges and swings in the wind as cats
] wander into homes abandoned after a series of mystery
] fires.
]
]
] advertisement
] Spontaneous fires started in mid-January in the town of
] Canneto di Caronia, in about 20 houses. After a brief
] respite last month, the almost daily fires have flared up
] again — even though electricity to the village was cut
] off.
]
] An endless flow of scientists, engineers, police and even
] a few self-styled “ghostbustersâ€? have descended on
] the town, searching for clues to the recent spontaneous
] combustion of everything from fuse boxes to microwave
] ovens to a car.

[ What the fuck!?!? -k]

MSNBC - Blazing mystery is straight from the ‘X-Files’

Finally, someone in a chicken suit who will do whatever I want!

Subservient Chicken

"The days of dull, grey concrete could be about to end. A Hungarian architect has combined the world’s most popular building material with optical fiber from Schott to create a new type of concrete that transmits light."

It's like X-ray specs.....but not

In this field office in Washington, 32 prosecutors, investigators and a handful of FBI agents are spending millions of dollars to bring anti-obscenity cases to courthouses across the country for the first time in 10 years. Nothing is off limits, they warn, even soft-core cable programs such as HBO's long-running Real Sex or the adult movies widely offered in guestrooms of major hotel chains.

Sort of reminds me of "Perversion for Profit" (http://www.archive.org/movies/movies-details-db.php?collection=prelinger&collectionid=00895b).
I'm just waiting for the pornography/terror link.

baltimoresun.com - Administration wages war on pornography

Dutch eye surgeons have implanted tiny pieces of jewellery called "JewelEye" in the mucous membrane of the eyes of six women and one man in cosmetic surgery pioneered by an ophthalmic surgery research and development institute in Rotterdam.

Fashion is dumb.

The latest fashion must-have: eyeball jewellery

The first site he got was Jew Watch, which looks at alleged Jewish conspiracies, Nazi literature and other anti-Semitic topics, under headings such as "Jewish Controlled Press" and "Hitler on the Jews

That's completely stupid.

Google accused of being anti-semitic

The man "made the off-hand comment, 'Hey everybody. It's Richard Simmons. Let's drop our bags and rock to the '50s,"' said Phoenix police Sgt. Tom Osborne. "Mr. Simmons took exception to it and walked over to the other passenger and apparently slapped him in the face.

Exercise guru Richard Simmons cited for slapping man at Phoenix airport

Another problem with smoking

[BakerMedia Daily] - Don't smoke in bed.

And they say that space telescopes will be capable of observing these planets and investigating them to see if they support life in about 15 years' time.

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | 'Fifty planets' could have life

Since 1959, Gravity Probe B has overcome a half-dozen attempts at cancellation, countless technical hurdles and several delayed launches. The NASA-funded, university-developed spacecraft is now scheduled to begin its mission following an April 17 liftoff from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.

Wired News: NASA to Test Space-Time Fabric