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Man pulls car with ears while standing on eggs May 21, 2005- A Chinese man pulled a car with his ears while walking on eggs without breaking them. Zhang Xingquan, ,38, pulled the car for about 20 metres in Dehui, Jinli province. His performance drew a big crowd of astonished onlookers. Zhang said he began to learn the stunt when he was just eight-years-old. He can also pick up a 25kg bicycle with his mouth while standing on eggs.

The polar bear, an icon of the great white north, is in peril, its icy home melting beneath its paws, an environmental group argued Wednesday in formally petitioning the Bush administration to grant the animals protection under the Endangered Species Act. The Center for Biological Diversity, which made the plea on the day the Kyoto Protocol to address global warming went into effect without the United States, said it did not believe the Bush administration would agree with its 154-page argument. But by drawing attention to the condition of polar bears, it hoped to expand public awareness of the potentially...

Democrat putting up cash, saying Bible not clear on union of sexes

'Spiderman' Tries to Climb Tallest Tower Dec 24, 9:04 PM (ET) TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - A French urban climber who calls himself "Spiderman" began his attempt to scale the world's tallest building, Taipei 101, on Saturday morning. Alain Robert, 42, said he would need two hours and 15 minutes to reach the top of the 508-meter building. He planned to climb the tower using only a safety belt attached to a rope. The climb began under gray skies and heavy rain, but still went ahead. The building's management, which invited Robert, said it could cancel the event at any time...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - California's constitution does not prohibit laws against gay marriage, Attorney General Bill Lockyer declared Friday in a long-awaited legal opinion that sought to avoid offending either side of the contentious debate. Meeting a judge's deadline to answer a pair of lawsuits seeking to overturn laws prohibiting same-sex couples from marrying, Lockyer said it was up to the voters or the Legislature to decide such questions. The lawsuits claim the state laws violate the state constitution's anti-discrimination provisions. "Committed and loving relationships between two individuals deserve recognition under California law," Lockyer conceded. "The obligations and benefits that...

MANCHESTER, NH - Today, Bush-Cheney ’04 New Hampshire Vice-Chair Bruce Keough issued the following statement regarding Senator John Kerry’s town hall in Hampton, New Hampshire: “Senator Kerry came to New Hampshire today to play on the fears of our community for shear political gain. Kerry’s misleading claim that there is a ‘ban’ on stem cell research is completely detached from the truth. The truth is that President Bush did not ‘ban’ stem cell research, but is actually the first president in history to fund stem cell research. Last year, the federal government invested $25 million in embryonic stem cell research...

  The Peter Pan Syndrome   by Robert Mahood     Kerry is UNFIT #21: THUMBSUCKER SERIES-BOARDHEAD TO THE RESCUE- (viewing movie requires Flash Player 7, available HERE)   A typical scenario for this boardhead is to be skimming back and forth across the lake on Misty, my aging Mistral Competition, in a 12 knot breeze gusting to 15. I'm hanging onto a 7.6 rig, riding a gentle natural swell occasionally punctuated by the man-made chop excreted by jet skis and stinkpots. In my adolescent ears are a symphony of boardsailing sounds: the vit, vit, vit of the board,...

Kerry Lied! He won't give up on asking for the resignation of Sec. Rumsfeld for something that was out of his control...well I'm demanding Kerry's resignation from not only from the Senate but the presidential race. What a hoser!

The old soldiers came to reenact the Vietnam War here Wednesday on the plains of central Texas. Their commanding generals: John F. Kerry and President Bush. Their mission: An exchange of letters. The result: Pure farce. SNIP With about 30 journalists watching, the two veterans circled each other in the 95-degree heat at a checkpoint outside the ranch, holding their letters as if they were hand grenades. SNIP A few minutes later, the two men arrived at the nearby public school, where the cameras were waiting. "We're having to go through Vietnam again," Cleland lamented, though he seemed to be...

LONDON (Reuters) - Over 80 British students threw caution and their clothes to the wind Friday to set a world record for the number of nudes riding on a rollercoaster. Reuters Photo The naked joy riders spent a hair-raising one minute and fifty seconds swooping around the rails of the gravity defying rollercoaster ride at a theme park south of London. A spokeswoman at the park said 81 students from 15 universities took part in the record breaking stunt, which had never been attempted before.

