Britain creates new drug to combat obesity...dog obesity. Dear Abby supports gay marriage. A London judge has found nine lies in Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth, orders disclaimer to air before being played in schools. The Empire State Building will glow green for the end of Ramadan this year. In China, there is a 95-year old woman growing a horn out of her forehead. Houston ISD is thinking of charging students (and their parents)......

Scientists, nature buffs and stoners alike have gathered in front of their television sets every Sunday night for the past few weeks in order to catch the awe-inspiring footage of the Discovery Channel mini-series, Planet Earth. Originally produced and aired by the BBC, the eleven part mini-series took crews around the world, working for 5 years and shooting 2,000 days of footage with the latest in high-definition camera technology. Capturing the rarities and wonders......

In celebration of its 150th birthday,the American Institute of Architects (AIA) surveyed over 1,800 randomly selected Americans in late February to compile a list of the 150 Favorite Works of Architecture in the United States. The AIA created a panel that narrowed down the options to 248 structures, which included the Empire State Building, the White House and the Washington National Cathedral. The University of Texas' own Battle Hall rounded out the list at......