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Misery Clubs All the Rage in England

April 9th, 2007 at 11:55 pm » Comments (0)

Forget happiness, the in-crowd is being moved to tears by a new wave of super cool misery clubs, which give visitors (with the help of a pile of chopped onions) the chance to weep away their woes.



More Men Becoming ‘Stay at Home Dads’

April 9th, 2007 at 11:35 pm » Comments (0)

According to the US Census Bureau, there are 159,000 stay-at-home fathers currently in the United States, a more than three-fold increase from 1996 when they numbered 49,000.



A New Way To Relax – The Beer Spa

April 9th, 2007 at 10:02 am » Comments (0)

A spa –believed to be the world’s first beer health center– has opened in the cellar of a family brewery in the Czech Republic.



Conversion Rates Low on E-Commerce Sites

April 9th, 2007 at 9:23 am » Comments (0)

Online merchants convert an average of 2%-3% of their site visitors into buyers, according to the e-tailing group’s "Sixth Annual Merchant Survey."



Cool Scrabble Funiture

April 9th, 2007 at 8:55 am » Comments (0)

At the Bloomberg offices in London, employees can leave each other messages using these Scrabble cushions, designed by Stephen Reed Industrial Design and Alistair Willmott.



Coke And Pepsi Used As Pesticides

April 9th, 2007 at 8:48 am » Comments (0)

In India, Coke and Pepsi are used as pesticides as they cost significantly less.



Major New Barrier Between East and West

April 9th, 2007 at 12:53 am » Comments (0)

A crack in concrete above the main Glenwood Canyon tunnel on Interstate 70 in Colorado is growing wider and worse than expected and will force multimillion-dollar repairs while the tunnel is closed all summer.



Largest Construction Project in the US

April 9th, 2007 at 12:15 am » Comments (0)

The first phase of MGM MIRAGE’s CityCenter, a gargantuan $7 billion, 66 acre project, is under construction on the Las Vegas Strip between Bellagio and Monte Carlo.



More Women Than Men Online

April 9th, 2007 at 12:06 am » Comments (0)

Females now constitute an undeniable majority of the US Internet population.