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Playboy Auctions Art,Hugh Hefner is having a auction
Hugh Hefner is having a auction of the many pictures he has from Dali to Marilyn Monroe to name just a few . They will be auctioned off December 8 at Christie’s calling it ,“The Year of the Rabbit.” The 1966 watercolor of a reclining Dali nude called,”Playmate ,‘that hung in Hugh Hefner’s bedroom at…
Read MoreSalvador Dali print found at Goodwill
A mystery donor dropped of an alleged lithograph of a Salvador Dali work at a Grand Junction, Colorado Goodwill store. The Goodwill store will be auctioning off the Salvador Dali work but does not plan to verify the work’s authenticity and doesn’t plan to pay an expert to determine if the work is authentic. The…
Read MoreBurma knocked off the Internet
Just days ahead of the first election in 20 years, an ongoing computer attack which is believed to have started on October 25 knocked Burma off the internet. The closely watched national election that on November 7 will not allow international observers and foreign journalists into the country to cover the polls. The internet’s attack…
Read MoreRepublicans set to Take Control of the House
Republicans have won control of the House of Representatives on Tuesday this also expanded their voice in the Senate, With much voter discontent it is setback to President Obama and his triumphal victory. Democrats were given significant losses, particularly in the House, where Republicans recorded a series of wins from New Hampshire to Virginia and…
Read MoreThe Race For The Seat
There will be a new road map for the next two years .The presidential election is not until 2012 but there will be plenty of tea-leaf-reading on Tuesday night, especially when Western results start coming in. President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign will be affected by the result of gubernatorial races in states like Ohio, Iowa,…
Read MoreBrazil’s First Female President
Dilma Rousseff was a former Marxist guerrilla who was tortured and imprisoned during Brazil’s long dictatorship was elected Sunday as the first female president of Latin America’s biggest nation, a country in the midst of a rapid economic growth and political rise. In a 25-minute victory speech to jubilant supporters in Brasilia, Rousseff said that…
Read MoreBombs found on two cargo jets in UK and Dubal
Bombs were found on two cargo jets in UK and Dubal , the parcel found in Dubal traveled on two separate passenger plans via the airlines’ hub in Doha ,a spokesman for Qatar Airways said. Printer Cartridges carried the bombs that were inserted and the two packages were addressed to synagogues in the Chicago area.…
Read MoreMini Art in a vending machine
Lars Kaiser, a 35-year-old artist from Potsdam, Germany said he has installed about 100 art vending machines in public buildings, bars and on exterior walls throughout Germany. The refurbished vending machines once sold cigarettes, chewing gum or condoms. The vending machines are art in them self. The artist who wanted to make art more accessible…
Read MoreThe world’s largest cruise liner twin faces its first big test today
The world’s largest cruise liner has a twin,The Allure of the Seas, which cruised out of the shipyard in Turku, southwestern Finland where it was built, faces its first big test today, when it must squeeze under a Danish bridge, just one foot taller than the ship,even after its telescopic smokestacks are lowered. Spanning nearly…
Read MoreBad cementing job blamed for deadly blow out of BP’s oil well in the Gulf
Tests that were performed before the deadly blow out of BP’s oil well in the Gulf of Mexico should have raised questions about the cement used to seal the well,but the company and its cementing contractor used it anyway, Investigators with the president’s oil spill commission said on Thursday that the cement was unstable. The…
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