If you want to drown your sorrows, don't drink: study

Seeded on Tue Mar 4, 2008 1:25 AM EST (dailytimes.com.pk)

The age-old belief is that alcohol helps people drown their sorrows; but in truth the bottle only makes bad memories linger, a Japanese study has found.

health, drinking, alcohol

LiveLeak.com - Lucky Granny Has Nerves Of Steel.

Seeded on Tue Mar 4, 2008 12:53 AM EST (liveleak.com)

Unshaken.

odd-news, video, granny

Power Line: Kissinger on Islamic Terrorism

Seeded on Mon Mar 3, 2008 7:07 AM EST (Power Line)

One of the highlights of our Book of the Year award ceremony in New York was the speech by Henry Kissinger, founder of the "realist" school of foreign policy.

terrorism, islam, kissinger

After Suicide, Blog Insults Are Debated

Seeded on Mon Mar 3, 2008 6:05 AM EST (The New York Times)

Visitors to AgencySpy and AdScam, two sharp-tongued advertising industry blogs, posted comments blaming the sites for contributing to ad executive Paul Tilley's suicide.

media, business, nytimes, advertising-and-marketing, blogs-and-blogging-internet, suicides-and-suicide-attempts, agencyspy-com, adscam-com, ddb-chicago, paul-tilley

What a Difference a Freakishly Long, Ungodly Talented, Defensive Wizard of a Man Makes

Seeded on Mon Mar 3, 2008 5:42 AM EST (The New York Times)

The life, times and genetic restructuring of the Boston Celtics.

sports, basketball, boston-celtics, nytimes, playmagazine

Rumsfeld, 9/11 and $2.3 trillion

Seeded on Mon Mar 3, 2008 5:24 AM EST (911myths.com)

Donald Rumsfeld annouced that more than $2 trillion in Pentagon funds had gone missing. He made this astonishing statement on September 10th, perfect timing to keep the story from making any news.

us, politics, 9-11, trillion, defence-budget

Stylish Blight

Seeded on Mon Mar 3, 2008 4:02 AM EST (The New York Times)

A look inside a ramshackle repair shop turned architecture firm dream office in Atlanta.

magazine, architecture, nytimes, restoration-and-rehabilitation, buildings-structures, atlanta-ga, david-yocum, brian-bell

Gun that killed JFK assassin in pop culture auction

Seeded on Sun Mar 2, 2008 2:10 AM EST (Reuters)

By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - It is billed as the best pop culture collection ever assembled -- ranging from the gun used to kill the assassin of President John F. Kennedy to the Wicked Witch of the West's hat from ''The Wizard of...

reuters, world-news

Clean-tech startups gain more VC green

Seeded on Sat Mar 1, 2008 3:04 AM EST (The Seattle Times)

Global venture-capital investment in clean technologies rose 43 percent last year to a record $3 billion, overwhelmingly in the U.S., according to an annual...

business, seattle-times

Is there such a thing as a truly unselfish act?

Seeded on Sat Mar 1, 2008 2:51 AM EST (HowStuffWorks)

In an episode of the TV sitcom "Friends," entitled "The One Where Phoebe Hates PBS," two characters -- Phoebe and Joey, engage in a contest based on the theories of philosopher Immanuel Kant.

evolution, charity, science, life-science, kindness

What befell Tolstoy's audio 'postcard' to the American people?

Seeded on Sat Mar 1, 2008 2:14 AM EST (hindu.com)

A century-old riddle eludes an answer.

edison, world-news, tolstoy

The Coming Death Of Indian Outsourcing

Seeded on Sat Mar 1, 2008 1:41 AM EST (Forbes)

India is riding high on outsourcing.

business, it, outsourcing, bpo

Cat enthusiast imports from Middle East to save dying breed

Seeded on Fri Feb 29, 2008 9:21 AM EST (mywesttexas.com)

As the front door swings shut behind Carol Green, her managerie of brown, black and bronze colored felines scatter into the shrubs and under their yellow playhouse that's been planted in the yard to offer them shelter.

cats, pets

How green is your airplane?

Seeded on Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:25 AM EST (engineeringservicesoutsourcing.com)

Have you seen your local gas station being set on fire and then flown over your head? No? Unknown to yourself, you might have seen it. No kidding.

technology, pollution, environment, airplanes, emission, biofuel

Why Stars Have Seasons

Seeded on Fri Feb 29, 2008 7:44 AM EST (Live Science)

Have you ever wondered why most star patterns are associated with specific seasons of the year? Just why, for instance, can evening sky watchers in the Northern Hemisphere enjoy Orion the Hunter only during the cold wintry months? During balmy summer evenings it is not Orion, but …

space, stars, science, astronomy, seasons

Miley Cyrus likes to drink ketchup from bottle - Access Hollywood - msnbc.com

Seeded on Fri Feb 29, 2008 6:45 AM EST (msnbc.com)

The multi-talented Miley Cyrus unveiled one of her hidden habits during an appearance on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" — she likes to drink ketchup right from the bottle.

entertainment, hollywood, miley-cyrus, hannah-montana

Suicidal Pets Given Anti-Depressants

Seeded on Fri Feb 29, 2008 5:57 AM EST (Australian News Network)

PETS AT risk of self-harm are increasingly being prescribed anti-depressants because they cannot discuss problems in their lives with others, a leading veterinarian says.

suicide, health, pets, anti-depressants

Will the "Willie Effect" Impact the Election?

Seeded on Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:33 AM EST (700wlw.com)

Some speculate the controversy could cost McCain the White House.

us, elections, politics, mccain

The Arab-Israeli Conflict

Seeded on Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:12 AM EST (freud.org.uk)

Freud would not have been surprised at the continuing conflict in the Middle East. He predicted as much 70 years ago. We can predict Freud's response because of a letter he wrote to Dr. Chaim Koffler in 1930.

history, israel, war, arab, occupation, freud

Depression the great excuse of our times | NEWS.com.au

Seeded on Thu Feb 28, 2008 7:53 AM EST (Australian News Network)

Depression has become the great excuse of our times and what is a genuine condition has been corrupted into a nifty carry-all excuse. In courts and offices and classrooms of Australia, almost daily, there will be someone claiming they were depressed out of their brain when they …

depression

The (Im)Permanence of Love

Seeded on Thu Feb 28, 2008 7:06 AM EST (ponderabout.com)

can the love we feel for someone fade completely, eventually to be gone and forgotten?

love, arts, poem

How Much Air and Water is Left in the World?

Seeded on Thu Feb 28, 2008 6:41 AM EST (blog.phiffer.org)

You will be amazed by what you see.

air, water, science

U.S. border ''virtual fence'' to be delayed: report

Seeded on Thu Feb 28, 2008 6:29 AM EST (Reuters)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Technical problems have forced the Bush administration to retool a high-tech ''virtual fence'' along the U.S.-Mexico border and will delay the first phase for at least three years, the Washington Post reported on Thursday. There...

reuters, world-news

Seize the day: The magic and mystery of leap years - This Britain, UK - Independent.co.uk

Seeded on Thu Feb 28, 2008 3:35 AM EST (Independent.co.uk)

It's the Roman Empire's enduring gift to the world – an extra day every four years. A source of mystery, intrigue and controversy, Christopher Hirst explores the most colourful date in the calendar

history, leap-year