Google GUGE

Seeded on Thu Apr 13, 2006 9:43 AM EDT (Inc.com)

Google has apparently changed its name in China to "GUGE". In a conference held in Beijing, Eric Schmidt announced that "GUGE" will now be the Chinese brand name for Google's Chinese operations.

google, technology, china, privacy, gu-ge, guge

24 The Movie

Seeded on Thu Apr 13, 2006 8:37 AM EDT (Rotten Tomatoes)

Fans of Kiefer Sutherland's TV spy show "24" were delighted to see him signed to another three years; now they can look forward to seeing Jack Bauer take down bad guys in a "24" movie.

entertainment, tv, hollywood, fox, movies, 24, jack-bauer, kiefer-sutherland, ctu

King of the Ocean, Rev. Moon Controls your Sushi

Seeded on Wed Apr 12, 2006 7:33 PM EDT (Chicago Tribune)

Adhering to a plan Moon spelled out more than three decades ago in a series of sermons, members of his movement managed to integrate virtually every facet of the highly competitive seafood industry.

odd-news, sushi, messiah, moonies, rev-moon, true-world-group, sun-myung-moon, unification-church

Prefab for Hermit Crabs

Seeded on Wed Apr 12, 2006 3:50 PM EDT (inhabitat.com)

Inhabitat: Prefabrication isn't just for people! Even tiny crustaceans can benefit from the economic efficiency of mass-produced standardized dwelling units.

nature, design, odd-news, industrial-design, shells, crabs, hermit-crabs, seashells, prefab-housing

Mule Clones Set to Race

Seeded on Wed Apr 12, 2006 10:50 AM EDT (Discovery.com)

The first-ever mule clones, Idaho Gem and Idaho Star, will race at an event scheduled for early June in Winnemucca, Nevada, the University of Idaho has told Animal Planet News [...] the American Mule Racing Association has registered and sanctioned the racing of the mule clones.

cloning, odd-news, mule, clones, american-mule-racing-association, mule-racing

Wily Coyote Captured in Central Park

Seeded on Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:33 AM EST (Discovery.com)

Theorized to have ventured through the Bronx and into Central Park, a coyote has been tranquillized and captured after an attempt to make the park his new home.

new-york, coyote, nature, wildlife, central-park, us-news, manhattan, wily-coyote

Oldest Tortoise Dies at 255

Seeded on Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:25 AM EST (Discovery.com)

Zoo officials in Kolkata said Thursday that a famed 255-year-old tortoise brought to the eastern Indian city during the rule of the British East India Company has died.

india, zoo, nature, science, wildlife, odd-news, tortoise, adwaitya, aldabra-tortoise, tortoise-trust

Asthma linked to early antibiotics

Seeded on Mon Mar 20, 2006 9:29 PM EST (Canada.com)

Babies treated with an antibiotic before their first birthdays are twice as likely as antibiotic-free infants to develop asthma, new Canadian research suggests.

health, asthma, immune-system, antibiotics, child-health

Vanilla from Cows? That's BS

Seeded on Sun Mar 19, 2006 11:07 AM EST (Discovery.com)

Japanese researchers have succeeded in making the sweet smell of vanilla come out of the last thing people could imagine — cow dung.

japan, manure, odd, science, cows, cow-dung, vanilla, vanillin

Strands of DNA Make Nano-Smiley

Seeded on Sun Mar 19, 2006 9:32 AM EST (Discovery.com)

A nanotechnologist has created the world's smallest and most plentiful Smiley, a tiny face measuring a few billionths of a meter across that is assembled from strands of DNA.

odd-news, dna, california-institute-of-technology, nano, caltech, nano-tech, smiley-face

Bird Deaths Cause Flap

Seeded on Sun Mar 19, 2006 9:15 AM EST (Discovery.com)

There's another reason to dim city skyscraper lights after hours other than power conservation.

birds, odd-news, architecture, conservation, urban-planning, civil-engineering, power-consumption, migratory-season, bird-species

B.C. man detained in Calif. for deserting U.S. marines in 1968

Seeded on Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:59 AM EST (mytelus.com)

Though probably less about setting an example and more about administrative procedure, it would be a very unfortunate and rediculous incident to find Mr.

law, vietnam-war, us-news, awol, allen-abney, marine-deserter, military-law

Cuthbert: 'Give my character a chance'

Seeded on Mon Mar 13, 2006 10:50 AM EST (Yahoo! News)

Poor Elisha Cuthbert. She's well aware of 24 fans' exasperation with her character, Kim Bauer, or as I like to call her 'Kimpossible'.

entertainment, 24, kim-bauer, elisha-cuthbert, kimpossible

Sean Connery has kidney tumour removed

Seeded on Mon Mar 13, 2006 10:22 AM EST (Guardian Unlimited)

Ever the irreverent ex-bond star, Sir Sean Connery described his surgery to remove a tumour from his kidney by saying, "I was opened in five places, including a tube up my d**k."

entertainment, james-bond, sean-connery

Killer whale's freak death prompts call for inquiry

Seeded on Mon Mar 13, 2006 10:12 AM EST (CBC)

An environmental group in British Columbia wants an inquiry into the death of Luna, the friendly killer whale that died last week when it was sucked into a tugboat's propeller.

scuba, british-columbia, pacific-ocean, world-news, orca, luna, kllier-whale, luna-the-killer-whale

L.A. South Central Farm Receives 3-Day Eviction Notice

Seeded on Mon Mar 6, 2006 7:33 AM EST (fromthewilderness.com)

The 3-day eviction time span has expired but the story is no less relevant. To many in North America, when the words South Central LA are used images of a downtrodden urban 'hood spring to mind.

produce, california, los-angeles, eviction, us-news, walmart, vegetables, urban-farming, south-central-la

Vicious Seal Pup Attacks Heather McCartney

Fri Mar 3, 2006 3:19 PM EST

Few outsiders understand the vital importance of Canada's annual seal pup hunt where up to 10,000 hunters congregate to beat these wildly dangerous, fluffy seal pups to death.

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