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Will 'untouchable' leader be India's next PM?

Dharmendra — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:31:29 +0000

The 52-year-old daughter of a government clerk who grew up in a shanty town in the capital, Delhi, has emerged as the pivot of a fledgling

Tim Russert: The Smile That Lit Up Journalism

Dharmendra — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 23:18:12 +0000

He was an expert at journalism, politics and the ways of the world, yes, but he also seemed to have mastered happiness. He’d won trophies and plaques and certificates by the score, and if there were an award for getting what you want out of...

Was Stonehenge Originally A Burial Ground?

Dharmendra — Fri, 30 May 2008 18:19:05 +0000

Simply one of the most fascinating archaeological mysteries of human history is that surrounding Stonehenge. No one is really quite sure why it exists, who built it, where it came from, what it did, or any other question you might try to pose. Was it a moon temple, an observatory? No one knows, although the latter may possibly be discounted on the grounds of believability.

Father Kept Daughter in Cellar for 24 Years; Fathered Her 7 Children

Dharmendra — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:07:24 +0000

Police have found a woman missing since 1984, who told authorities that her father had kept her in a cellar for almost 24 years and that she had given birth to seven children after being repeatedly raped by him.

The 73-year-old father was taken into custody, Franz Polzer, head of the Lower Austrian Bureau of Criminal Affairs, told reporters Sunday.

Authorities found the woman Saturday evening in the town of Amstetten following a tip, Lower Austria police said in a statement.

Eleven Ways The Internet Can Kill You

Dharmendra — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:54:53 +0000

While I was pulling an all-nighter this weekend watching YouTube, my stomach started to growl even though I’d had like a whole thing of goldfish crackers and a bottle of Kahlua, and as I popped a diet pill and scratched a couple scabs off my forearm, I had a vision of the eleven ways the Internet could kill you. (Please don’t sue: Of course not all the sites and practices listed below are directly responsible for any deaths. But if you’re already at risk, you might just get yourself killed when you use them.)

Top 10 Misconceptions About The Bible

Dharmendra — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:14:01 +0000

It is almost impossible to mention religion without some debate issuing forth. Fundamentalist Christians like to use the Bible as their sole source of “revelation” and will argue for hours from its pages. Over history, people have developed strange misconceptions about the Bible and the tales it tells. This list hopes to put down some of the more obvious misconceptions people have about the Bible.

Israel: 60 years of hope and despair

Dharmendra — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:52:59 +0000

As the anniversary of its independence approaches, Israel remains haunted by conflicts of the past and is split along racial, religious, economic and ideological lines. Terrorist attacks are commonplace. But there is also pride mixed with...

Give This Artist a Hand!

Dharmendra — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:25:23 +0000

Guido Daniele creates awesome hand artwork of animals that pretty much look like the real thing. He lives in Italy and his work has been used in advertising images and commercials.

Originally he was contacted by an advertising agency to create body painting of animals and loved the idea. His paintings usually take around 3-4 hours to create. His son and daughter are often used as the hand models.

Five Lost Cities Of The Future

Dharmendra — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:31:17 +0000

The concept of a lost city has always astounded me, not because I donâ€™t see how you can simply let a civilization dry up, but because I realize that in several hundred years, there will be anthropologists of that age looking at the ruins of whatever modern encampment didnâ€™t quite work out, and asking the same questions we now ask about the Maya, or the Inca, or any other ruins we stumble upon with little explanation.

Breast cancer be damned! The inspiring story of the beauty queen who had her breasts rebuilt to save her life

Dharmendra — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:52:47 +0000

As a former beauty queen, Sarah-Jane Howe was used to posing for the camera. But she’d never before had to summon the courage needed for this extraordinary image.

The vivid scars across her breasts are the result of a double mastectomy and full reconstruction, which she chose to undergo to beat the cancer that has taken three members of her family.