While always looking forward to the future, sometimes we must pause to look at technology today, take a deep breath, and give thanks for these modern medical marvels. picked by sharon22 1 hour ago

Yup! picked by Bornbad 2 hours ago

One in 20 UK schoolchildren think the Fuhrer was a sportsman, while one in six youngsters said they thought Auschwitz was a Second World War theme park.

Scottish-based veterans charity Erskine, said it would now take part in a nationwide scheme to educate schoolchildren about the two world conflicts. picked by bingo 8 hours ago

Brave lady, Allison Henry, is speaking out about her vagina ... which literally fell out. The clinical term for this is “vaginal prolapse.” Read on at your own risk. picked by suebe 10 hours ago

"Part of the problem, Joe Perry says, is that Tyler doesn’t return his phone calls." picked by JoshSF49 13 hours 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. picked by suebe 14 hours ago

Gerry Bursk is 75. He is married to Dawn who is 40. Dawn is pregnant and Gerry is the father. When Dawn gives birth in March 2010 Gerry will hold the record for oldest father in Britain. picked by pocksucket 14 hours 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 15 hours 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 15 hours ago

The questions before the judges in Courtroom No. 1 of Britain’s Supreme Court were as ancient and as complex as Judaism itself.

Who is a Jew? And who gets to decide? picked by suebe 15 hours ago

In his first year at San Marcos University, Hermenegildo Espejo barely spoke, and certainly not in class.

His Spanish was rudimentary, his accent an embarrassment. Classmates in Lima, a two-day trip from his Amazon home town, laughed at his grammatical stumbles, his odd pronunciation. picked by suebe 16 hours 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 16 hours 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 16 hours 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 17 hours 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 1 day ago

The first rule to come from the director was, make it impossible.... picked by Bornbad 1 day ago

Rapelay, a 3D game created by a Japanese firm, Illusion, with a storyline prodding the player to rape a woman and her two teenaged daughters in a moving train, a park and a restroom, is among the hot picks in the grey market (in India). picked by tgkprog 1 day ago

The most likely cause would be sleep paralysis.
For two University of Nevada students the cause was a car that pinned them to their bed for close to an hour driven into their bedroom at 4:00am by someone with anger-management issues who targeted the wrong house. picked by bingo 1 day ago

For his hearing on an auto theft charge. picked by suebe 1 day ago

"Shotgun" is the front passenger seat of an automobile. You must loudly say the word “Shotgun” to stake your claim on it. After you have called it, you have exclusive rights for that ride.

But that’s just the beginning! There are many more rules to learn, such as the importance of having your shoes on when you yell “Shotgun!” and other crucial rules. picked by bingo 1 day ago

These days, it seems like everybody and their uncle are making their own wines. Even 7-Eleven (yes, that 7-Eleven).

And, whoa, Yosemite Road is quite the bargain. Both the Chardonnay and a Cabernet Sauvignon will sell for $3.99 a bottle. Who needs a Trader Joe’s, anyway? picked by bingo 1 day 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 1 day 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 1 day 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 1 day ago

....Just Another Day in Miami's Parking Hell.

One thing I like about the ‘burbs is not having to fight for cheap parking or pay through the nose for expensive spots. Not so for people in Miami. Apparently, the scarcity of parking there has created much violence, a cottage industry involving the homeless, parking mafia and even a "magical meter fairy." picked by bingo 1 day ago