Firefighters working through the night turned back flames that threatened Santa Catalina Island's main city and forced hundreds of people to evacuate amid falling ashes. picked by thephrog 2 years ago

A woman studying wetlands for an engineering firm was gored by a deer at a hunting preserve. Jamie Detweiler, 35, of Ligonier, was gored in the leg when the buck charged her at 6 Springs Hunts near Shanksville on Wednesday. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

How about having your brother simultaneously gored by the same bull and your picture being one of the most e-mailed around the world? Sounds like fun vacation... picked by cleopatrareborn 2 years ago

Of all the place I would not expect this...to those of you too young to recall, Three Mile Island is home to what almost became the American version of Chernobyl*.

*If you are too young too know what Chernobyl was, freaking google it, I am too lazy to provide a link. But it was a million laughs for sure. picked by moe 2 years ago

Got the plague? Onto the island. Vomiting? Onto the island. Fever? Island. Sniffles with a mild cough? You get the idea. You stayed there until you got well or died. Judging from the mass graves, not many got well. picked by Moe 2 years ago

The Venezuelan government has formally donated an island near Philadelphia back to the United States. Petty Island, an uninhabited island some 528 acres (214 ha) in size, is situated in the Delaware River in the state of New Jersey.
It was bought by Venezuela's state-run energy company, PDVS, in 1990. picked by bingo 7 months ago

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) - A 12-year-old boy is in the hospital after a bison he was posing near flipped him in the air at Yellowstone National Park. picked by bevissimo 1 year ago

New Zealanders didn't exactly push the boat out when they called the northern island North Island and... Well, I'm sure you know what the southern island is called. Turns out though that they also never got round to legally adopting these names. There's now a move to exploit this to rename the islands as the Maori originals. picked by pocksucket 7 months ago

...previously known as Lulu Island, is being re-launched with a brand new marketing push targeting high income investors and residents from across the Gulf. picked by topofall 2 years ago

The man last seen with missing hiker Meredith Emerson in the north Georgia mountains is in custody and is being questioned by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, authorities announced Friday evening. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

The waste would be dumped on a side of the volcanic island that had been extensively quarried in the past 50 years. The island's original volcanic cone formation could also be rebuilt using the biosolids. picked by gnikgnok 3 years ago

Pretty simplistic. Young men armed with nothing but a sword, a cape and silly costume (plus lots of assistants with spears) versus massive, wounded animals with nothing to lose. Call it the height of machismo, call it savagely inhumane, whatever you call it, it doesn't always end well for the dude in the silly costume. (Nothing really terrible, but there is some blood and it's all about matadors... read full post picked by xvbones 4 months ago