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England bubbling ahead of second Test after weathering New Zealand storm | Mike Selvey
There is something about Neil Wagner that epitomises the New Zealand cricket team that we have seen over the past few months. He is a good bowler – not brilliantly good, or as fundamentally skilled as his left arm confrere Trent Boult, but good nonetheless – who can produce the occasional devastating delivery. Visit...
guardian.co.uk (1 hour ago)
Parents forced to turn to payday loans to fund baby daughter's head deformation treatment after...
Molly Askham, from Leeds, developed 'flat head syndrome' and required a specially shaped helmet to reshape her head but the NHS would not fund the £2000 treatment.
dailymail.co.uk (1 hour ago)
Marine: Military sex abuse has deep roots
When Maureen Gard goes running, the flashbacks come: riding in the platoon leader's car, the jokes about her bra size, the fondling, and the pinning her down. Shaped by her experiences, she works hard to raise awareness about military sexual assault. The U.S. Department of Defense estimates that 26,000 military...
newstimes.com (13 hours ago)
Brothers report multiple triangle UFOs moving over Fort Worth
Two brothers in Fort Worth, TX, reported watching a cluster of triangle-shaped object with flashing lights in the sky about 10 p.m. on May 21, 2013, according to testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database...
examiner.com (14 hours ago)
GRAPHIC PHOTO: Teacher's Aide Impaled Protecting Students From Tornado (How To Help)
When Suzanne Haley was gravely injured in the Moore, Okla., tornado, she didn't panic. Instead, the teacher's aide tried to allay her first-graders' fears by asking them about the sparkly stickers and rubber stamps they were using on their end-of-year scrapbooks. Haley, a first-year paraprofessional at Briarwood...
huffingtonpost.com (15 hours ago)
Plants, prunes and leaves (photo)
State Department of Transportation employee Susan Lockard-Hammond prunes a newly planted rose in the West Virginia-shaped planter by the Greenbrier Street exit of Interstate 64/ 77. The DOT has taken over responsibility for the flowerbed from the General S...
wvgazette.com (17 hours ago)
The Many Jewels Of Elizabeth Taylor
The late Elizabeth Taylor is arguably known for two things: Her love for jewelry and her many husbands. These two obsessions collided when Taylor met her future husband Richard Burton (Taylor was married eight times) on the set of the grandiose "Cleopatra" in 1963, where the two temperamental actors cheated on their...
huffingtonpost.com (21 hours ago)
Will Controversy Brew Over SARS-Related Virus's Official Name?
By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent LONDON, May 22 (Reuters) - For a pathogen with such a short history, the mysterious new virus killing people in the Middle East and Europe has already had an amazing array of names. It first surfaced last year as "human betacoronavirus 2c EMC", but the suffixes "2c...
huffingtonpost.com (21 hours ago)
Sudan dreams of becoming global sugar player
NEAR SOFIYA, Sudan (Reuters) - In a hangar-shaped factory hall in central Sudan a dozen workers rush to pack refined white sugar gushing from a funnel into paper bags to be loaded on three trucks parked outside.
reuters.com (22 hours ago)
Sudan dreams of becoming global sugar player
By Ulf Laessing NEAR SOFIYA, Sudan (Reuters) - In a hangar-shaped factory hall in central Sudan a dozen workers rush to pack refined white sugar gushing from a funnel into paper bags to be loaded on three trucks parked outside. Next year, the management at Kenana Sugar Company hopes the plant will be even busier as...
yahoo.com (22 hours ago)
Sudan Dreams of Becoming Global Sugar Player
In a hangar-shaped factory hall in central Sudan a dozen workers rush to pack refined white sugar gushing from a funnel into paper bags to be loaded on three trucks parked outside.
nytimes.com (23 hours ago)
Are museums a man or woman's world?
