RS Members call for celebrating Constitution adoption day
New Kerala
New Delhi, Nov 26 : The BJP today demanded that the Rajya Sabha should celebrate November 26 as it was on this day in 1949 that the Constitution was adopted by the Constituent Assembly paving the way for declaration of the country as a Repu...
First Person: 'I am a modern-day witch'
The Independent
We sweep the ground with traditional brooms and light candles to represent the different elements: earth, wind, fire and water ... I've also started to write my own blog – badwitch.co.uk – about life as a modern-day witch. My friends all kn...
Eternal love, Mexican style
San Jose Mercury News
The whole idea of Day of the Dead is that we who are alive are surrounded by the spirits of the dead. Death for us is just ... items used by ancient Mexicans who believed that the souls of their ancestors, including children, returned to ea...
A history of the world in 100 objects: New display tells story of the earth in bite-sized chunks
Daily Mail: World News
Including wonders such as the gold coin of Croesus - regarded as the first form of modern currency - and the 1.4 million year old Olduvai hand axe, one of the earliest human tools, together they tell of our place in earth's history.
Shuttle undocks from station, returns to Earth
Press Trust of India
Washington, Nov 25 (AFP) The space shuttle Atlantis and its seven-astronaut crew undocked from the International Space Station today as it prepared its return to Earth.
Thanksgiving is a work day for cops, civil servants
Norwalk Reflector
Thanksgiving is a holiday set aside for gratitude and being thankful. For law enforcement officials, it's more often than not another day at work. Huron County Sheriff's Sgt. Chris Stanfield has worked the holiday for the majority of his 17...
It’s time to pluck the golden goose and get on with green taxes
Daily Telegraph
Every day 5,000 children die from diarrhoea and other diseases as a result. Ian was teaching in Zimbabwe when two of his ... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthcomment/geoffrey-lean/6468103/Its-time-to-pluck-the-golden-goose--of-green-ta...
Americans Turn Out For Thanksgiving Day Parades
CBS 2 Los Angeles
Giant balloons, floats, marching bands and clowns with confetti brought smiles to thousands of revelers eager to catch a glimpse of a parade as steeped in Thanksgiving Day tradition as turkey and pumpkin pie. Thousands lined the streets of ...
Americans give thanks, see parades, feast in space
AP via Yahoo! News
Giant balloons, floats, marching bands and clowns with confetti brought smiles to thousands of revelers eager to catch a glimpse of a parade as steeped in Thanksgiving Day tradition as turkey and pumpkin pie.
Pope Benedict XVI on 'All Saints Day'
Catholic Online
They are now consoled, have inherited the earth, are sated, pardoned, see the God whose children they are. In a word: "theirs is the Kingdom of heaven" (Mt 5:3,10). On this day let us revive in ourselves an attraction toward Heaven that cal...
Teaser Trailer and Art for Pearblossom
DREAD CENTRAL.COM
Laid to rest for 40 years, the women wake up on New Year's Day as reborn creatures. Now, they walk the earth fighting in the eternal battle of good and evil, not alway certain which side they are on. Check out the poster below courtesy of B...
Creepy crawlies from the dawn of time: Newly-discovered prehistoric ...
Daily Mail
The world's oldest spider web spun when dinosaurs still roamed the Earth has been found encased in a prehistoric piece of amber ... Since the discovery of the amber, analysis of the threads has shown they were spun by spiders closely relate...
Shuttle returns to Earth
Straits Times
WASHINGTON - THE space shuttle Atlantis and its seven-astronaut crew undocked from the International Space Station on Wednesday as it prepared its return to Earth. Atlantis lifted from the orbiting outpost at 09:53 GMT. Pilot Barry Wilmore ...
