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Debate starts about 17 ton silver Undersea Treasure

TERRY AGUAYO
NY Times
Tue, 22 May 2007 09:42 UTC
Explorers for a shipwreck exploration company based in Tampa said Friday that they had located a treasure estimated to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars in what may be the richest undersea treasure recovery to date.

©Odyssey Marine Exploration, via AP
Greg Stemm, left, co-founder of Odyssey Marine Exploration, examining coins recovered from a shipwreck in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Evil Rays

Men's Underwear that Protects Against Cellphone Radiation

Darren Murph
engadget
Tue, 22 May 2007 04:59 UTC
If you thought donning tin foil caps was excessive, Isabodywear is out to make those contraptions looks mighty mild. While the debate about just how dangerous (or not) cellphone radiation is still rages on, there's certainly a paranoid sect that will snap up anything that claims to "protect them," and this Swiss garb maker is latching onto said opportunity.
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Bizarro Earth

Hey girl, want to spend time alone with your Muslim colleague? Breast feed him.


Improvisations: Arab Woman Progressive Voice
Mon, 21 May 2007 13:37 UTC
I really had to read this three times to make sense of it! I still don't get it, but here it is. It's hilarious. (Fortunately in Arabic)

See these guys at Al Azhar University may seem like they have too much time on their hands, but in fact they are not sitting around twiddling their thumps; they are working hard on coming up with Fatwas to help Muslims deal with some of the challenges facing them in these challenging times.
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The Alchemist's Revenge; A thriller suggests Isaac Newton was murderously ambitious

Reviewed by Ron Charles
Washington Post
Mon, 21 May 2007 08:58 UTC
GHOSTWALK

By Rebecca Stott

Spiegel & Grau. 304 pp. $24.95

To concoct this cerebral thriller about 17th-century alchemy, Rebecca Stott grinds two parts of historical research into a fine powder, folds in some human blood, adds a pinch of the occult, and heats the mixture over an open flame. By the time Ghostwalk begins to boil, it's a hypnotic brew of speculation, intrigue and murder.
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Life Preserver

Wealthy Saudi's yacht runs aground at Cannes festival


AFP
Mon, 21 May 2007 05:57 UTC
One of the world's biggest private yachts, a 108-metre (354-foot) vessel belonging to Saudi billionaire Nasser Al-Rashid, sparked a beach pollution alert at the Cannes film festival Sunday after running aground.

The luxury vessel, the Lady Moura, hit a submerged rocky outcrop near the port in this French Riviera resort as it was navigating a short distance off-shore Saturday. Its passengers were evacuated.
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Monkey Wrench

Pakistani Husband Accused of Being Woman

ASIF SHAHZAD
Associated Press
Sun, 20 May 2007 20:03 UTC
LAHORE, Pakistan - Police on Sunday arrested a couple who are accused of lying to a Pakistani court about the gender of the husband, who was born female and had sex reassignment surgery 16 years ago.
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NBC to Donald Trump: "You're Fired!"


Reuters
Sun, 20 May 2007 19:18 UTC
Donald Trump, whose low-rated reality show "The Apprentice" was left off the new prime-time schedule unveiled this week by NBC, says the network can't fire him -- he quits.

Comment: LOL! Consummate narcissist!

Comment: This all raises the obvious question: Who cares?!?

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Granny grows horn?


Ananova
Sun, 20 May 2007 12:07 UTC
A Chinese grandmother has a five inch horn growing out of her forehead.

©Unk
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Nude Carwash: The Devil is in the Detailing


Reuters
Sat, 19 May 2007 08:23 UTC
CANBERRA - A nude car wash offering an X-rated sideshow and topless cleaning in Australia's tropical Queensland state has been given the all-clear after police and officials said they were powerless to scrub it.
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World's Largest Historical Shipwreck Coin Recovery Produces Record 17 Tons of Silver Currency


Odyssey Press Release
Sat, 19 May 2007 05:07 UTC
Odyssey Marine Exploration (AMEX: OMR), the world's leader in the field of deep-ocean shipwreck exploration announced today that it has completed the pre-disturbance archaeological survey and preliminary excavation of a Colonial period shipwreck site code-named "Black Swan" in an undisclosed location in the Atlantic Ocean.

The artifacts recovered from the site include over 500,000 silver coins weighing more than 17 tons, hundreds of gold coins, worked gold, and other artifacts. All recovered items have been legally imported into the Unites States and placed in a secure, undisclosed location where they are undergoing conservation and documentation.

It is believed that this recovery constitutes the largest collection of coins ever excavated from a historical shipwreck site. They were recovered in conformity with Salvage Law and the Law of the Sea Convention, beyond the territorial waters or legal jurisdiction of any country. The Company does not believe that the recovery is subject to sovereign immunity by any nation pursuant to the Law of the Sea Convention.
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