An explosive detonated under a bridge, injuring five civilians and three policemen Monday morning in northwest Pakistan, police said.
Bridge blast wounds eight in troubled northwest Pakistan
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The Space Needle and sci-fi in Seattle
Got the rain jackets? So what if it rains a lot in Seattle
California wildfire blamed on drug operation
A weeklong blaze that has charred more than 84,000 acres in southern California was started by a cooking fire in a drug trafficking operation, investigators said. The former England captain was given a straight red card for a tackle on Sounders midfielder Peter Vagenas in the 17th minute. Beckham was booed off the field but he insists there was no maliciousness involved.
Beckham sent off as Galaxy woes continue
David Beckham’s time at the Los Angeles Galaxy continues to grow sour as he was sent off in Saturday’s 2-0 Major League Soccer defeat to Seattle Sounders.
Vulture Restaurants: Serving Up Clean Carcasses, Free of Charge
For the small number of vulture lovers the world over, good news comes this summer from Sindh, Pakistan. In June, a new “vulture restaurant” opened to provide safe food for the endangered birds — no reservations needed, but it’s always a fierce fight for the flesh. Similar vulture ventures have already been successful in South Africa, India and Nepal, where one region in which a restaurant started to provide vultures with clean carcasses saw a doubling of nesting pairs in just two years, according to Bird Conservation Nepal
Urban Animal Husbandry
Nigerian dwarf goats grow to only 21 in.
Researchers say they found malaria’s origin: In chimps
Nathan Wolfe is a hunter, but he doesn’t carry a gun. His prey are invisible to the naked eye. Wolfe leads expeditions into the mysterious world of viruses and pathogens
Soccer in Seattle: A New Kind of Football Team Woos Fans
The more than 65,000 fans who filled the seats at Seattle’s Qwest stadium on a recent Saturday made clear by their neon-green body-paint and their buzzing South African-style vuvuzela horns that this was no Seahawks game. They had come to see a different kind of football, the kind that speaks the word with a foreign accent: Chelsea, erstwhile champions of England’s Premier League, vs. the Seattle Sounders, the Emerald City’s new Major League Soccer franchise.
A New Figh to Legalize Euthanasia
Should we be allowed to determine when we die?
Verizon changes tune on Wi-Fi
Verizon Communications has had a change of heart about using Wi-Fi to extend its wireless broadband offering as the company announces free access to Wi-Fi hot spots for its Fios and DSL Internet customers. On Monday the company announced that customers subscribed to its Verizon Fios Internet service with 20Mbps per second downstream and 15Mbps upstream or faster and customers who subscribe to its 3Mbps/768 Kbps or higher DSL service will be able to connect to Verizon Wi-Fi hot spots, at no additional charge as part of their broadband service