Daily Archives: Apr 17, 2012
King Juan Carlos of Spain comes under fire for hunting elephants in Botswana as his country drowns in debt
King Juan Carlos of Spain has come under fire for hunting elephants in Botswana as his country is being sucked back into the eurozone's...
What happens when a leopard befriends a baby antelope?
A female leopard seemed to want to make friends with a newborn steenbok (part of the antelope family) for 45 minutes and the small...
Daphne Selfe, 83, the world’s oldest supermodel
At 83, Daphne Selfe, the world’s oldest supermodel, appears in Vogue and struts along the Paris catwalks. Daphne Selfe likes sugar in her tea, cake...
Space Shuttle Discovery flyover Washington DC on the back of jumbo jet before retirement at Smithsonian
Discovery, NASA's oldest and most travelled space shuttle, has made a dramatic flypast over the centre of Washington D.C. on the way to its...
Windows 8 OS comes in three different flavors
Microsoft has announced that its next operating system Windows 8 will come in just three different flavors. For those with Intel-compatible machines, the OS will...
Original cheque that bought Superman comic character sold with $160,000
The original cheque used to buy the Superman comic character from its creators Jerome Siegel and Joe Shuster has been sold in an online auction...
Choosing the Right Gardening Tools for Your Project
When you start planting your first garden you will probably only want to use your bare hands to do the work. It won't take...
Google Drive – the new DropBox competitor is just around the corner. Sources say it could be launching as soon as next week.
Google Drive plans found by The Next Web Brad McCarty at The Next Web got lucky and received a draft release from a partner of...
Simon Cowell was engaged to Page Three Louise Payne
A new revelation from the unauthorized biography of Simon Cowell, Sweet Revenge: The Intimate Life Of Simon Cowell, has showed that the life of...
Spain warns Argentina of strong response over YFP Repsol nationalization
Spain has warned it will defend its interests as a row with Argentina over the nationalization of oil company YPF Repsol. Promising a "clear and...
Angelina Jolie shows off her engagement ring at a business meeting
Angelina Jolie debuted her engagement ring in a subtle fashion after stepping out at a museum event and now it appears that she is...
Anders Breivik trial adjourned as the court decides if a lay judge should be dismissed for bias
The trial of Anders Behring Breivik, the man accused of killing 77 people in bomb and gun attacks in Norway last July, has been...
People underestimate the amount of sugar in “healthy” drinks
A new research suggests that many people underestimate the amount of sugar in drinks which are perceived to be "healthy". A Glasgow University study asked...
Maggie, the loyal Labrador retriever who guarded her fatally struck friend in LA traffic
Maggie, a loyal Labrador retriever who was videotaped as she guarded the body of a yellow Lab hit and killed by a car in...
Ultrasounds could treat early prostate cancer with fewer side-effects
British scientists have discovered that ultrasounds could treat early prostate cancer and may have far fewer side-effects than existing therapies. A 41-patient study in the...