The Village People's cowboy is a Lone Ranger no more. Randy Jones — who filled out the 10-gallon hat for the motley disco outfit — and acid lounge artist Will Grega tied the knot Friday at the West Village club Rumor, according to club partner Erica Maurer. Grega proposed to Jones, his partner of 20 years, following a champagne toast for the release of Grega's new CD, and the two were "married on the spot" by the Reverend Dr. Cain L. Berlinger, according to a spokesperson for the couple. Attendees included Ben Curtis (the "Dude, you're getting a Dell" guy),...

SAN FRANCISCO - A state judge on Thursday declined to allow gay marriage opponents to intervene in lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of a California law defining marriage between a man and woman. The Proposition 22 Legal Defense and Educational Fund and the Alliance Defense Fund sought to inject themselves into the case to argue against gay marriage. San Francisco County Superior Court Judge James Warren declined the request, saying the groups would not be harmed however the litigation ends. In 2000, 4.6 million Californians approved Proposition 22 defining marriage as a union of a woman and man. San Francisco Mayor...

ITHACA--Students walking through Ho Plaza could not help but stop and witness the Big Fat Queer Wedding that took place yesterday. Over 20 same sex couples shouted, "Homophobia's got to go-Ha-Ha-Ho-Ho," while marching from Caldwell Hall through the Arts Quad to retire in front of the Straight for a mock wedding and rally at noon. Some gay participants wore tuxedos, suits and bridal gowns, while others dressed more casually. The mock same-sex wedding was organized to raise awareness on campus about civil marriage between same-sex couples. "I do realize it's a controversial issue; however, it's an important issue that needs...

Incensed by the city of San Jose's decision to recognize same-sex marriages, a group of evangelical Christians has hired a well-regarded Sacramento consultant to explore a recall effort or ballot initiative to overturn the action. Sacramento-based Russo, Marsh + Rogers will begin by surveying Silicon Valley attitudes before recommending a course of action, said Larry Pegram, a city council member for two terms in the 1970s who attends one of the churches involved, South Valley Christian. The firm's successes include the recall of former Gov. Gray Davis and the campaign for Proposition 22, the state initiative defining marriage as being...

Benton County commissioner faces recall after gay marriage decision (Corvallis-AP) -- Benton County commissioner and chairwoman Linda Modrell is now facing an organized recall effort. This, on the heels of her vote to issue marriage licenses to gay couples. Benton County had planned to begin issuing the licenses to gay couples last week. But it changed plans after the threat of legal action from the state attorney general's office. Instead, the county is now issuing no marriage licenses at all -- to gay or straight couples. A new group, called Citizens for Legal Accountability, filed papers Monday to begin...

SAN FRANCISCO — In certain corners of this city, last month's same-sex wedding bells had a nice echo: ka-ching! The Handlery Union Square Hotel counted more than 80 walk-ins on the first weekend the marriages were offered. Reservations for several wedding parties of 30 had been booked at Max's Opera Cafe by the time the marriages had been halted.

Lockyer: SF officials violated separation of powers in gay marriages By: LISA LEFF - Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO -- Attorney General Bill Lockyer told the California Supreme Court Thursday that in issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, San Francisco authorities violated the separation of powers doctrine by assuming for themselves "more power than the Governor, or the Supreme Court, or the Legislature." The seven justices are considering whether San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom had the legal authority to direct his administration to sanction marriages of gay and lesbians even though the state's Family Code in at least three places defines...

What happens when the San Francisco mayor who pushed gay marriage onto the national agenda visits the nation’s capital? March 26 - It's hard to be both a rising star and a pariah, but that's what San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is in the Democratic Party. His approval rating is 67 percent, but many Democrats believe he hurt his party's chances in November by forcing the issue of gay marriage. Newsom was in Washington this week, but he wasn't conferring with John Kerry or anybody else outside of the California delegation. "Politicians aren't lining up to see me or meet...

<p>San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom said Thursday he realizes his push to legalize same-sex marriage has made him radioactive to many of his fellow Democrats and will severely limit his role in the presidential campaign of Sen. John Kerry, a longtime friend for whom the mayor and his father are raising tens of thousands of dollars.</p>