That's a headline you could read in the not too distant future thanks to a new technology that is hoping to change the way we listen to music forever. picked by suebe 5 days ago

Judge gives man 6 months in jail. picked by Bornbad 5 days ago

Under most circumstances, a metal spike jabbing you in the head is not likely to elicit a smile. Unless, of course, you’re wearing the "Happiness Hat" created by designer Lauren McCarthy. picked by suebe 5 days ago

Teanne Harris was dismayed after her fiance got cold feet immediately before the wedding. Unable to get a refund on the banquet hall at the last minute, she instead threw a Halloween party for a retirement home.

Now she's in Hawaii, at what would have been her honeymoon, on her own.
Good for her, poor girl. picked by lynxears 5 days ago

Imagine not having to worry about the waiter getting your order wrong for the 3rd time in a row. A restaurant in London has come up with a great new piece of technology that allows you to order your meal, watch the cooks prepare it, play games, pay for your food, and call a taxi all at your fingertips. picked by madhatteraggie 5 days ago

This is an old article (and a similar one to Bingo's post), but I've recently discovered barefoot running and am very interested.

I'm fascinated by this statement: "For the fun of it. One of [Tarahumara Indians] recently came first in a prestigious 100-mile race wearing nothing but a toga and sandals. He was 57 years old."

FOR THE FUN OF IT????? picked by icepigs 5 days ago

The only three McDonald's in Iceland have closed their doors. picked by Moe 6 days ago

As the plane rolled from one stomach-churning maneuver to another, the passenger was probably wishing that he was somewhere else.
Then, just like that, he was! picked by tigertony 6 days ago

Michael Brewer was doused in rubbing alcohol (!) set on fire by 5 peers and now sixty-five percent of his body is covered with second- and third-degree burns.
"People are writing horror stories ... but people just can't imagine the kind of sickness we're talking about," said Dr. Nicholas Namias, medical director of the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital Burn Center in Miami. picked by julea 6 days ago

Six million American children are taking psychiatric drugs, but most have never been tested on children. Is this good medicine-or an uncontrolled experiment?

(Also a special on PBS tomorrow) picked by bingo 6 days ago

A criminal investigation and allegations of misplaced bodies and shoddy care have roiled the famous burial ground picked by 2manyusernames 6 days ago

One of the most celebrated functions of the Internet is an unprecedented ability for people to connect. This has led to social networks, online dating, and, it turns out, a lot of people connecting over really strange things. Here are some of the more interesting clubs that the internet has helped give life to. picked by iamamaniac 7 days ago

Swathes of dirty clouds brood over a coal plant in rural Japan, but scientists are now hoping to send the pollutants the other way, deep into the bowels of Mother Earth.

No one seems to think this is a good idea picked by bingo 1 week ago

For more than eight centuries, the Nasca culture prospered in the coastal valleys of Peru until its sudden downfall around 600 AD.

A team of archaeologists has now found convincing evidence the decline was self-inflicted and began with the cutting down of a tree that could have protected them from devastating climate change. picked by bingo 1 week ago

What happens when two genres meet each other somewhere in a sausage plant in Chicago? I'm talking about a true crime story and a true ghost story. Adolph Louis Luetgert wanted to get rid of his wife, and since he had this Sausage & Packing Company.... but his wife came back.

Though he still insisted to be innocent of her murder, his dead wife was haunting him and seeking her revenge, he said. picked by bingo 1 week ago

A seventh-grader and her 80-year-old grandfather are allegedly the first people to discover that President Barack Obama is related to all other U.S. presidents except one. picked by bingo 1 week ago

An Australian woman who spent more than 60 years in an iron lung to treat polio has died at the age of 83. June Middleton entered the Guinness World Book of Records in 2006 as the person who has spent the longest time in an iron lung. An American woman hs also been in an irong lung for 60 years. picked by suebe 1 week ago

Four years after Anthony Sowell was released from a U.S. prison after serving 15 years for a rape conviction, police found six decomposing bodies at his Ohio home. picked by drogue 1 week ago

They are doomed to extinction and these pictures prove it. Absolutely NSFW, unless you are one of these geeks, in which case you won't even notice. picked by equinox 1 week ago

Dennis Hopper has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and is canceling all travel plans to focus on treatment, his manager said Thursday.
The 73-year-old actor and artist is being treated through a "special program" at the University of Southern California picked by bingo 1 week ago

A chewed remote control, a dog, and $62.50 less in the bank account. For Greg Stroke, this could only mean one thing: his dog had purchased 5,000 Xbox points -- worth $62 -- while he and his girlfriend were asleep. picked by suebe 1 week ago

Watch an unthinking human sneeze without covering his mouth! Watch his virus invade your body and wreak havoc! Watch it take over your DNA and clone itself millions of times! Watch it launch itself into your blood stream! Hope your immune system beats its little viral ass! picked by meggysue 1 week ago

Queens NY GOP nominee Dan Halloran is not just any Pagan: he is the "First Atheling," or King, of New Normandy, which is the Greater New York Area branch of the Théod faith of pre-Christian Heathen religions.

This should be interesting! picked by meggysue 1 week ago

When she went in for her surgery, Ms Daalman, a secretary in a local estate agents, told doctors: 'I don't know why but I felt an urge to eat the silverware - I could not help myself.' picked by meggysue 1 week ago

What's inside that storage carton in the back corner of your crawl space? Imagine if it was a one-of-a-kind original pressing of a Beatles record. Now imagine if there were four of them. picked by suebe 1 week ago