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Images: TOP: Paul–upload.wikimedia.org; tower–d.yimg.com; BOTTOM: toilet + toilet tissue–gogreenkekowna.com; newspaper–carlo.net; Paul–worldslargestthings.com; tower–i5.photbucket.com via urbanity.es;
North Korea’s “Hotel of Doom” wakes from its coma
By Jon Herskovitz Thu Jul 17, 3:56 AM ET
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea’s phantom hotel is stirring back to life. Once dubbed by Esquire magazine as “the worst building in the history of mankind,” the 105-storey Ryugyong Hotel is back under construction after a 16-year lull in […]
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Images: (Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks) (zoetrope) & (NO symbol) commons.wikimedia.org;(Sheikh) (PA) & (zoetrope pix) newsimg.bbc.co.uk; (screen door) is.hsc.uth.tmc.edu; (revolving door) glassmagazine.net;(Dubai towers) (Rotating skyscraper) Associated Press
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Huge beef recall stems from Calif. plant
By GREG RISLING, Associated Press Writer Mon Feb 18, 2:11 AM ET
LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Sunday ordered the recall of 143 million pounds of frozen beef from a California slaughterhouse, the subject of an animal-abuse investigation, that provided meat to school lunch programs.
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Officials said […]
Religious Earmarks on the Rise
Critics Worry That Federal Funds Are Subsidizing Evangelism By John Stanton
Roll Call Staff
October 31, 2007
When Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) pulled a controversial $100,000 earmark two weeks ago for a state organization promoting creationist theories, Americans United for Separation of Church and State and other groups hailed it as a significant step […]
Criminal probe into U.S. Embassy in Iraq construction
By Warren P. Strobel and Jonathan S. Landay | McClatchy Newspapers
Posted on Thursday, October 18, 2007
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WASHINGTON —
McClatchy Newspapers
has also learned that:— Aspects of the embassy’s construction are the subject of at least one U.S. government criminal investigation, according to officials in Congress and the administration. They spoke […]
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Navy to alter swastika-shaped barracks
Associated Press
Wed Sep 26, 2:20 PM ET
CORONADO, Calif. - The Navy will spend as much as $600,000 to modify a 40-year-old barracks complex that resembles a swastika from the air, a gaffe that went largely unnoticed before satellite images became easily accessible on the Internet.
The Navy said officials noted the […]
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REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA)
Malaysia’s Tooth King Breaks World Record
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 (Bernama) — Malaysia’s Tooth King, Rathakrishnan Velu broke a new world record today when he completed a successful attempt using his teeth to pull three Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) commuter coaches, weighing 297.1 tonnes, for a distance of 2.8 metres.
The feat is his […]
I don’t conveniently forget about my forays into the crystal ball. The enclosed post was a response to the story about the New Seven Wonders poll in March.
I present for all to see that I failed to agree on even one of the winners. As it was an international poll, I can assuredly say […]
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April 30, 2007
London Times
If you must build an Ark, make sure the better half designs it
David Charter, Europe Correspondent
A devout Dutchman has spent two years and a million euros rebuilding Noah’s Ark after a dream that the Netherlands was suddenly submerged under water.
Johan Huibers, 48, a believer in the literal truth of the Bible, made […]