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A balding penguin has been given a new lease of life after scientists created a specially-made wetsuit to keep him warm.
Biologists at the California Academy of Sciences noticed that the African penguin, named Pierre, stopped plunging into the cold water of his tank when he began to lose his feathers.
Biologists at the California Academy of Sciences noticed that the African penguin, named Pierre, stopped plunging into the cold water of his tank when he began to lose his feathers.
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| Pam Schaller checks the fit in Pierre the penguin's custom wetsuit |
Yoichi 20, distilled on Hokkaido, is the first single malt outside Scotland to win Whisky Magazine's top award.
Like English wine, it has suffered from the taint of inauthenticity and has been the butt of condescending jokes. But now Japanese whisky has scotched its critics by being voted the best in the world, ahead of its Scottish rivals.
Yoichi 20-year-old, distilled on the shores of the Sea of Japan, has become the first variety produced outside Scotland to win the coveted single malt award in an international competition run by Whisky Magazine, the industry bible.
The whisky, distilled near Sapporo city, on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, beat dozens of other varieties, including last year's winner, Talisker 18-year-old, produced on the Isle of Skye.
Like English wine, it has suffered from the taint of inauthenticity and has been the butt of condescending jokes. But now Japanese whisky has scotched its critics by being voted the best in the world, ahead of its Scottish rivals.
Yoichi 20-year-old, distilled on the shores of the Sea of Japan, has become the first variety produced outside Scotland to win the coveted single malt award in an international competition run by Whisky Magazine, the industry bible.
The whisky, distilled near Sapporo city, on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, beat dozens of other varieties, including last year's winner, Talisker 18-year-old, produced on the Isle of Skye.
Washington, D.C. - Breaking a 211-year media silence, retired Army Gen. George Washington appeared on NBC's Meet the Press Sunday to speak out against many aspects of the way the Iraq war has been waged.
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| Washington likens Vice President Cheney to controversial British Chancellor of the Exchequer and Stamp Act architect George Greenville. |
Dere was somefing minging in de State of Denmark - or so the classic tale goes.
You don't recognise it? Get with de programme, that's the opening scene of 'Amlet, a play by some writer dude called Shakespeare.
Written in chav-speak, for the 'yoof' generation, the latest translation of the Bard's works may leave the traditionalists at a loss for, er, words.
But satirical writer Martin Baum is convinced that the 15 plays have lost none of their appeal in his abridged version, which is based on the sort of 'street' language used by TV comedy characters such as Sacha Baron Cohen's Ali G, and the obnoxious schoolgirl Lauren, from the BBC's The Catherine Tate Show.
You don't recognise it? Get with de programme, that's the opening scene of 'Amlet, a play by some writer dude called Shakespeare.
Written in chav-speak, for the 'yoof' generation, the latest translation of the Bard's works may leave the traditionalists at a loss for, er, words.
But satirical writer Martin Baum is convinced that the 15 plays have lost none of their appeal in his abridged version, which is based on the sort of 'street' language used by TV comedy characters such as Sacha Baron Cohen's Ali G, and the obnoxious schoolgirl Lauren, from the BBC's The Catherine Tate Show.
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If it were not for other pressing matters, Bill Clinton and Gloria Arroyo would probably be looking forward to what could be a fun and important event: Their college reunion.
This year is the 40th anniversary of Georgetown University's Class of 1968. The class homecoming at the oldest and most prestigious Catholic, and Jesuit, university in the United States kicks off late May. But as of last week the list of expected attendees does not mention either Clinton or Arroyo.
This year is the 40th anniversary of Georgetown University's Class of 1968. The class homecoming at the oldest and most prestigious Catholic, and Jesuit, university in the United States kicks off late May. But as of last week the list of expected attendees does not mention either Clinton or Arroyo.
McAllen, Texas - A custody case that wrecked a small-town south Texas mayor's political career ended Thursday when she was ordered to return a Shih Tzu to her neighbors.
Grace Saenz-Lopez, the former mayor of Alice, had claimed Puddles died last year while she was pet-sitting for the neighbors. Three months later, however, a relative of the neighbors saw the dog, renamed Panchito, at a grooming business.
Grace Saenz-Lopez, the former mayor of Alice, had claimed Puddles died last year while she was pet-sitting for the neighbors. Three months later, however, a relative of the neighbors saw the dog, renamed Panchito, at a grooming business.
Big Ten rivals may despise Purdue University, but give the school credit for this much: It takes crap seriously.
Purdue students are making extra cash by smelling livestock excrement. Students earn $30 per session as they take whiffs of a variety of smells collected from barns filled with hogs, cows and chickens. It's all in the name of odor research being conducted by a professor of agricultural and biological engineering. Yup, Purdue is a regular Poo U.
Purdue students are making extra cash by smelling livestock excrement. Students earn $30 per session as they take whiffs of a variety of smells collected from barns filled with hogs, cows and chickens. It's all in the name of odor research being conducted by a professor of agricultural and biological engineering. Yup, Purdue is a regular Poo U.
A man posing as Darth Vader attacked a Star Wars fan who had founded a Jedi Church, a court has heard.
A village in the southwest of Ireland won its battle to get its ancient "harlot" back on Thursday when a government order officially changed its name in the Irish language.
For centuries, the village in County Limerick, known as Doon in English, had been known in Gaelic as Dun Bleisce, or Fort of the Harlot, but the name was changed in 2003.
The village's Gaelic name was changed to An Dun, or The Fort in Gaelic, on the advice of the country's Placenames Commission, the official arbiter of names in Irish.
For centuries, the village in County Limerick, known as Doon in English, had been known in Gaelic as Dun Bleisce, or Fort of the Harlot, but the name was changed in 2003.
The village's Gaelic name was changed to An Dun, or The Fort in Gaelic, on the advice of the country's Placenames Commission, the official arbiter of names in Irish.
