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  • Michelle Keegan doesnt understand her sex symbol status

    Michelle Keegan, who was awarded Cleavage Of The Year by The Sun earlier this year, has said that she is embarrassed by her cleavage and struggles to understand her sex symbol status. The 25-year-old actress told new! magazine that it was embarrassing but also flattering, the Mirror reported. She said that she didn't wear tops that show her cleavage much, asserting that her mother joked about ...

  • Venus Jupiter and Mercury will dance in spring twilight

    Three planets - Venus, Jupiter, and Mercury will present a spectacular sky show during the last week of May. So, look low in the west-northwest after sunset in late May, and you can watch Venus, Jupiter, and Mercury pirouetting through the tightest gathering of three naked-eye planets that the world will see until 2026. "Here's a beautiful chance to see three planets all together," said Alan ...

  • Vitamin D from sun may treat asthma says study

    Time spent by asthma patients soaking up the sun may help in the treatment of the illness, a research has said. A team of scientists at King's College London said vitamin D, which is made by the body in sunlight, calms an "over-active" part of the immune system in asthma, BBC reported. However, treating patients with vitamin D has not yet been tested. People with asthma find it hard to ...

  • Need more freedom for filmmaking in India Anurag Kashyap

    India's rising star director Anurag Kashyap has complained that filmmakers in in the country still do not enjoy the kind of freedom of space and expression that would allow them to make meaningful films. "Today, we are forced to treat our audience as children of less than five years and hence we have to only make goody-goody films with a huge dose of escapism. I want to have the option making ...

  • Tim Peake to become first official British astronaut to visit International Space Station - video

    A former army test pilot is to become the first official British astronaut to visit the International Space Station. Major Tim Peake will live and work on the space station for six months in November 2015. At a news conference at the Science Museum in London, where he was announced as the first UK astronaut in space for 20 years, he said it is a great ...


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Sandra Bernhard: I'm Still Here ... Damn It! [DVD]

Sandra Bernhard: I'm Still Here ... Damn It! [DVD]

There is something refreshingly offensive about Sandra Bernhard. As a sort of anti-Diva with a sneer that could melt even the most hardened stoic, Bernhard has made her career in verbal provocation. In today's politically correct climate, she is a desperately needed antidote to the kind of stuffy liberalism that wishes to repress anything that might offend anyone. Bernhard is a self-stylized, equ ... ...

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  • New jobs coming to Kennedy Space Center

    United Paradyne Corporation, a California based rocket fuel supplier, is moving in to a former shuttle building. The building will be retrofitted to provide aerospace fuel for commercial space projects at KSC. ...

  • Jodi Arias could join tiny death row group

    Jodi Arias stands and looks as the jury is excused for the lunch break during her trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, April 4, 2013. Arias is on trial for the killing of her boyfriend Travis Alexander in 2008. (REUTERS/David Wallace/The Arizona ...

  • Ice tsunamis overwhelm lakeside homes

    (Image: CTV) Usually, when a wave of water several metres high crashes ashore you don't stop to take a photo. But when the wave is a creeping wall of ice, there's ample time to stand back and watch the slow-motion destruction. Last Friday, ice floes on the surface of Dauphin Lake in Manitoba, Canada, were pushed ashore by high winds. Once on land, the ice tsunami - as witnesses ...

  • Raytheon Lockheed Martin in battle to build $3B space fence

    The U.S. Air Force is expected to pick a winner this summer to build an advanced radar system capable of tracking an estimated half a million pieces of manmade space junk, floating in orbit, before it can threaten satellites used for navigation, weather and communication. Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) have competing proposals for the project, the Boston Globe reports. Both ...

  • National Tribute Honors Memory of Sally Ride 1st American Woman in Space

    '); Tom Costello from NBC News moderates a panel discussion titled "Sally Ride: How Her Historic Space Mission Opened Doors for Women in Science" at the National Air and Space Museum on Friday, May 17, 2013 in ...

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