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BBC News - FAA to close 149 air traffic towers as budget cuts bite The US aviation authority plans to close 149 air traffic control towers in response to steep budget cuts that took effect this month. Towers will close at small airports but the facilities will remain open, the...

Video http://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/pets/9948590/Family-forced-out-of-New-York-over-pet-pig.html Danielle Forgione, the owner of a Juliana Pig named Petey has started a petition to make pig ownership legal in New York City. The Forgione family, who cannot bear to part with their...

BBC News - Punxsutawney Phil 'indicted' in Ohio over late-spring prediction LOL :p Authorities in the US state of Ohio have issued an "indictment" against Punxsutawney Phil, the groundhog famed for predicting spring's arrival, after he got it wrong this year. The groundhog...

When in park of course :) Smartphone games can train the brain - Telegraph An hour a day on smartphone games can train the brain, like building muscles in the gym, researchers say They found that playing videogames can enhance particular cognitive skills, with better performance on...

:eek: Pic and story Sinkhole In One! Golfer Rescued From Pit A golfer has had to be rescued from a sinkhole that swallowed him up at an Illinois fairway...

Abba: Agnetha Faeltskog To Release New Album Former Abba member Agnetha Faeltskog is coming out of retirement to release her first album in almost a decade...

Pic and full story Giant Mosquitoes Look Set To Invade Florida :eek: Florida is bracing for a summer invasion of giant mosquitoes whose bite has been compared with "being knifed"...

There's an Outer Space Treaty? :eek: Apparently so ...... "According to the 1967 Outer Space Treaty no nation can own the Moon" "China has plans to land a probe on the Moon later this year and astronauts by 2020. Because China's lunar plans are more ambitious than most, some fear they may...

What happened to the mouse? :eek: Tooth Grown From Human And Mouse Cells Dentists could soon tell patients to throw away their dentures after scientists discovered a way to 'grow' new teeth coated in enamel...

Good news for a change :) BBC News - Dow Jones share index hits new record high New York's Dow Jones share index set a new all-time high on Tuesday, returning to levels not seen since before the global financial crisis. The Wall Street index reached 14,226, exceeding the previous...

A friend gave me the cost, I can't verify it - approx $623,000 :eek: http://www.snotr.com/video/10729/So_Porsche_designed_a_television

Story and video Lil Poopy: Father Of 9-Year-Old Rapper Probed Child abuse or Free Speech? :confused: US authorities are investigating whether a nine-year-old boy who raps under the name of Lil Poopy and appears in sexually suggestive videos is the victim of possible child abuse...

Some patients won't see nurses of different race - Yahoo! News Call me naive, but I cannot believe ppl would be allowed to do that in this day & age. :eek: Surely there can never be equality if this sort of thing is allowed. :( (btw you don't have to call me naive :rolleyes:)

I'm surprised that no-one has posted this yet :rolleyes: BBC News - EU and US free-trade talks launched The European Union and the US will begin formal talks on a free-trade agreement, paving the way for the biggest trade deal in history. European Commission President Jose Manuel...

Happy Shrove Tuesday (or Pancake Day) everyone :p Shrove Tuesday - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tug-Of-War Students Lose Their Fingers A boy and a girl have had several fingers torn off during a game of tug-of-war at their high school in Southern California...

Breaking News BBC News - Alabama police kill kidnapper and save boy

This is how the Scots do it ..... :p Car Park Dug Up Around Marooned Mercedes

Y'know it doesn't matter what side of the fence you are on about gun control, or whether you are Democrat or Republican .... this lady is quite simply awesome. Her courage and determination should be a lesson to us all. Video BBC News - Giffords implores Congress for gun control

Not sure if this animated movie made it this side of the pond. But its a great little movie .... sad too :(