
WASHINGTON – On the heels of North Korea’s test of a nuclear warhead and several missile launches, U.S. officials have announced a dramatic breakthrough agreement with the wayward nation that involves beleaguered auto industry has-been General Motors.
Under the agreement, Detroit-based GM, which had been facing a looming bankruptcy filing, will shut down its entire U.S. [...]

The Space Shuttle Atlantis launched yesterday, allegedly on a repair mission to extend the life of the Hubble Telescope. However, sources reveal that the mission actually intends radical modifications to the telescope, changing it into a powerful weapon in the fight against illegal immigration.

LOS ANGELES — Nickelodeon announced plans this week to introduce a Native American character on its popular children’s show “Dora the Explorer.” The announcement is part of a strategically planned move designed to counter fallout from new research that identifies a major obesity risk for 1 in 5 U.S. preschoolers.
Native Americans are more likely than [...]

WASHINGTON – John Holdren, President Obama’s new science advisor, said this week that the threat posed by global warming is so severe that he has convinced the Obama administration to consider radical countermeasures, including the detonation of multiple nuclear warheads in an effort to create a modest nuclear winter.
Nuclear winter, like man-made global warming itself, [...]

CUPERTINO, Calif. – Throughout the loud and proud history of the iPhone, the device has been known for its ability to cultivate a fanatical following among customers happy to pay a premium for a mobile phone that could double as a multi-functional status symbol. iPhones and the many plugins available for them have defined countless [...]

Cape Canaveral, FL - Throngs of animal rights activists descended on NASA headquarters Wednesday in a vehement protest against the ‘murder’ of a free tailed bat during Sunday’s space shuttle Discovery launch.
The outrage stems from NASA’s failure to delay the launch despite the bat’s presence on one of the shuttle’s external fuel tanks.
“I’ve heard of [...]

CUPERTINO, Calif - Apple didn’t invent the portable music player (PMP), but with the introduction of the iPod in 2001, it proudly pioneered the role of the devices as uber-hip status symbols projecting urban youth gestalt, hip-hop elitism, and a strident allegiance to a crippling dependency on one proprietary piece of software for the transfer [...]

ATLANTA - George and Jackie Mayer say they’ve tried everything to get pregnant, from changes in diet, to meditation, to pharmaceutical intervention. Now they’re turning to a radical new procedure that takes assisted reproductive technology to the next level: Invitro-fertilization in a host cadaver.
The Mayers represent a growing trend in couples who are seeking nontraditional [...]
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