Girl severs finger at Leavenworth campground A 6-year-old girl nearly cut off one of her fingers with a hatchet at the KOA campground in Leavenworth. It used to be that the traditional college student was thought of as that recent high school graduate in their late teens or early twenties. However, this is no longer the typical scene around every campus. More and more people are pursuing a higher education at an older age and there are plenty of reasons why you are never too old to attend college. Many people are realizing just how much education is advancing the minimum requirements in the work force. As older people with only a high school diploma under their belts are being pushed...

Recreational shooting was popular in Colonial America and it remains very popular today. One big difference between Colonial days and today is the density of the population. Most of us live in suburban or other highly populated areas that make going out in our own little Back 40 to do some firearm's target practice both impractical and probably illegal. Rifles and handguns are also expensive to buy and can be problematic to transport and store. For people who enjoy recreational shooting air guns are an inexpensive and practical solution. A single day at the range with a conventional hand gun can cost you more than $100 with fees and ammo costs. For the same amount of money you can...

What if..the US loaned an Essex call CV to the RAN in 1951? HMAS Sydney was deployed to Korea while the completion of Melbourne was delayed to incorporate and angled flight deck, mirror landing system and steam catapult. Is God With Us (Gott Mit Uns)?Has there been a war fought when both sides didn't feel like they were at war to defend the honor of God or because God wasn't on their side? Maybe the deeper question should be is it possible for strong believers in God to be evil and do evil things? Look no further than the belt buckles of German soldiers in World War II.  "Gott mit Uns" was written on the belt buckles of WWII German soldiers. Then we have the South African religious...

The fondest of summertime memories for most children, are those of long hot and sunny days at the beach. Those memories conjure mental pictures of playing in the surf, burying Dad alive and eating peanut butter and sand sandwiches. The thoughts that don't usually jump to the front of our seaside memories are those of the sun burns. This is because we tend to remember the best of times more than the worst of times. No matter how well Mom lathered on the sunscreen, there were always spots missed, and boy, weren't they visible at the end of the day! The advent of the rash guard shirt has come to the rescue of modern Moms and Dads to prevent these painful experiences. The rash guard shirt...

Beyond petroleum, beyond pollution, beyond politics - a short history of BP British Petroleum is the UK's largest corporation. It is among the largest private-sector energy corporations in the world. It is a vertically integrated cartel that operates oil and natural-gas exploration, marketing, and distribution all over the globe. It seems that the western paperbacks are in fact fading away in popularity. As the literature of today's world is changing, it makes way for the new age. This means that the culture wants, hot steamy love scenes, science fiction, self help, and many other forms of reading materials. The old paperback western novels are dying out except for the few that are...