tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56678712011-12-05T09:02:01.362+08:00Hmmm... that's interesting.Articles and other literary ticklers.Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comBlogger23561100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-19151358766386363252011-09-24T12:21:00.002+08:002011-09-24T12:24:54.070+08:00Ernest Shackleton biscuit from 1907 South Pole expedition to sell for £1,500Mirror.co.ukLieut Shackleton (Pic: PA)A single biscuit from Ernest Shackleton's Antarctica expedition looks set to make a packet at auction.The Huntley and Palmers snack that stopped the explorer and his exhausted men starving to death in 1909 is expected to fetch £1,500.It has somehow survived intact for an amazing 102 Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-84371784213374200722011-09-23T15:07:00.003+08:002011-09-23T15:16:58.513+08:00Becoming AdolfHitler's Toothbrush mustache is one of the most powerful symbols of the last century, an inch of hair that represents infinite evil. The author had his reasons for deciding to wear one.by Rich CohenThe Toothbrush mustache will forever be associated with its famous wearer, Adolf Hitler. The Toothbrush mustache will forever be associated with its famous wearer, Adolf Hitler. By Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-9788280881303499272011-09-22T22:33:00.001+08:002011-09-22T22:35:05.827+08:00What Obama Did to IsraelThe president has made negotiations all but impossible.Charles Krauthammer Every Arab-Israeli negotiation contains a fundamental asymmetry: Israel gives up land, which is tangible; the Arabs make promises, which are ephemeral. The longstanding American solution has been to nonetheless urge Israel to take risks for peace while America balances things by giving assurances ofHeffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-55824428707929298722011-09-21T18:26:00.003+08:002011-09-21T18:31:15.507+08:00Bill O'Reilly's Civil WarNewsweek.comBill O'Reilly, Andrew Hetherington for NewsweekThe Fox News host thinks America is in dire straits—and what it needs is a history lesson. In this week's Newsweek, he tells Peter J. Boyer about his new book and why he likes Obama.When Bill O'Reilly went to Fox News looking for work in 1996, Roger Ailes, chief of the startup cable network, asked him whether he Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-33074997034293347492011-05-25T00:08:00.003+08:002011-05-25T00:11:07.360+08:00Why the Same-Sex Marriage Experiment Will Not WorkBy Jim DalyAPThroughout its grand history, America has regularly been willing to reevaluate cultural norms, especially when the change that challenges the status quo promises to right a wrong or advance and improve the social welfare. Many of these watershed movements have delivered precisely and as powerfully as promised (woman’s suffrage and Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-28979091664681180872011-05-20T00:01:00.002+08:002011-05-20T00:06:56.535+08:00Woman's quest for missing dad leads to Utah desertBy Chi-Chi Zhang, Associated PressIn this April 16, 2011 photo provided by Leslie Schneider, San Juan County Sheriff's Deputy Jason Torgerson holds Kenneth Scheider's skull which was found by a hiker a few days prior to a search that turned up most of the rest of Schneider's skeletal remains. Schneider had been missing for five years until a few Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-8605645329508021772011-05-18T12:43:00.003+08:002011-05-18T12:47:53.770+08:00Mona Lisa's identity revealed under concrete?The model and inspiration for Da Vinci's masterpiece may be in bones of neighbor's wifeBy Jennifer Welsh, LiveScience Staff WriterLouvre Museum, Wikimedia Commons, Public DomainThis is a retouched picture of the Mona Lisa, a painting by Leonardo DaVinci, currently housed at the Louvre museaum in Paris, France. It has been digitally altered from its Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-46063466702290840252011-05-12T23:59:00.000+08:002011-05-14T04:41:31.264+08:00Shutting Out the Kids from the Family Fortuneby Robert Frank© The Saginaw News/APWellington R. BurtWant to avoid raising spoiled kids?Consider the Wellington Burt School of Wealthy Parenting.Wellington R. Burt was a rich timber baron from Saginaw, Mich. He died in 1919 with a multimillion-dollar fortune -- one of America's largest at the time.Yet rather than risk messing up his kids lives with a Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-46665865481973387932011-05-05T19:05:00.004+08:002011-05-05T19:09:58.680+08:00After Kate, Prince William kissed his Filipino nannyBy Carla Gomez in Bacolod CityPhilippine Daily Inquirer | Asia News NetworkBacoleña Araceli “Lillie” Piccio with the Clarence House butler Bernie at Clarence House after the royal wedding.Photo credit: www.visayandailystar.comBacolod City (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - Royal nanny Araceli "Lillie" Piccio said Prince William thanked her twice Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-67163057126924994232011-04-10T09:05:00.003+08:002011-04-10T09:09:56.565+08:00Bones of Leper Warrior Found in Medieval CemeteryBy Stephanie PappasLiveScienceMauro RubiniBone wasting reveals the owner of this skull to have suffered from leprosy. An unhealed gash on the forehead suggests that the man died a violent death, perhaps in battle.The bones of a soldier with leprosy who may have died in battle have been found in a medieval Italian cemetery, along with skeletons of Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-68665081349842039462011-04-09T19:08:00.003+08:002011-04-09T19:11:31.226+08:00Scared and alone, Japanese farmer waited weeks for helpReporters were first to reach 75-year-old; wife vanished in tsunamiBy Eric TalmadgeHiro Komae / APKunio Shiga, a farmer in Minami Soma, on Friday greets the first people he has seen since the tsunami.MINAMI SOMA, Japan — The farmhouse sits at the end of a mud-caked, one-lane road strewn with toppled trees, the decaying carcasses of dead Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-58730475058212912392011-03-05T22:50:00.003+08:002011-03-05T22:58:16.799+08:00America's last World War I veteran diesFrank Buckles lied about his age to get into uniformmsnbc.com news servicesMORGANTOWN, West Virginia — Frank Buckles, the last surviving U.S. veteran of World War I, has died. He was 110.Buckles, who also survived being a civilian POW in the Philippines in World War II, died peacefully of natural causes early Sunday at his home in Charles Town, biographer Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-8341169456048644392011-01-05T09:58:00.001+08:002011-01-05T10:00:36.173+08:00Ambulance