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The record for the highest altitude powered airship has just ballooned to an amazing 95,085 feet (18 miles) – the edge of space. Incredibly, the feat was achieved by volunteer space enthusiasts for the not-so-astronomical sum of $30,000 (£19,000). Called Tandem and made by California-based JP Aerospace, it took off from Nevada’s Black Rock desert last Saturday and broke the airship altitude record by over 20,000 feet (four miles).

This isn’t good...Just last week Governor Mitt Romney lectured Governor Rick Perry on his immigration record: “You put in place a magnet to draw illegals into the state, which was giving $100,000 of tuition credit to illegals that come into this country, and then you have states — the big states of illegal immigrants are California and Florida.” Here’s the video: Now we find out that Romneycare funded healthcare for illegal immigrants...Just like Obamacare does. It was a magnate to draw illegals into the state. The National Review reported: Mitt Romney, who has called government-funded programs that offer assistance to...

Obese children as young as 11 whose size is endangering their health are to be given gastric balloons on the NHS in a drastic attempt to make them lose weight. The device, which has the same effect as a gastric band by reducing the amount of food that can be held in the stomach, is to be used as a ‘last resort’ in a ground-breaking trial. Up to 15 severely obese children and teenagers with weight-related diabetes or complications such as constructive sleep apnoea – where their neck fat stops them breathing as they sleep – will be offered the...

FULL TITLE: Extraordinary story of the brave Auschwitz prisoner who escaped with his girlfriend by dressing as an S.S. officer... before reuniting four decades later Jerzy Bielecki escaped from Auschwitz with Jewish girlfriend Cyla Cybulska He secretly got complete S.S. uniform and pass to help them escape in 1944 German-speaking Polish inmate reunited with her in 1983 after decades apart Ms Cybulska moved to New York but they met up thanks to a Polish cleaner When they reunited he brought 39 red roses for each year they spent apart This Catholic man holds one of the most incredible concentration camp...

FULL TITLE: I tricked innocent woman into sleeping with me to boost my cover story: Confession of police spymaster who spent years undercover with green activists Bob Lambert dated the young woman as he infiltrated the hardline Animal Liberation Front She was convinced she had a long-term future with the 'activist' but he disappeared after 18 months as he went 'on-the-run from police' Police even raided her shared flat 'looking for evidence' He could introduce his girlfriend to activists he would appear more credible A police spy-master who led a network of undercover officers tricked an innocent woman into having...

Foreign looters from 44 countries have been locked up over the riots which scarred the country in August. Robbers, vandals and thugs from as far afield as Afghanistan, Cuba, Ethiopia and Samoa joined in as shops were plundered and businesses set ablaze, causing millions of pounds worth of damage. The sheer number from different corners of the globe who took part in the mayhem is one of the strongest indicators yet that the riots had nothing to do with political protest or civil unrest, but was born of greed and opportunist criminality. Prison statistics revealed that 14 per cent –...

FULL TITLE: Too sick to work... but not to riot: One in eight defendants were on incapacity or disability benefits 100 suspects on disability living allowance, 60 on incapacity benefits 40% of suspects were on benefits Less than one in 10 rioters were in a gang 53% of suspects were under 21 One in eight of the rioters who have appeared before the courts were on incapacity benefits and unfit for work, figures revealed today. A total of 100 of the suspects were claiming disability living allowance and there were a further 60 incapacity benefit claimants. So far 1,344 people...

FULL TITLE: 'It's what she would have wanted': John Edwards's daughter Cate marries in ceremony dedicated to mother (while disgraced Daddy slips out the back door) It was a celebration tinged with sadness, coming so soon after her mother's death. But as Cate Edwards, the daughter of former presidential candidate John and his late wife Elizabeth, married her childhood sweetheart yesterday, she declared: 'It was what she would have wanted.' Miss Edwards married college boyfriend Trevor Upham yesterday at a local Methodist church in Chapel Hill, North Carolina - the ceremony taking place beside an altar which had been lit...

Does Chris Matthews listen to himself talk? On Thursday's Hardball, the MSNBC anchor told top McCain '08 aide Steve Schmidt, "We were all rooting for you, by the way. And a lot of us in this business like John McCain a lot." The cable anchor who famously informed America that Barack Obama gave him a "thrill" up his leg, added, "He didn't think we did and we were tough on him last time. I liked Obama. But I tell you, I've always liked McCain." Not pausing in this unprompted admission, Matthews added, "[McCain's] still mad at me. Fine. That's the...

FULL TITLE: Flashback: Obama Blames US Guns For Mexican Violence, Then Starts Running Guns to Mexico 5 Months Later In April 2009 Barack Obama traveled to Mexico and blamed US gun sellers for “This war is being waged with guns purchased not here but in the United States...more than 90 percent of the guns recovered in Mexico come from the United States, many from gun shops that lay in our shared border. So we have responsibilities as well.” Just to be sure, a few months later the Obama Administration started running their own guns to Mexico. Also today..Mexican Attorney General...

