A research team has discovered that the mysterious heads on Easter Island have full bodies, extending down many, many feet into the ground of the island. The Easter Island Statue Project (EISP) has been carefully excavating two of 1,000-plus statues on the islands – doing their best to uncover the secrets of the mysterious stones, and the people who built them. Project director Jo Anne Van…
…island’s owners declined to discuss the value of the lease, citing a confidentiality agreement. The island belongs to John and Sonja Rumble, a South African-born couple who bought the island in 2003 for $1.3 million through their business, Sojourn Properties Pty Ltd. They then gave Pumpkin Island to their son, Wayne, for his 27th birthday, which he now runs with his partner, Laureth Craggy,…
Fire broke out last night at Richard Branson’s Caribbean Great House on Necker, his private isle in the British Virgin Islands. Actress Kate Winslet was among the Richard Branson’s 20 guests who were forced to run after a fire sparked by a lightning strike swept through the Virgin’s boss opulent home on the tycoon’s private Caribbean island. Richard Branson said about 20 guests were…
…me to the chest. I was in panic, I started crying, I was in a lot of pain,” said the Romanian. The young man, who has a double citizenship, Romanian and Hungarian, is living in Hungary since 2003. The group leader seems to be a Macedonian man, who was hiring homeless people to help him bury people alive and obtain their bank cards information. The Macedonian has been living…
…scattered outages on Thursday, with some customers complaining that they had just gotten their electricity back in the past two day or two, only to lose it again. The Long Island Power Authority said 200,000 customers were without power, with around 50,000 losing it in the new storm. Con Edison reported the storm knocked out electricity to about 60,000 customers in New York City and Westchester C…
urned a few cars around. In addition to the ferry line to Hatteras, there were two other ferry lines that went to and from the island. Ocracoke is part of North Carolina’s Outer Banks, a roughly 200-mile stretch of fragile barrier islands off the state’s coast. Pristine beaches and wild mustangs attract thousands of tourists each year. Aside from Ocracoke, the other islands are accessi…
…because the navigation charts on board the ship showed a water depth of 1,400m in that area – very deep,” Dr. Maria Seton, from the University of Sydney, told the AFP news agency after the 25-day voyage. “It’s on Google Earth and other maps so we went to check and there was no island. We’re really puzzled. It’s quite bizarre. “How did it find its way onto…
…horter than usual, which the Vatican said was in line with Pope Francis’ preference for shorter Masses. Pope Francis, formerly Buenos Aires Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio, was elected on March 13, becoming the first non-European pope for almost 1,300 years. He replaced Pope Benedict XVI, who held the office for eight years and became the first pontiff in more than 700 years to resign, sayi…
…Hudson Valley, still has 650,000 customers without power – and said many of them won’t have electricity restored for another ten days. Two of New Jersey’s largest utility companies reported more than 2million customers still in the dark. What is a nor’easter? The nor’easter is a winter storm conceived by the meeting of cold arctic air with the warmer ocean air from the Gulf Stream. The stor…
…ears a remarkable resemblance to the home of International Rescue in Gerry Anderson’s hit Sixties series, Thunderbirds. Part of the Izu Island chain, and politically part of Tokyo although it is 200 miles from the Japanese capital, volcanic island Aogashima is a geological curiosity. Aogashima is a tropical, volcanic island, in the Phillipine Sea that bears a remarkable resemblance to the h…
…people for help but nobody was willing to give the first aid to a man, who was bleeding and covered in mud. According to Hungarian press reports, the police arrested the Serbian suspect within 24 hours, but did not make the arrest public before the suspect made a confession. “So far, six individuals are into preliminary custody in connection with the bodies unearthed on BudapestR…
…tra minders at polling stations to look out for fraud, and the onslaught of lawsuits that has already begun in Florida over the deadline for early voting. Echoes of the mess created in Florida back in 2000 are already flashing before pundits’ eyes as the Democratic Party filed lawsuits calling for an extension of the early voting deadline because of excessive lines this weekend. Though the e…
…rable Cabbage Patch Kid face. Kris Jenner went opposite the pastel path for her Easter best, opting for a bright pink dress with a voluminous yet short skirt and a matching cardigan, and Kylie Jenner, 15, matched the others in a little white dress and a grey cardigan wrapped around her shoulders. After the service, Kendall Jenner took to her Keek account to send Easter wishes to her fans….
