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World's heaviest man marries in Mexico

Posted: 28 Oct 2008 04:35 PM CDT

The world's heaviest man has tied the knot. Manuel Uribe, who hasn't left his bed in six years, married his longtime girlfriend Claudia Solis Sunday in northern Mexico. Wearing a white silk shirt with a sheet wrapped around his legs, Uribe smiled as Solis, 38, walked down a flight of stairs wearing a strapless ivory dress, a tiara and hot-pink lipstick. He later broke into tears as a notary

Tiny iKIT notebook features 2.8-inch screen

Posted: 28 Oct 2008 04:35 PM CDT

Well, calling it a "notebook" may be a stretch, but I can still say for a fact that I'm anxious to get my hands on IMOVIO's iKIT, a £99 (about $161) miniature PC with a teensy 2.8-inch LCD that some are dubbing a sub-netbook or sub-subnotebook. While it won't run Word, it does pack quite a punch for its diminutive size. The iKIT, officially dubbed a "Pocket Mobile Companion," is a familiar, if

The Most Ridiculous Excuses For Missing Work

Posted: 28 Oct 2008 04:33 PM CDT

There are two main points that I took away from reading the results of a recent Careerbuilder survey: Some bosses actually drive by employees' homes when they've called in sick, and some people will say anything to get out of going to work. Both parties are guilty, but the boss might be doing more damage than the employee in this case. Thirty-one percent of the employers surveyed said they

Space tourism will weather crisis says astronaut

Posted: 28 Oct 2008 04:31 PM CDT

At over $30 million (19.4 million pounds) a ticket it is not cheap, but rich adventurers will still pay for a dream trip into orbit despite a global financial crisis, U.S. space tourist Richard Garriott said. Three days after returning to Earth from a trip to the International Space Station, Garriott told a news briefing at Russia's Star City space centre that his journey had fulfilled a 30-

Evidence found of solar system around nearby star

Posted: 28 Oct 2008 04:30 PM CDT

For the first time, astronomers think that they've found evidence of an alien solar system around a star close enough to Earth to be visible to the naked eye. They say that at least one and probably three or more planets are orbiting the star Epsilon Eridani, 10.5 light-years — about 63 trillion miles — from Earth. Only eight stars are closer. The host star, slightly smaller and cooler than our

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