Darren Marlar – Marlar House Productions

A 20-foot-wide, 10-foot-deep hole has opened up in a street in Tampa, Florida, forcing the evacuation of 11 families. The hole continues to grow, say officials.  ***MARLAR: The city council has decided to rename the street “National Debt Parkway”.
Registered voters by an 8-point margin say they’d prefer to see the Republicans take control of Congress. [...]

HIV/AIDS activists said there is no new federal money in this strategy. Rather, it redirects money that has already been allocated.  Obama acknowledged that these are challenging times for Americans living with HIV/AIDS because the economy is forcing states are being forced to cut back on assistance for drugs.  “I know the need is great,” [...]

Americans’ initial reactions to the U.S. Justice Department lawsuit against Arizona’s new illegal immigration law are more negative than positive, by a 50% to 33% margin.  Emotions run high on both sides of the issue. The substantial majority of those in favor and those opposed to the lawsuit say they feel strongly about their position.  [...]

A four-year-old boy in Hong Kong escaped unscathed after falling from a fifth floor window. The youngster crawled out of the window at his home and hit awnings as he plummeted towards the ground. The awnings bounced him away from the side of the building and into the back of a parked truck filled with [...]

Good news! Scientists have found a way of stopping beans from causing gas! Supposedly, a short burst of gamma radiation before soaking the beans does the trick.  ***MARLAR: One of the unfortunate side effects though is that you can’t sleep at night because your eyelids glow in the dark.
NASA is researching the use of a [...]

Chia: It may not be just for pets anymore.–The seeds behind the world’s favorite hair-sprouting ceramic creatures might start turning up in an unexpected place: your cake recipe.  According to a new study, a gel made from chia seeds – yes, the same ones that lend their name to the beloved line of Chia Pets [...]

More than two-thirds of Texas schoolchildren flunked the state’s physical fitness test this year, a troubling trend that doctors worry could get worse with the Legislature loosening the requirements for high school gym class. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recommends that children get at least 60 minutes of physical activity — most [...]

A European Union lawmaker urged member governments Tuesday to open their secret files on UFOs, saying people need to know about close encounters of the third kind.  Mario Borghezio, an Italian member of the European Parliament, told The Associated Press in an e-mail Tuesday that the EU needs its own “X Files” archive where anyone [...]

A couple of fishing buddies from Delaware have been catching more than just bass. They’ve been helping police reel in cars.  Larry Newirth and Dan Cathell spotted a white BMW 750 sedan on June 17. Then on Friday, they found a late-model Honda Accord.  Police say the cars were stolen and abandoned. No arrests have [...]

A bedbug outbreak at two trendy New York retail shops has sounded the alarm among city residents and businesses, prompting calls for the city to examine how it deals with the prickly pests.  Hollister, a popular clothing store owned by Abercrombie & Fitch in the fashionable Soho neighborhood, remained closed Friday after a bedbug infestation [...]