Archive for March, 2007

Dead Mouse In Chip Bag

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007

A dead mouse which an eighth-grader found in a bag of Frito Lay potato chips probably chewed its way in after the snack was delivered to the school according to a company spokesperson.
Dead Mouse In Chip Bag

Boy Scout Found Alive And Well

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007

A 12-year-old Boy Scout Michael Auberry was found Tuesday in the North Carolina woods where he was lost for over three days.
Boy Scout Found Alive

Lotto-Winning Couple Quietly Enjoys Huge Jackpot

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007

Harold and Elaine Messner of Cape May County, NJ collected half of the largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history.
However, the Messners chose not to speak to reporters and made a simple statement through the lottery office instead. The jackpot was split with a truck driver in Georgia.
Lotto-Winning Couple

Russia Mine Blast Kills 105

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007

A methane gas explosion killed at least 105 people in Russia on Monday.
Currently, rescuers are searching the coal mine for more victims in Russia’s deadliest mining disaster in a decade.
Russia Mine Blast

Cooking For A Crowd

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007

Check out these tips and recipes for Cooking for a Crowd on HubPages.com from Qwickly blogger, Kori Ellis. It has a great recipe for potato salad for fifty people.
Cooking For A Crowd

Blog Networks

Sunday, March 18th, 2007

Over the past year or so, hundreds of blog networks have popped up all over the internet. Blog networks are clusters of blogs that are tied together under one common name or entity.
Two of the biggest and well-known blog networks are Gawker Media and Weblogs, Inc. However there are many other […]

China To Put Blogs Under State Control

Sunday, March 18th, 2007

China’s top media supervisor says that the country is planning tighter control of blogs and webcasts under a new Internet publishing law.
At the end of 2006, China had an estimated 20.8 million bloggers of whom 3.15 million were active writers.
China To Put Blogs Under State Control

Interactive Mirror Puts A Twist On Shopping

Sunday, March 18th, 2007

Let’s say you are a shopping for clothes at a department store and want your friends online to be able to give you some feedback before you buy. Now that can happen, thanks to the technology of an interactive mirror, which is really a three-part, high-resolution digital screen.
Not only can your friends see you […]

DNA Collection Sparks Questions

Sunday, March 18th, 2007

Authorities contend that when someone leaves their DNA in a public place through flakes of skin, strands of hair or drops of saliva, they give up any expectation of privacy. Practices of following suspected criminals around and collecting these samples has led to many arrests and prosecutions, but it’s also sparking an interesting […]

Boy Scout Missing in N.C. Park

Sunday, March 18th, 2007

A 12-year-old Boy Scout is missing in the Stone Mountain State Park in North Carolina. A troop of 10 scouts and their leaders were on a hike in the rugged terrain when the boy vanished.
Search teams from the fire department, National Park Service and rescue squads from the Alleghany and […]