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Imagine donating a sample of your DNA to help researchers study the genetics of diabetes.

Turn a hunt for antiques into a getaway on the almost 100-kilometre stretch known as Indiana's Antique Alley.

Last month I took control of a vintage tiger moth biplane and flew over the Northamptonshire countryside.

The original SNO experiment used to detect neutrinos was a 12-metre acrylic vessel shaped like a sphere.

For almost 20 years, the youth-services manager for the Terrebonne Parish Library System has collected more than 150 Barbie dolls a ' a majority of which are in mint condition and original packaging.

By all accounts, Shiner beer shouldn't have made it this long. The Spoetzl Brewery ferments its brew in a one-stoplight town that's not on the way to anywhere, and much larger regional brewers long ago succumbed to consolidation and the muscle of national brewers.

When Carl Wedlund worked in the canneries, he pretty much did what his supervisor told him - he drove his boss around town, made coffee and cleaned bathrooms and storage areas.

A new passenger jet under development will make its first appearance at an air show when it lands at AirVenture 2009.

Gene MaddausDaily Breeze Flight instructor Matthew Robinson was somewhere above the Harbor Area in a three-wheeled experimental aircraft when his engine sputtered and then cut out.

WHEN the two Red Arrow Hawks make that final turn to start rocketing towards each other at 700 mph for a double roll over Bournemouth Pier , one of their devoted spectators will know exactly how it feels.

The air of clandestine behaviour is all part of the act a ' and fun a ' that Kacie Claassens, Beverley Poong and Amber Thiem take part in when they cover pieces of the city in yarn.

BOGUS charity collectors as young as 12 have been knocking on doors claiming to be collecting cash for a Worcester children's hospice.

Vera Bradley's new sewing plant in New Haven can produce more than 1,400 yards of quilted material a day.

U.S. Gen. Zebulon Pike. Lingering confusion over the exact location of the general's grave has prompted Pike family descendants a ' including math professor David Pike from Newfoundland's Memorial University a ' to seek the exhumation of some bones to conduct DNA testing.

Reality stars Spencer and Heidi Pratt shared some strong views on ... well, just about everything, on Alex Jones' radio show.

Hoveround's human resources staff will never forget the shiny, red Chinese takeout box a job seeker sent them.

Ia TMm addicted to all things knitting, including magazines, books, and online magazines, patterns, and blogs.

If you spend much time driving in rural Wisconsin this summer, you'll likely see something resembling a purple box kite hanging in an ash tree along the road.

I was once told that sheep herders in Anatolia feed their dogs raw onions to give them an uncomfortable, mean edge.

When cell phones were barely working during Tropical Storm Fay last summer, amateur "Ham" radio operators in Duval County came to the rescue and helped the American Red Cross communicate.