KATHMANDU (Reuters)-an 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer who had heart surgery four times is heading to Mount Everest to try for a third ascent of the world highest peak and become the oldest person to reach the top if he succeeds. Yuichiro Miura has risen to the top of the mountain, 8,850 metres (29,035 ft) in 2003 and 2008. She skied down Everest from an altitude of 8,000 meters (26,246 ft) in 1970.
April Fool's crushed by hi-tech marketing ...
London (Reuters)-the April Fool's is dead. Or at least the sweet ordinary fool has metastised in a giant company controlled by global marketing executives, bypassing the Internet necessarily familiar brands deeper into the collective consciousness.
Google says to close YouTube in early April Fools ' gag
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)-Google Inc, get a head start on the annual tradition of April Fool's jokes, posted a YouTube clip on Sunday, declaring that the site of the world's most popular video turns off at the stroke of midnight. The three-minute video, intended as a gag-a montage of clips and cameos from viral video star as David Devore from "David after dentist"-explains how the Web site will be wind as some 30,000 technicians begin trawling through 150,000 clips, select the world's best video.
After 55 years, Easter Eggshelland of Ohio comes to an end
CLEVELAND (Reuters)-after more than 50 years, loyal fans have one last opportunity to visit the Easter Bunny and other Easter-themed mosaics made of thousands of coloured eggs on a lawn in a suburb East of Cleveland. The display drew thousands of visitors each year to the sprawling lawn of Betty and Ron M.taha in Lyndhurst, Ohio, but the 55th Annual event this year will be the last.
Tokyo bar offers cocktails of alcohol and Buddhism
TOKYO (Reuters)-Japanese Buddhist monk enjoys Yoshinobu Fujioka, leading his congregation together, a cocktail at a time. Fujioka has 23-seat "Vowz Bar" in downtown Tokyo, where Buddhist chants replace karaoke songs and the shaved head Bartenders serve sermons and homilies along with drinks.
Restaurant meals for children nutrition test-consumer group of the United States
WASHINGTON (Reuters)-the menu offered to children by most restaurant chains in the United States have too many calories, too much salt or fats and often a hint of vegetables or fruits, according to a study by the Center for Science in the Public Interest. The group, which has agitated for everything from healthier popcorn at the cinema to calorie labelling in supermarkets, has found that among the nearly 3,500 respondents, children's meal combinations is not able to meet the nutritional standards 97 percent of the time.
Pennsylvania stage aims to please fans with urinal video games
(Reuters)-Play does not need to stop for a stop bath to a baseball stadium Minors Pennsylvania who installed video games in the men's room urinals, sports fans. The game "hands-free" is played by directing themselves right or left in the urinals at Coca-Cola Park of the Lehigh Valley IronPigs in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The game is aimed at increasing awareness of prostate health.
Going, Going, gone-oxo dodo for sale in London
London (Reuters)-a four-inch fragment of a rare dodo bone will go on sale in Britain in April, about 300 years after the flightless bird and icon of obsolescence was hunted to extinction. Auctioneers Christie's said Wednesday that he hoped to collect as more than 15,000 pounds ($ 22,600) for the piece of thigh bone of a bird.
New York COP on tour with the band accused of fraud by disability
NEW YORK (Reuters)-A New York police officer was charged Tuesday with mail fraud for allegedly claiming disability for two years while at the same time performing and touring with his band of heavy metal, "Cousin Sleaze", according to court documents. Christopher Inserra, an officer with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, was the lead singer with the band in Brooklyn, where "Sick maniacs" album features songs like "Infection" and "Walk of Shame," according to an affidavit filed in the United States District Court in Brooklyn.
Battle rages over bones of Richard III of England
London (Reuters)-King Richard III is at the center of a new struggle over the location of his final resting place, a few weeks after the remains of the last English King to die in combat were found under a Council car park. Archaeologists have announced one of the most remarkable discoveries in recent British history when they confirmed the discovery of the body of Richard, who was killed at the battle of Bosworth Field in 1485, during excavations at Leicester last month.
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