INDONESIA: Sumatra quake deaths soar to over 700

Indonesian officials say more than 700 hundred people have died in a massive earthquake that rattled the island of Sumatra on Wednesday. The death toll is expected to climb further as rescue teams search for survivors trapped under the rubble.

Tigers and Twins Desperately Trying to Make You Care About Baseball

Deadspin The 2009 baseball season has been a bit of a dud, drama-wise. So how about a final week double-header that will MEAN EVERYTHING! Or change everything. Or solve nothing? I forget how these dramatic finishes are supposed to work. The Tigers and Twins…

BRIEF: Fostoria’s Honeywell plant ships spark plug work elsewhere

BRIEF: Fostoria’s Honeywell plant ships spark plug work elsewhere The Autolite division of Honeywell International Inc. will transfer all remaining Spark Plug production at its manufacturing plant here to Honeywell facilities in South Carolina and Mexico, resulting in the loss of about 170 jobs. Only about 100 workers will remain at the Fostoria plant, which once employed ...

Ed Hardy Shirts Combine Tattoo Art and LA Culture

Ed Hardy Shirts Combine Tattoo Art and LA Culture With artwork that features mermaids, butterflies, peacocks, snakes and tigers, ed hardy shirts echo the fantasy themes of body art. Don Ed Hardy is a California tattoo artist whose technical brilliance and extraordinary imagination has won him worldwide recognition. Women and men both find the appeal of ...

Lampert lands first place

A near-perfect round of predictions from Lampert saw him top this week's leaderboard, move him to fourth in the overall standings.

Chipper Jones Is Compassionate to Mexicans in His Backyard

Walkoff Walk Some folks might think that Chipper Jones was being a bit insensitive to the plight of the illegal aliens that he rounds up on his Double Dime Ranch and hands over to the border patrol, but I…

Climate Change Hits Crop Yields In Nepal

Changing weather patterms have affected crop production in Nepal pushing hundreds of farmers into debt, aid agency Oxfam said in a report.

Cheap Wheat To Help Meet EU Fuel Demand

A sharp decline in wheat prizes driven by a supply glut is set to lead to more of the grain being turned into motor fuel in the European Union.

Real remains a work in progress after sneaky 3-2 win

Real remains a work in progress after sneaky 3-2 win