The ambitious plan to build Star Trek's USS Enterprise - The Week

Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 9:05 AM EDT (The Week)

One adventurous engineer makes a compelling case to boldly build what no man has built before. Could the crazy thing actually work?

space, odd-news, star-trek, engineering

See through Money in Canada

Seeded on Thu Apr 26, 2012 12:31 PM EDT ()

The latest Canadian money is made from polymers and partially transparent. Canada released $100 bills in late 2011, and has a plan to put bills of lower denominations in circulation through the end of 2013. The new bills are meant to be more secure -- not just look cool.

The Web is Not User Friendly! Face it, and Embrace It!

Seeded on Wed Apr 25, 2012 2:18 PM EDT (Forbes)

Contrary to popular demand the web is far from user-friendly. The following steps can help you succeed at using the web to build your career.

technology, internet, user-friendly

Mocking gotcha video of Ford caught at KFC leaves a bad taste

Seeded on Sat Apr 21, 2012 9:21 PM EDT (Toronto Star)

I know of course that Ford himself has made his weight loss battle a public issue in Toronto and beyond. In January, the then 330-pound mayor called a press conference to launch his “Cut the Waist Challenge” to lose 50 pounds by June, along with his brother Doug wh …

odd-news, weight-loss, toronto, rob-ford, ridicule

10 Habits You Must Quit to Be Happy

Seeded on Sat Apr 21, 2012 9:18 PM EDT ()

When you quit doing the wrong things, you make more room for the things that make you happy. So starting today, here are ten counterproductive habits to quit.

odd-news, happiness, self-help, habits, personality

Inventor of SPANX Makes Billionaire's List

Seeded on Sat Apr 21, 2012 9:08 PM EDT (Yahoo!)

Screen goddesses (and mere mortals) love SPANX so much that the company's founder, 41-year-old Sarah Blakely was just named the youngest ever self-made woman to grace Forbes annual list of the world's billionaires. Not bad starting off with just five thousand dollars.

business, entrepreneur, spanx, sarah-blakely

Mumbai's pink taxi drivers

Seeded on Sun Apr 15, 2012 7:44 AM EDT (The Better India)

Pink clad women – the wildest of our imaginations wouldn’t come up with the thought that they are taxi drivers. But that’s Priyadarshini Taxi Service for you – An all women fleet of cabbies taking on the roads of Mumbai – a completely male dominat …

women, taxi, world-news, pink, mumbai

Predetermined Consumerism

Seeded on Fri Apr 13, 2012 2:12 PM EDT (Splice)

The process of decision making today seems has been saturated with input. The choice is no choice at all. It is predetermined.

consumer, odd-news, marketing, psychology, decisions

North Korean Press Bus Takes Wrong Turn And Journalists See The Real Pyongyang

Seeded on Fri Apr 13, 2012 2:03 PM EDT (Silicon Alley Insider)

A cloud of brown dust swirled down deeply potholed streets, past concrete apartment buildings crumbling at the edges. Old people trudged along the sidewalk, some with handmade backpacks crafted from canvas bags. Two men in wheelchairs waited at a bus stop. There were stores w …

north-korea, world-news, truth, propaganda

Media gives ample coverage, little clarity to Trayvon Martin case

Seeded on Wed Apr 4, 2012 9:02 AM EDT (The L.A. Times)

The Florida teenager's shooting has eclipsed the presidential election as a news story, one study finds. But the perspective varies widely depending on whom you're listening to.

death, race, us-news, media-coverage, trayvon-martin

Alarming Rise In Skin Cancer Rates

Seeded on Tue Apr 3, 2012 9:48 AM EDT (Medical News Today)

Science and better living habits are starting to conquer some types of cancers, but skin cancer seems to be becoming rather prevalent. Mayo Clinic researchers published their study in the April issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, showing that the incidence of me …

health, skin-cancer

Canada among the happiest countries in the world

Seeded on Tue Apr 3, 2012 9:05 AM EDT (The Globe and Mail)

Canada ranks fifth in World Happiness Report that shows the very happiest countries are all in Northern Europe.

canada, odd-news, happiness

Watch Out for These Top 12 Canadian Scams

Seeded on Thu Mar 29, 2012 9:40 AM EDT (Credit Cards Canada)

The Little Black Book of Scams provides you with great insight into the scams you have to watch out for, not just in Canada, but pretty much everywhere. There are a number of reasons that people fall for scams, whether it's love, money, or just the wish that something could be tr …

canada, crime, world-news, consumers, scams

Truck Driver wins $300,000 Lamborghini Murcielago and wrecks it hours later

Seeded on Wed Dec 21, 2011 3:08 PM EST (Auto Monster Blog)

