A park near Amsterdam has unveiled information signs pointing out spots where officials say gay men are known to have sex - so other visitors are not taken by surprise.
The National Organization for Marriage, a right-wing Christian fear-based org. in the U.S., recently put out a bizarre issue-ad.
Night owls who stay up late and sleep in might be able to work longer and harder than early birds, Belgian researchers say.
In Friday's issue of the journal Science, researchers at the University of Liege used brain scans to test the alertness and ability to concentrate in 30 people who were either extremely early or very late risers.
Get ready for the new gayest show on television. Glee premieres on Fox May 19th.
In Glee a Spanish teacher heads up a high school glee (show choir) club, which attracts even the schools hot high school quarterback.
Created by Nip/Tuck’s Ryan Murphy it includes gay fave and out lesbian Jane Lynch. If Jane has just one line like the many in the trailer it will be well worth your time.
Ontario passes law to ban hand-held devices while driving A new law that bans using hand-held devices to talk, email, or send text messages while behind the wheel has been passed by the Ontario legislature.
The new rules, which don't come into effect immediately, include a fine of up to $500 as the province joins other jurisdictions in cracking down on drivers using the devices.
The law doesn't affect the use of hands-free devices such as Bluetooths or using cellphones for 911 calls, but it does include portable video games, MP3 players and DVD players.
Global positioning systems will be allowed, as long as they're properly secured to the dashboard.
There are no demerit points attached to the bill, unlike in other provinces. But drivers who place others at risk by using one of the banned devices can also be charged under existing careless driving laws.
Ontario is the fourth province to enact such a ban, following Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec and Nova Scotia.
Although noone else can see it, a 64-year-old woman has reported to doctors at Geneva University Hospital the presence of a pale, milky-white and translucent third arm. After examining the case, the woman's neurologist, Asaid Khateb of the hospital's experimental neurophysiology laboratory, called the rare phenomenon credible.
The arm appeared to the woman a few days after suffering a stroke, doctors said.
But this case of what is known as a supernumerary phantom limb (SPL) is a genuine head-scratcher.
The upshot is that the woman can use the apparitional extremity to relieve very real itches on the cheek. It cannot penetrate solid objects. She does not always perceive the arm but "retrieves" it when needed, doctors told the Swiss news agency.
Khateb said the exact cause of the imaginary arm remains a mystery. Supernumerary limbs are rare. There are only nine known cases of a patient both feeling and seeing an arm.
April 13 will be Corner Gas Day in Saskatchewan, following the signing of a proclamation Monday at the provincial legislature.Corner Gas Day will coincide with CTV's broadcast of the final episode of the comedy series after six seasons.
Wall signed the official proclamation in Regina with series star and creator Brent Butt present.
The show, set in the fictional town of Dog River, was shot in Regina and the village of Rouleau, 70 kilometres southwest of the city.
Butt, 42, is from Tisdale, Sask.
"We want to thank Saskatchewan's own Brent Butt, the Corner Gas producers, cast and crew for many hours of laughter," Wall said in a news release.
But word that he also had given her an iPod created plenty of buzz as it conjured up images of the British monarch all plugged up, earbuds in place, and perhaps bopping to the 40 show tunes on the portable device.
To bring the book to life, the iPod was loaded with dozens of classic show tunes, including several from Camelot, which was based on the King Arthur legend, and My Fair Lady, which was set in London.
The Hearst Corp. announced Monday that it would stop publishing the 146-year old newspaper, Seattle's oldest business, and cease delivery to more than 117,600 weekday readers. The company, however, said it would maintain seattlepi.com, making it the nation's largest daily newspaper to shift to an entirely digital news product.
Demand for news has not fallen but the revenue model has changed faster than American newspapers can keep up. Thus, falling advertising revenue and the migration of readers to online has rocked newspapers large and small. The Rocky Mountain News in Denver closed in February. The Seattle P-I is the second newspaper to shut down in 2009.
Other major newspaper companies are reducing staff, eliminating bureaus and freezing pay in an attempt to get expenses in line with falling revenue.
Mental powers start to dwindle at 27 after peaking at 22, marking the start of old age, US research suggests.
Professor Timothy Salthouse of the University of Virginia found reasoning, spatial visualisation and speed of thought all decline in our late 20s.
Professor Salthouse said his findings suggested "some aspects of age-related cognitive decline begin in healthy, educated adults when they are in their 20s and 30s."