Last night at the CNN-Tea Party debate Mitt Romney said this about his immigration record: “In Massachusetts, they enforce illegal immigration and if they are in MA illegally, they get them out.” Really Mitt? Here’s the video: Here is what On the Issues website has to say about Mitt’s immigration record: FactCheck: MA state cops never enforced immigration laws Romney claims in his TV ad that he put state troopers on the trail of illegals in his state. But he didn’t do so until he had less than a month left in his term. He was already considering running for...

FULLTITLE: Why fathers are faithful: Becoming a dad causes a testosterone drop that makes men less likely to stray They say having a family changes a man for ever. But it may not just be a sense of duty that drives new dads to swap evenings in the pub for quiet nights at home. Scientists have discovered fatherhood can halve testosterone levels – and stop men from straying. A study has found that when men become fathers, their bodies suppress production of the sex hormone, making them more interested in parenting than mating. American researchers studied more than 600 men...

A woman charged with racially aggravated harassment after displaying a golliwog in her window has denied the offence. Jena Mason, 65, of College Lane, Worlingham, Suffolk, was arrested after her black neighbour Rosemarie O'Donnell complained about the doll to police. Today she pleaded not guilty and her case was adjourned for a case management hearing on October 11 at Lowestoft magistrates. Mason arrived at court flanked by her husband and two other men who attempted to block photographers at the entrance. Appearing in the court's secure dock and wearing a cream suit, she spoke to confirm her name and address...

When the New York Times published an article titled, “Employers Say Jobs Plan Won’t Lead to Hiring Spur” on a Friday night for Saturday’s print edition (likely remaining its least read edition), I almost dared hope that it was the equivalent of a Friday night document dump. Perhaps the NYT was going to do some reality-based reporting, even if buried when few would read it. But no — Motoko Rich’s piece was ultimately premised on the same simplistic, Keynesian assumptions underlying Pres. Obama’s “Son of Stimulus” bill: Companies are focused on jittery consumer confidence, an unstable stock market, perceived obstacles...

After reading Krugman’s repugnant piece on 9/11, I cancelled my subscription to the New York Times this AM. Twitter via Drudge

FULL TITLE: O'Reilly Tells Ingraham NBC's Todd Worked for Lib Senator, 'His Wife Makes Living Working for Democratic Party' The story broken by NewsBusters last week involving Chuck Todd saying NBC's pollsters were "concerned" about President Obama's poll numbers has brought some scrutiny on the Peacock Network's chief White House correspondent. After radio's Laura Ingraham questioned Todd about this issue Thursday, Fox News's Bill O'Reilly brought her on his program Friday saying, "We did a little research on Mr. Todd...His wife makes a living working for the Democratic Party. There is a report that Chuck Todd actually worked for Senator...

The leader of Britain's biggest trade union today issued a stark warning to the Government that 'continued attacks' on workers' pay, jobs and pensions will provoke unrest. Len McCluskey, general secretary of Unite, said it was little wonder that working people were standing up for their rights in the face of the "abuse" they were having to deal with. He spoke ahead of this week's TUC Congress, which opens in London tomorrow, when calls will be made for co-ordinated industrial action against the government's public sector pension reforms. Civil servants and teachers held a one-day strike in June and further...

FULL TITLE: 'Husband' arrested on suspicion of murdering wife, 20, and toddler son following house fire *Two men held on suspicion of murder *It is believed the arrested men knew the victims A young mum and her 15-month-old son died when a fire ripped through a a house in the early hours of yesterday morning. Melissa Crook, 20, and her 15-month-old son Noah were killed in the suspected arson attack on her parents' home, in Chatham, Kent. Detectives have arrested two men on suspicion of murder in Coventry, one of whom is believed to be 23-year-old Danai Muhammadi, Ms Crook's...

Doesn’t Google supposedly use some high-tech program that supposedly pixelates the faces of unsuspecting individuals caught by its invasive Street View cameras? Well, as seen in the above photo (click to enlarge), one Miami woman did not receive that courtesy. She was caught sans clothes by the Google camera as she stood on the doorstep of her home, with a water jug in her hand. It is unknown why she was naked. In a second image, the woman appears to notice the Google Street View car as it continues driving down her block. At press time, the woman’s photo remains...

Syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer and the Washington Post's Colby King got into a heated debate about Barack Obama on Friday's "Inside Washington." After King compared the current White House resident to Harry Truman, Krauthammer struck back with a list of Obama's shortcomings concluding, "He would be a good professor...He can do a lot of things, but run the United States he can't" (video follows with transcript and commentary): CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: Colby, I knew Harry Truman. Harry Truman was a friend of mine. Barack Obama is no Harry Truman. It’s not that complicated. Obama is over his head. He is a...