110m year old US shrew fossil oldest yet: related news

110m-year-old US shrew fossil oldest yet

Oklahoma City - The fossil remains of a shrew-like creature found in Montana could challenge prevailing theories that the first mammal ancestors of humans evolved in Asia, the excavation's lead scientist said on Tuesday.

19 year old elected mayor of US city

WASHINGTON (AFP) - It's certainly a good start: a 19-year-old political science student who dreams of becoming US president was elected mayor of Muskogee, Oklahoma, beating a 70-year-old for the job, the city hall announced Thursday.

Antigua Doesn't See Settlement With US Over WTO Plan To Let It Ignore US Copyrights

The back and forth battle between the US and Antigua is long and involved. You can read the background if you want, but the short version is that the US suddenly claimed that Antigua-based online gambling sites were in violation of US anti-gambling laws. Antigua took offense at this, and noted that it appeared to violate free trade agreements between the two countries, most specifically because the US still allowed certainly types of domestic online gambling. The issue went to the WTO multiple times, and every time Antigua won -- and every time the US ignored the decision. At one point, the US pretended it won the ruling, and another time it announced that it was simply, unilaterally, changing its trade agreement with Antigua.

Fossil captures 380-million-year-old live birth

She is the oldest mother of any species ever found, a 380-million-year-old fish immortalised in a fossil while still attached to her offspring by an umbilical cord.

May Sales Down 1% For Tandy Leather Factory

June 5, 2008 (FinancialWire) Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. (AMEX: TLF) (Current Market Cap: US$ 34.36 Mil.) said that its sales for the month of May were $4.5 million, down 1% from May 2007 sales of $4.6 million. The company s year-to-date sales are down 4% to $22.6 million in the current year from $23.5 million last year. The company s Retail Leathercraft segment posted an 8% sales increase for May, with sales totaling $2.0 million compared to $1.9 million in May 2007. The 67 comparable stores posted a 3% same store sales gain for the month. Five stores that opened in or after May 2007 added sales for the month of $86,000. Year-to-date sales for Retail Leathercraft are $10.4 million this year, up 3% over last year's sales of $10.1 million. As of the end of May, same store sales were down 3% for the year.

76-year-old man oldest to scale Mount Everest (AP)

KATMANDU, Nepal - A 76-year-old Nepalese man reached the summit of Mount Everest on Sunday and became the oldest person to climb the world's highest mountain, a tourism official said.

76-year-old man oldest to scale Mount Everest

KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- A 76-year-old Nepalese man reached the summit of Mount Everest on Sunday and became the oldest person to climb the world's highest mountain, a tourism official said.

375 million-year-old fossil of 'mother fish' discovered

A Museum Victoria team announced its latest and the most remarkable find Thursday -- a 375 million-year-old fossil of placoderm fish with intact embryo and mineralised umbilical cord.

61-year-old travels on son's passport

SINGAPORE (AFP) - A 61-year-old man checked in, passed Singapore immigration control and flew to Vietnam on holiday using his 39-year-old son's passport, a newspaper reported Tuesday.

US titanium-dioxide market to top $2 billion in '09 on nanotech

US exports of titanium dioxide -- the naturally occurring oxide of titanium -- will grow by 21% to $1.5 billion this year, and could top $2 billion next year, as the commodity rebounds on strong sales of nanotechnology-based products, according to market reseach firm SBI. These nano-based products containing the material include self-cleaning windows and fabrics and pollution-busting paints, according to SBI's new report entitled The US Market for Titanium Dioxide. The new technology coupled with a wide range of uses will drive the US market for titanium dioxide, with the market jumping to $2.2 billion in 2009 and $2.3 billion by 2012. What's more, the market for the material's current uses -- including paints, printing inks, plastic and paper products, food, cosmetics, ceramics and rubber -- "are keeping export levels robust," the report

Two-ton, 500 Million-year-old Fossil Of Stromatolite Discovered In Virginia, U.S.

Virginia Museum of Natural History scientists have confirmed that an approximately 500 million-year-old stromatolite was recently discovered at the Boxley Blue Ridge Quarry near Roanoke, Virginia. This specimen is the first-ever intact stromatolite head found in Virginia, and is one of the largest complete “heads� in the world, at over 5 feet in diameter and weighing over 2 tons.

PhotoSensitive's Cancer Connections Photography Exhibition Launches a Two-Year Nationwide Tour in Partnership with the Canadian Cancer Society and Sponsored by Chase Canada

TORONTO, May 20 /CNW/ - Three-year old Alaya takes a break from her leukemia treatments by playing with her seven-year old brother and bone marrow donor Jayke. Twins Gladys and Lalie celebrate their 90th birthday and being cancer free since their diagnosis of breast cancer 17 years ago. Holding his father's firefighter helmet close to his heart, Simon remembers his dad. Faced with cancer from the age of nine, Matthew proudly graduates from college this year.