That Carried JFK's Coffin Goes on SaleFoxNews.comBarrett-JacksonA rare piece of Americana goes on sale this month, when one of the vehicles that carried the body of President John F. Kennedy after his assassination hits the block at the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Auction, which begins on January 17.The 1963 Pontiac Bonneville ambulance was used to collect the president’s flag-draped Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-11689389711227148722011-01-05T09:53:00.003+08:002011-01-05T09:57:44.771+08:00Three-year-old boy spends Christmas home alone with dead mother he thought was sleepingBy Mail Foreign ServiceTragic: The French town of Loison-sous-Lens, in the Pas de Calais region, where Emilie Decroix, 28, collapsed. Her three-year-old son is believed to have spent Christmas at home alone, beside the body of his 'sleeping' motherA three-year-old boy is believed to have spent days over Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-16464754465771541192011-01-04T20:18:00.004+08:002011-01-04T20:20:51.074+08:00Caloocan councilman saw death comingBy Kristine Felisse MangunayPhilippine Daily InquirerFirst Posted 03:44:00 01/04/2011SMOKING GUN What should have been a “Kodak moment” of a happy family celebrating New Year’s Eve has become Exhibit A in a murder that took the life of Reynaldo Dagsa, the man who took this picture. Note the gunman at left (in crosshair) who is about to pull the trigger and his Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-5550538482837803272011-01-02T13:36:00.003+08:002011-01-02T13:40:14.255+08:00TV5 boss tells granny’s storyBy Marinel R. CruzPhilippine Daily InquirerActor-director Albert Martinez toured Luzon province in search of the best backdrop for his period film “Rosario.”The drama, which has crucial scenes set in the 1920s, will be shot in historic parts of Laguna, Batangas, Bataan and Bulacan, as well as in Metro Manila. “It took us a while to find the setting that will best Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-63687922755153188312010-10-30T11:44:00.003+08:002010-10-30T12:01:45.893+08:00Dinosaur Skull Found in ChurchAnalysis by Rossella LorenziThe marble-like balustrade in the Cathedral of Vigevano where the dinosaur skull was found. Courtesy: Andrea TintoriEncased in pinkish marble-like slabs supporting a balustrade, this dinosaur -- or what's left of it -- has for centuries been the most faithful presence in the Cathedral of St. Ambrose in Vigevano, a town about 20 miles from Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-22091319324380415042010-10-21T15:55:00.002+08:002010-10-21T15:58:52.015+08:00Swiss Archaeologists Find Door Into HistoryAssociated PressAP Photo/Hochbaudepartment ZurichArchaeologists in the Swiss city of Zurich have found a 5,000-year old door -- which may be the oldest ever found in Europe. Chief archaeologist Niels Bleicher says the ancient poplar wood door is "solid and elegant" with well-preserved hinges and a "remarkable" design for holding the boards Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-75367292899463367032010-10-09T17:31:00.010+08:002010-10-09T17:44:17.222+08:00Parisian flat containing €2.1 million painting lay untouched for 70 yearsFor 70 years the Parisian apartment had been left uninhabited, under lock and key, the rent faithfully paid but no hint of what was inside.By Henry Samuel in ParisMrs de Florian, a 'demimondaine' never returned to her Paris flat after the war and died at the age of 91 in 2010 Photo: GETTYBehind the door, under a thick layer Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-63989214422022604162010-10-09T17:29:00.001+08:002010-10-09T17:31:19.028+08:00Kids: Buzz Lightyear was first man on the moonNewslite.tvA worrying number of British kids reckon Buzz Lightyear was the first person to walk on the moon and 24's Jack Bauer blew up the Houses of Parliament.The terrifying statistics emerged from a study of 2,000 schoolchildren where they were asked about key events in history and the people involved.Twenty percent of kids believe Toy Story's BuzzHeffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-61711486849256564662010-10-08T15:10:00.015+08:002010-10-08T15:41:22.508+08:00Roman bronze helmet found in a field sells for £2.3 MILLION... eight times its estimated valueBy Tamara CohenUnder the hammer: A rare Roman bronze helmet found in a field by a metal detecting enthusiast sold for an astonishing £2.3 million at auction today - eight times more than its estimated value of £300,000A rare Roman bronze helmet found in a field by a metal detecting enthusiast, sold for Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-82683768630769787942010-10-08T15:07:00.000+08:002010-10-08T15:10:46.445+08:00How a wife's loving hug saved her husband's lifeBy Daily Mail ReporterHeart of the matter: It was when GP Becky Taylor hugged her husband Steve that she realised there was something wrong with his heartbeat. A quick check with a stethoscope revealed he had a heart murmurWhen Becky Taylor gave her husband a cuddle she had no idea the loving gesture would end up saving his life.For as the GP fromHeffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-14832163051381928182010-10-08T14:46:00.006+08:002010-10-08T15:07:41.265+08:00Ted Hughes's last letter: Unearthed, poet's lament on Sylvia Plath's suicideBy Sam Greenhill and Louise EcclesAnguish: Poet Ted Hughes wrote a poem about his torment over wife Sylvia Plath's suicideIt was the tragic end to a romance between two writers who captivated the public.Now a newly discovered poem by Ted Hughes has cast fresh light on his torment over the suicide of his wife Sylvia Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-19558623327758160622010-10-03T16:08:00.001+08:002010-10-03T16:10:24.241+08:00Facebook Reunites Houston Father and Daughter After 25 YearsFoxNews.comAn author who searched for 25 years for a daughter he had never met was reunited with her for the first time in Houston after using social networking to find her.James Boyd met Stephanie Brumlow on Friday at Lone Star College-CyFair in suburban Houston, where Brumlow's a student."She sent me a friend request Monday...and as Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-58258096501065869002010-09-28T23:57:00.003+08:002010-09-29T00:01:49.707+08:00'Titanic' Oscar nominee Gloria Stuart dies at 100FOXNews.comActress Gloria Stuart poses for a portrait in Los Angeles Monday, July 19, 2010. (AP)Gloria Stuart, the Hollywood actress of the 1930s who gained an Oscar nomination 60 years later for her role as the spunky survivor in "Titanic," has died.She was 100.Her grandson, Benjamin Stuart Thompson, says Stuart died in her sleep Sunday night at Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-13816372555754418992010-09-27T22:34:00.005+08:002010-09-27T22:51:13.808+08:00Famed Obama 'Hope' poster artist losing hopeBy Aamer Madhani, National JournalIn this Monday, Jan. 12, 2009 file photo, Los Angeles street artist Shepard Fairey poses for a picture with his Barack Obama Hope artwork in the Echo Park area of Los Angeles. Prosecutors in Boston have dropped 14 vandalism charges against Fairey, 39, who created the 'Hope' poster of President Barack Obama. But the Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-14159854465913940432010-09-11T11:24:00.003+08:002010-09-11T11:31:30.664+08:00Sotheby's to sell rare Audubon 'Birds of America'By Jill Lawless, Associated Press WriterUndated handout photo issued by Sotheby's Thursday September 9, 2010 of an illustration from Audubon's The Birds of America, 1827 - 1838, which could reach 6 million pounds ($9.25 million) when it is auctioned in the Magnificent Books, Manuscripts and Drawings from the Collection of Frederick, 2nd Lord Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-67384880077565115722010-09-07T11:19:00.002+08:002010-09-07T11:21:51.077+08:00Man recreates dead lover as a sex dollA grieving businessman has spent £15,000 creating a life-size doll of his dead lover, a sex shop owner has claimed.Metro.co.uk'RealDoll' sex doll: not actually that lifelikeThe 50-year-old took dozens of photos of the woman to the store, asking for a plastic copy with genuine blonde hair and exact matches for her face and body shape.It took 18 months to Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-60956121137405550482010-08-31T11:42:00.002+08:002010-08-31T11:44:09.871+08:00How panhandlers use free credit cardsBy Jim RankinStaff ReporterJoanne Mitchell, 60, and an acquaintance panhandle at a subway entrance at Union Station.Jim Rankin/Toronto StarWhat would happen if, instead of spare change, you handed a person in need the means to shop for whatever they needed? What would they buy? Can you spare your credit card, sir?In New York City, an advertising executive Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-62518486652921585772010-08-27T12:05:00.000+08:002010-08-27T12:06:03.820+08:00The Philippine Bus and Miss UniverseBy Daniel WagnerThis week two noteworthy events involving the Philippines made headlines: the botched rescue of Chinese tourists taken hostage by a disgruntled former policeman, and a botched response to a question by Miss Philippines in the finals for the Miss Universe contest. You might ask, what do these two things have in common? Separately, not much, but Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-31457760369839770682010-08-25T17:43:00.001+08:002010-08-25T17:47:47.836+08:00Wrong targets for our understandable anger LEADERSouth China Morning PostThere is understandable anger in Hong Kong towards the police tactical response team in Manila. Its efforts to end the hostage-taking appeared farcical, a matter addressed with palpable hostility by tens of thousands of people on internet social networking sites such as Facebook. Displeasure has also been directed towards Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-54335484618599763022010-08-25T17:40:00.002+08:002010-08-25T17:43:13.184+08:00For the sake of your own people and ours, explainLEADERSouth China Morning PostHarry's ViewHong Kong continues to mourn the eight people killed apparently needlessly in the bloody Manila hostage crisis on Monday. Family and friends directly affected by the tragedy may never recover from the loss. One woman watched her husband die before her eyes, before being told that two of her children had Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-85597245579948142442010-08-24T09:41:00.006+08:002010-08-24T10:03:55.944+08:00The Call frontman Michael Been diesBassist and singer also worked as soundman for his son's band Black Rebel Motorcycle ClubThe Call frontman Michael Been has died aged 60.The bassist, singer and songwriter passed away after suffering a heart attack on August 19 – he was at Belgium's Pukkelpop festival working as soundman for his son Robert Levon Been's band Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.Been, bornHeffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-83926212870790431032010-08-24T08:24:00.005+08:002010-08-24T09:39:32.237+08:00Tree that cheered Anne Frank falls overBy Toby SterlingThe Associated Press10 hours agoIn this April 7, 2008 file photo cranes carrying workers stretch over towards a chestnut tree in a courtyard behind The Anne Frank House museum as work to prop up the tree that once comforted Anne Frank began in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The monumental chestnut tree has fallen over on Monday, Aug. 23, 2010, a Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-85252034364481868522010-08-18T11:32:00.002+08:002010-08-18T11:41:38.381+08:00Study Says Brain Trauma Can Mimic A.L.S.By Alan SchwarzThe Virginian-PilotThe Yankees’ Lou Gehrig was helped off the field after being struck in the head by a fastball from pitcher Ray White of the Norfolk Tars in a June 1934 exhibition game. The ball caught Gehrig above the right eye, knocking him unconscious.In the 71 years since the Yankees slugger Lou Gehrig declared himself “the luckiest Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-21811120537877187982010-08-17T18:09:00.002+08:002010-08-17T18:12:34.561+08:00John Lennon's letter to British singer arrives 34 years lateAFPJohn Lennon's circa early 1970s handwritten letter to Bhaskar Menon, then Chairman of Capitol Records is displayed at Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Annex NYC in 2009 in New York City. A British folk singer who expressed fears that success and wealth could ruin his songwriting revealed Monday how Lennon sent him a letter of reassurance -- Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-72311114649341499982010-08-17T13:08:00.002+08:002010-08-17T13:11:12.300+08:00Real-life Quasimodo uncovered in Tate archivesWith his hunched back and deformed face, Quasimodo, the tragic hero of Victor Hugo's novel The Hunch Back of Notre Dame, has always been considered a mythical creation drawn from the depths of the author's imagination.By Roya Nikkhah, Arts CorrespondentA portrait of French writer Victor Hugo dated of the 1880 Photo: EPABut a new discovery appears to Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-4907696385898884442010-08-11T22:13:00.000+08:002010-08-11T22:14:39.804+08:00Doctor finds plant growing inside man's lungWHDH-TVBREWSTER, Mass. -- There was a problem sprouting in a local man's lung. Doctors originally thought the new growth was a tumor, but when they looked closer, they got a big surprise.