Steve Irwin (1964-2006): obituary

Seeded on Tue Sep 5, 2006 2:00 AM EDT (Australian News Network)

world-news, steve-irwin

Steve Irwin: obituary

Seeded on Tue Sep 5, 2006 1:10 AM EDT (Australian News Network)

world-news, steve-irwin

Finland musical group Lordi go from villians to heroes due to Eurovision Song Contest

Seeded on Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:14 AM EDT (The New York Times)

Finland musical group Lordi go from villians to heroes due to Eurovision Song Contest

entertainment, music, finland, eurovision-song-contest, lordi

Cartoons make children fat

Seeded on Mon Aug 14, 2006 2:56 AM EDT (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Sedentary activities are making kiddies overweight

media, health, children

Dell compuers explode

Seeded on Mon Aug 14, 2006 2:22 AM EDT (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Dell laptop explodes at japanese conference (with pictures).

technology, computers, dell, occupational-health-and-safety, oh-s, ohs

Relationship between poor lifestyle and kidney disease

Seeded on Mon Aug 14, 2006 2:19 AM EDT (The Sydney Morning Herald)

An article onthe relationship between poor lifestyle and kidney disease

health, transplant, lifestyle, dialysis, kidney-disease, renal-disease, organ-transplantation, renal-transplantation, kidney-transplantation

The Boy from Oz: review of opening Sydney performance, August 2006

Seeded on Fri Aug 11, 2006 3:32 AM EDT (The Sydney Morning Herald)

High Jackman is an absolute smash as he returns to his hometwon for in The Boy From Oz

entertainment, musicals, hugh-jackman, boy-from-oz, musical-theatre, peter-allen

Atheists identified as America's most distrusted minority, according to new Uni of Minnesota study

Seeded on Wed Aug 9, 2006 7:23 PM EDT (-)

Americans currently do not trust atheists whereas in the past they distrusted Communists or other identified minorities. Much like the Emanual Goldstein of US culture (with apologies to George Orwell).

usa, culture, us-news, university-of-minnesota, united-states-of-america, atheists, united-states-of-america-culture, usa-culture

English youth loses its taste for squirrel casserole

Seeded on Mon Aug 7, 2006 4:03 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

Obscure and gory traditional English fare is losing favour among English youth, thanks be to God.

england, odd-news, cuisine

On Princess Mary and her dogs and her handbags and double ear piercing

Seeded on Mon Aug 7, 2006 3:41 AM EDT (The Sydney Morning Herald)

A fan of HRH Crown Princess Mary of Denmark (nee Miss Mary Donaldson of Tasmania). Good example of use of www bulletin boards.

denmark, internet, odd-news, crown-princess-mary, www, tasmania, royalty, vice-royalty

Couple-surfing as an alternative to conventional dating

Seeded on Sun Aug 6, 2006 8:36 PM EDT (The Sydney Morning Herald)

basically, a dating couple sit next to each other and communicate via the WWW. I've never seen anything so silly in my life (apart from Big Brother). (NB: Registration might be required for Sydney Mornin gHerald.)

technology, relationships, www-internet