NEW YORK (CNN) — Passengers aboard Spirit Airlines Flight 180 from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to New York’s LaGuardia International Airport had an unexpected travel companion Tuesday: a small monkey.
A passenger who originally departed from Lima, Peru, and connected in Fort Lauderdale had been hiding the small monkey in his ponytail, under his [...]
Dogs Begetting Cats
A dog has become a local celebrity in a Chinese village after she reportedly gave birth to a kitten.
Hua Chengpeng, of Huayang village, Jiangyan city, told People’s Daily that the unlikely animal was the third ‘puppy’ in his pet’s litter.
“The first two puppies the dog produced were both normal, but when the third [...]
WASHINGTON –Fred Thompson’s expected entry into the tight Republican presidential race is drawing crucial strength from conservatives and older men, vaulting him into the thick of the nomination fight, an Associated Press-Ipsos poll says.
Thompson, who has sandwiched an acting career around a largely anonymous eight years as Tennessee senator, has not formally entered the race. [...]
Brookline – A 19-year-old who allegedly posted ads on the Internet for “erotic massage” was arrested last week and charged with prostitution at her mother’s Coolidge Corner day care facility.
Police made the bust May 6, after catching an ad on www.craigslist.com that promised the services for $175 for a half-hour or $225 for an hour.
Vibeke A. [...]
Comic of the Day
No, she’s NOT a beekeeper. This woman believes that her bizarre headgear can save her from the dangerous electrosmog all around us. Can she possibly be right?
Before knocking on Sarah Dacre’s door, I take the precaution of checking my mobile phone. It’s switched off, as she has requested.
Sarah, 51, is one of a growing band [...]
A duck who became famous after he was born with four legs has lost one of his extra limbs. Stumpy was born at Warrawee Duck Farm, Hampshire, in February, with an extra set of legs behind the two he moves on.
His owner Nicky Janaway, who was amazed Stumpy had thrived into adulthood, said he [...]
A Dutch escort agency is launching a special virgin service for computer geeks.
Sociology student Zoe Vialet, who set up Society Service last year, says she has had a lot of demand from virgins.
She says most of them work in the IT sector and added: “They are very sweet but are afraid of seeking contact with [...]
Two front page stories on blogging today; the first page of the Metro/Region is a story about how many major American universities are using blogs in the admissions process, encouraging, promoting, and even paying students, professors and administrators to “tell it like it is” through blogs. And the front page page of Business section titled [...]
It seems like the plot of a particularly far-fetched horror film. But some scientists suggest that our love of the mobile phone could cause massive food shortages, as the world’s harvests fail.
They are putting forward the theory that radiation given off by mobile phones and other hi-tech gadgets is a possible answer to one of [...]
First posting on WordPress, the new blogging platform. Migration was traumatic but ultimately painless – it seemed like it would never work, until suddenly it did. Thanks to j, Sebastian and Hal, who helped the digital idiot Dowbrigade through the transition.
Obviously the first difference you notice is in the layout and design scheme. [...]
It’s not a wonderful life. Food doesn’t taste good. Sleep doesn’tcome easily, and the air is polluted. New England sports fans are lostboys and lost girls. They have lost their leader and their mojo. Theyhave lost their way.
It was just two days ago that the footballseason was starting and hope was infinite. The Patriots were [...]