A rich Arab sent his Lamborghini on a 6,500-mile round trip to Britain for a service. The £190,000 supercar was put on a scheduled flight from Qatar to Heathrow – then flown BACK after the oil check. Talk about a waste - one can only hope that this guy’s car is hit with a meteor.  I’m not (read more...)

A new drug halts the devastating progress of Alzheimer’s disease, say British scientists. It is said to be more than twice as effective as current treatments. A daily capsule of rember, as the drug is known, stops Alzheimer’s disease progressing by as much as 81 per cent, according to trial results. Wow. It’s still going to take (read more...)

China will censor the Internet used by foreign media during the Olympics, an organising committee official confirmed Wednesday, reversing a pledge to offer complete media freedom at the games. “During the Olympic Games we will provide sufficient access to the Internet for reporters,” said Sun Weide, spokesman for the organising committee. Anyone who thought China was somehow (read more...)

Bob and Leona Ehrfurth are very sensitive to the possibility that people might think they’re crazy. For the record, they’re not — but they are being driven that way. For two years now, the Ehrfurths have been enduring an annoying, persistent noise in their home — a low, motor-like rumble accompanied by a vibration. They can’t figure (read more...)

The Russian military is considering deploying long-range bombers to Cuba to counter the perceived threat of the US missile defence shield planned to be based in the Czech Republic and Poland, according to Russian media reports Monday. ‘At the moment, there are just thoughts - but that doesn’t mean there isn’t something concrete behind it,’ an (read more...)