http://www.allvoices.com/ en-us Recent public attention has brought light to legislation that allows the Department of Homeland Security to confiscate the laptop of any traveler entering the United States from abroad and keep it indefinitely without any probably cause for suspicion. Additionally, the... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1022349 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:46:54 -0700 The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has issued warnings against a trend of cosmetic surgical procedures that offer women "designer vaginas." These procedures include "vaginal rejuvenation, G-spot amplification, revirgination, and designer vaginoplasty,"... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1022236 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:09:11 -0700 The answer: charge for beverages. In the midst of skyrocketing fuel costs, airlines are desperate for ways to keep revenue up, and so far, it seems most airlines have bumped the extra expense to the consumer. Many airlines now charge... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1022110 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:31:12 -0700 Officials in Beijing have spent over a year developing the sex determination lab that will be used to test female athletes during the 2008 Olympic Games. Sex determination testing is not new in the Games. It was first implemented in... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1008936 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:31:36 -0700 Aboard a La Tirrenia ferry this week, Christina Sassudelli awoke to a rather unpleasant surprise: her first class-cabin had been infested with ticks. She awoke in the middle of the night during a trip from Genoa to the port of... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1008922 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:54:35 -0700 A human-like robot that mimics human emotion was revealed this week at the 'Emotibot' event at London's Science Museum. The robot is actually closer to a puppet-robot hybrid, with a mechanical face and cloth arms and legs. Heart Robot is... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/999313 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:45:47 -0700 The pentailed tree shrew, a species native to Malaysia, spends its nights sucking on the naturally fermented nectar from palms, which in human terms, effectively should render them drunk. However, it seems tree shrews metabolize food differently than humans, so... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/997743 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:24:44 -0700 The 19th-century house featured in Rodgers and Hammerstein's "The Sound of Music" has finally opened its gates fo visitors. The Austrian villa has been under the care of missionaries ever since the von Trapp family fled Austria for the United... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/997635 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:06:14 -0700 A video that surfaced on the search engine's video feature in September of 2000 that featured a group of teenagers taunting a peer with Down syndrome has become the basis for a lawsuit against Google in Italy. The video shows... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/974314 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:29:39 -0700 Thousands of hopeful spectators who had waited in line for as long as two days became unruly Friday in a panic to seize some of the remaining tickets to this summer's Olympic Games in Beijing. People were thrown to the... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/972889 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:35:13 -0700 Papparazzi photographers and security guards at the Jolie-Pitt Miraval estate engaged in a skirmish that forced police to intervene, when guards discovered the photographers snapping shots from inside the estate. The two photographers had dressed in camoflauge to avoid being... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/972566 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:44:45 -0700 A man in Bonita Springs was arrested yesterday for fishing money out of the fountain of a shopping mall. A passer-by spotted Laszio Mujzer reaching into the fountain, whose sign reads "All coins donated to Habitat for Humanity of Collier... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/949347 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:24:47 -0700 As Senator John McCain continues to stumble over simple geography, one has to wonder: can America truly elect a leader who cannot find Iraq, a country in which we are fully embroiled in warfare, on a map? The senator's repeated... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/936119 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:21:57 -0700 The incidence of Siamese twins is rare among humans, and even more so among other mammals. But the biological marvel achieved a new level when a pair of conjoined birds literally fell out of the sky into the backyard of... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/932576 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:31:04 -0700 The town of of Mugdee is facing a problem that has just become serious: overpopulation of kangaroos. 65 year old Rosemary Neal was nearly mauled to death by a rogue kangaroo who attacked her as she was checking the paddock... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/930799 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:12:27 -0700 Designed by Dutch artist Atlier van Lieshout, the Wellness Skull offers the perfect solution to unwinding for the morbid. The skull features a sauna in the cranial area and a bath in the neck, allowing the consumer to get out... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/929198 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:59:36 -0700 For obvious reasons, Google Maps obscures information about certain places. The White House, for example, can be seen using the technology, but has been digitally altered to hide the security measures in place there. Similarly, Dick Cheney's residence at Number... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/922585 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:49:47 -0700 After a performance by Bjork in China, in which the artist articulated her support for a free Tibet, the Chinese government has announced that it will no longer permit such agendas to enter the country. According to the Ministry of... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/914708 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:15:30 -0700 The machine to the left that resembles a bazooka actually does something completely different. Entitled the "Predator," it detects wi-fi signals in whatever direction you turn it and will allow you to connect via your own router. Read more here... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/914416 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:34:47 -0700 An injured grey nurse shark was in luck when she was discovered with a gaff stuck in her throat by local divers. She appeared to otherwise be in good health, reported the divers, but they contacted authorities, thinking that the... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/905689 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:32:18 -0700