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

It's not the next step in cyber-parenting, it's not even the announcement of a new service that might be rolled out in an indefinite future, it's just the strange happenings of two of the Googlers that were lucky enough each to lend a hand in the delivery of two babies. picked by maxriter 2 years ago

A leatherback turtle called Billie won the first Great Turtle Race from Costa Rica to the Galapagos Islands, swimming at a leisurely 5 to 6 kilometres per hour, organisers say. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

The UN has entered a new race of people on our earth based on the definition of the word. The new race which is one of the largest on our planet is the new Geek race. As always with races comes racism and the UN have quickly defined racist terms for the new race which include retard, noob and nerd. picked by Richye 3 years ago

Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow will prevent delivery of the mail but excessive amounts of dog shizzit will! Mail delivery was suspeneded to 13 housing units in St. Johns, Newfoundland until residents break out the pooper scoopers. picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago

The original event, the Kinetic Grand Championship in Humboldt County, California, is also called the "Triathlon of the Art World" because art and engineering are combined with physical endurance during a three day cross country race that includes sand, mud, pavement, a bay crossing, a river crossing and major hills. (A Blog documenting the daily trials of the race, with many, many phot... read full post picked by psycmoe 2 years ago

If you're looking for an interesting way to support the community, check out this weekend's Charity Duck Race on Daniel Island.

This is the third annual race, sponsored by the Daniel Island Rotary Club, and it promises to be a family-friendly good time as 15,000 rubber ducks will be dropped into the Wando River from the 526 bridge. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

"She was mad at me for coming in," said Allen Donehoo, a delivery man who noticed smoke billowing out of the building Friday. picked by indisguise 2 years ago

Police arrested a man near the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday after he drove up to one of the building's barricades with a rifle in his vehicle and told officers that he had a delivery for President Obama, a Senate spokesman said. picked by bingo 10 months ago

As bizarre it may sound a university team in the UK has developed an eco-friendly race car designed to run on chocolate and vegetable oil. The new race car is the ecoF3 from WorldFirst, a small team from Warwick University in the UK, which envisages the car – or at least some of its technologies – one day being used in a FIA-sanctioned motorsport competition. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

What happens if, unhappy with the levels of violence, killing, easy sex and loose morals in video games, you decide to make your own without any of these things.

Hopefully you'd do better than The Zoo Race, but perhaps not. After all, it has won awards.

And not one of them for worst game ever. picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

Russia is leading the race to complete a manned mission to Mars and could land a Russian on the Red Planet by 2025, a leading scientist was quoted as saying on Tuesday. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The human race will one day split into two separate species, an attractive, intelligent ruling elite and an underclass of dim-witted, ugly goblin-like creatures, according to a top scientist. picked by eljay 2 years ago

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A 14-year-old girl riding in a mountain bike race was attacked in the dark of night by a Grizzly bear Sunday and severely injured, but she was able to make a brief 911 call that eventually resulted in her rescue.

Detailed account here picked by bevissimo 1 year ago

The event itself, now in its third year, takes place on Sunday 6 September 2009 when thousands of plastic ducks will be launched into the Thames to race down a 1km course from Molesey Lock to the finish line at The Sherriff Boat Club on Albany Reach. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

White people — including children as young as 10 — may avoid talking about race so as not to appear prejudiced, but that approach often backfires as black people tend to view this approach as evidence of prejudice, especially when race is clearly relevant. picked by bernardblack 1 year ago

A man gets an out of the norm' delivery with which he gets a chance to change his surroundings. See how he deals with it in this short animation from Till Nowak. picked by narfpie 2 years ago

Within minutes of posting a story on CNN's homepage called "Gender or race: Black women voters face tough choices in South Carolina," readers reacted quickly and angrily. Many took umbrage at the story's suggestion that black women voters face "a unique, and most unexpected dilemma" about voting their race or their gender. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Software giant Microsoft Corp. is apologizing for altering a photo on its Web site to change the race of one of the people shown in the picture. picked by nateebiinature 3 months ago

A Hobart hotel guest received an unusual courier delivery on Tuesday night: a box containing a human eye. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago