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A second big winter storm has struck this week in the Midwest , more than a foot of snow has fallen in some states.Thousands of people are left with no electricity after the first storm slammed Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri earlier in the week where 38 people died in traffic accidents.Associated Press reports:

A family in Kansas received a Christmas card today that was sent to them 93 years ago.
The card that features a color drawing of Santa Claus and a young girl was dated Dec. 23, 1914, and mailed to Ethel Martin of Oberlin, apparently from her cousins in Alma.Oberlin Postmaster Steve Schultz said:
It’s a mystery where [...]

Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig held a press conference today and unveiled the Mitchell Report on steroids.The 3000 page report exposed 80 baseball players including Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens as performance-enhancing drug users.Selig said:

A team of scientists led by Kong Il-keun have managed to clone three cats that glow in the dark.Kong Il-keun, and other cloning experts at the Gyeongsang National University produced the cats by manipulating a fluorescent protein gene, a procedure which could help develop treatments for human genetic diseases.But one of the side-effect is the [...]

Hotel chain Travelodge is offering all spouses named Mary and Joseph a free night stay this Christmas.All Marys and Josephs do need a proof of marriage and name of course .
The offer runs between Christmas Eve (December 24) to Twelfth Night (January 5, 2008) and is only available in Britain, Ireland and Spain .
If your [...]

Al Gore was photographed with Fortune Forum’s founder Renu Mehta.
Al Gore is apparently making a lot of money while trying to draw awareness on global warming.The former American Vice-President recently gave a speech at the Fortune Forum summit where he delivered a half-hour speech and got paid $ 204,640 for it.The DailyMail reports: