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New York taxi license sells for $600,000
Seeded on Wed May 30, 2007 12:42 PM EDT (Toronto Star)
The price of a license to operate a New York taxi cab hit a record $600,000 in May, according to a lending company which financed the purchase.
Artist eats cooked dog in protest
Seeded on Wed May 30, 2007 5:58 AM EDT (IOL)
A performance artist has eaten a corgi live on radio in protest at Prince Philip's alleged torture of a fox. Mark McGowan, 37, said the cooked dog - the Queen's favourite breed - tasted "really, really, really disgusting".
1 in 4 young Muslims backs suicide bombings
Seeded on Wed May 23, 2007 7:16 AM EDT (Toronto Star)
One in four younger Muslims in the United States believes suicide bombings to defend Islam are justified in at least some circumstances, although nearly 80 per cent of all Muslim Americans say such attacks are never acceptable, and most are critical of Al Qaeda, according to a po …
Case of the missing urns
Seeded on Wed May 23, 2007 7:13 AM EDT (Toronto Star)
John Willox and his girlfriend had hoped to place some flowers at her father's grave over the weekend. It was the second anniversary of his death and they wanted to mark it.
Indians offer personal maths tuition on the web
Seeded on Wed May 23, 2007 7:11 AM EDT (Telegraph)
A new trend in Indian outsourcing is promising to revolutionise the way that British schoolchildren receive extra tuition in maths and science.
End of the CD single
Seeded on Wed May 23, 2007 7:08 AM EDT (Telegraph)
The demise of the CD single came one step closer today as the supermarket chain Asda announced it will no longer sell the format.
Recent Virgin Births: Female Sharks
Seeded on Wed May 23, 2007 7:04 AM EDT (The Independent)
Female sharks can reproduce without having sex, scientists revealed today. The discovery could have solved a mystery which has baffled experts studying the species in captivity.
Laying down the (Oral) law
Seeded on Wed May 23, 2007 6:58 AM EDT (JPost.com)
Although the Karaites accept all 24 books of the Bible as holy, they staunchly reject the divinity of the Oral Law (recorded in the Talmud) as well as the authority of the rabbis, and view many aspects of rabbinic Halacha as contradictory to the pshat, or plain meaning, of the To …
Mob cheers as British soldier dies
Seeded on Tue May 22, 2007 6:51 AM EDT (Telegraph)
A cheering mob made victory hand signals yesterday after a British serviceman was killed in an ambush on the streets of Basra.
Your people are my people
Seeded on Tue May 22, 2007 6:50 AM EDT (JPost.com)
In 2006, there were approximately 300,000 non-Jews living in Israel, most of whom made aliya under the Law of Return, which grants automatic citizenship to anyone who is Jewish or who has a close relative (parent or grandparent) or a spouse who is Jewish.
Fatah al-Islam claims responsibility for Beirut bombings
Seeded on Tue May 22, 2007 6:47 AM EDT (MonstersAndCritics.com)
Fatah al-Islam, an allegedly al-Qaeda linked Palestinian group which has been locked in three days of fighting with the Lebanese army, claimed on Tuesday it was behind two bomb blasts that rocked Beirut in recent days and warned of more attacks in the capital.
Dubious Diets: Experts scorn 'natural' products
Seeded on Tue May 22, 2007 6:44 AM EDT (Toronto Star)
It's a billion-dollar industry that uses photos of svelte bodies and flashy fat-busting claims to peddle its products: "Lose 30 pounds in 8 weeks!" "Pound-for-Pound, The Most Powerful Weight-Loss Formula on Earth!" "Lose 10.65 pounds fast!"
Diabetes drug linked to heart attacks
Seeded on Tue May 22, 2007 6:36 AM EDT (Toronto Star)
The widely prescribed diabetes drug Avandia is linked to a greater risk of heart attack and possibly death, a new scientific analysis revealed, prompting the U.S. government to issue a safety alert yesterday.
The Jewish calendar is out of sync. Fix it
Seeded on Tue May 22, 2007 6:24 AM EDT (JPost.com)
The Jewish calendar has been a lunar one, confirmed by the sighting of the new moon, at least from the time of the little tablet, the so-called Gezer Calendar excavated in 1908, considered to be of the 11th century BCE, which counted the agricultural year in consecutive months, f …
Andrei Lugovoi charged with Litvinenko poisoning, death
Seeded on Tue May 22, 2007 6:20 AM EDT (FT.com)
Andrei Lugovoi, a former KGB agent, is to be charged with murdering Alexander Litvinenko, the exiled former Russian spy who was poisoned with radioactive Polonium 210 in London last year.
Police raid alleged Euro agent for allofmp3.com
Seeded on Mon May 21, 2007 12:15 PM EDT (PC Pro)
The Metropolitan Police has shut down an online voucher system for the allofmp3.com music downloads service following a dawn raid in Bow, London.
Mermaid Statue Draped in Muslim Dress
Seeded on Mon May 21, 2007 8:20 AM EDT (Breitbart)
The Little Mermaid statue in Denmark's capital was found draped in a Muslim dress and head scarf Sunday morning. Police removed the clothing after a telephone caller reported it, spokesman Jorgen Thomsen said.
Kabul money men dedicate their lives to change
Seeded on Mon May 21, 2007 8:09 AM EDT (Toronto Star)
Even Afghans occasionally need financial services that would normally fall to monetary institutions – most often the necessity to exchange foreign funds, U.S. dollars (the country is awash in those) and rupees and dinars for the national currency.
David Irving booted from book fair
Seeded on Mon May 21, 2007 6:45 AM EDT (JPost.com)
Holocaust denier David Irving was ejected from the Warsaw International Book Fair. "We asked him to leave" on Saturday, book fair organizer Grzegorz Guzowski told Reuters. "Our employees helped him pack up his things, and our car drove him to the address he specified."
Hamas: Israel will be wiped off the map
Seeded on Mon May 21, 2007 6:42 AM EDT (JPost.com)
Voices from within Hamas called out loudly for Israel's destruction on Monday, following an IAF attack on a Hamas lawmaker's home Sunday night as part of ongoing IDF operations against Kassam rocket fire.
What Does Your Font Say About You?
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2007 1:12 PM EDT (BBC News)
Following an overwhelming response to the Magazine's recent feature on the 50th birthday of the ubiquitous Helvetica typeface, this week sees readers picking their favourite fonts. Whether its Comic Sans, Webdings or Verdana, fonts elicit strong feelings from many users.
Not in search of G-d
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2007 8:16 AM EDT (JPost.com)
While the teacher is modern Orthodox, the students are all secular, and the setting is the Secular Yeshiva.
US credits Israel with "great restraint" in Gaza
Seeded on Thu May 17, 2007 12:39 PM EDT (JPost.com)
Israel has shown "great restraint" in responding to repeated Palestinian rocket attacks against Israeli targets, the State Department said Thursday.
Woman survives 'internal decapitation'
Seeded on Thu May 17, 2007 8:15 AM EDT (CNN)
Even her surgeon calls her a miracle. Shannon Malloy was critically injured January 25 when a car crash slammed her into the dashboard. Her skull separated from her spine, although her skin, spinal cord and other internal organs remained intact.
Tiger Triplets Nursed by Dog
Seeded on Thu May 17, 2007 8:00 AM EDT (Breitbart)
It's a dog's life for three newborn tiger triplets in eastern China.
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