20070108

Hot and then Cold

Here are the CNN Story Highlights:
• Photo taken in 1800s in Sheboygan, Wisconsin
• Newspaper included it in 2007 calendar
• Internet fueling publicity, inquiries, theories about photo
• Sheboygan law at the time: Riders must stay with dead horse


20070105

Wham, bam, thank you George Michael.

unnamed businessman is reported to have paid the record sum for George Michael to entertain his 300 guests on his private estate 20 miles outside Moscow.
$3 millionn.

20070104

Wyclef the Ambassador

Finally.

Cone Shuttle, The Final Frontier

"The billionaire founder of Amazon.com has released the first images of the launch of a private spacecraft that could bring space travel to the masses."
As early as 2010? of course Mr. Bezos.

The lucrative industry of stealing and smuggling vast amounts of crude oil.

"The world's eighth biggest exporter of crude has been losing more than 500,000 barrels of oil per day since February last year when militants demanding greater local control of oil wealth staged a series of raids on the industry."

Bee Plus

Rehnquist Unveiled

Here are the highlights of the CNN story that brought us the most hilarious picture on earth:
• William Rehnquist underwent withdrawal from a prescribed painkiller, FBI files say
• Symptoms included hallucinations, paranoid ideas
• The Supreme Court justice took Placidyl for a decade
• The files also suggest the FBI was used to block political opposition to Rehnquist

20070103

Year of the Pig

China Where its Going Down.