He “dreamed that an intruder had broken into their motor home”. He tackled the 'intruder' but instead strangled his childhood sweetheart and wife of 39 years.

A very strange story picked by tigertony 3 days ago

They abandoned the vehicle after crashing into a road sign in the western city of Wuppertal, reports the BBC.

Police later had the van towed away to a depot - unaware that the five-year-old lion called Caesar was inside.

Caesar appeared unhurt when a lion tamer arrived to reclaim him after Circus Probst had reported the theft. picked by cecilberman 3 days ago

Reunion Arena in Dallas (the old home of the Stars and Mavericks) was being torn down. They stripped everything but the roof and support columns. The plan was to weaken the columns so the roof would come down slowly - about 3 days. But after weakening just one column, the whole thing fell. (AWESOME Video in article) picked by icepigs 3 days ago

Get your daily cute right here, folks!! picked by TraumaMamma 3 days ago

Why aren't we a friendly bunch? The word of the year is unfriend. And here we all thought social media will bring us all together. picked by Ankabout 3 days ago

"Well, why not?" he said. "Why bother when (I'm) dead?" picked by DaftGretel 3 days ago

Seattle police say a man who thought he was ninja was impaled on a metal fence when he tried to leap over it. picked by DaftGretel 3 days ago

Scientists studying finches find that, within four generations, a distinct species evolved, though the future of the species is uncertain.

<--new finch picked by lynxears 3 days ago

Can you do it in under twelve minutes? picked by cecilberman 3 days ago

It seems like something straight out of a science fiction film, but this new bacteria is very real. According to the BBC, the "scientists produced the bacteria using a new technique called BioBricking, which manipulates packages of DNA. picked by midnightbliss10 4 days ago

A copyright law enacted in the 70's may greatly change the music industry. Main issue is that artists from the 50's, 60's, and 70's will soon be able to reclaim the copyrights to their work. Music from that era sells as well if not better than modern music. All this could add up to a huge loss in income for the record companies. picked by 2manyusernames 4 days ago

I mean besides the interest in jacking up gasoline price, why would an oil producing country purchase gasoline? picked by ThirDeye 4 days ago

He has died. No word on the cause yet. picked by Moe 4 days ago

In pursuit of an Eagle Scout badge, Kevin Anderson, 17, has toiled for more than 200 hours hours over several weeks to clear a walking path in an east Allentown park. Nick Balzano, president of the local Service Employees International Union, told Allentown City Council Tuesday that the union is considering filing a grievance against the city for allowing Anderson to clear a 1,000-foot walking an... read full post picked by cecilberman 4 days ago

"I think if Republicans truly believe in keeping government out of our lives—that should include not dictating who one can marry." picked by JoshSF49 4 days ago

For 25 hours a team of 16 physicians operated on Bangladeshi twins Trishna and Krishna, who were joined at the head. The operation was apparently successful, even the delicate operation of separating the girls' brain tissue. picked by Ankabout 4 days ago

A 5-month old baby died in hospital while the doctor was playing a game online, an investigation has found.

<-- Not the baby picked by aclister 4 days ago

Either Worthing rocks so hard that people jump over piers as a matter of course or Worthing is so dull that people have to do stuff like this for thrills. Whichever it is, it's where I live and these people jumped over a pier with a kite. picked by pocksucket 4 days ago

Recovery.gov lists hundreds of millions spent and hundreds of jobs created in Congressional districts that don't exist. picked by hoosker 4 days ago

An old cliché has the highly evolved humans of the future sporting large heads to hold their advanced enlarged brains, "but that's nonsense, whole nonsense," said paleontologist Peter Ward at the University of Washington at Seattle, author of "Future Evolution." picked by Bornbad 4 days ago

The rumors were everywhere. On Facebook. On Craigslist. At the coffee shop. Young women were being drugged at downtown bars. Someone was slipping them "date rape drugs," like the sedative Rohypnol or party drug GHB. They weren't being sexually assaulted. But someone was making them sick. It seemed like the stuff of urban legend. picked by midnightbliss10 4 days ago

A single mother, is being threatened with a military court-martial if she does not agree to deploy to Afghanistan, despite having been told she would be granted extra time to find someone to care for her 11-month-old son while she is overseas.

<=== Not the mom in question picked by tigertony 4 days ago

Best known for his roles in The Equalizer and The Wicker Man, Edward Woodward has died in hospital, aged 79. picked by pocksucket 5 days ago

Dispatchers in Yukon, OK listened in disbelief as two men spoke casually in the background after an accidental 911. "They were talking in detail about drug deals." Police decided to pay a visit and found Xanax, Hydrocondone, Oxycontin, Ecstasy and marijuana. Rough estimates put the value of the drugs at $20,000, but the story Yukon officers now have is priceless. picked by equinox 5 days ago

Oregon opened another chapter in U.S. marijuana history when at 4:20 p.m. Friday, about three dozen people christened the nation's first cafe for licensed residents to sit down, sip coffee and smoke marijuana. picked by ozero 5 days ago