Theory of General Relativity proven 99.95% correct

Albert Einstein's Theory of General Relativity has been proved to be at least 99.95% correct.
An international research team led by Prof. Michael Kramer of the University of Manchester have been observing the only known pulsar binary system since it's discovery in 2003 and have used their observations to prove that Einstein's theory is correct with a margin for error of only 0.05%.
The observations of the binary pair's behaviour has put the theory through it's most rigorous tests yet and apparently leaves very little doubt that Einstein had it right after all!
Good news for all the nerds out there!

Ali G causing grief for USA

George Bush is holding talks in the White House this week regarding UK comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's latest character and film 'Borat'.
President Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan has decided to launch a US PR blitz designed to counter-act the damaging effects of the new movie.
The Kazakh government are also pursuing legal action against Sacha Baron Cohen to prevent him from doing any more satire involving Kazakhstan.
When told that the Kazakh government was planning to sue Sacha, Borat posted the following response on his website:

"In response to Mr. Ashykbayev's comments, I'd like to state I have no connection with Mr. Cohen and fully support my Government's decision to sue this Jew.

"Since the 2003 Tuleyakiv reforms, Kazakhstan is as civilized as any other country in the world.

"Women can now travel on inside of bus, homosexuals no longer have to wear blue hats, and age of consent has been raised to eight years old."

Check out the Borat trailer below!

New luxury BMW runs on hydrogen

BMW have today officially announced the "Hydrogen 7" the first luxury car to feature the option to use hydrogen fuel.
The new car utilises two seperate fuel tanks, one for liquid hydrogen and one for normal petrol, that give it a range of 400 miles without re-fueling.
The "Hydrogen 7" is touted as the first hydrogen vehicle designed for everyday use and when run on hydrogen produces almost no emissions apart from water vapour.

Greek Ninja falls foul of the law

A Greek bank robber who held up 11 banks while armed with Ninja throwing stars has finally been caught.
Petros Onen, a 49 year old Greek man, stole more that 50,000 euros from 11 seperate suburban banks over the last few months. He was finally caught when an undercover police officer followed him after a robbery and then arrested him at his house.

Cubicle wars 2006

Two bored programmers declare war on each other in classic office style.

Stingrays mutilated in QLD

Up to 10 stingrays have been found on QLD beaches killed and with their tails cut off.
The Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries has said that the killings may be some sort of retribution for the death of Steve Irwin.
Wildlife Warrior Michael Hornby said that the killings go against everything that Steve stood for.
"We just want to make it very clear that we will not accept and do not stand for anyone who's taken a form of retribution. That's the last thing Steve would want," he said.
DPIF general manager of animal welfare Rick Symons said staff were investigating and offenders could be prosecuted under the Queensland Animal Care and Protection Act.

Political Revolution?

Following the lead of the successful Swedish "Pirate Party" a group of German activists have started their very own pirate party.
The Party has stated goals of gaining a "Transparent Government" instead of a transparent citizenry. The idea being that the Government should stop monitoring the population all the time. They also want the Legislation changed to restrict patent and copyright laws covering certain subjects such as Software and Genetics patents.
So far the party has enjoyed limited success in Germany but despite this they have now gained recognition as an official political party and can put a candidate in for the next Election.
Sounds like a good idea to me!

Deer mauls Hunter

In a strange twist of fate a deer being hunted cuts loose and mauls the hell out of the guy that's trying to hunt it. Quite impressive really... If all wildlife stood up for themselves like this we wouldn't need wildlife activists!

Hollywood Hoax!

Apparently the reports of a relationship between Jessica Simpson and John Mayer were an elaborate publicity stunt orchestrated by Jessica's overbearing father...
John Mayer has come forward today and denied the relationship syaing he and Jessica Simpson were merely "good friends". He also said that the friendship was in serious jeopardy after Jessica went along with the publicity stunt.
Apparently Jessica's father has also pulled similar stunts with her younger sister Ashlee, forcing her to break up with her boyfriend who was also the guitarist in her band and then trying to set her up with a high profile lover....
Talk about control freak parents!