Thursday, October 23, 2008

Thunderous fans greet NBA stars at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden

INDIAN WELLS — More than 16,000 excited fans packed into the Indian Wells Tennis Garden Saturday night to watch history in the making as the Phoenix Suns and Denver Nuggets met for the first-ever outdoor NBA game in the United States.



http://www.mydesert.com/article/20081012/SPORTS02/810120333/-1/newsfront#pluckcomments

Monday, October 13, 2008

Not So Wonderful Now

Looking for someone to blame in the worsening crisis? Let's go back to Bedford Falls.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/10/10/ST2008101002714.html?sid=ST2008101002714&s_pos=list

Saturday, October 11, 2008

THE MACO LIGHT BRUNSWICK'S ‘TRUE' GHOST STORY

If the light wasn't a specter, why does it no longer shine?




http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20081010/ARTICLES/810100258/-1/SPORTS01?Title=THE_MACO_LIGHT___BRUNSWICK_S__TRUE__GHOST_STORY

An Alpine Pompeii from the Stone Age

By Matthias Schulz

What happened to the prehistoric village on Lake Mondsee in the Austrian Alps? One geologist has found evidence that a vast rock slide may have set off a tsunami that buried the lakeside settlement. He's hoping to find funding -- and mummies.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,583452,00.html

Golden Gate Bridge to get suicide net to catch would-be jumpers






http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-goldengate11-2008oct11%2C0%2C6038555.story
Suns and Nuggets set to tip off outdoors at Indian Wells



http://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/nba/2008-10-09-notes_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip

Monday, October 6, 2008

The Ocean Full of Bowling Balls

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ocean_Full_of_Bowling_Balls

Hitler's clairvoyant

A new biography tells the bizarre tale of the Jewish psychic who met with the future Führer for private sessions and predicted his rise.

http://dir.salon.com/story/people/feature/2002/02/27/hanussen/index.html