Boys attempt to pull a beached whale back into the ocean, in the Yoff neighborhood of Dakar,
Senegal, ~TODAY... Wednesday, May 21, 2008. Residents struggled Wednesday to save more than
80 whales that were stranded on the beach Tuesday night. This whale was successfully
towed out to sea by a fishing boat, though at least 20 others lay dead on the beach by midday
Wednesday.
(Photo: AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Just Passing Through
The first cars of the year drive over the Gotthard
pass and have to drive through walls of snow,
~TODAY... Wednesday, May 21, 2008 in Switzerland.
The Gotthard pass reopened after the winter season
about one week later than usual.
(Photo: AP Photo/Keystone, Sigi Tischler)
Recovery A Long Haul
Earthquake survivors carry a bucket of water to a temporary tent after they lost their house
in last week's earthquake in Hanwang, in China's southwest Sichuan Province,
~TODAY... Wednesday, May 21, 2008. State agencies are being told to cut spending by
5 percent to support a $10 billion reconstruction fund.
(Photo: AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Headed Down The Cape
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., walks out of Massachusetts General Hospital after he was
released in Boston, ~TODAY... Wednesday, May 21, 2008, with his wife, Vicki, right, and niece
Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, center right. Kennedy was headed to his home on Cape Cod
to await the results of further tests after being diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor.
(Photo: AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
Fleet Week
Sailors and Marines "Line the Rails" of the
USS Kearsarge, a U.S. Navy amphibious assault
ship, as it passes The Statue of Liberty, during
entry into New York Harbor for Fleet Week,
~TODAY... Wednesday, May, 21, 2008, in New York.
(Photo: AP Photo/Edouard H.R. Gluck)
Medical Marvels
Thomas Beatie, the world's first pregnant man, carries out
the time-honored American passion of maintaining a
pristine lawn ~TODAY... May 21, 2008. Last month, Beatie,
a former woman who is now a pregnant man, defended his
decision to have a baby in an exclusive interview with
Oprah Winfrey, saying he has a "right to have a
biological child."
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Catching A Wave
Travis Logie, of South Africa, rides in the tube of a wave during Round 3 of the Globe Pro Fiji
surfing tournament at Cloudbreak ~TODAY... Tuesday, May 27, 2008, in Tavarua Fiji. Logie
lost to Joel Parkinson in the round.
(Photo: AP Photo/ASP, Kirstin Scholtz)
Red Planet In Black & White
A view of the Martian northern polar region made by NASA's Phoenix
Mars Lander, Tuesday, May 27, 2008. Since landing on Mars on Sunday,
Phoenix has delighted scientists with the first-ever peek of the planet's
unexplored northern latitudes. The terrain where Phoenix settled
is relatively flat with polygon-shaped patterns in the ground likely
caused by the expansion and contraction of underground ice.
(Photo: AP/NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Az.)
Tennis Anyone?
Center court is seen behind a glass window, ~TODAY... Tuesday, May 27, 2008, at Roland Garros
Stadium in Paris. Play at the French Open was suspended because of rain.
(Photo: AP Photo/David Vincent)
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Don't know if this story and pictures were posted before. If they were, just delete.
This place in Uzbekistan is called by locals “The Door to Hell”. It is situated near the small town of Darvaz. The story of this place lasts already for 35 years. Once the geologists were drilling for gas. Then suddenly during the drilling they have found an underground cavern, it was so big that all the drilling site with all the equipment and camps got deep deep under the ground. None dared to go down there because the cavern was filled with gas. So they ignited it so that no poisonous gas could come out of the hole, and since then, it’s burning, already for 35 years without any pause. Nobody knows how many tons of excellent gas has been burned for all those years but it just seems to be infinite there.
I like all those photos, especially this one. Thanks for sharing them.
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Whale Rescue
Boys attempt to pull a beached whale back into the ocean, in the Yoff neighborhood of Dakar,
Senegal, ~TODAY... Wednesday, May 21, 2008. Residents struggled Wednesday to save more than
80 whales that were stranded on the beach Tuesday night. This whale was successfully
towed out to sea by a fishing boat, though at least 20 others lay dead on the beach by midday
Wednesday.
(Photo: AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Anyone remember the Seinfeld episode where George told a date he was a marine biologist and had to help the beached whale?
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Anyone remember the Seinfeld episode where George told a date he was a marine biologist and had to help the beached whale?
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~~ like an old man trying to send back soup @ a Deli
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From The Rafters
Canadian circus group Cirque Du Soleil performs part of their new show for media at the
Venetian Macao Resort-Hotel in Macau, China, ~TODAY... Thursday, May 29, 2008. The new show
titled Zaia will become the first permanent production set in Asia. The show will open to the
public on Aug. 28, 2008, to coincide with the 1st anniversary of the hotel-resort.
(Photo: AP Photo/Wally Santana)
Belated Birthday Wish
One of three female Amur tiger cubs plays with a decorated box, marking their first
birthdays at the Philadelphia Zoo, in Philadelphia, ~TODAY... Thursday, May 29, 2008.
The cubs, Terney, Changbai and Koosaka were born May 24, 2007, at the Philadelphia Zoo.
