BERLIN - EVEN the most quirky of computer nerds can learn to flirt with finesse thanks to a new 'flirting course' being offered to budding IT engineers at Potsdam University south of Berlin.
The 440 students enrolled in the master's degree course will learn how to write flirtatious text messages and emails, impress people at parties and cope with rejection.
WASHINGTON - THE number of obese American adults outweighs the number of those who are merely overweight, according to the latest statistics from the federal government.
Numbers posted by the National Center for Health Statistics show that more than 34 per cent of Americans are obese, compared to 32.7 per cent who are overweight. It said just under 6 per cent are 'extremely' obese.
NEW YORK - THE world's first billboard running solely on wind and solar power is ready to make its debut in the capital of all billboards - New York's Times Square.
Wind whistling between the neighbourhood's skyscrapers should keep the giant billboard lit constantly, said the manufacturer, Japanese copy and photo giant Ricoh Company Ltd.
