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Roger Ebert @ebertchicago, the esteemed movie critic of the Chicago Tribune and the famed Siskel and Ebert show, has discovered Twitter in a big way.A prolific journalist, Ebert has become an even more prolific tweeter who seemingly suffers from insomnia as do I.It’s not so much insomnia as a life long desire to watch late night movies like the Ninth Gate on television.“Prophesying the End of Days can make you money,...

Kristin M. Swenson, Ph.D.Author, 'Bible Babel: Making Sense of the Most Talked About Book of All Time'Five Things Everyone Should Know About The Bible, Believe It or NotThe Bible is a peculiar book, and it's hard to get straight information about it. If you're one of those people with a nagging feeling that you should know more about the Bible than you do -- or even if you can recite chapter and verse (but don't know...

Analysis: Let’s cool the political meltdown over nuclear power plantsBy Slate slate Mon Mar 14, 11:56 am ETBy William SaletanSlateLess than a year ago, a drilling rig exploded off the coast of the United States, killing 11 workers and pouring 4 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. No natural disaster caused this tragedy. It was entirely man-made. President Obama halted deep-water drilling but lifted the moratorium...

A co-host of two popular home improvement TV shows has been accused by Toronto Police of being a chiseler.Barrington Anthony Sayers, the featured carpenter on all 52 episodes of W Network’s series Me, My House and I, and co- host of The Unsellables show on HGTV, was arrested Saturday by officers from 53 Division.In a statement Monday, Toronto Police said an investigation was launched after a woman complained about incomplete...

© NBC UniversalOriginal Survivor winner Richard Hatch has been ordered back to prison to serve nine months behind bars.The reality star, who won the first season of the CBS series in 2000, was sentenced on Friday after failing to correct tax issues stemming back from money owed from both his prize fund and subsequent media appearances.According to The AP, Hatch currently owes $2 million in both taxes and penalties,...

TORONTO — Two suspects are in custody and one gold bar has been recovered but police in Toronto are still searching for 95 other gold bars allegedly bought in Montreal with a fraudulently obtained bank draft worth $1,895,751.Two people have been detained for trying to sell some of the bars in Toronto, but so far police have only recovered one 300-gram bar. Seventy-four others — from Australia's Perth Mint, with the...

Devastating earthquake, tsunami hit JapanBy the CNN Wire StaffTokyo (CNN) -- The most powerful earthquake to hit Japan in at least 100 years unleashed walls of water Friday that swept across rice fields, engulfing towns, dragging houses onto highways and tossing cars and boats like toys.Local media reported at least 50 deaths, with more casualties feared.And the 8.9-magnitude quake, which struck at 2:46 p.m. local time,...

HCG Worthless as Weight-Loss AidStephen Barrett, M.D.Human chorionic gonadotrophin (HCG) is a hormone found in the urine of pregnant women. More than 50 years ago, Dr. Albert T. Simeons, a British-born physician, contended that HCG injections would enable dieters to subsist comfortably on a 500-calorie-a-day diet. He claimed that HCG would mobilize stored fat; suppress appetite; and redistribute fat from the waist,...

A teenage boy had just passed his driving test and inquired of his father as to when they could discuss the boy's use of the car.His father said he'd make a deal:‘You bring your grades up from a C to a B average, study your Bible a little, and get your hair cut. Then we'll talk about the car.'The boy thought about that for a moment, decided he'd settle for the offer, and they agreed on it.After about six weeks his father...

Kieron Lang, CTV.ca News Updated: Sun. Mar. 6 2011 7:17 AM ETWatching events unfold in North Africa and the Middle East, you might think the uprisings there -- aimed at toppling corrupt regimes -- will peter out once democracy takes hold. But political prognosticator Gerald Celente says you're dead wrong.The founder and publisher of the New York -based Trends Journal believes that way of thinking is so misguided,...

CTV.newsIf you've spent any time online, you've probably seen them: the ads for diet products made with the trendy berry açai. But you may want to think twice about signing up for one of these diets.The consumer advocacy group, the Center for Science in the Public Interest, is warning that not only are the diets questionable, many are offered through an online scam.There's no evidence whatsoever that diet pills made...

Leedskalnin's WritingsLatvian immigrant sculptor, scientist and author, Edward Leedskalnin, left behind two important gifts for humanity—Rock Gate, otherwise known as Coral Castle, and Magnetic Current, the universal theory of the individual North and South pole magnet—two gifts that are emerging as perhaps two of the greatest achievements by one man in human history.In Magnetic Current and complimentary writings, Edward...

“Nietzsche says there are two kinds of people in the world. People who are destined for greatness, like Walt Disney and Hitler. And then there’s the rest of us.“He called us ‘the bungled and the botched.’ We get teased. We sometimes get close to greatness, but we never get there. We’re the expendable masses. We get pushed in front of trains, take poison aspirin, get gunned down in Dairy Queens.” - Jack Lucas, “The Fisher...

Tuesday February 15, 2011Categories: RNS, research(RNS) While mainline Protestant churches in the U.S. continue to experience decades-long decline, the memberships of Pentecostal traditions are on the rise, according to new figures compiled by the National Council of Churches.The Roman Catholic Church (No. 1) and the Southern Baptist Convention (No. 2) are still significantly larger than all other North American denominations,...

Coca Cola Secret Recipe FoundEverett Beal's Recipe BookIn Feb 28, 1979 ArticleAtlanta Journal and Constitution Newspaper Pemberton's NotebookPublished in the 1992History: For God, Country & Coca-Cola FE Coca(Fluid Extract of Coca)3 drams USP4 oz FE Coco Citric Acid3 oz3 oz Caffeine1 oz1oz Citrate Caffein Sugar30 #30 # Water2.5 gal2.5 gal Lime Juice2 pints (1 qrt)1 qrt Vanilla1 oz1 oz Caramel1.5 oz or more...

Search ResultsLara Logan, '60 Minutes' correspondent, suffers 'sustained' sex ...15 Feb 2011 ... CBS '60 Minutes' reporter Laura Logan sexually assaulted in Egypt. Suffered a " sustained" sexual assault while covering the Egyptian ...www.nydailynews.com/.../2011-02-15_lara_logan_60_minutes_ correspondant_suffers_sustained_sex_assault_by_egypt_mob_... - United StatesCBS reporter Sexually Assaulted in Egypt. | American...

The Voynich manuscript is a handwritten book thought to have been written in the early[1] 15th century and comprising about 240 vellum pages,[notes 1] most with illustrations. The author, script, and language remain unknown: for these reasons it has been described as "the world's most mysterious manuscript".[2]Generally presumed to be some kind of ciphertext, the Voynich manuscript has been studied by many professional...

Jules Gabriel Verne was a French author from Brittany who pioneered the science-fiction genre. He is best known for novels such as Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The SeaGoogles Interactive Logo allows the submarine control (right side)to control the dive of the submarine and lets you scan the Google ocean floor in the submarineIts only on today...Feb 8th 2011www.google.c...

KAREN BLEIER/AFP/GETTY IMAGESThe MINI Cooper S is on display January 27, 2011 at the 2011 Washington Auto Show at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.Jan 31, 2011WHEELS.CAA German man now has a permanent – and painful – reminder of what it took to win a brand new car.Following up on a local radio station’s call for listeners to do something crazy to win a new Mini Cooper, Andreas Muller, 39, topped all...