Hybris Announces its Presence in US Market at Internet Retailer 2008

A Strategic Partnership With Arvato Systems and the Win of Major US Customers Signal the Entry of Multi-Channel e-Commerce Vendor Hybris Into the US Market CHICAGO (CNW) - Hybris, http://www.hybris.com, a leading multi-channel communication and commerce software vendor, today announced its entry into the US market by exhibiting at the Internet Retailer 2008 event in Chicago (IRCE 08) where it will be exhibiting with Arvato Systems at booth number 711. This follows a US partnership agreement made between Hybris and Arvato Systems and the company gaining its first US-only customer wins.

Cassini's Primary Mission Ends, Two-Year Extension Begins

wooferhound points out recent news that the Cassini probe has completed its original four-year mission and is beginning a two-year extended mission, which was authorized earlier this year. Cassini's first mission brought us a treasure trove of information about Saturn and its various moons. The new mission will target two of those moons in particular for further study: Titan and Enceladus. Quoting: "The spacecraft is extremely healthy and carries 12 instruments powered by three radioisotope thermoelectric generators. Data from Cassini's nominal and extended missions could lay the groundwork for possible future missions to Saturn, Titan or Enceladus. [The two moons] are primary targets in the two-year extended mission, dubbed the Cassini Equinox Mission.

70-year-old grandma gives birth to twins?

NEW DELHI, July 4 (UPI) -- The birth of twins Friday has a 70-year-old woman in India staking her claim as the world's oldest mother.

96-year-old Butisingh Starts His Own Blog!

Guyana: At an age when people begin to lose interest in many aspects of the world around them, 96-year-old Randall Butisingh not only mastered the intricacies of the Internet but also began his own blog, which describes him as one of the world's oldest bloggers and shows him as a man with a remarkable catholicity of interests.

Net savvy 96-year-old blogs to share ideas in online world

At an age when people begin to lose interest in many aspects of the world around them, 96-year-old Randall Butisingh not only mastered the intricacies of the internet but also began his own blog, which describes him as one of the world's oldest bloggers and shows him as a man with a remarkable catholicity of interests.

Net savvy 96-year-old blogs to share ideas in online world

At an age when people begin to lose interest in many aspects of the world around them, 96-year-old Randall Butisingh not only mastered the intricacies of the internet but also began his own blog, which describes him as one of the world's oldest bloggers and shows him as a man with a remarkable catholicity of interests.

Net savvy 96-year-old blogs to share ideas in online world (Special)

By Shubha Singh: At an age when people begin to lose interest in many aspects of the world around them, 96-year-old Randall Butisingh not only mastered the intricacies of the internet but also began his own blog, which describes him as one of the world's oldest bloggers and shows him as a man with a remarkable catholicity of interests.

GAME Group boasts massive year-on-year sales rise, sees video gaming as mainstream entertainment

The video game industry is clearly taking no notice of the financial instability in the global economic climate. UK games retailer GAME, which now owns Gamestation, has reported a huge 86% increase in games sales year-on-year and pre-tax profits leaping from £29.5m to £75.5 million in the year to January 31st 2008.

Priceline.com Reports Financial Results For 1st Quarter 2008

Gross travel bookings increase 76% year over year; International gross travel bookings grow 100%, Domestic gross travel bookings grow 51% NORWALK, Conn.--(Business Wire)-- Priceline.com Incorporated(R) (Nasdaq: PCLN) today reported its financial results for the 1st quarter 2008. Gross travel bookings for the 1st quarter, which refers to the total dollar value, inclusive of all taxes and fees, of all travel services purchased by consumers, rose 76% year-over-year to $1.76 billion. Priceline.com had GAAP revenues in the 1st quarter of $403.2 million, a 33.8% increase over a year ago. The Company's international operations contributed revenues in the 1st quarter of $104.2 million, a 117.5% increase versus a year ago. Priceline.com's GAAP gross profit for the 1st quarter was $181.

Red Hat Numbers Up

Red Hat saw earnings rise 6.6% to $17.3 million, or eight cents a share in its first fiscal quarter ended May 31 on revenue up 32% year-over-year and 11% sequentially to $156.6 million. EPS was dead flat year-over-year. Subscription revenue was $130.7 million, up 27% year-over-year and up 7% sequentially. Training and services were up 64% to $25.9 million.

Red Hat Numbers Up

Red Hat saw earnings rise 6.6% to $17.3 million, or eight cents a share in its first fiscal quarter ended May 31 on revenue up 32% year-over-year and 11% sequentially to $156.6 million. EPS was dead flat year-over-year. Subscription revenue was $130.7 million, up 27% year-over-year and up 7% sequentially. Training and services were up 64% to $25.9 million.

Red Hat Numbers Up

Red Hat saw earnings rise 6.6% to $17.3 million, or eight cents a share in its first fiscal quarter ended May 31 on revenue up 32% year-over-year and 11% sequentially to $156.6 million. EPS was dead flat year-over-year. Subscription revenue was $130.7 million, up 27% year-over-year and up 7% sequentially. Training and services were up 64% to $25.9 million.

112-year-old becomes Europe's oldest man

LONDON, June 7 (UPI) -- Englishman Henry Allingham has become the oldest man throughout Europe after celebrating his 112th birthday, relatives say.

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