“I was told I had a pea seed in my lung that had split and had sprouted,” said Ron Sveden.It was not the diagnosis Ron Sveden was expecting. He had prepared himself to Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-66180618322105775952010-08-05T10:44:00.006+08:002010-08-05T10:51:07.639+08:00Diabetes Diagnosis for Jerry Douthett: Dog Ate ToeDog Was Attracted to the Sweet Smell of Elevated Blood Sugar, Experts SayBy Courtney Hutchinson,ABC News Medical UnitA Michigan man was alerted to his Type 2 diabetes when his dog bit off a toe that had become infected due to his undiagnosed illness. The dog, Kiko, seen here, is currently being watched for signs of rabies, but otherwise the owner,Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-53467736073345573022010-08-05T10:34:00.003+08:002010-08-05T10:43:36.542+08:00Superman Comic Saves Family Home From ForeclosureUnexpected Find of Action Comics No. 1 Could Fetch Upwards of a Quarter of a Million Dollars at AuctionBy Ray Sanchez(Courtesy Metropolis Collectibles, Inc.)A struggling family facing foreclosure has stumbled upon what is considered to be the Holy Grail of comic books in their basement – a fortuitous find that could fetch upwards of a quarter Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-45141635169019644422010-08-04T17:05:00.003+08:002010-08-04T17:09:37.703+08:00Military dog comes home from Iraq traumatizedGerman shepherd did door-to-door searches for bombsBy Dan ElliottThe Associated PressEd Andrieski / APGina, a highly trained bomb-sniffing dog with the U.S. military, joins Staff Sgt. Chris Kench on a sofa at the kennel at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs. After she came home to Peterson Air Force Base in June 2009, a military veterinarian Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-14060880398691571012010-08-01T21:01:00.005+08:002010-08-01T21:07:21.134+08:00Brazilian men swapped at birth work, live together By Stan Lehman,Associated Press WriterAP – In this photo taken May 17, 2009, Dimas Jose Aliprandi, left, and Elton Plaster meet as they pose for pictures in Santa Maria de Jetiba, Espirito Santo state, Brazil. Aliprandi and Plaster, who had been switched at birth more than 20 years ago, are now living and working together with their families Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-71362907900409107082010-07-30T12:27:00.002+08:002010-07-30T12:31:06.448+08:00Tokyo's 'oldest man' had been dead for 30 yearsHe was thought to be the oldest man in Tokyo - but when officials went to congratulate Sogen Kato on his 111th birthday, they uncovered mummified skeletal remains lying in his bed.BBC NewsOfficials had planned a birthday celebration to honour Mr Kato but they found him deadMr Kato may have been dead for 30 years according to Japanese authorities.TheyHeffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-4993609176288355862010-07-22T17:23:00.001+08:002010-07-22T17:25:11.285+08:00Black Parents Shocked to Give Birth to White Baby GirlTIME.comIAN HOOTON/Science Photo Library/CorbisA black couple living in the U.K. were shocked by the birth of a blonde haired, blue-eyed girl.Ben Ihegboro must have briefly questioned his wife Angela's fidelity after the birth of Nmachi, and he conceded: “We both just sat there after the birth staring at her”.As there is no known mixed-race Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-89208922921489375972010-07-22T17:19:00.002+08:002010-07-22T17:22:47.633+08:00Venezuela opens Bolivar's tomb to examine remainsby Ian JamesVenezuela's President Hugo Chavez gestures during a meeting with the athletes that will compete in the Central American Games at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Wednesday, July 14, 2010. The games will be held July 16-Aug. 1 in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. The painting at back portraits Venezuelan independence hero Simon Bolivar. (Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-50236650932898800562010-07-22T12:22:00.001+08:002010-07-22T12:25:12.259+08:00Teen barters old cell phone up to a PorscheAfter two years and 14 trades on Craigslist's barter section, the 17-year-old is driving a Boxster.By Karen DatkoSteven Ortiz enjoys driving his 2000 Porsche Boxster S to and from school. But, put off by the $150 oil changes and other maintenance costs, the 17-year-old from Glendora, Calif., is looking to trade it for yet another ride -- once again via Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-5871006379661000502010-07-22T10:40:00.002+08:002010-07-22T10:43:54.180+08:00Do We Ever Outgrow High School?Lately, some high-profile women are acting like mean girls. Is the fault theirs or ours?Newsweek.comWhat happens to mean girls when they grow up? Judging by some recent examples, they become CEOs, politicians, or reality-TV-show stars.Let’s start with Carly Fiorina (the former head of Hewlett-Packard), a Republican running for the U.S. Senate in California, whose Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-31582920822338446322010-07-22T10:37:00.003+08:002010-07-22T10:40:10.341+08:00Depoe Bay man dies chasing kiteBy Todd MilbournKVAL News and the Associated PressFile photo of Depoe Bay on the Oregon coastDEPOE BAY, Ore. – A man from the Depoe Bay area died Friday night after chasing his kite onto a rocky outcropping and falling into the ocean.Oregon State Police said Saturday that Dennis Keith Brockus, 45, had been flying kites with his roommate when his kite got away from Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-63496782860263152632010-07-22T10:27:00.003+08:002010-07-22T10:33:28.148+08:00Cow executed for seducing man for sexBy Diana FasanellaCome hither my little boy toyAn Indonesian man claims he was seduced by a cow after he was caught having sex with it on the resort island of Bali.Busti Ngurah Alit was caught by a neighbor in the rice paddy fields of the village of Yeh Embang in Jembrana wooing the cow, CNews reports.The village chief Embang Ida Bagus Legawa said the 18-Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-70423794538096332272010-07-19T12:08:00.005+08:002010-07-19T12:15:59.307+08:00The man who hated PoohBy Tim BensonThe man whose drawings brought Winnie the Pooh to life spent the last years of his life hating the bear with very little brain.The biggest regret in EH Shepard's life was agreeing to illustrate Winnie the Pooh for AA Milne, as it resulted in the bulk of his work, even during