@ a glance : US man admits ’spying for Israel’

An 85-year-old former US army engineer has admitted passing classified military documents to Israel during the 1980s, prosecutors say. Full Story : Aljazeera.net……..

Church of Stop Shopping

The Church of Stop Shopping is an activist performance group based in New York City, led by Reverend Billy. Reverend Billy and his gospel choir encourage consumers to abandon the products of large corporations and mass media; and preaches a broader message of economic justice, environmental protection, and anti-militarism, protesting sweatshops and the Iraq War.

Tracking Santa around the world

Google teams up with NORAD(North American Aerospace Defense Command) to track Santa Claus. On December 24, Christmas Eve, NORAD will begin tracking Santa’s trip with live video feeds. NORAD has been tracking Santa for over 50 years, after a young child called the US air defense radar network head quarters, to find out the location of Santa Claus. A Google Map with Santa’s current location will appear at www.noradsanta.org and will be updated with Santa’s journey.

Shoes Thrown at Bush

George Bush, the US president, has had a pair of shoes thrown at him at a press conference in Iraq. Muntadar al-Zeidi, an Iraqi reporter,called Bush “a dog” and shouted out “this is the end” before throwing his shoes. Bush shrugged off the incident and quipped: “All I can report is that it’s a size 10.” Soles of shoes are considered the ultimate insult in Arab culture.

Walmart Worker Died in Black Friday Stampede

A Wal-Mart worker died early Friday after an “out-of-control” mob of frenzied shoppers smashed through the Long Island store’s front doors and trampled him. Even officers who arrived to perform CPR on the trampled worker were stepped on by shoppers. About 2,000 people had gathered outside the store as it prepared to open.

World Toilet Day

Did you know that 40% of the world’s population, 2.6 billion people, don’t have access to a toilet. To raise awareness of this global sanitation crisis and to celebrate a humble yet essential bathroom fixture, World Toilet Day is being proclaimed today, November 19.

London Man shot three times for wearing Barack Obama T-shirt

Dube Egwuatu,a data analyst was shot three times in a London street for wearing a Barack Obama T-shirt. The gunman confronted him and used racial slurs inside a shop, and shot him three times using a gas-powered ball-bearing pistol. The incident happened in broad daylight. No one has been arrested.

Diet for Better Sex

Does it really matter what you eat when it comes to a better sex life? According to this nutritionist it does. ‘Mike Harris wrote in his blog..’I find it interesting or rather amusing that nutritionists are suggesting that there is a diet for better sex. I am from the old school of thought that sex is what you do and just get over and done with, but I maybe wrong as this nutritionist has proved. View the video here.

We ‘will fight back’ against rescue attempts: Somali pirates

Somali pirates who hijacked Ukrainian arms ship MV Faina have vowed to fight any rescue attempts. They demanded a $20 million ransom to release it. There are 33 Soviet-designed tanks and heavy weapons aboard the ship. Six U.S. Navy warships have surrounded the ship. Pirates Spokesman Sugule Ali told the Associated Press: ‘We have nothing to do with insurgents or terrorist organizations, we only need money.’

Palin forced to apologise after blunder over ‘talks’ with British ambassador

In an answer to questions about her foreign policy experience US vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s aides listed talks with Britain’s ambassador to Washington, which never actually took place. British embassy officials contacted the McCain-Palin campaign to inform them of the discrepancy. She has been ridiculed for the few interviews she has granted, the most notable one is citing Alaska’s proximity to Canada and Russia as giving her foreign policy experience.

Canadian PM accused of plagiarism

Now Canadian Prime minister Stephen Harper made that speech on 20 March 2003 in the House of Commons in Ottawa during an emergency debate held at the beginning of the US-led war in Iraq. Mr Harper’s 2003 speech had been made almost word-for-word two days before in Canberra by his former Australian counterpart, John Howard. Opposition party leader Stephane Dion said “It’s about Stephen Harper saying that Canada should go with the war in Iraq, He’s unable to choose his own words.”. A Canadian Conservative Party speech-writer resigned after the accusation.

