Saturday, October 06, 2007

Rothschild Faberge Egg

The newly discovered Rothschild Faberge Egg is pictured in London. The egg, made for a top banking dynasty is expected to fetch up to nine million pounds when it is sold in London next month, auction house Christie's has said.(AFP/Shaun Curry)

Lake Chillisquaque

Katherine Brady has the water to herself as she paddles her kayak across Lake Chillisquaque at the Montour Preserve in White Hall, Pa., at sunset Monday evening, Oct. 1, 2007. Brady likes to make it out to the lake about four times a week for the workout. (AP Photo/Bloomsburg Press Enterprise, Jimmy May)

Mobile Suit Gundam

In this undated photo released by Bandai Co. on Aug. 4, 2006, a model smiles next to a large plastic model of the main character robot of popular Japanese cartoon 'Mobile Suit Gundam.' A Japanese bureaucrat has been reprimanded for shirking his duties to make hundreds of contributions to Wikipedia about the popular toy robots, officials said Friday, Oct. 5, 2007. The agriculture ministry said the bureaucrat contributed 260 times to the Japanese-language Wikipedia entry on Gundam, a popular, long-running animated series about giant robots that has spun off intricate toys popular among schoolchildren but also adults known as 'otaku' nerds. (AP Photo/Bandai Co., HO)

Typhoon Krosa


A giant wave hits the shore in Ilan county, eastern Taiwan. Typhoon Krosa pounded northern Taiwan Saturday with powerful winds and torrential rain, forcing offices and schools to close and disrupting air and road traffic(AFP/Sam Yeh)

A giant wave hits the shores of Nanfangaou fish harbor in Ilan county, eastern Taiwan. Two men were killed, two missing and at least 17 others were injured as Typhoon Krosa pounded Taiwan with powerful winds and torrential rain, rescuers said Saturday.(AFP/Sam Yeh)

Smooth Surfing

A surfer walks toward the waves under a demin blue sky spattered with clouds in Daytona Beach, Fla., Thursday, Oct. 4, 2007. (AP Photo/Daytona Beach News-Journal, Jim Tiller)