LONE in front of her computer, Susan Duffy sat watching the flickering screen waiting to see who else was online.
Like so many singletons looking for a relationship, she had signed up for the dating site match.com out of curiosity more than anything else.
A little notice flashed up - there was one other user from her [...]

The PoD is Nixon wins the 1960 election. Well, that’s the first major
result of the PoD which is that Nixon is better rested and shaved for
the televised debates.
One of the earliest foreign policy moves is the invasion by Cuban
exiles in April 1961. Unlike Kennedy, Nixon provides air support. It
is woefully inadequate for ensuring the success [...]

Two pen pals who began writing to each other 51 years ago have had an emotional first meeting.

Philip Glynn, now 66, from Newtown, Powys, started writing to Judith Baca, 64, in Ontario, Canada, when he was 15.
They began in 1955 with air-mailed letters, which dwindled before long to a couple a year, before e-mails revived [...]

A pair of childhood sweethearts who were reunited after 60 years have been forced apart again by illness.
Ethel Howell, 88, met Lionel Woodhead when she was just 15 years old but it was a chance meeting when they were 80 which finally brought them together.
The couple had seven happy years. But then, tragically, Lionel developed [...]

There is a dense comment debate on Bodyhack for more than a week concerning the electoral Missouri Stem Cell Hunter issue, celebs with ESC pro- or contra ads.
Here is an effective comment from today’s related post by the commenter named Orrin:
“I wonder what would happen if Bill Gates invested 2 billion dollars to embryonic stem [...]