US & CANADA22 September 2011 Last updated at 08:23 ETTroy Davis executed in Georgia amid innocence protestsCOMMENTS (653)Death row inmate Troy Davis has been executed in the US state of Georgia for the fatal shooting of policeman Mark MacPhail in 1989.Davis' death was delayed for hours while the US Supreme Court considered an eleventh-hour appeal for clemency.The 42-year-old's case was heavily disputed after most...
Your Ring Finger Tells The Tale
Hold up your hand.In men, it’s usually longer than the index finger; in women, it’s typically shorter.That ring finger is wiggling evidence by itself of how much testosterone or estrogen you were exposed to in your mother’s womb. Dr. Zhengui Zheng and fellow researcher Martin J. Cohn at the University of Florida used mice to determine that the relative length of the index and ring fingers are developed in gestation...
In on the Ding Out On The Dong Grampa Died
I will never hear church bells ringing again without smiling... Upon hearing that her grampa died... Katie went straight to her grandparent's house to visit her 95 year-old grandmother and comfort her. When she asked how her grandfather had died, her grandmother replied, "He had a heart attack while we were making love on Sunday morning." Horrified, Katie told her grandmother that 2 people nearly 100 years old having...
Stanley Cup Gets A Giant Dent In St. John's NFLD
The Stanley Cup, visiting Newfoundland and Labrador with Boston Bruin Michael Ryder, was about to be flown by chopper from St. John’s to Bonavista when the unthinkable occurred: the table holding the cup collapsed and it fell to the ground. Though the new dent is sizeable and not very subtle, it’s only another bit of ‘character’ as Ryder explained. Indeed, the Stanley Cup has been through a lot over the years – just...
I heard this from a old friend the other day...
"I'm 77 and I'm Tired" I'm 77. Except for brief period in the 50's when I was doing my National Service, I've worked hard since I was 17. Except for some some serious health challenges, I put in 50-hour weeks, and didn't call in sick in nearly 40 years. I made a reasonable salary, but I didn't inherit my job or my income, and I worked to get where I am. Given the economy, it looks as though retirement was a bad idea,...
So Irene is coming to New York this weekend
And the bloggers wife and 2 friends are in New York this weekend , both Manhatten and New Jersey because she loves New York...go figure, bad timing for a trip... NEW YORK — Evacuations up and down the U.S. East Coast were under way Friday as Hurricane Irene barrelled north from America's southern states and threatened up to 65 million people — that's one in five Americans — who live in the swath that defines the storm's...
Ya gotta laugh at this...
Golf Club Sign Here is an actual sign posted at a golf club in Scotland, UK: 1. BACK STRAIGHT, KNEES BENT, FEET SHOULDER WIDTH APART. 2. FORM A LOOSE GRIP. 3. KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN! 4. AVOID A QUICK BACK SWING. 5. STAY OUT OF THE WATER. 6. TRY NOT TO HIT ANYONE. 7. IF YOU ARE TAKING TOO LONG, LET OTHERS GO AHEAD OF YOU. 8. DON'T STAND DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF OTHERS. 9. QUIET PLEASE...WHILE OTHERS ARE PREPARING. ...
East Coast EarthQuake Shakes People And Monuments
The Washington Monument and several other buildings in the nation’s capital remained closed Wednesday morning as engineers checked for structural problems after an earthquake on Tuesday that caused little damage but shook nerves along much of the East Coast. The unusual earthquake, centered near the tiny town of Mineral, Va., startled millions of people from Maine to Georgia and disrupted life in some of the nation’s...
Officer Shoots Man and Phantom Alert Saves Drivers Everyday
The Canadian Press CALGARY — A police chief is backing an officer who shot and killed a man armed with a screwdriver, saying the public wouldn't want to see a member of the force turn and run "like a scared rabbit." The man, believed to be in his late 30s, was being chased by the officer on foot in a northeast Calgary neighbourhood early Thursday when he was shot in a backyard. The 10-year veteran and member of...
U.S. Says it Killed Taliban Behind Helicopter Attack
Update AL-Qa'ida's number two Atiyah abd al-Rahman has been killed in Pakistan, the US says, claiming another "tremendous" blow to the group following the death of Osama bin Laden. News of Rahman's demise comes as the US gears up to mark the 10th anniversary of al-Qa'ida's most spectacular attack, on September 11, 2001 on landmarks in Washington and New York, which killed nearly 3000 people. Rahman, a Libyan, was...
One Rough Day...
There I was sitting at the bar staring at my drink when a great huge, trouble-making biker steps up next to me, grabs my drink and gulps it down in one swig. "Well, whatcha' gonna do about it?" he says, menacingly, as I burst into tears. "Come on, man," the biker says, "I didn't think you'd CRY. I can`t stand to see a man crying." "This is the worst day of my life," I say. "I'm a complete failure. I was late to a...
Hackers paradise in las Vegas
Aug 6, 2011 -- Updated 1611 GMT (0011 HKT)DEF CON: The event that scares hackersBy John D. Sutter, CNNLas Vegas, Nevada (CNN) -- In the Masquerade wing of the Rio Hotel and Casino in the gambling capital of the world, there's a giant statue of a head hanging over a lobby of slot machines.The masked figure has two faces and four digital eyes -- clairvoyant blue -- that track back and forth constantly, as if recording...
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