(Photo: AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Getting Stoned
Policemen protect themselves with shields as Nepalese demonstrators start pelting them with
stones while urging King Gyanendra to leave his palace and move to a private residence as
a common citizen, near the Narainhiti Palace in Katmandu, Nepal, ~TODAY...
Thursday May 29, 2008. The King has been given 15 days to leave the palace by the newly
elected government which abolished monarchy, making Nepal a republic on May 28.
(Photo: AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
Camera Shy
An image from undated video provided May 29, 2008, by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), shows a
female Javan Rhino, right, and her calf walking into a camera trap in Ujung Kulon Wildlife Park,
Java island, Indonesia. The world's rarest rhino does not like the limelight. The mother attacked a
camera set up in the jungle to study the habits of the animal, apparently because she sensed
the lens was a threat to her calf.
(Photo: AP Photo/World Wildlife Fund)
Rough Landing
Smoke rises following a helicopter crash on top of Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital in
Grand Rapids, Mich., ~TODAY... Thursday, May 29, 2008. The helicopter, whose pilot was
practicing approaches, crashed on the roof, catching fire moments after the two people on
board escaped unharmed, a fire official said.
(Photo: AP/Grand Rapids Press/Chris Clark)
Hoopoe Hoopla
A hoopoe is shown feeding its young ~TODAY...
Thursday, May 29, 2008. After a nationwide vote, the
hoopoe has been named Israel's ornithological symbol.
President Shimon Peres announced the winner in
Jerusalem on Thursday.
(Photo: AP Photo/Ophir Lotan)
Helping Hands
A U.S. soldier stands guard in front of the Hands of Victory arch in Baghdad's Green Zone, ~TODAY...
Thursday, May 29, 2008.
(Photo: AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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First Glimpse of Amazon Tribe courtesy of PerryPeabody
Members of an unknown Amazon Basin tribe and their dwellings are seen during
a flight over the Brazilian state of Acre along the border with Peru in a May 2008 photo.
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Rare uncontacted Amazon tribe photographed
Images show Indians painted bright red, brandishing bows and arrows
updated 4:38 p.m. PT, Thurs., May. 29, 2008
RIO DE JANEIRO - Amazon Indians from one of the world's last uncontacted tribes have been photographed from the air, with striking images released on Thursday showing them painted bright red and brandishing bows and arrows.
The photographs of the tribe near the border between Brazil and Peru are rare evidence that such groups exist. A Brazilian official involved in the expedition said many of them are in increasing danger from illegal logging.
"What is happening in this region is a monumental crime against the natural world, the tribes, the fauna and is further testimony to the complete irrationality with which we, the 'civilized' ones, treat the world," Jose Carlos Meirelles was quoted as saying in a statement by the Survival International group.
One of the pictures, which can be seen on Survival International's Web site (www.survival-international.org), shows two Indian men covered in bright red pigment poised to fire arrows at the aircraft while another Indian looks on.
Another photo shows about 15 Indians near thatched huts, some of them also preparing to fire arrows at the aircraft.
"The world needs to wake up to this, and ensure that their territory is protected in accordance with international law. Otherwise, they will soon be made extinct," said Stephen Corry, the director of Survival International, which supports tribal people around the world.
Of more than 100 uncontacted tribes worldwide, more than half live in either Brazil or Peru, Survival International says. It says all are in grave danger of being forced off their land, killed and ravaged by new diseases.
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Handled With "Kit" Gloves
Audubon Zoo personnel help give Lischinka, an Amur leopard cub, a physical
at the zoo~TODAY... Tuesday, June 3, 2008, in New Orleans. The leopard cub
is receiving her final round of inoculations in preparation for her
introduction at the zoo later this month.
(Photo: AP Photo/Bill Haber)
Making A Splash
Marco, 19, jumps head first into the outdoor swimming pool at the Olympic stadium in Berlin,
as the temperature climbed to 86 degrees on ~TODAY... Tuesday, June 3, 2008.
(Photo: AP Photo/Miguel Villagran)
Bucolic Belmont
A pony rider watches from his mount as racehorses train on the track ~TODAY... Tuesday,
June 3, 2008, at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. Big Brown will make a bid for the Triple
Crown when he runs in the Belmont Stakes on Saturday.
(Photo: AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Bundled Up
A Balinese woman bundles rice for drying during a
harvest in Jati Luwih, Bali, Indonesia, ~TODAY...
Tuesday, June 3, 2008. The Indonesian government
recently revised its 2008 budget, increasing the
amount it will spend on food subsidies by about
$290 million. Total government spending on fuel,
electricity and food subsidies in the country this year
will total $20 billion.
(Photo: AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
In The Front Row!
Former Mayor of Madrid Alvarez del Manzano, first row,
second left, and others in the front row look on
apprehensively as a bull jumps over the barrier during
a San Isidro bullfight in Madrid ~TODAY... Tuesday June 3, 2008.
(Photo: AP Photo/EFE, J.J. Guillen)
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What is that - a titleist?
