Preliminary tests have found the chemical melamine in Cadbury's Chinese-made chocolates.  A spokesman for the company confirmed that no bunnies were hurt during the testing.
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Author: giovanni diviacchi
Category: News
Keywords: peta
Added: Mon, 29 Sep 2008

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Author: giovanni diviacchi
Category: MP3
Keywords: improv
Added: Tue, 16 Sep 2008

In a work published on the British Medical Journal website it was found that women could halve their risk of premature death by adopting a healthier lifestyle.  The study also concluded that jumping from high places could result in serious injury or possibly even death. [more]

Author: giovanni diviacchi
Category: News
Keywords: health
Added: Tue, 16 Sep 2008

The Italian team Premiata Montegranaro announced on Sunday that 38-year-old Shawn Kemp has agreed to play for the team starting in November. Shawn doesn't know how to speak Italian, but his agent doesn't see this as a problem, as listening to his coach or teammates has never been one of his strong points. [more]

Author: giovanni diviacchi
Category: Sports
Keywords: basketball
Added: Mon, 18 Aug 2008

US authorities have charged eleven people in connection with the theft of credit card and other personal information in the country's largest ever identity theft case. Three of the people charged in the case, Groucho Marx, Ronald Reagan, and Santa Claus, are due in court tomorrow. [more]

Author: giovanni diviacchi
Category: News
Keywords: stolen identities
Added: Tue, 5 Aug 2008

Team USA opened training camp with 12 players in uniform instead of the 13 they had planned on after a toe injury kept top alternate Tyson Chandler from joining the team. The NY Knicks immediately offered the services of Stephon Marbury to take his place. No, seriously, take him, please. [more]

Author: giovanni diviacchi
Category: Sports
Keywords: basketball
Added: Tue, 22 Jul 2008

Police in Brazil have recovered an engraving by Pablo Picasso that was stolen from a museum in Sao Paulo. The engraving was found by a pharmacist who happened to be looking for a new picture for his apartment. [more]

Author: giovanni diviacchi
Category: News
Keywords: art
Added: Mon, 21 Jul 2008

A former driver of Osama Bin Laden has pleaded not guilty at his war crimes trial at the US prison in Guantanamo Bay. The government had to let him go when the policeman who arrested him didn't have time to show up for the trial. [more]

Author: giovanni diviacchi
Category: News
Keywords: law
Added: Mon, 21 Jul 2008

Yahoo has reached an agreement with the investor Carl Icahn that will stop him from trying to replace its board. Mr. Icahn will withdraw his attempt to take over Yahoo's Board of Directors, and in return Yahoo promised to link to his blog from their website. [more]

Author: giovanni diviacchi
Category: News
Keywords: yahoo
Added: Mon, 21 Jul 2008

The Nuggets saved themselves millions in luxury tax by trading Marcus Camby to the LA Clippers for the right to exchange second round picks in 2010. The Knicks, hoping to save similar dollars, have offered to trade Stephon Marbury to the other team with salary cap space, the Memphis Grizzlies, along with a Smart Car for each season ticket holder and a paid European vacation to all front office personal for a second round draft pick. Memphis is reportedly thinking about it. [more]

Author: giovanni diviacchi
Category: Sports
Keywords: basketball
Added: Wed, 16 Jul 2008

A proposed US missile defense system calls for tracking radar in the Czech Republic and 10 interceptor missiles in Poland. The plan originally called for both the tracking radar and the interceptor missiles in Poland, but that deal was called off after the Polish military decided that they needed to finalize their Walk and Chew Gum at the Same Time training program before they could take on the responsibility of tracking and firing missiles at the same time. [more]

Author: giovanni diviacchi
Category: News
Keywords: military
Added: Wed, 9 Jul 2008

Hezbollah has confirmed that the group will hand over two captured Israeli soldiers and information on a missing Israeli airman in exchange for five Lebanese prisoners in Israel. The deal was finalized after a proposed swap for future draft picks with the NY Knicks fell through because New York insisted the deal include Stephon Marbury. [more]

Author: giovanni diviacchi
Category: Sports
Keywords: ny knicks
Added: Thu, 3 Jul 2008

The Italian city of Florence is planning to revoke the lifetime exile "on pain of death" it imposed seven hundred years ago on Renaissance poet Dante Aleghieri for supporting the wrong political party. Critics argue that posthumously overturning his exile is a stunt to move his body back to Florence as a tourist attraction. Said a critic of the move, "Everyone knows it would take an Italian much longer than 700 years to let go of a grudge." [more]

Author: giovanni diviacchi
Category: News
Keywords: italians
Added: Wed, 18 Jun 2008

Plans for a state-of-the-art camera from a satellite to monitor deforestation in Africa's Congo Basin have been unveiled. The high resolution camera will provide a detailed view of the area's rate of forest cover loss. Any rate that goes above 55 miles an hour will be mailed a speeding ticket.
In addition, signs that read, "speed monitored by satellite" will be posted around the forest. [more]

Author: giovanni diviacchi
Category: News
Keywords: speed cameras
Added: Tue, 17 Jun 2008

Japanese car manufacturer Honda has begun the first commercial production of a zero-emission, hydrogen fuel-cell powered vehicle. The Japanese will begin dropping them over Detroit this month resulting in the complete financial devastation of the American car company. [more]

Author: giovanni diviacchi
Category: News
Keywords: cars
Added: Mon, 16 Jun 2008