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What would your favorite celebrity hate to see on Fear Factor? Can you Guess?….. Pamela Anderson: The former “Baywatch” beauty can’t stand her own reflection. She suffers from eisoptrophobia — a fear of mirrors. Tom Cruise: Most men can relate to Tom Cruise’s phobia. The “Top Gun” star is afraid of going bald — […]
Extra charges tacked onto advertised commercial airline flights are costing consumers billions of dollars each year. Baggage fees on American Airlines alone added up to more than 3 billion dollars last year and reservation change fees totaled more than 2.3 billion. But, what about the non-so-avoidable charges such as booking fees (or credit/debit cards fees and […]
Ricardo Morales started mining Bolivia’s Cerro Rico when he was 12, and he’s proud of the mountain’s majestic history. “It’s said that the silver taken from here could have built a bridge from the peak to Spain’s palace door,” boasts the raspy-voiced Morales, 52, standing at the entrance to his mine some 14,000 feet above sea level.
It seemed, on the face of things, to make sense: The first gate of the Morganza Spillway opened on Saturday afternoon, sending 10,000 cubic feet of Mississippi River water churning south toward the Atchafalaya Basin, all part of a concerted effort to help relieve pressure on burdened levees protecting Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
Rangers ended Celtic’s three-year reign as Scottish champions on Sunday with an impressive 3-0 victory at Dundee United. Going into the final matches of the season, Walter Smith’s side led their Glasgow rivals by two points and needed a victory to guarantee the title coming back to Ibrox for the first time since 2005