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Meanwhile Mr Camping says he knows "without any shadow of a doubt" that "judgement day" is arriving. There is no "Plan B", he says. His campaign has been unusually widely promoted - both in the US and overseas, including in the Middle East. In Vietnam, thousands of members of the Hmong...

The end of the world is nigh; 21 May, to be precise. That's the date when Harold Camping, a preacher from Oakland, California, is confidently predicting the Second Coming of the Lord. At about 6pm, he reckons 2 per cent of the world's population will be immediately "raptured" to Heaven; the rest...

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Famous people born on this day: --> 1929, Audrey Hepburn, actress. Events on this day in history: --> 1626, Indians sell Manhattan Island for $24 in cloth and buttons. --> 1715, French manufacturer debuts first folding umbrella -- in Paris, not Cherbourg! --> 1851, First of the...

Barack Obama hunting down, actually finding, and then killing Osama bin Laden spurred more knee-jerk internet reactions of people thinking they'd thought of something original since Balloon Boy was in the air. So, amidst a sea of poorly executed Waldo jokes and some really truly, horrible...

'I need to sleep but Osama had to pick this day to die' A bloke called Sohaib Athar has become a twitter celebrity having unknowingly twittered the raid that looks to have finally taken out Osama bin Laden. Athar, who tweets under the name @ReallyVirtual, was peering out of his window, laptop...

Elephants made a bit of a splash as they soaked crowds with their trunks in Thailand to mark the Songkran water festival. In Ayutthaya province, 50 miles north of Bangkok, the animals filled their trunks to drench tourists and locals who were celebrating on the streets. The natural...

The lack of information in Japan at this stage is amazing: - We get some meaningless aggregates of radioactivity but no breakdown which would help understand what exactly is happening. - We hear about the "fight" to stop the "leak" to the sea but nothing about the pool at reactor number 4. We...

Although I'm a C# .Net Software developer I can't figure you how to make the sounds work when creating a theme. I assign my startup .wav file to the "open window" event in order to hear it without having to shutdown and startup windows. When I get things like I like them I assign "none" to the...

Ah, summer days at the public swimming pool: No running, swim at your own risk and of course, no diving. Darren Taylor clearly doesn't remember that rule: The Denver resident recently broke the "certified shallow diving record," aka, the "hurling oneself from a very great height into a pool...

London Olympic organisers were left red-faced on Tuesday when a huge clock in Trafalgar Square marking the countdown to the 2012 Games stopped just hours after being unveiled at a glitzy ceremony. The steel digital clock measuring 6.5 metres tall and five metres long froze with 500 days, 7...

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After more than five decades featuring over 1,100 songs, the Eurovision Song Contest, widely considered Europe's favorite TV show, is gearing up for its May 14 finale. Countries, represented by their individual public broadcasters, compete in the show every year, which is transmitted to all...

Famous people born on this day: --> 1754, Talleyrand, French statesman & diplomat. --> 1923, James Dickey --> 1938, Tom Smothers --> 1947, Farrah Fawcett, actress. --> 1954, Christie Brinkley, Supermodel. Events on this day in history: --> 1848, First shipload of Chinese arrive in San...

166: Death of St. Polycarp 404: Death of St. Paula 724: Death of Caliph Yazid II (of grief over the death of his favorite singing girl) 1100: Death of St. Eystein of Norway 1 1266: Charles of Anjou becomes King of Sicily 1316: Revolt in Wales by Llywelyn Bren 1347: University of Prague...

We're back! After a little Holiday Hiatus Laura and Paul have returned to bring you the hottest stories that Microsofties and pinging each other about. Some of this weeks items include: Avatar Kinect! Bing helps you get a new car Bye Bye Bob Link Removed Link Removed Link Removed

Watch: Sneak Peek of Oprah in Australia Link Removed This Tuesday, we'll all get to see the the first of four episodes (airing Jan. 18-21) chronicling Oprah Winfrey's recent visit to Australia, the much-hyped excursion she made in December with hundreds of her U.S. fans, ages 18 to...

With 150-Foot Kites, Texas Man Raises Big Bucks for Charity Want to do something to help people? Go fly a kite. That's the advice of Texas retiree Barry Ogletree, who has been raising money for charity by raising massive kites in the air. With the help of his wife and sometimes...

World's Longest Handshake Record Within Grasp A good, firm handshake shouldn't last more than two or three seconds. Any longer and it starts to get a bit awkward. Unless, of course, you're trying to set a world record. Last night, four teams of two from around the world congregated...

Doomsday: After Many Predictions, We're Still Here "Repent, repent, the end is near!" Or is it? How many times have we heard that in movies, on TV, throughout literature and in the Bible? Yet, as often as people have predicted a global apocalypse, we're still here, still intact. You've...