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Stars Align for Britain's Royal Wedding
By not in system - AOL NewsLONDON -- Kate Middleton and Prince William are a match made in heaven. Just check their horoscopes. The couple will be delighted to know their star signs, Capricorn and Cancer, indicate they are highly compatible and have a good chance of having a successful marriage, according to leading British astrologers. "They probably feel like soulmates," said Wendy Stacey, chair of the Astrological Association of Great Britain. Sang Tan, AP Astrologer Wendy Stacey drew up these star charts for Kate Middleton and Prince William; the charts indicate that the royal couple are a match made ...
Classified Docs Reveal UK Tried to Stop Worldwide UFO Investigation
By Lee Speigel - AOL NewsWhen Britain released 8,500 pages of previously classified UFO files last week, one set of key documents quickly caught my attention and had a profound effect on me as it took me back in time 33 years. The file includes many pages detailing the British government's attempt in 1978 to derail the country of Grenada's plan to convince the United Nations to form a special UFO study committee. The reason these documents resonated so strongly with me is because I'm the one who produced Grenada's UFO presentation at the U.N. all those years ago. At the time, Grenada's prime minister, Sir Eric ...
Apollo 14 Astronaut Edgar Mitchell's Exploration of Inner Space
By Rory Fitzgerald - Politics DailyForty years ago this weekend, on Feb. 5 and 6, 1971, Edgar Mitchell walked on the moon, one of only 12 men to ever do so. The Apollo 14 astronaut trained as an engineer and has a Ph.D. in aeronautics from MIT. As a U.S. Navy fighter pilot, he saw combat during the Korean War. On his return journey from the moon, he had a profound spiritual experience that started him on a new journey in life. By the time he splashed down in the Pacific, the scientist had met the mystical, and was intrigued. He has since dedicated his life to developing a scientific understanding of that most ineffable human ...
Groundhogs Lousy at Predictions; Will a Chinese Zodiac Rabbit Be Any Better?
By David Knowles - AOL NewsAnimals may be good at some things, but fortune-telling may not be one of them. For all the attention Americans pay to a certain rodent who goes by the nickname "Punxsutawney Phil" each and every Groundhog Day, you'd think that the little buggers would have a better track record at forecasting the weather. In truth, however, the groundhogs that have been cast in the role of Phil since 1887 have a lowly 39 percent accuracy rate when it comes to telling us whether winter will drag on for another six weeks, LiveScience reports. This year's shadow-chasing ceremony -- held as a massive blizzard ...
Year of the Rabbit: 5 Facts About the Chinese Astrological Sign for 2011
By David Knowles - AOL NewsHappy 4709! The Chinese Year of the Rabbit begins on Thursday. The fourth of 12 Chinese animal astrological signs, the rabbit largely represents tranquility and calm. With billions of people around the globe set to celebrate the changing of the animal guard, Surge Desk decided to explore the significance behind the bunny sign. 1. The rabbit is considered a lucky sign Unlike Western astrology, with its ever-shifting, daily horoscopes, those born under the sign of the rabbit are said to be kind, wise, gentle, considerate and, yes, fashionable. 2. It prompts no shortage of bunny ...
Dalai Lama and Scientists Dig Compassion, Differ on Approach
By Katie Drummond - AOL News(Oct. 18) -- Even for someone known for his nomadic ways, the Dalai Lama has been on quite a journey lately, albeit an academic one. First, on Thursday, the 14th spiritual leader of Tibet visited Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., where he spent two days giving talks, including one before a conference of top-tier scientists hoping to determine the neurobiological roots of social compassion and empathy. Then, on Sunday, he showed up for a three-day-long stay at Emory University in Atlanta, appearing under the title "Presidential Distinguished Professor" and lecturing on behalf of a ...
J.D. Salinger: A 'Selfish Old Goat,' but Not a Perv
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyAuthor J.D. Salinger, who died in January, is once again in the news, in all his appalling glory. The Morgan Library in Manhattan has put on display Salinger's correspondence with a friend -- Michael Mitchell, the artist who drew the original illustration on Salinger's 1951 novel, "Catcher in the Rye." ...
Oscar Prophecy: Bet on God. You Can't Lose
By David Gibson - Politics DailyThe Academy Award winners won't be revealed until Sunday night's Oscar extravaganza, but already, God looks set to walk away as the big winner. From the re-telling of the Book of Job in "A Serious Man" to the evangelical generosity displayed in "The Blind Side," from the post-apocalyptic vision of "The Road" to the pristine pantheism of "Avatar," religious themes of suffering and compassion, redemption and transformation in the movies of 2009 were praised by faith-based critics and parsed by a growing number of academics who sniff out a burgeoning spirituality in the cinema. But is ...
Why Gay Guys Are Churchier Than Their Straight Brethren
By David Gibson - Politics DailyAs America's leading Christian denominations are once again feuding and splitting over whether they should allow gays and lesbians to marry, or ordain them as clergy, is it a miracle there are any gay Christians? Given Christianity's history of exclusion and often outright homophobia, and the current bloodletting over their role, why do homosexuals bother staying, not to mention believing? ...
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