"Part of the problem, Joe Perry says, is that Tyler doesn’t return his phone calls." picked by JoshSF49 2 weeks ago

A Long Island woman is suspected of torturing and killing as many as 20 cats and dogs — some of them belonging to her neighbors — before burying them behind her home. An update from her son. picked by suebe 2 weeks ago

NEC have revealed a headset worn like glasses that projects translated subtitles of the conversation you are having directly onto the retina. picked by pocksucket 2 weeks ago

David Todd Napodano was accused of exposing himself to two women in a car park but he claims that wasn't the case. picked by pocksucket 2 weeks ago

Little Tianna Lewis McHugh is the girl who cannot cry - because it could kill her.

The two-year-old has a rare condition which means tears could trigger a fatal fit. picked by suebe 2 weeks ago

Ali Yakubov, a nine-month-old baby boy from Russia left doctors stupefied after the word Allah allegedly showed up on his chin when he was only a few weeks old.

Since then, verses from the Koran have emerged consistently on the infant’s back, arms, legs and stomach, before apparently fading away and being replaced with new ones.

Video picked by suebe 2 weeks ago

This week Stockton, Utah has a new mayor after the incumbent, Dan Rydalch, stripped a police officer of his badge and suspended him without pay for ticketing his son. When the mayor appointed himself head and sole member of the investigation into wrongdoing in the matter the town council met and reinstated the officer and his back pay. Classic! picked by equinox 2 weeks ago

The House of Representatives on Saturday night passed a sweeping health care bill by a vote of 220-215.

Next, on to the Senate. picked by cmgoings 2 weeks ago

The first rule to come from the director was, make it impossible.... picked by Bornbad 2 weeks ago

For his hearing on an auto theft charge. picked by suebe 2 weeks ago

A fun filled time where kids compete to see how far they can throw a dead rabbit has been banned due to complaints from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. No word on if they understand that dead rabbits feel no pain.

Killjoys. picked by Moe 2 weeks ago

No wonder learning a new language can be more difficult the older you get. We were learning our individual languages before we were even born.
It seems that fetuses not only warm to the sound of mother’s voice as they gestate, they also are being programmed in the direct patterns inherent in certain languages. By the time we are born, our dialect is determined. picked by bingo 2 weeks ago

Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara was in Lithuania when Germany invaded Poland. Jewish refugees came to the consulate seeking travel documents in order to escape the Nazis. Sugihara’s superiors ordered him not to issue any travel visas. Sugihara’s next actions enabled around 6,000 Jewish refugees to escape the Holocaust. For his efforts, Sugihara was imprisoned by the Soviets and fi... read full post picked by bingo 2 weeks ago

with video! picked by tvirus 2 weeks ago

Carl Sagan died in 1996, but his ideas and passion for science and exploration live on. Friends and colleagues have created the first celebration of his life, hoping it will become an annual event. Speakers include Phil Plait of Bad Astronomy and James Randi, viewings of Cosmos and sky watching. Live USTREAM coverage all day.
"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known" picked by equinox 2 weeks ago

This Japanese massage chair is designed with ladies in mind. Stay away, dudes! It's full of air, foldable, and styled with red leather. It's got four types of massages it can deliver: "foot and calf massage with the foot air bag equipped with the back acupressure stimulation Gui Innovation calf, Pelvis and thigh massage with a rocking mechanism from side to side around comfortably seat air ba... read full post picked by suebe 2 weeks ago

One August morning, Alice and her husband, Scott, had sex.
That's when things became confusing. Rather than appearing pleased, Alice, 59, seemed disoriented. picked by Bornbad 2 weeks ago

It seems that the flu shot victim Desree Jennings has suddenly been cured of walking backwards. picked by suebe 2 weeks ago

According to research by the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, run by the USDA, a whole, unmilled tree can support 50 percent more weight than the largest piece of lumber milled from the same tree. So Mr. Gundersen uses small-diameter trees as rafters and framing in his airy structures, and big trees felled by wind, disease or insects as powerful columns and curving beams. picked by cecilberman 2 weeks ago

Obama makes the common sense plea that we do not jump to conclusions on the motives of Major Nidal Malik Hasan. Allow the investigators to do their job first. picked by dslovesplime 2 weeks ago

Police Sgt Kim Munley saved many more lives at Fort Hood when she charged into the building where Major Nidal Malik Hasan was carrying out his mass murder gun spree. picked by 2manyusernames 2 weeks ago

ORLANDO, Fla. – Officials said at least eight people were hurt in a shooting at a downtown office building Friday and a gunman was on the loose.

People streamed out of the high-rise building around lunchtime and some told local television stations they had barricaded themselves inside their offices

Just what is the world coming to?

Edit: 1 Fatality, 5 injured... The shooter surrendered picked by soreen 2 weeks ago

Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office tells THE WEEKLY STANDARD that the speaker will not allow the final language of the health care to be posted online for 72 hours before bringing the bill to a vote on the House floor, despite her September 24 statement that she was "absolutely" committed to doing so. picked by shuallyo 2 weeks ago

At least that is what one teacher in Texas is claiming and who is actually getting her day in court claiming that fingerprinting her as a requirement for employment is a violation of her religious rights. picked by 2manyusernames 2 weeks ago

A bird dropping a piece of bread on a section of the LHC particle accelerator has shut down the whole operation. With freak accidents piling up at CERN, the idea of time traveling particles returning from the future to prevent their own discovery seems less like a sci-fi joke today. *Of course it could just be Zaphod Beeblebrox refueling the infinite improbability drive of the Heart of Gold. picked by equinox 2 weeks ago