Quadriplegic woman sailing solo around Britain

A quadriplegic sailor set off on a journey around the British Isles Monday in a boat she controls with her breath.

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Tiger Woods Leads AmEx Championship

All it took was one glance at the scoreboard to realize the Ryder Cup was over. Tiger Woods was in the lead. It required two of his best shots to get there Thursday in the American Express Championship, a drive he hammered on the 567-yard 18th hole at The Grove, followed by a 3-wood into a slight breeze that landed 20 feet away for an eagle that gave Woods an 8-under 63, and a one-shot lead over Padraig Harrington and Ian Poulter.

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Within the British isles there is a legend that has spanned the ages, the legend from the past speaks of a time in the future when a King will arise at a time that the Nation and its people are in 'Great Peril'.

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Britain's farmers have an opportunity to move from a subsidy-based sector into a successful market-driven one by growing crops for biofuels, according to industry leaders. But the UK is already falling behind the US, Germany and France in the green fuels market.

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The magnitude of possible climate change in the future will depend to a large degree on the response of ocean circulation to global warming, as the ocean currents distribute an immense quantity of heat around our planet and, besides, determine levels of humidity and energy.

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The possibility is growing that Britain in 2007 may experience a summer of unheard-of high temperatures, with the thermometer even reaching 40C, or 104F,a level never recorded in history.

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If at first you don't succeed, then try, try again. This appears to have been the motto of ancient humans trying to inhabit the British Isles. These settlers were beaten back by ice sheets at least seven times before managing to permanently establish themselves, researchers say.

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