ScienceDaily (May 31, 2012) — Daily consumption of dark chocolate can reduce cardiovascular events, such as heart attacks and strokes, in people with metabolic syndrome (a cluster of factors that increases the risk of developing heart disease and diabetes), finds a study published in the British Medical Journal. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of […]
Now that Mitt Romney has officially secured enough delegates with his Texas primary victory to clinch the Republican nomination, Mormons seem like a block of voters the Republicans can count on come November. This isn’t just because Mr. Romney is Mormon. It’s because the Republican Party is now securing support from voters of every major […]
Addison Logan, 13, probably wouldn’t have gone to the garage sale Thursday if he hadn’t broken his arm in a dirt bike accident a couple of weeks ago. He probably would have been riding the bike. Instead, Addison, who likes garage sales, was driving around to some of them with his grandmother, Lois Logan, in […]
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It’s comforting to know that when the apocalypse does happen, we can repopulate the Earth from the survivors tucked safely away in their luxury condos deep inside a retired missile silo in Kansas. Interest in the “Survival Condo” has been so high that all units in this unique complex 174 feet deep in the Earth […]
A new market is emerging in the midst of global economic upheaval and environmental change — doomsday-ready condominiums. Fallout shelters have been around since the Second World War, as rising fears of an international nuclear exchange drove much of the population underground, digging atomic shelters in backyards and community centers across America and around the […]
Ashley Caswell had never been a believer in love at first sight. Then she met Army Sgt. Brian L. Walker, a fellow military policeman at Ft. Bragg, N.C., who hailed from Lucerne Valley, Calif. “He had me at ‘hello,’” she said. Like her, he had blond hair and piercing blue eyes, and it turned out […]
May 26, 2012 Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you…
A leather-bound religious text, thought to date from the fifth century but discovered only 12 years ago, will cause the collapse of Christianity worldwide, Iran has claimed. The book, written on animal hide, was confiscated during an anti-smuggling operation in Turkey’s Mediterranean region in 2000. Turkish authorities believe it could be an authentic version of […]
It was a typical Texas sunset except that most of the Sun was missing. The location of the missing piece of the Sun was not a mystery — it was behind the Moon. Sunday night’s partial eclipse of the Sun by the Moon turned into one of the best photographed astronomical events in history. Gallery […]
