An unusual insurance transactions has taken place In the United States. NFL star Troy Polamalu has his hair insured for one million dollars. The player says he did not cut his hair for about 10 years, observing the customs of his ancestors from the island of Samoa. As a result, the length of the footballer’s [...]
The Royal Navy command says Russian submarine has been spotted to stand off Faslane, not far from the British naval base in Scotland, waiting for a Trident-carrying submarine to come out for its three-month patrol. UK Ministry of Defence is using the myth of the so-called Russian threat, in an effort to ensure that Britain [...]
Conan O’Brien, nominated for outstanding variety series, was hoping to get the last laugh on the very network that canceled his show. But the Emmy voters denied Conan this hounor. Instead, the Emmy went to “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart”, thus making it an eight-time winer. Sure enough, Jimmy Fallon made some fun of [...]
Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi made a speech in Rome in front of several hundred female models and called on all the inhabitants of Europe to convert to Islam. After the lecture, three of the models have expressed a desire to become a Muslim. Gaddafi was heard saying that “Islam should be the religion of [...]
Swedish researchers from University of Gothenburg discovered that the HIV virus causing AIDS can be hiding in the brain of the patient’s body. The researchers examined samples taken from seventy HIV-infected participants who were on anti-HIV medication. The findings revealed that up to 10% of the infected patients, which is more than expected, had showed [...]
Obviously, San Diego is the best city to take advantage of lower hotel rates, according to Hotwire.com, which released a report featuring the top 5 U.S. cities where rates have decreased the most. San Diego propels from No.10 on July’s report to No.1 this month with a six percent slip. Once again San Diego takes [...]
Investigators in Canada continued to untie an alleged domestic terror plot to bomb the Parliament buildings Friday with the arrest of yet another person. There are now eight suspects in a massive police probe. The Police confirmed they had searched an Ottawa home and arrested one person, but nobody has been charged so far. Investigators [...]
South Korea’s LG Display, world’s leader in touch screen technology, is in the process of developing next generation bendable color e-papers that may be used in the new upcoming products such as tablets, e-readers or electronic newspapers. LG Display intends to start mass production of 9.7″ color and 19″ bendable e-paper in the nearest future. [...]
The extravagant Britney Spears and her sister Jamie Lynn are rumored to be getting ready for a big double wedding, where the sisters would get married to their respective boyfriends in one wedding ceremony. This brilliant idea came to Britney while they were at a Lady Gaga concert in Los Angeles. The pop star jokingly [...]
The legendary Formula 1 pilot Michael Schumacher offered congratulations together with apology to his ex-Ferrari teammate Rubens Barrichello for the aggressive attack during the Grand Prix of Hungary. At the Hungarian GP, Schumacher nearly forced his former teammate into the concrete wall at high speed, trying to “illegally impede” the Brazilian. Having considered the circumstances [...]
