Scientific update to Tigers story. picked by Bornbad 6 days ago

WikiLeaks is releasing over half a million US national text pager intercepts that were captured during a 24-hour period of the 9/11 attacks. picked by jhordie 7 days ago

Apparently, The Obama White House is addicted to the “unprecedented.” picked by JoshSF49 7 days ago

Children should be allowed to get dirty, according to scientists who have found being too clean can impair the skin's ability to heal. picked by midnightbliss10 7 days ago

He told his patient she was irresponsible for being unemployed, on Medicaid, and relying on taxpayers to cover another pregnancy after giving birth less than a year earlier.
But what really made her mad, was when he poked her thigh and told her she was fat. picked by hoosker 7 days ago

Oh, come on.
Spoiled brats. picked by suckersklub 7 days ago

That's what you get for showing "Borat" in the school auditorium. Landon said until further notice, the school will focus the first 20 minutes of each day on character traits, beginning with respect and kindness. Homeroom teachers will speak with the students about these traits and will focus on bullying prevention, he said. Videos on the topic will be sought out and used as part of the... read full post picked by cecilberman 7 days ago

A Connecticut gym continued to withdraw membership dues for a man for two years after he was killed in a shooting. picked by suebe 7 days ago

Online gamers, get ready for possible alerts on your consoles! New York State authorities are testing a plan that would see the Emergency Management Office issue alerts over online gaming networks in addition to regular channels. picked by suebe 7 days ago

"..this thing lit up the sky, literally. It was like daylight."

*Includes some great footage and photos* picked by cb__ 7 days ago

A man has been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for witchcraft because he makes predictions on television. The case is causing outrage among human rights campaigners. The Lebanese citizen was only visiting Saudi Arabia on pilgrimage when he was arrested in Medina last year. picked by equinox 7 days ago

Twenty-two years ago Heidemarie Schwermer, a middle-aged secondary school teacher just emerging from a difficult marriage, moved with her two children from the village of Lueneburg to the city of Dortmund, in the Ruhr area of Germany, whose homeless population, she immediately noticed, was above average and striking in its intransigent hopelessness. picked by iamamaniac 1 week ago

Washington (CNN) -- The United States won't join its NATO allies and many other countries in formally banning landmines, State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said during his midday briefing Tuesday.
Russia and China also have not joined the 156 nations that have endorsed the ban, he said. picked by Chamale 1 week ago

New images show the "last meal" of a giant cannibal galaxy as it gobbles down a smaller spiral galaxy, which has been twisted and warped from being devoured.

The giant galaxy, Centaurus A (NGC 5128) is the nearest giant, elliptical galaxy, at a distance of about 11 million light-years. picked by AutumnLotus 1 week ago

Australian astronomers have discovered that the universe is full of tiny blue dwarf galaxies.

Known as 'blue fuzzies', these tiny galaxies are made up mostly of young hot stars that shine brightly, dominating the light from the galaxies they're in. picked by AutumnLotus 1 week ago

This strange alien-like creature is not a character from a science-fiction blockbuster but actually from far closer to home. The eerily beautiful image is of a water flea with a radiant green 'crown of thorns' to protect it from predators.

It took top prize in the 2009 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition, the world's foremost forum for showcasing microscope photos and movies. picked by AutumnLotus 1 week ago

In the first video showing the auroras above the northern latitudes of Saturn, Cassini has spotted the tallest known "northern lights" in the solar system, flickering in shape and brightness high above the ringed planet. picked by AutumnLotus 1 week ago

His parents must be so proud.

In attendance were a live audience, an MC, the bride's virtual video game girlfriend — who made a speech — and a real human priest. picked by cecilberman 1 week ago

Authorities are saying a Kentucky census worker found hanging from a tree with "fed" scrawled on his chest committed suicide and staged his death to look like a homicide.


Update to this picked by hoosker 1 week ago

If we have a full-frontal hug, it could lead us into temptation. So, please just give me the Christian "Side-Hug" until we are married.

<---not going to hell picked by icepigs 1 week ago

University of North Texas students, voting in an online referendum, have rejected the possibility of same-sex couples running for homecoming court in 2010. picked by icepigs 1 week ago

A 13-year-old boy with Asperger's Syndrome—a form of autism that often causes difficulty with social interaction—spent 11 days in the NYC subway system last month. picked by suebe 1 week ago

A billboard recently erected in Wheat Ridge compares President Barack Obama to a terrorist and questions his U.S. citizenship. picked by hoosker 1 week ago

Three women kidnapped an 18-year-old man in Chitungwiza and forced him to be intimate with one of them at a cathedral in Harare’s city centre on Tuesday, picked by hoosker 1 week ago

"You would like for the president of the United States to die?" Alan Colmes asked the Rev. Wiley Drake once more. "If he does not turn to God and does not turn his life around, I am asking God to enforce imprecatory prayers that are throughout the Scripture that would cause him death, that's correct." picked by lynxears 1 week ago