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Small boy runs onto Comerica Park field

Three days after Rafael Nadal was kissed by an intruder at the U.S. Open, there was an even stranger invader at Friday night's Tigers-Blue Jays game at Comerica Park — a 6-year-old boy.

Rappers' fiancee, ex-wife star in new reality show

Tameka "Tiny" Cottle wants to jump start her career while taking care of a house full of kids and dealing with her fiance, rapper T.I., serving time in an Arkansas prison.

Recession gives small colleges an economics lesson

The 92 students at Sterling College are used to roughing it — they learn how to use an ax, sleep outside in the winter and raise a quarter of their food.

Barbadians slam discovery, naming of tiny snake

A small snake has sparked a big debate in Barbados. Residents of the wealthy Caribbean nation have been heating up blogs and clogging radio airwaves to vent their anger at a U.S. scientist, who earlier this week announced his "discovery" of the world's smallest snake and named it "Leptotyphlops carlae," after his wife Carla.

Sony to sell golf ball-sized speakers

Sony says its newest speakers can deliver the sound of a top-notch home-theater sound system even though they're just a little bigger than golf balls.

Sony to sell golf ball-sized speakers

The new speakers from Sony are as tiny as golf balls but deliver the big, robust sound of a top-notch home-theater sound system.

Report: Panda Born at 1.8 Onces Healthy

A 16-month-old giant panda born at half the weight of most newborn pandas is growing into a normal, healthy animal in southwest China, state media reported Thursday.

Tiny Baby to Leave Florida Hospital

A premature baby that doctors say spent less time in the womb than any other surviving infant is to be released from a Florida hospital Tuesday.

Tiny London Apartment on Sale for $335K

Location, location, location. Almost anywhere else, the tiny dilapidated studio wouldn't attract much more than mice. But this is London and the 77-square-foot former storage room — slightly bigger than a prison cell and without electricity — is going for $335,000.

Sony Unveils High-Definition Camcorder

Sony Corp. introduced on Tuesday a high-definition camcorder that is small enough to rest comfortably in the palm of your hand.

3-Feet-Tall Woman Has Healthy Son

A woman who is 3 feet tall and weighed 37 pounds before she got pregnant has given birth to her first child — a healthy boy.

Woman Who Weighs 37 Pounds Has Healthy Boy

A woman who weighs 37 pounds, stands 3 feet tall and uses a wheelchair has given birth to her first child.

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Smaller And More Efficient Nuclear Battery Created
Source: Science Daily

ScienceDaily (Oct. 9, 2009) — Batteries can power anything from small sensors to large systems. While scientists are finding ways to make them smaller but even more powerful, problems can arise when these batteries are much larger and heavier than the devices themselves.

Photo Gallery: Microscopic Photographic Art
Source: The New York Times

Since 1975, Nikon has been awarding annual prizes to scientists and enthusiasts who take pictures through a microscope. Popularly known as a maker of professional and consumer cameras, the company is also a major manufacturer of biological and industrial microscopes.

Denver Zoo raising orphaned monkeys - The Denver Post
Source: The Denver Post

We have a great zoo in Denver. A few years ago we had snow and her brother, polar bear twins. I think they ended up in Florida somewhere. We do well with our babies.

The Skinny on Skinny Girl Issues
Source: Xanga.com

I always hated it when people called me "skinny." Throughout school it was said so disparagingly by some guys that I was always left feeling guilty and ashamed. Of course now I know I had no reason to feel that way, but I was young.

Indian girl, 15, is world's smallest teenager at 2ft tall
Source: Telegraph

The world's smallest teenager, Jyoti Amge from India, is less than two foot tall at the age of 15.

New Library 2-5 Times Faster Than JQuery, YUI, MooTools & Prototype
Source:

A tiny new Javascript library, "RightJS" from Nikolay Nemshilov, is 2-5 times faster than all the popular alternatives.

Baby mule stands just 20 inches tall
Source: Telegraph

A baby mule has been born, standing just 20 inches tall. Yes... there is a picture :-)

Tiny bride wows Sierra Leone
Source: BBC News

Thousands of people have thronged the streets of the Sierra Leone capital, Freetown, to see one of the country's shortest people get married. Masire Kamara is well known in the city where she sells tea in a market.

Most electronic voting systems can be hacked, CIA expert says
Source: Raw Story

CIA expert told panel he wouldn't divulge CIA's interest in voting systems in a unclassified setting A top CIA cybersecurity expert told the US Election Assistance Commission last month that most electronic voting systems are insecure, according to transcripts obtained by McClat …

Baby Born Weighing 1 Pound Goes Home
Source: justnews.com

Under normal circumstances, Hailey Lynn Pleur, whose mom's due date was Feb. 23, would most likely have gone home on Feb. 26.

Scottish Government to protect tiny snails.
Source: BBC News

One of the world's smallest and rarest snails, measuring less than a millimetre in width, has received special protection. The Scottish Government has designated Garron Point, near Stonehaven, as a special conservation area as it is home to the narrow-mouthed whorl snail.

Photo of the Day: 06

This baby marmoset is a small soft-furred South American and Central American monkey with claws instead of nails.   Photo Courtesy of Letocar.com

Kentucky woman may be world's smallest mother
Source: Telegraph

A woman who is just 28 inches tall believes she has set the world record for the smallest person ever to give birth.

Could Tiny Diatoms Help Offset Global Warming?
Source: Science Daily

Diatoms -- some of which are so tiny that 30 can fit across the width of a human hair -- are so numerous that they are among the key organisms taking the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide out of the Earth's atmosphere.

'World's smallest radio' unveiled
Source: BBC News

The world's tiniest radio is a step closer to reality. US scientists have unveiled a detector thousands of times smaller than the diameter of a human hair that can translate radio waves into sound.

ArunaLabs launches Aruna URL – Make long web links small. For free.
Source: Aruna Labs website

Turn large URLs into small URLs. Aruna URL is free.

Tiny London apartment on sale for $335K
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Isnt the price too high? Find out why....

Life on Mars
Source: The Dilbert Blog

Imagine that we find life on Mars but it is very tiny – say the size of a microbe. Then let's say that those Martian life forms are super intelligent, and friendly, and peaceful. The only thing wrong with them is that they are really, really small.

Samsung's Anorexic Mouse
Source: Gavilan''s WeBlog

Thin is in, unless you are a catwalk strutting model. When it comes to computer and electronics products, thin is all the rage and Samsung is looking to capitalize on the desire for tiny peripherals with their latest mouse destined to be used for notebook and UMPC systems.

SPACE.com -- Tiny Passengers Join Astronauts on Atlantis
Source: Space.com

Along with the six-member crew, space shuttle Atlantis, scheduled for liftoff this Sunday, will be carrying some very small passengers to the International Space Station: three common microbes.

Scientists have discovered the world's tiniest fish
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

Scientists from Europe and Singapore say they have discovered the world's tiniest fish - a species that lives in peat wetlands in South-East Asia and, when fully grown, is the size of a large mosquito.

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