his lifetime, being completely overshadowed.In his later years, Shepard was heard to Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-29170428806481585592010-07-19T11:59:00.004+08:002010-07-19T12:07:24.271+08:00Eulogy: GENERAL NGUYEN NGOC LOANBy Eddie Adams Monday, Jul. 27, 1998With North Vietnam’s Tet Offensive beginning, Nguyen Ngoc Loan, South Vietnam’s national police chief, was doing all he could to keep Viet Cong guerrillas from Saigon. As Loan executed a prisoner who was said to be a Viet Cong captain, AP photographer Eddie Adams opened the shutter. Adams won a Pulitzer Prize for a picture that, Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-42919851077558439692010-07-15T12:02:00.001+08:002010-07-15T12:05:02.932+08:00"My Online Boyfriend Wasn't Real"Michelle Satterlee, 21, thought she had found her soul mate online. But it all turned out to be a cruel hoax. Learn how she fell prey, and what she learned from the experience.By Mina AzodiI was starting my freshman year at the University of California at Davis when I received a message on a social-networking site from a cute guy named Jason. He was my age, lived Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-88583035244551430312010-07-12T09:47:00.001+08:002010-07-12T09:54:30.639+08:00Fan tries to grab trophy before finalThe Associated PressAn unidentified man is restrained by security staff after trying to place a hat on the World Cup trophy.Michael SohnA fan ran onto the field and tried to grab the World Cup trophy on Sunday, moments before the Spain and Netherlands players were due to walk out at Soccer City for the tournament's final match.The fan ran in from a corner of Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-8961214788051089842010-07-09T19:14:00.001+08:002010-07-09T19:17:52.428+08:00"Why I love large men"Having been overweight in high school, she preemptively rejected any of the lanky guys who seemed interested in her. Was her preference for husky men real or was she trying to protect herself somehow?By Anna DaviesI was with a few single friends at a packed bar on a Saturday night when one of them poked me in the ribs. "There's your boyfriend for the evening," she said, Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-47933414233525897512010-07-09T19:10:00.002+08:002010-07-09T19:14:09.794+08:00He's Still Single…at 40?Don’t let his single status scare you. Here are 5 great things you should know about over-40 guys.By Bob StraussWhen I turned 40 a few years ago, the bane of my existence was every well-meaning article in women’s magazines explaining why guys my age were dicey propositions, relationship-wise. We’re too used to living on our own, the experts said. We have commitment issues Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-58931307416262965412010-07-02T14:38:00.003+08:002010-07-02T14:45:29.670+08:00Ten Sleep Mistakes and Their SolutionsBy: Care2 Although we may not like to admit it, many of the sleep problems we experience are the result of bad habits and behaviors. We stay up late or sleep in late. We eat foods that disagree with us or enjoy a drink late at night, oblivious to their disruptive impact on our sleep rhythms. Over time, we teach our bodies not to sleep. For relief, we often Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-79133088516656838152010-07-02T14:20:00.003+08:002010-07-02T14:26:13.114+08:00Living Large: The Bad Habits That Catch Up with Us LaterBy Sage Romano In my teens and twenties, I relished the sun. I splayed myself under it every chance I got, encouraging my skin to turn a nutty brown, bragging about the depth of my tans and the intensity of my sunburns. Dried, peeling skin, mounting moles and freckles, the threat of skin cancer—I had no fear of such things. All I knew was asHeffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-76105333678999288312010-07-02T14:14:00.003+08:002010-07-02T14:20:11.604+08:00Put the Kettle On: Sixteen Unique Uses for Used Tea BagsBy Vicki SantillanoThere are few occasions, in my humble opinion, that aren’t made better with a cup of tea. Black and green tea make mornings a little brighter, herbal tea makes stressful moments a little calmer, and any tea’s a terrific accompaniment to times spent with good friends or a good book. And because it’s chock-full of Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-63069989252762761172010-07-02T12:35:00.002+08:002010-07-02T12:39:28.576+08:0013 Ways Facebook Ruins Your RelationshipBy Marushka Mujic I doubt most of you need anyone telling you Facebook may be ruining your relationship, considering it is most likely a reality you yourself are living. But, in the event that right now it all seems like one, enormous mess of awfulness too powerful to approach, destroy and rework, here's a breakdown, complete with labels, scenarios and loveHeffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-45591754849088213442010-07-02T12:28:00.002+08:002010-07-02T12:34:11.759+08:00Why We Kiss: The Science of SexBy Brie CadmanPecking, smooching, Frenching, and playing tonsil-hockey—there are as many names for kissing as there are ways to do it. Whether we use it as an informal greeting or an intensely romantic gesture, kissing is one of those ingrained human behaviors that seems to defy explanation. Its many purposes—a blow and peck for good luck on dice, lips to ground Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-74992476762866226212010-07-02T12:22:00.002+08:002010-07-02T12:27:55.209+08:00Think Before You Ink: How to Get Rid of TattoosBy BettyConfidentialRemember Johnny Depp’s “Winona Forever” tattoo? How about Angelina Jolie’s “Billy Bob”? It took more than just Softsoap and a marker to turn them into “Wino Forever” and map coordinates, respectively, after their celeb owners fell out of love with their tattoos’ namesakes. So what are the options if you change your mind once you’Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-25558423230309499572010-07-02T11:24:00.002+08:002010-07-02T11:27:02.355+08:00Meet Your New, Talented Spider-Man: Andrew Garfield, Future Heart-ThrobBy Steven James SnyderAfter all the rumors and night terrors, suppositions and double-questioning, Sony has finally saddled up for a new Spider-Man: Andrew Garfield.Not sure who the dude is? He's a 26-year-old (27 next month) thespian that's actually done a few impressive things. Unlike all the pretty-boy rumors, here's a boy Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-13222176420918956332010-07-02T10:36:00.012+08:002010-07-02T11:15:23.070+08:00The 10 Lamest Superhero Costume Changes EverBy Eric DiazIn the wake of Wonder Woman getting yet another massive