A small-town Frito-Lay delivery truck driver’s dream of winning the 2008 Lamborghini Murcielago Roadster Supercar became reality to only crash it 6 hours later. No word yet on the repair bill!

crash, winner, lotto, lamborghini-murcielago, repair-bill

Saudi Prince Invests $300 Million In Twitter : NPR

Seeded on Mon Dec 19, 2011 9:42 AM EST (NPR)

Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, a nephew of the Saudi king, has a history of investing in media and technology companies, and said the deal represents an interest in "promising, high-growth businesses with a global impact." But what happens when the Kingdom feels the need for ce …

business, saudi-arabia, investment, twitter, prince-alwaleed-bin-talal

Why Business Owners Routinely Bet the House, and Why It's Getting Harder to Do - NYTimes.com

Seeded on Wed Nov 30, 2011 1:21 PM EST (The New York Times)

As home values have plunged, entrepreneurs have found it very difficult to get loans using their residences as collateral. Sometimes, they even lose their business.

business, economy, home, loans, collateral

If You Can't Sell Your Home, Here Are Some Options - The Consumerist

Seeded on Tue Nov 29, 2011 10:05 PM EST (Consumerist)

If you put your house on the market, there's a great chance it will stay there for months, leaving you twisting in the wind as you decide what your next move will be.

home, real-estate, house, selling, home-garden

Israelis save drowning Iranians

Seeded on Tue Nov 29, 2011 9:55 AM EST (ynetnews.com)

Drama in Thailand as Israeli lifeguards save two drowning Iranians. 'When we told them we were Israeli they just got up and fled'

iran, world-news, drowning, isreal, lifeguards

BP Played Pivotal Role in Exxon Valdez Disaster

Seeded on Thu May 27, 2010 8:43 AM EDT ()

From the hours immediately following the BP Gulf Oil catastrophe that began with the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig the comparisons to the Exxon Valdez atrocities began.

oil, alaska, bp, louisiana, environment, exxon, valdez

Payrolls Rise for Most States in April 2010

Seeded on Thu May 27, 2010 8:40 AM EDT ()

Most states reported an increase in nonfarm payrolls for the month of April 2010. 38 states and the District of Columbia saw increases in employment, adding jobs. Additionally, 34 states and D.C. saw a decrease in the state unemployment rate.

business, ohio, jobs, employment

Neanderthal Genome Complete; Provides Evidence of Evolution, Interbreeding

Seeded on Fri May 7, 2010 11:25 AM EDT (Daily Tech)

The Neanderthal genome has been sequenced, a decade after the first full sequencing of a human genome. Neanderthals and humans appear to have evolved similar traits that accomplished the same goals, but were not genetically identical (the result of interbreeding?)

evolution, human, science, genome, interbreeding, neanderthal

Aging boomers set to put brakes on auto industry: Report

Seeded on Fri Feb 26, 2010 9:38 AM EST (Canada.com)

As the auto industry gets a much-needed boost, buoyed by demand for new cars in growing markets such as China, a new report warns that the retirement of the baby-boom generation will hurt sales in North America over the coming decades.

business, autos, sales, forecast, cars, boomers

Pope Benedict approves sainthood for Montreal's Brother André

Seeded on Fri Feb 19, 2010 9:53 AM EST (Toronto Star)

The Pope made the announcement during a ceremony at the Vatican Friday and set the formal canonization for Oct. 17 in Rome. Brother André was a Holy Cross Brother and has been credited with thousands of miracle healings.

sainthood, religion, pope, catholic, miracles, healings, brother-andre

Toyota to idle 2 U.S. plants amid recalls

Seeded on Tue Feb 16, 2010 12:37 PM EST (The Washington Times)

Toyota spokesman Mike Goss said a plant in San Antonio, Texas, has scheduled production breaks for the weeks of March 15 and April 12. A plant in Georgetown, Ky., has scheduled a non-production day on Feb.

autos, recalls, production, toyota, us-news

Grezky Lights Olympic Flame

Seeded on Sat Feb 13, 2010 9:12 AM EST (CBC)

After months of speculation, it was hockey great Wayne Gretzky who lit the outdoor cauldron and officially launched the Vancouver Olympics on Friday night.

sports, olympics, gretzky, hockey, light, ceremony, flame

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