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• Lowly rat gnaws and chews its way to the top of rodent world

  Fri Apr 27, 2012
  • I had a pet (store-bought) albino rat as a kid. Very good pet that didn't take much room, food, water, or attention. And it never did bite hard, not once. Sometimes it would "check" an object with it's teeth, but it seemed to know not to bite the hand that fed it.

• Gingrich hints he may drop from race this week

  Mon Apr 23, 2012
  • My grandfather (may he rest in peace) used to watch cspan back in the day, and when people like Newt Gingrich were on, he used to say some unpleasant things about them.

• $60 light bulb comes down in price -- just in time for Earth Day

  Sun Apr 22, 2012
  • Haven't had a chance to read through all of the posts, but my personal experience with these CFL bulbs is that they don't last as long as advertised, they don't get as bright as advertised (unless you leave them on for a loong time), and still cost more than the old bulbs.

• Huge, mysteriously silent satellite spotted by another spacecraft

  Sat Apr 21, 2012
  • At this point, you can only blame UFOs, or aliens from elsewhere, for this event, since obviously, humans are not intelligent enough to figure this out. Unless, of course, you are NOT a conspiracy theorist, or otherwise a mislead citizen that thinks space exploration is against god's intention.

• Huge, mysteriously silent satellite spotted by another spacecraft

  Sat Apr 21, 2012
  • What amazes me about posters such as molsonlobe is just like him/her that there are real humans out there that don't really have an understanding of how he/she exists in this day and age.

• U.S. measles cases highest in 15 years

  Thu Apr 19, 2012
  • Obviously, there are quote a few "conspiracy theorists (CS)" on this topic. How many of you CS actually looked at the numbers of deaths by vaccination compared to those that didn't get vaccinated, OR DIDN"T HAVE A CHANCE TO?

• San Francisco's 'world rudest waiter' restaurant Sam Wo shuts after 100 years

  Sat Apr 21, 2012
  • From the article: "David Ho, a descendent of one of the restaurant's original owners, decided to shut down after officials demanded extensive health and safety upgrades."

• Trains crash head-on in Amsterdam; nearly 125 reported injured

  Sat Apr 21, 2012
  • From the article: "We then saw what had happened. Quite quickly there were emergency services at the scene. It was managed well. Some people had head wounds, others were limping."

• Mars' mystery cloud explained

  Fri Mar 30, 2012
  • Let's all just perform a reality check, as it is overdue. Most every planet in our known solar system that has an atmosphere will provide unusual atmospheric conditions out of the ordinary observances, even here on Earth.

• Awesome auroras spotted on Uranus ... and on Earth

  Fri Apr 13, 2012
  • It should be considered a rare opportunity to observe how the Sun affects even the outermost planets with outbursts of solar flares, but I have to agree that even within my writings on this subject invokes unintentional correlations of dysfunctional digestive systems.