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While most ships her age are lost to history or resting in a watery grave, the 215-year-old USS Constitution is still operable and recently enjoyed a cruise across the Boston Harbor. The Constitution is the …
22 Aug 12
As if the end of the Mayan calendar wasn’t enough to have you worrying about mankind’s existence, now another possible apocalyptic event is on the horizon — and it’s based on science! Scientists report there’s …
20 Aug 12
The famed Gibson Guitar Company is forced to pay a fine to the tune of $300,000 and to make an additional payment of $50,000 to the U.S. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation for violating the …
17 Aug 12
In this age of Photoshop where we can seemingly trust less and less at face value, is it too much to ask that the purr of our car’s engine be authentic? Apparently so as a …
15 Aug 12
Is your travel bucket list only filled with far off, exotic locales? If so, you’re overlooking some fabulous places right here in the United States that are both unique and accessible (you can start marking …
13 Aug 12
Forget the soap box derby or even ride-on toy cars, Sean Burgess, co-owner of FFTEC tuning shop in Union City, CA, has just raised the bar by making his five -year-old son, Evan, a …
10 Aug 12
NASA’s rover, Curiosity, made a successful Monday landing on Mars, and the last 2 1/2 minutes of the nail-biting descent was captured on low-resolution video and is available for all to see. If you’re thinking …
08 Aug 12
Curiosity, NASA’s latest Mars rover, has landed on the Red Planet on August 6, 2012 at about 1:30 AM EST. This $2.5 billion mission is of keen interest to both scientists and the general population …
06 Aug 12
The warm, dry weather of the past week gave farmers their best opportunity yet for fieldwork this season. Around 5 days were suitable for fieldwork last week in Minnesota. That let corn planting advance by …