Women are still working in a man's world. This was the conclusion I reached at the Inclusive Museum, a global conference that annually brings together hundreds of passionate museum professionals committed to opening up their institutions. A core part of this year's programme focused on the topic of gender...
guardian.co.uk (23 hours ago)
New director looks to Upcountry History Museum's future
When Dana Thorpe was in ninth grade she had a teacher who shaped her life. That social studies teacher, Jan Goecke, made history come alive in a way that has influenced the rest of Thorpe's life.
greenvilleonline.com (23 hours ago)
Los Angeles voters choose from two Democrats for mayor
By Steve Gorman and Sharon Bernstein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Voters in Los Angeles went to the polls on Tuesday to choose a new mayor in an election between two liberal Democrats seeking to lead America's second-largest city as it faces an increasingly gloomy financial outlook. City Councilman Eric Garcetti, 42, and...
yahoo.com (1 day ago)
Ring puts ex-Moline teacher in good company
The white-haired man with a big heart and vise-like handshake sits at the kitchen table. The gold ring with baseball-shaped diamond is on the ring finger of his left hand, a spotusually reserved for his wedding band.
qconline.com (1 day ago)
Scientists grow microscopic flowers by controlling crystal formation
When we think of crystals, most of us probably either picture spiky things like snowflakes, or cube-shaped objects like grains of sugar. Researchers from the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, however, have recently coaxed barium carbonate crystals to grow into very miniature replicas of soft,...
gizmag.com (1 day ago)
Susan Eley: Studio 34: Long Island City Open Studio Weekend
Artists enjoy their most private moments in their studios, where the creative energies flow and the demons emerge in full force. These rooms are messy and paint-splattered, often furnished with shabby, second hand couches and chairs, or spare and clinical with a MacBook Air or a tidy sketchpad sitting atop a metal...
huffingtonpost.com (1 day ago)
LOOK: Villagers Discover Ancient Ball Game Statue In Mexico
Villagers installing a water pipe in southwestern Mexico stumbled onto an ancient granite statue depicting a player from a pre-Hispanic ball game, the national anthropology institute said Monday. The stone had been sliced at the neck, like a decapitation, and buried in a ritual that was common at the time, the...
huffingtonpost.com (1 day ago)
Swaginista! The Clash Announce Boombox-Shaped Box Set Full of Wonder
The Clash will soon release what guitarist Mick Jones recently described to the Guardian as the "best box set ever...
spin.com (1 day ago)
Snooker fruity: Artist goes completely potty with banana-shaped pool table
British artist Cléon Daniel from Dorset came up with the idea for the 8.5ft-long bright yellow games table during a train ride. It took around nine months to complete.
dailymail.co.uk (1 day ago)
The Clash to Release Huge Boombox-Shaped Box Set
Studio remasters, three bonus discs, a fanzine, more.
pastemagazine.com (1 day ago)
Tech leaders on Twitter and politics
At the POLITICO tech event, leaders offer analysis on how social media has shaped recent elections.
politico.com (1 day ago)
Kim Kardashian Looks Miserable
Kim Kardashian has said that she wore high heels during her pregnancy because it made her feel sexy. But as you can see here – her swollen feet won that battle. The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star is wearing what looks like men’s shoes and an oddly shaped wrap-up... Read More
rumorfix.com (1 day ago)
Pennsylvania witnesses: Diamond-shaped UFO visible for an hour
Two Ligonier, PA, witnesses reported watching "a large object in the sky with flickering lights" in the shape of a diamond or cross-like pattern that hovered and moved for about an hour beginning at 12:30 a...
examiner.com (1 day ago)
Rabbi Evan Moffic: What Dan Brown's 'Inferno' Teaches Us About Judaism
Before it was even released last week, Dan Brown's novel "Inferno" had reached the top of Amazon's best-seller list. A thriller incorporating the work of the 14th century poet Dante Alighieri, 18th century philosopher Thomas Malthus and 21st century gene manipulation, Brown's newest is not a typical beach novel. It...
huffingtonpost.com (1 day ago)
The Golden Age — Back in the day, Westerly baseball was ‘fun, fun, fun’
Program at the Westerly Library celebrates an era when baseball shaped young lives.
thewesterlysun.com (1 day ago)
Hockey Puck-Shaped DIY Robot Makes Debut
The open-source, hockey-puck shaped robot is open for tinkering by amateur roboticists. Continue reading →
discovery.com (2 days ago)
The Clash announce boombox-shaped box set
The special package will include remasters of the band's first five albums
nme.com (2 days ago)
Tornadoes Fast Facts
A tornado is a funnel-shaped cloud that forms under thunderclouds and contains rapidly rotating air.
cnn.com (2 days ago)
Burj al Arab hotel in Dubai offers guests 24 carat gold-plated iPads
The iconic ail-shaped hotel is already famous for an underwater aquarium restaurant and rooftop tennis court, now the celebrity hotspot is offering bling-tastic iPads to guests.
dailymail.co.uk (2 days ago)
