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King Charles will be seen 'as never before' as he teams up with adventurer Steve Backshall for a new documentary. In a new 90-minute ITV documentary, to be shown as part of the channel's Christmas schedule, the King will speak to Steve as the latter retraces the Royal's steps from his 1975 trip to the Canadian Arctic. The monarch, 76, is set to discuss the 'devastating effects' of climate change during his appearance in the programme, which is titled Steve Backshall's Royal Arctic Challenge. Steve's journey comes exactly 50 years after the King's expedition, which helped shape Charles's passion for...

Mon 8 Jan 2007 Birthday-suit parties all the rage for Ivy League students CRAIG HOWIE STUDENTS at America's prestigious Ivy League universities are rebelling against their colleges' stuffy reputations, casting off society's norms along with their clothes to hold naked parties. The Pundits, a secretive society at Yale University, initiated the events - which profess to be non-sexual in nature - in the mid-1990s, open to a select few. The society claims that president George Bush's daughter, Barbara, attended a naked party during her second year, in 2002. The White House has always declined to comment. But the naked parties...

Several of my recent threads / comments have related to a DUI arrest I recently had. I will not defend that. One of the more interesting subjects which came up when I was in jail was whether you can be arrested for "drunk in public" when you are on your own property. My position is that this should not be possible. I like to sit out on my front porch, have a drink or three, and study my shubbery. I am not driving or doing anything else which I consider to be wrong. The overwhelming consensus among my cell-mates is...

Al Batt Hartland, Minn. (Freeborn County) At one time, during my youth, I worked at Uppita Lake. Uppita Lake offered a store, a dance hall, a bar and a bait shop. The Lake featured a campground as well as many year around residences. My job at Uppita Lake matched my abilities as a 16-year-old, requiring lots of physical labor and very little thought. I pushed a broom and sold bait. I would paint the boat and pontoon rentals an awful green color. The paint, obviously bought on sale, was a shade of green that could not be found anywhere else...