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Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo Ready To Blast Off

Telegraph | Tom Chivers | Posted 11.30.2009 | Technology


For a mere $200,000 (£120,000), wealthy funseekers will be able to enjoy a few minutes' weightlessness, staring out at the curve of the Earth from un...

How to Sell Your Maidenhead

E. Jean Carroll | Posted 10.08.2009 | Living


E. Jean Carroll

Why should I waste my purity on a "meaningful" college boyfriend or a saggy sugar daddy when I can receive a pot of gold all in one go?

Zimbabwe Virgins Forced into Marriage to 'Appease' Evil Spirits

Inter Press Service | Posted 11.29.2009 | World


By Nyarai Kachere MUTARE, Zimbabwe, Sep 29 (IPS) - Three years after being seized from their families and forced to marry and have sex with adult m...

Who Is Gary Go?

Jon Chattman | Posted 09.06.2009 | Entertainment


Jon Chattman

Gary Go is a rising UK star who has gained momentum by landing a spot touring with pop star Lady Gaga, having performed with just his iPhone at Wembley Stadium.

Virginity Auctions: Going Once, Going Twice

Anneli Rufus | Posted 06.15.2009 | Style


Anneli Rufus

Are Alina Percea and her ilk reinventing ancient initiation rites, accidentally-on-purpose? Is the online virginity auction the initiation rite of a new age?

Virgin To Voluntarily Report Greenhouse Gases

AFP | Posted 05.22.2009 | Green


Virgin has volunteered to provide the Climate Registry annually with details regarding greenhouse gases emitted operating the airline. Virgin's mov...

Virgin Mobile: Pink-Slip Protection For Laid-Off Customers

WSJ | Marisa Taylor | Posted 05.11.2009 | Business


Virgin Mobile USA has joined the ranks of companies angling for business in the deepening recession, as it launches a new promotion that promises to c...

Why Is America So Obsessed with Virginity?

Anastasia Kousakis | Posted 05.08.2009 | Style


Anastasia Kousakis

As a concept, virginity is more dangerous than not, because it puts us into these virgin or not categories, which doesn't really give us a very nuanced perspective or understanding of sexuality.

All Virgin Megastores In US To Close By Summer

AP | RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 04.03.2009 | Business


LOS ANGELES — After nearly two decades of rocking the music world with a mix of brash stunts and splashy CD releases, the remaining six Virgin M...

Virgin Atlantic Anniversary Ad Prompts Claims Of Sexism

Guardianhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/feb/09/virgin-atlantic-ad-sexist-ofcom | Mark Sweney | Posted 03.12.2009 | Media


Virgin Atlantic's high-profile 25th anniversary retro TV ad campaign, featuring crowds ogling its glitzy female cabin crew, has prompted complaints to...

Branson: Virgin, Lufthansa To Discuss Cooperation

AP | ANGELA CHARLTON | Posted 01.09.2009 | Business


PARIS — Virgin Atlantic boss Richard Branson said Tuesday his airline will discuss a possible cooperation deal with Lufthansa _ even as he slamm...

Richard Branson's Plans In America And Space In The Age Of Expensive Oil

Fortune.com | Richard Siklos | Posted 08.09.2008 | Business


LOS ANGELES (Fortune) -- So here we were at 6:20 Monday morning at Los Angeles International Airport. Despite the hour, a disc jockey played pulsing c...

Branson To Partially Unveil Commercial Spaceship On Monday

AP | ALICIA CHANG | Posted 08.04.2008 | Home


LOS ANGELES — Aerospace engineers have been holed up in a Mojave Desert hangar for four years, fashioning a commercial spaceship to loft rich to...

An 'Open Source' Philosophy Of Government, Commerce & Innovation

Jerry Weinstein | Posted 07.08.2008 | Business


Jerry Weinstein

Last week began with the return of eminence grise Jim Hansen, twenty years to the day since he first testified on warming. And it ended with Bill Gates riding off into the philanthropic sunset.

Virgin's Green Investment Fund Gets First $199 Million

Financial Times | Chris Hughes | Posted 07.05.2008 | Green


Wolverhampton City Council and Calpers, the influential Californian pension fund, have emerged as some of the maiden investors in Virgin Group's first...

Branson Ditches Virgin Megastores

The Guardian (U.K.) | Owen Gibson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Sir Richard Branson yesterday severed his last remaining link with the high street, offloading his Virgin Megastore chain at a time when record shops ...

Spaceport America: Virgin Galactic Unveils Plans For Tourist Spaceport In New Mexico

Business Week | Dianna Dilworth | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


As NASA prepares to retire the space shuttle by the end of the decade, just in time for completion of the International Space Station, the tourism ind...