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Danny Bonaduce, pro soccer player? "No, but I'm better than I was," says the WYSP morning man, who is training for a tryout in about two weeks with the Philadelphia Union, the Major League Soccer team.
“Not only does one country account for the overwhelming plurality of world military expenditures, but that nation also has troops and bases on all six habitable continents (as well as a 54-year military mission in Antarctica,...
The other day the forecast near my home included winds up to 50 mph. That’s a strong wind, but not something I’d write home about. One forecaster, however, presented the news in a shrill voice, as if we might have to stay in...
Posted on October 17, 2009. Tags: The current UK Driving and Vehicle Licensing Agency’s driving test theory section is proving to be nothing more than a crooked revenue generator of Ponzi / Pyramid scheme proportions for the...
'PENGUIN cruise tourists trapped in sea ice,' read the news story headline. This time the vessel was a Russian icebreaker, the Kapitan Khlebrnikov, which takes passengers through the icebergs of the Antarctic's Weddell Sea to...
When we think about the countries of the world, often stereotypes spring to mind. Journalist Robert Rand found himself in Uzbekistan as a trailing spouse, for his wife was posted to work in Tashkent for the United Nations....
Courtesy of Climate Progress : David Roberts at Grist has the winner of the irony-can-be-so-ironic award: From a sharp-eyed reader comes this ad for Humble Oil (which later merged with Standard to become, yes, Exxon). It may...
CHICO — Gabriela Endres took a trip to see the world in 2005 and only missed seeing Australia and Antarctica. She made the voyage on her own, but she's always done things that way. Endres is petite and feminine. But she is also...
There's an obsession among whisky fans to try as many different drams as they can. But is an Antarctic expedition a step too far? How far would you go for a bottle of whisky? The off-licence at the corner of the road? The pub...
From ANI Washington, November 21: In a new study, scientists have determined that the world's oceans are losing their appetite for absorbing carbon dioxide (CO2). Between 2000 and 2007, as emissions of the potent greenhouse gas...