costume change, we look back on the worst attempts at "updating" classic super hero costumes for modern audiences. Here are the Top Ten fashion misfires in comic book costume history.1 Electric Superman“Hey, lets take the world’s most famous Super hero, strip him of everything that Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-32137154546180621042010-07-01T18:19:00.003+08:002010-07-01T18:30:01.983+08:00Chihuahua dies protecting family against pit bullsBy Alan WangABC 7 KGO-TV San FranciscoA pit bull grabbed Manchas with its jaws and carried the Chihuahua away.RICHMOND, CA (KGO) -- Two pit bulls burst into a family's one-bedroom apartment in Richmond Sunday afternoon. ABC7 first learned about this amazing story from our media partners at the Bay Area News Group.It was a frightening moment for Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-19637790418282868852010-07-01T15:35:00.001+08:002010-07-01T15:38:21.007+08:00Rep. Stark Mocks Border Security Advocates: Who Are You Going to Kill Today?FOXNews.com A California congressman known for edgy sarcasm mocked an opponent of illegal immigration during a town hall meeting last week, asking, "Who are you going to kill today?" before the constituent, a self-identified Minuteman, posed his question.Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., no stranger to controversy, mocked the Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-2369967291072728822010-07-01T15:08:00.005+08:002010-07-01T15:18:59.351+08:00Surely It’s 30 (Don’t Call Me Shirley!)By Matt Zoller SeitzParamount/Everett CollectionFrom left, Julie Hagerty, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (lying down), Leslie Nielsen and Peter Graves in “Airplane!” (1980), written and directed by Jim Abrahams and David and Jerry Zucker.WHEN the creators of “Airplane!” were lining up actors for their rollicking parody three decades ago, some of the straight-arrow Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-48050852440395199712010-07-01T15:05:00.002+08:002010-07-01T15:08:07.351+08:00The legacy of 'jaws' that has bitten the dustSummer blockbusters began 35 years ago with the Steven Spielberg classic. Now the phenomenon is overBy Guy AdamsREX FEATURESRoy Scheider plays Chief Martin Brody in the first two Jaws filmsIt's been 35 years, but people are still scared to get into the water. That's the legacy of a two-hour movie released in June 1975 by a then little-known director Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-4990811917617153472010-07-01T14:57:00.003+08:002010-07-01T15:05:12.427+08:00Tom Cruise's Inner Goober Misfiresby Linda HolmesFrank Masi/20th Century FoxTom Cruise is up to his old tricks in Knight And Day, but they don't seem to work as well as they used to.Tom Cruise deployed the goober this weekend, and it didn't entirely work. And that's got to have some people pretty worried.Let's back up.Knight And Day is not one of Tom Cruise's serious, earnest dramas, or one that Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-10563029793446076472010-07-01T08:04:00.005+08:002010-07-01T18:12:39.426+08:00Wonder Woman gets new look after nearly seven decadesThe 69-year-old superheroine trades in spangled pants for urban leggingsReutersHo / ReutersThe DC Comics Comic book super heroine has traded in her spangled hot pants for urban leggings and upped her street smarts in a 21st century make-over for the 69 year-old character.Comic book superheroine Wonder Woman has traded in her spangled hot pants Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-24640374436244401952010-07-01T07:58:00.001+08:002010-07-01T08:04:30.924+08:00Giant whale-eating whale discoveredSkull of 13 million-year-old fossil found off coast of Peruby Larry O'HanlonC. LetenneurThe giant sperm whale Leviathan melvilleiis is illustrated attacking a medium-size baleen whale off the coast of the area now occupied by Peru.The massive skull and jaw of a 13-million-year-old sperm whale has been discovered eroding from the windblown sands of a coastal Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-29215019584759101952010-06-30T17:51:00.002+08:002010-06-30T17:56:06.297+08:00Is King Tut's Penis Missing?By Allie TownsendDid someone sabotage the Egyptian king's mummy to hide his less-than endowed genitalia? A new report from The New Scientist presents the possibility of a anatomical conspiracy.Earlier this year, scientists speculated the cause of famed King Tutankhamen's death to be due to a bone disorder and a bad case of malaria, but just last week a group of German Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-38386671615041318762010-06-29T10:08:00.002+08:002010-06-29T10:11:33.041+08:00The girl who must eat every 15 minutes to stay aliveLizzie Velasquez weighs just four stone and has almost zero per cent body fat but she is not anorexic.Telegraph.co.ukLizzie Velasquez has a rare and undiagnosed syndrome that prevents her from putting on weight Photo: BARCROFTIn fact, the 21-year-old from Austin, Texas, must eat every 15 minutes to stay healthy.Miss Velasquez has a rare Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-12469688546543894062010-06-29T10:05:00.001+08:002010-06-29T10:07:41.917+08:00Square Pixel Inventor Tries to Smooth Things OutBy Rachel Ehrenberg,Science News Email AuthorRussell Kirsch says he’s sorry.sciencenewsMore than 50 years ago, Kirsch took a picture of his infant son and scanned it into a computer. It was the first digital image: a grainy, black-and-white baby picture that literally changed the way we view the world. With it, the smoothness of images captured on Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-81435177867261135842010-06-28T09:58:00.001+08:002010-06-28T10:05:01.731+08:00Thunderstorm Alerts Remain Active for Northeast Ohio6-Year-Old Northeast Ohio Girl on 'No Fly' ListMark ZinniFox 8 News ReporterWESTLAKE, Ohio - Alyssa Thomas, 6, is a little girl who is already under the spotlight of the federal government. Her family recently discovered that Alyssa is on the "no fly" list maintained by U.S. Homeland Security."We were, like, puzzled," said Dr. Santhosh Thomas. "Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-88877880356550866592010-06-28T09:51:00.002+08:002010-06-28T09:56:28.163+08:00Holed up: Suspect hides on property for decadeExpecting a raid, he's stayed on his Texas spread since 2000By Angela K. BrownThe Associated PressBrandon Wade / APHandmade signs are fixed to John Joe Gray's property near Trinidad, Texas, on April 9.GUN BARREL CITY, Texas — The past decade has taken a toll on John Joe Gray, holed up on his rural East Texas land while waiting for a siege that's neverHeffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-32929136550206843722010-06-25T08:56:00.003+08:002010-06-25T09:53:17.252+08:00Wake County man hit by lightning -- then mauled by a bearBy Paul A. SpechtTED RICHARDSON - trichardson@nando.comRick Oliver, 51, says he hasn't slept well ever since he was struck by lightning in 2006. On a restless night a few weeks ago, as he tinkered on his farm, he went to investigate a distant noise. It was a bear.Some guys have all the luck.And then there's Rick Oliver, who might be one of Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-65380962853088126812010-06-25T00:55:00.002+08:002010-06-25T00:57:49.747+08:00Pork board squeals over unicorn meatOnline retailer called gag product ‘the new white meat’By Sarah SkidmoreAPIn a public apology this week, ThinkGeek said its nonexistent canned unicorn meat is sparkly, a bit red and not approved by any government entity.PORTLAND, Ore. - It's official: The National Pork Board says it knows unicorns don't exist.The industry group says it was only protecting its Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-36524566658770349742010-06-25T00:52:00.003+08:002010-06-25T00:55:29.980+08:00Dogs dumbed down by domesticationDogs may be too dependent on humans to solve their problemsBy Jennifer ViegasiStockphotoThe loss in skills appears to be "hardwired" genetically into dogs, helping to explain why homeless dogs struggle to survive. Dogs are now so dependent upon people that they fail certain basic intelligence tests that wolves and wild dogs ace, according to new research.The Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-89893764976160125282010-06-25T00:48:00.000+08:002010-06-25T00:52:11.297+08:00Driving dog runs over his ownerTruck was idling when the bulldog knocked it into gearThe Associated PressRIDGE MANOR, Fla. - A Hernando County man was reportedly run over by his own truck after his dog put it into gear.The sheriff's office reports that 43-year-old Christopher Bishop was checking under his Ford F-150 for oil leaks Sunday evening. He had put the running truck into neutral and left Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-88368413525497027642010-06-24T00:40:00.001+08:002010-06-24T00:42:56.535+08:00An open letter to President Obama from Jon VoightBy Jon VoightAn open letter from actor Jon Voight to President Obama:June 22, 2010President Obama:You will be the first American president that lied to the Jewish people, and the American people as well, when you said that you would defend Israel, the only Democratic state in the Middle East, against all their enemies. You have done just the Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-20214598966052123242010-06-23T23:20:00.003+08:002010-06-23T23:31:26.989+08:00Is Yoga Out of Control? (Yes)By Hamilton NolanGawker.comLaughter yoga. Nazi yoga. Donation yoga with Dave Matthews playing in the background. Thank you, yoga. That's enough.Hippie yoga. Celebrity yoga. Charity yoga. Yoga books. Yoga while eating. Yoga on the road. Yoga in the park. Yoga as a nontraditional workout for athletes in traditional sports.Yoga people have become the new "LetHeffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-57836919299286132812010-06-22T23:27:00.002+08:002010-06-22T23:43:31.203+08:00Is U.S. Now On Slippery Slope To Tyranny?By Thomas SowellWhen Adolf Hitler was building up the Nazi movement in the 1920s, leading up to his taking power in the 1930s, he deliberately sought to activate people who did not normally pay much attention to politics.Such people were a valuable addition to his political base, since they were particularly susceptible to Hitler's rhetoric and had far Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-44860812902021543602010-06-22T10:03:00.001+08:002010-06-22T10:09:47.968+08:00Iran cleric says dogs "unclean" and not to be kept as petsBy Robin Pomeroy Robin PomeroyReutersTEHRAN (Reuters) – A senior Iranian cleric has decreed dogs are "unclean" and should not be kept as pets -- a move aimed at discouraging Western-style dog ownership in the Islamic state, a newspaper reported on Saturday.Dogs are considered "unclean" under Islamic tradition but, while relatively rare in Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-22110573042704122512010-06-22T09:57:00.002+08:002010-06-22T10:02:33.489+08:00Do We Ever Outgrow High School?Lately, some high-profile women are acting like mean girls. Is the fault theirs or ours?by Barbara Kantrowitz and Pat WingertWhat happens to mean girls when they grow up? Judging by some recent examples, they become CEOs, politicians, or reality-TV-show stars.Let’s start with Carly Fiorina (the former head of Hewlett-Packard), a Republican running for the U.S. Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-1202350861965734022010-06-21T22:25:00.001+08:002010-06-21T22:28:12.414+08:00Father's Day Wisdom from the Bible's Dead Beat DadsBy Rabbi Brad HirschfieldFather’s Day is not only a great time to celebrate fatherhood and the actual fathers in our lives, but a good opportunity to think about what being a father really means and how to get better at it.The Bible provides many examples of how to be a dad, and while many of them are examples of lousy fatherhood, they are Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-89910956802927036362010-06-18T12:55:00.003+08:002010-06-18T13:00:51.508+08:00Mariner finds love in the bullpenFox SportsNewsCoreJason Phillips played for three major-league teams in a seven-year career before becoming bullpen catcher for the Seattle Mariners.Ronald MartinezIt isn't unusual for baseball players to look at fans in the stands. Especially attractive female ones.Jason Phillips, bullpen catcher for the Seattle Mariners, didn't just look — he acted. He Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-72503018481521558102010-06-18T12:18:00.002+08:002010-06-18T12:25:35.792+08:00Bobby Fischer to be exhumed in paternity caseIcelandic court decision involves 9-year-old girl and chess genius' estateBy Jennifer QuinnThe Associated PressIceland Supreme Court has ruled that chess genius Bobby Fischer's remains will be exhumed so tests can be done to determine the paternity of a nine-year-old girl who claims to be Fischer's daughter.LONDON - The remains of chess genius Bobby Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-77696741258269868332010-06-17T17:14:00.001+08:002010-06-17T17:14:57.696+08:00Time to Stop Fighting the Drug WarBy John StosselI'm confused. When I walk around busy midtown Manhattan, I often smell marijuana. Despite the crowds, some people smoke weed in public.Usually the police leave them alone, and yet