California to Remove the singing Road.

As part of an ad campaign,Honda turned Lancaster’s Avenue in California into a musical road. Notches are dug and spaced at specific intervals and sizes that produce different notes as the tires hit them, and the result is musical. Cars driving over them at specific speed (55mph) produce part of Rossini’s William Tell Overture. Those grooves were tuned specifically for a Honda Civic. The city is decided to pave over the road after receiving complains about the noise. You can watch the video of the road singing.

Man Punches Shark to Save his Dog.

Greg LeNoir took his 14-pound rat terrier Jake for a daily swim. When the dog was swimming off the Florida Keys, a 5-foot shark attacked the dog and pulled him under the water. Jake’s owner dove in and hit the shark in the back and the creature finally let go of the dog.

Viking Expansion Triggered by Shortage of Wives?

Viking Age is the term denoting the years from about 700 to 1066 in European history. During this period, Scandinavians sailed the whole of the North Atlantic and discovered Iceland and Greenland, and settled parts of England, Scotland, Ireland and Normandy. The reasons for this extraordinary outpouring of peoples from Scandinavia have been debated ever since the Viking Age. Researcher James Barrett, deputy director of Cambridge University’s McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, comes with an answer for the century old question. According to his new research, the young warriors were driven to seek their fortunes to better their chances of finding wives. He argues that selective killing of female newborns in the Scandinavian society led to a shortage of women in the first place, resulting later in intense competition over eligible women.

Wide Disparities in Health Care by Race and Region

Most of us would agree race could be a determining factor in the quality of service a person gets. But a new study shows place of residence could play a role in quality of the medical treatment a patient receives. According to a new study in United States  that women in Mississippi are far less likely to have mammograms than those in Maine. The study also revealed that blacks with diabetes or vascular disease are nearly five times more likely than whites to have a leg amputated. “In U.S. health care, it’s not only who you are that matters; it’s also where you live,” wrote the study’s authors, led by Dr. Elliott S. Fisher.

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LGBTQs have High Brand Loyalty.

LGBTQ (also GLBT) is referring collectively to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans gender/transsexual people. According to a new study LGBTQ community has a high brand loyalty for the companies they view as gay friendly and they also tend to provide a lot of negative word of mouth if they have had a bad experience with a company. The study also revealed that, Starbucks, Target, Showtime, Bravo, HBO, Apple, and Subaru have a good reputation among LGBTQ community.

Secret Green Community Saved.

A secret Green community that was only discovered during an aerial survey of a Welsh national park,UK will not be demolished after it was finally approved. The inhabitants secretly built the sustainable village and lived there unnoticed until the aerial survey was carried out in 1998. The village relies on solar power and a wind turbine for electricity, and has compost toilets, reed beds, a workshop and a hay barn.

You Can Spot More Aggressive Men By Their Faces

According to Canadian scientists, men with wider faces are more aggressive. Men have wider faces than women, and the differences start emerge at puberty when testosterone levels increases. Testosterone is tied with aggression, which led to a link between aggression and wide faces. But the face width is not linked with aggression in women. The size of the faces have been shaped by evolution to signal aggressiveness to others.

Human Virus : Cool Cartoon

In each and every way we act like parasites. Who knows the truth?

26% of Americans Volunteer.

A recent study finds about 26 percent of Americans age 16 or older, performed volunteer work for a nonprofit organization. That is around 61 million volunteers. The study also revealed that growing number of volunteers who dedicate substantial time to service. The report analyzes data obtained from annual Census Bureau surveys of roughly 60,000 households around the country.
Other Key findings:

• People who live in mid-sized American cities are more likely to volunteer than residents of big cities.
• Utah had the highest volunteering rate in the nation.
• Women volunteer more than men