This is an Incredible story! ;-)

Nov 20, 2009 - This is an Incredible story! In 1986, Peter Davies was on holiday in   Kenya after graduating from   Northwestern   University ..... On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air. - 2 Comments

Colorado sheriff: Runaway balloon saga was hoax

Oct 18, 2009 - Colorado sheriff: Runaway balloon saga was hoax Experimental Balloon Takes Flight Purportedly With Boy Aboard FORT COLLINS, Colo. – A sheriff says a Colorado couple's report that their 6-year-old son was in a balloon that was hurtling away from their home was a publicity stunt. Sheriff Jim Alderden says Richard and Mayumi Heene "put on a very good show for us, and we bought it." - 41 Comments

Pet bear kills owner

Oct 05, 2009 - For nine years, Kelly Ann Walz kept the black bear she called "Teddy" as a pet, raising it from cubhood at her hilltop menagerie where she also cared for a mountain lion and tiger. On Sunday night, she went into Teddy's 15-by-15-foot steel and concrete cage, throwing a shovelful of dog food to one side to distract the bear while she cleaned the other side. "She's done it 1,000 times," said her friend and neighbor, Scott Castone. - 12 Comments

From The UK - The demise of the dollar

Oct 06, 2009 - The demise of the dollar In a graphic illustration of the new world order, Arab states have launched secret moves with China, Russia and France to stop using the US currency for oil trading By Robert Fisk In the most profound financial change in recent Middle East history, Gulf Arabs are planning – along with China, Russia, Japan and France – to end dollar dealings for oil, moving instead to a basket of currencies including the Japanese yen and Chinese yuan, the euro, gold and a new, unified currency planned for nations in the Gulf Co-operation Council, including Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait and Qatar. Secret meetings have already been held by finance ministers and central bank governors in Russia, China, Japan and Brazil to work on the scheme, which will mean that oil will no longer be priced in dollars. The plans, confirmed to The Independent by both Gulf Arab and Chinese banking sources in Hong Kong, may help to explain the sudden rise in gold prices, but it also augurs an extraordinary transition from dollar markets within nine years. - 7 Comments

DHS punishes the good guy

Aug 31, 2009 - Commentary Nice Guys Finish Last Julie Myers Wood, 08.24.09, 3:52 PM ET Imagine two companies: first, a construction company that has received repeated notices for several years from the Social Security Administration of hundreds of irregularities in the social security numbers used for employment purposes at the company. These same social security numbers were used as a basis for work eligibility on I-9s. This company chooses to ignore the no-match letters and as a result, continues to employ significant numbers of unauthorized workers. - 4 Comments