other times they act like a military force engaged in urban combat. This February, cops stormed a Columbia, Mo. home, killed the family dog and terrorized a 7-year-old Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-66087270142613372102010-06-17T17:12:00.000+08:002010-06-17T17:13:37.691+08:00Can Obama Really Become an American President?By John TantilloDoes Barack Obama want to be the president of the world or do the job he was actually elected to do be president of the United States?The Oval Office speech Tuesday night was a clue that President Obama may have finally decided that, yes, he wants to be an American president.Fact is, he lamented how we send money to “foreign countries”Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-28206877047772064602010-06-17T17:11:00.001+08:002010-06-17T17:12:07.329+08:00Another Theatrical Performance From Obama By Andrea TantarosFor weeks, I’ve been convinced that the White House is more concerned with managing media cycles than they are with managing the Gulf oil spill. For months, I’ve been wondering if Obama can only offer the country theatrics, instead of sound leadership. Last night cemented those suspicions.In his first national address from the Oval Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-61415161804794599222010-06-17T17:09:00.001+08:002010-06-17T17:11:09.811+08:00What the President Should Have SaidBy Joe TrippiThe problem with President Obama's speech last night and his meeting today with BP CEO Tony Hayward is the timing.We face the greatest environmental crisis in our nation's history and the Obama administration let 56 days go by before the president addressed the country from the Oval Office and 57 days to meet with BP's top executive.I am a Democrat Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-15895504223188703472010-06-17T17:00:00.001+08:002010-06-17T17:02:30.205+08:00When Western Women Fall for the Fairy Tale By Phyllis CheslerFOXNews.comContrary to myth, when a perfectly good mother is custodially challenged by her child's father, she is immediately at risk -- most certainly in any Muslim country where the male custody of children is viewed as a religious, tribal, and legal right.If the mother has grown up in that country, she knows this can happen, which isHeffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-52794734057168767572010-06-16T18:21:00.005+08:002010-06-17T17:16:49.975+08:00Sun's strange behavior baffles astronomersConstant interaction with Earth makes it important to track solar activityBy Denise ChowAn image from NASA's Transition Region and Coronal Explorer shows material erupting from the sun along magnetic coronal loops.NASAThe sun's temper ebbs and flows on what scientists had thought was a pretty predictable cycle, but lately our closest star has been acting Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-7844690716151524202010-06-16T10:20:00.000+08:002010-07-22T10:27:20.785+08:00Scottsdale boy's message in a bottle discovered on islandBy Philip HaldimanThe Arizona RepublicMark Henle/The Arizona RepublicJack Johnson holds the letter he put into a bottle and threw into the ocean while fishing near Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, in 2008.Finding a message in a bottle is the subject of pop songs and Hollywood movies.But one Scottsdale boy's message in a bottle story is more about Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-40486173144627020682010-06-16T00:47:00.002+08:002010-06-16T00:51:57.299+08:00The Sperm-Donor Kids Are Not Really All RightA new study shows they suffer.By Karen Clark and Elizabeth MarquardtSperm-donor children are more likely to suffer from depression.The Kids Are All Right, due out in July, is being praised for its honest portrayal of a lesbian couple, played by Julianne Moore and Annette Bening. But what seems most revelatory about the movie is its portrayal of their Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-23467248883836642122010-06-14T17:40:00.003+08:002010-06-14T17:46:57.149+08:00YouTube removes ‘We Con the World’ videoClip gets over 3 million views.By Noah RaymanThe parody video “We Con the World,” which mocked the international media coverage of the Gaza-bound “aid” flotilla that was stopped by Israeli naval commandos, has been removed from YouTube, where it received over 3 million views since it went up on June 3.In removing the video from on Friday, YouTube posted a Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-70031299183688361612010-06-14T14:11:00.002+08:002010-06-14T14:14:03.172+08:00World Cup considers horn banAFPWorld Cup organizing committee head Danny Jordaan on Sunday did not rule out banning vuvuzelas, the noisy plastic trumpets that have proved a hit with fans in South Africa but threaten to deafen players and viewers alike.Criticism of the vuvuzelas has been almost as loud as the instruments themselves with broadcasting companies complaining the din is almost drowningHeffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-35692708518519404742010-06-14T14:08:00.001+08:002010-06-14T14:10:40.168+08:00Vuvuzela drone killing World Cup atmosphereJohn LeicesterThe Associated PressThe constant drone of cheap and tuneless plastic horns is killing the atmosphere at the World Cup.Where are the loud choruses of "Oooohhsss" from enthralled crowds when a shot scorches just wide of the goalpost? And the sharp communal intake of breath, the shrill "Aaahhhhss," when a goalkeeper makes an acrobatic, Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-37433609538692881142010-06-10T19:22:00.002+08:002010-06-10T19:26:40.561+08:00What's Older Than the Pyramids and Smells Worse Than a Mummy? FOXNews.comPLoS ONE / Ron Pinhasi, Boris Gasparian, et alA perfectly preserved shoe, 1,000 years older than the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt and 400 years older than Stonehenge in the UK, has been found in a cave in Armenia.What were the fashion-conscious cave-dweller wearing 5,500 years ago? Archaeologists may just have found out.A Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667871.post-87350618369591066002010-06-10T19:20:00.002+08:002010-06-10T19:22:37.112+08:00Calif. mother finds daughter on Facebook after 15-year search; father arrested for kidnappingAssociated PressMONTCLAIR, Calif. (AP) — Prince Sagala desperately searched for her son and daughter for 15 years, fearing she had lost them forever to the estranged husband who took them to his native Mexico.Her fears were replaced by joy when she typed her daughter's name into Facebook on a library Heffer Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502613712985765524noreply@blogger.com