Thursday, December 2, 2010

Minnesota jeweler says the Second Coming is near...so he's selling everything cheap, till the end of time!

Larry Falter, owner of Superior’s LTD Jewelers, hit upon a novel idea for his latest TV commercial — blending a storewide sale with his belief that the second coming of Jesus is near.

Full article: http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/185317/ 

Does China have the first unicorn-cow?

A cow with a horn smack dab in the middle of its forehead is leading some people to claim the supposedly fictional unicorn is alive and well and living in northern China's Hebei province.  According to Metro.co.uk, the cow's farmer, Jia Kebing, first noticed a small bump on the cow's forehead when it was born two years ago, but he didn't expect it to grow into an 8-inch horn.  But it has, and so has the cow's popularity, even though the presence of two normal horns makes the animal more of a "tri-corn" than a unicorn.
Full article: http://www.aolnews.com/weird-news/article/chinese-unicorn-cow-horns-in-on-fame/19737389 

At least twelve people killed by angry mob in Haiti, blaming witchcraft for the cholera  outbreak

Tensions simmered in Haiti Thursday with its political future hanging in the balance, as protesters renewed charges of vote-rigging and cholera fears led to deadly mob violence.  As vote-counting continued ahead of the expected release of preliminary results on Tuesday, candidates in last weekend's presidential and legislative elections remained split over whether to endorse the outcome.  With the impoverished Caribbean nation in limbo, several hundred opposition demonstrators peacefully took to the streets of Port-au-Prince seeking annulment of the vote to determine the successor to Rene Preval.

Full article: ttp://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gk_FU_dwxdIJzfSSz8IyS3oSsL6g?docId%3DCNG.f9a0b4d03dfba10ea4d940df1f67012d.451