Single, married, one night stand makes no difference.Nor does past or future or dreams or goals, who I was or who I wanted to be. All that mattered was that I was pregnant and I had to make a decision, the hardest decision of my life.

The questions came at Tim Tebow like a blitzing linebacker -- about his mechanics, ball placement, footwork, release. All that technical stuff that the Florida quarterback will continue hearing about as he tries to transition to the NFL. And that was just from the media.

The original The Mummy, starring Boris Karloff, was on satellite TV the other morning. My wife, Joyce, watched. I didn't.

Also a fact: Brits, at least when they're locked up in their homes, tend to let their minds wander to sex. Not like "honey we're stuck inside with nothing better to do, let's get randy" sex.

Yuppies have come to expect things to be easy because they need them to be easy. That's OK as long as they confine themselves to the city, but it turns out that trekking through nature is actually kind of hard.

Silliness.

It is not often that I sleep on planes. This was the exception. Slept fairly well. I was gently stirred into life when the crew switched on overheads to prepare for breakfast. Dawn had already broken out to the East.

Well, today marks my 1 year anniversary on NewsVine. Happy Anniversary to ME!!!!!!!

Swiffer kitties? Just attach little dusting pads to your felines' paws, so they can help keep your floors clean while making their rounds. A bit farfetched? Executives at consumer-products king Procter & Gamble Co. thought so, too, and sent the idea to the discard pile.

A jewellery designer has come up with the ultimate 'green' collection - rings with live plants growing inside them instead of precious stones.

Aerospace and defense veteran Amanda Simpson has been appointed to the Department of Commerce as a senior technical adviser. Simpson, who is transgender, will be working in the Bureau of Industry and Security.

Glenn Beck's well of ridiculous was deep and poisonous before he launched his Fox News show, but the inauguration of the 44th president of the United States -- and the permissive cheerleading of his Fox News honchos -- uncorked the former Morning Zoo shock jock's unique brand of  …

Despite an overall reduction in Philadelphia's violent crime rate, the number of homicides from domestic violence hit 35 in 2009, a 67 percent increase over 2008.

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Some of our smartest ways to rethink common items.

In the ninth year of our new millennium we were treated to such outrageous-but-true tales as the Russian who died of a Viagra overdose after winning a bet that he could pleasure two women for 12 hours straight and the atheists who set up a post-Rapture pet-care service for the do …

On Earth 911's website, you can find a local program by inputing "christmas tree" and your town or zipcode. Many treecycling programs are only available the first couple of weeks of January.

Former teacher Heidemarie Schwermer has lived without money in Germany for 13 years. Our writer finds out how she does it

Newsvine has its share of talented users. Writers. Photographers. Artists.

There's no pot in Mary Jane's Relaxing Soda, but the maker is riding on the drug's cachet to sell the beverage, one of several purportedly calming drinks made from plants long used as folk remedies.

Okay folks, this has really got to stop. I just spent much of the last hour visiting most of the Newsvine groups to which I belong in search of articles and seeds that I've missed over the past couple of months. The search was fruitful but it was also frustrating.

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Pictures of the year 2009: cute animals

Biologist Doug Altshuler has turned his lab into a kind of hummingbird training center, where he can test the limits of their aerial agility. The key, he says, is hovering.

Many homeowners who are tens thousands of dollars underwater on their mortgages — meaning they owe more than the value of their homes — have decided it's just not worth it. Some, like Heather Baker, can even afford their payments, but they're walking away anyway.