Khloe Kardashian has unveiled several candid snaps on her blog of her family celebrating Easter at their Calabasas home. One of Khloe Kardashian’s best shot was the picture of half-sister Kendall Jenner, who looked ultra-cute in a pair of fuzzy bunny ears. Khloe Kardashian has unveiled several candid snaps on her blog of her family celebrating Easter at their Calabasas home The Kardashian-…
…paralleled, giving Haiti a huge advantage over his pursuers. Further examination of the site where Stefan Ramin’s remains were discovered showed how fierce the fire was that consumed him. Leaves 25feet up show evidence of scorch marks and ash, clothes, teeth and bone fragments were found over a 35 foot radius. Today it was confirmed the BKA (the German bureau of investigation) is now involve…
Rescuers are searching for dozens of people believed to be missing after a boat sank near Christmas Island, off north-western Australia. Ships have so far picked 110 survivors from the sea, but officials believe about 200 people were on the boat. Three bodies have been recovered. The ship, believed to be carrying asylum-seekers, capsized on Thursday. Australian patrol vessels, merchant ships and…
…d the grounds of her villa in a green printed sarong with her large baby bump protruding from her green sarong. While Kim Kardashian was happy to stay on dry land, her sisters Kourtney, 34, and Khloe, 28, were stripping down to their swimsuits for a boat trip, complete with a camera crew. Earlier back at their resort, Khloe Kardashian was also spotted chatting to her 3-year-old nephew Mason Disick…
Firefighters in Greece are battling a large forest fire sweeping across the eastern Aegean island of Chios. The fire began in the early hours of Saturday and has been fuelled by gale force winds. Authorities said that by Monday the blaze had destroyed about 7,000 hectares (16,000 acres) of forest and farmland. Residents of nine villages and hamlets were evacuated from their homes over the weekend…
…ional egg-rolling race and later took a well-earned break reading aloud snippets from their favorite books. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama kicked off White House Easter Egg Roll 2013 The theme of this year’s event was Be Healthy, Be Active, Be You! – fitting with Michelle Obama’s campaign to lower childhood obesity rates by encouraging physical activity. “W…
dia Dining said the Easter eggs were an estimated 1 million on the Scoville scale of “hotness”, based on the values of the three chilies used. A typical vindaloo scores between 100,000 and 200,000 on the scale, he said. He added: “The restaurant has initially made 24 eggs, but will produce more to order if demand is high.” Asad Khan, the restaurant’s owner, said: …
…ivided by greed looking for easy gain, wounded by the selfishness which threatens human life and the family, selfishness that continues in human trafficking, the most extensive form of slavery in this 21st Century.” The new Pope has reinforced his image as a man of simple, down-to-earth tastes, not wearing the more ostentatious of papal costumes and, for the moment, not moving into the grand…
…often rely on the “Zerg rush” to win games. The verb “to Zerg” is now often used in other online games, meaning to overwhelm an enemy through sheer force of numbers. The game Starcraft was released in 1998, but is still played today. If you search for “Zerg Rush” on Google, the colored letters “O” turn into aliens that devour the page Maker Blizzard entertainment says: “In the distant future, the…
Pope Benedict XVI has delivered his traditional Urbi et Orbi (To the City and the World) Easter message of peace in front of tens of thousands of pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square in Rome. Pope Benedict urged Syria’s government to end the bloody year-long conflict, and spoke of the trouble in Nigeria and Mali. At a Mass on Saturday, the Pope warned that mankind is “groping in the d…
…remain with his stricken ship. The official death toll rose to seven this morning after another body was pulled from the tilting wreckage. Last night the number of those still unaccounted for rose to 29 – 25 passengers and four crew. Francesco Schettino, who faces up to 12 years in jail for manslaughter, will appear in court today after his company chiefs accused him of an “unauthorised and unapp…
Police investigators on New York’s Long Island announced today they believe they have discovered the skeletal remains of New Jersey prostitute Shannan Gilbert, who vanished in December 2010 after fleeing a client’s home in a panic. Suffolk County Police Commissioner Police Commissioner Richard Dormer said searchers found the bones at around 9:15 a.m. in a dense wetland thicket, not fa…
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