Some more "Best of Kramer"
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Dogging It
A dog of the Saint Bernard hospice plays in the snow on the Great St. Bernard Pass between
Switzerland and Italy after returning from winter quarters in Martigny, Switzerland,
~ TODAY... Monday, June 9, 2008. The dogs will spend the summer on the pass and return to Martigny
at the onset of winter for their search and rescue duties. The Saint Bernhard dogs
are bred as rescue dogs for avalanche victims.
(Photo: AP Photo/Keystone/Olivier Maire)
Back In The Swing
Tiger Woods unleashes a drive on the sixth hole while
practicing for the U.S. Open golf tournament at Torrey
Pines Golf Course Monday ~TODAY ... June 9, 2008 in
San Diego. Woods is returning from knee surgery he
underwent right after the Masters. The U.S. Open is
his first tournament since the surgery.
(Photo: AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Cool Your Jets
Chelsea Bloxson, left, tosses Caroline Ritchie, 3, over a water jet at a park as they escape the
heat in Charlotte, N.C., ~TODAY ... Monday, June 9, 2008. Bloxson is Ritchie's nanny. Extreme
heat and humidity has blanketed much of the East Coast since Saturday.
(Photo: AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
Lap Of Luxury?
Naba, a four-year-old female African lion, keeps cool as she licks a "bloodsicle" made of
frozen cow's blood, ~TODAY ... Monday, June 9, 2008, at the National Zoo in Washington, as
temperatures rose toward the triple digits along the East Coast.
(Photo: AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Tiny Ship Was Tossed
A pleasure boat is partially submerged ~TODAY ... Monday June 9, 2008, at the Belle
Harbor Marina in Racine, Wis., after rushing flood waters slammed its hull into the
dock after the Root River flooded to record levels over the weekend.
(Photo: AP/Journal Times, Mark Hertzberg)
Down The Cape
Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., waves as he returns to his Hyannis Port, Mass., home,
~TODAY ... Monday, June 9, 2008, after undergoing brain surgery on a malignant tumor
last week at Duke University.
(Photo: AP Photo/Joel Page)
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SavannahStarPosted:
Mon Jun 09, 2008 5:18 pm
So good to see Sen. Kennedy looking so terrific!!!!!
Oh Fash, I LOVE that lion slurping that "bloodsicle".......bet that is absolutely DELISH to her!
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FashionistaPosted:
Mon Jun 09, 2008 7:06 pm
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So good to see Sen. Kennedy looking so terrific!!!!!
Oh Fash, I LOVE that lion slurping that "bloodsicle".......bet that is absolutely DELISH to her!
Ditto on both SavannahStar!!!
Naba looks totally in with her bloodsicle
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Thanks, HannieC
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Monday Best
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip walk in the procession
of The Order of the Garter in Windsor, England, ~TODAY... Monday, June 16, 2008.
The annual Order of the Garter Service which takes place at Windsor Castle is a
ceremonial event involving Knights of the Garter who are appointed personally
by the Sovereign.
(Photo: AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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SavannahStarPosted:
Mon Jun 16, 2008 6:30 pm
I ADORE that pic, Fash!!!!!! I am a HUGE fan of THE QUEEN!!!!!!
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SchmertyPosted:
Tue Jun 17, 2008 2:34 am
So am I!!! I met her once... but that's another story!!!
Skipping along my own path.
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HanniePosted:
Tue Jun 17, 2008 2:40 am
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Thanks, HannieC
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(((Yoooo Hoooo SavannahStar!!!)))
Hats And Horses
A race goer wears an ornate hat on the first day of the Royal Ascot meeting at Ascot, England,
~TODAY... Tuesday June, 17, 2008. The annual Royal Ascot horse race meeting spread over
five days is one of the highlights of the English social season.
(Photo: AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
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SavannahStarPosted:
Tue Jun 17, 2008 6:49 pm
You rang?
I LOVE that purple.....but being the conservative lady I am, I would have done without that "paperwork" . She's beautiful!
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Mini-Moose
Twin moose calves Max and Moritz are seen in a zoo in Berlin, Germany,
~TODAY... Friday, June 20, 2008. The arrival of Max and Moritz marked the
first time in the 53-year history of the former East Berlin zoo that a moose
has given birth to twins.
(Photo: AP Photo/Herbert Knosowski)
Taking A Shine
A Ferrari racecar is reflected on a firefighter's helmet
during the second practice session at the Magny
Cours racetrack, central France, ~TODAY... Friday
June 20, 2008. The French Formula One Grand Prix
will take place Sunday.
(Photo: AP Photo/David Vincent)
Cub Club
Indeever, a young Snowleopard cub, is seen in the
Zurich Zoo, in Zurich, Switzerland, after his first
vaccinations were administered
~TODAY... Friday, June 20, 2008. Indeever
was born on April 27, 2008.
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Working Up A Sweat
Sweat forms on the brow of Staff Sgt. Robert Faulkner as his fellow National Guard troops
are reflected in his sunglasses as they build a sand bag levee around the town of in
Hamburg, Ill. ~TODAY... Friday, June 20, 2008, in an attempt to keep flood waters from the
Mississippi River from claiming any more homes.
(Photo: AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
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with her bloodsicle 
