After the Daily News wrote about a disabled veteran's dream of seeing the Yanks in the World Series, two dozen readers offered him either tickets or cash toward buying one. picked by suebe 4 weeks ago

News stories from around the world that got little attention. picked by wags273 2 years ago

Following the revelations about phone tapping by The News Of The World made in the Guardian, police are now investigating 3000 potential incidents perpetrated by the scandal rag. Luckily for them, most of the work will have been done in the investigation they previously suppressed. picked by pocksucket 5 months ago

Very interesting, very different social news site for strange, funny, scandalous and generally non-boring news. picked by norequest 3 years ago

Beaches not only come in all shapes, sizes, and textures, they come in a virtual rainbow of colors. Most beach fans know that sand color can range from pale cream to golden to caramel, but few realize that in select places around the world, sands can be red, brown, pink, orange, gold, purple, green, and even black! picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

ROME. The news that Irish rock group U2 will release a new album in March has been hailed with relief and joy throughout the developing world. Millions of grateful peasants and refugees mobbed aid workers in Africa and Asia, offering sacrifices of new crops and young lambs to lead singer Bono for gracing the world with yet another insight into poverty. picked by Bornbad 11 months ago

Facial tattoos, usually in the news because some youngster tried to be as outrageous as possible, actually have a long tradition among tribes around the world. Find out where to find beautiful facial tattoos
and what they mean. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

Zac Sunderland, who left Marina del Rey 13 months ago with a bold ambition to become the youngest person to sail around the world alone, returned to complete that quest today at 10:30 a.m. Update to this post picked by suebe 4 months ago

From story:
"He chose a 42-inch katana, a Japanese samurai sword, and went inside to confront Lee Alexander, a 25-year-old ranch hand from Polk County who was convicted in 2000 of a lewd and lascivious act on a person under 16. Less than 15 minutes later, Alexander was dead." picked by indierockcafe 3 years ago

Think the news is boring? Well here is a site that may change your mind. It is a community driven experience – imagine fantasy sports meets the evening news. Roleplaying, prediction of real world events and more are combined into a new fun learning experience. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

See some odd buildings around the world with some strange concept. But these concepts makes them unique and strange buildings in the world picked by ruthstark 2 months ago

Ice cream is a frozen dessert made from dairy products, such as cream (or substituted ingredients), combined with flavorings and sweeteners, such as sugar. But at some point, the world of ice cream took a turn for the worse and gave us the following abominations: picked by kakana 4 months ago

Bungling sign writing around the world have been exposed by a new book which quite literally discovered a new "sign language". From the down right obvious to the ridiculous and from South Korea to Canada, Signspotting 2 from the Lonely Planet series captures it all. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

News At Seven automatically gathers news with relevant images, videos and opinions from blogs and combines them into a virtual newscast. picked by TheStep 3 years ago

A family of adventurers who spent their summer holiday flying around the Mediterranean - including swimming across shark infested waters - have set a new world record for the longest solar-powered flight by paramotor. picked by Bingo 3 months ago

Flight Simulator geeks are flying around the world in the 2007 Round-The-World Flight Simulator Race. The race pits teams from AVSim, FlightSim and Sim-Outhouse against each other in a race around the world with special rules, conditions and bonuses. All teams were given the rules 24 hours in advance of the start of the race (10a EST on Friday). The rules include route requirements (such as two a... read full post picked by dfelteau 3 years ago

Politely placing the napkin on your lap and keeping your elbows off the table may be the etiquette essentials here in the good ol' USA but when it comes to hanging with friends and colleagues around the world, etiquette often takes on new meanings. picked by kakana 4 months ago

James Bowthorpe of London pedaled his bicycle 18,000 miles around the world in 174 days, 20 fewer days than the world record holder. He arrived back in Hyde Park to complete the journey on Saturday. picked by Bingo 2 months ago

Enter your surname in World Names Profiler and find its orgin and density on a world map.

The site has been compiled by researchers from the University College London. picked by DoggyLives 1 year ago

As of 3:30 pm PST, Russian officials say 78 bodies of miners have been recovered from the mine site explosion in Siberia, but fear casualities will increase. picked by indierockcafe 3 years ago