Silly & wierd news clips from around the world - Ex. A brothel in Germany hopes to capitalize on the growing number of retirees by offering them a 50 percent discount in the afternoon. picked by susiesunshine 3 years ago

Just what it says..according to the site.

#4, #5

btw...the things that show up when searching for an image by tags are simply bizarre... picked by fugazi 11 months ago

You saw the stories that dominated the headlines in 2006: the war in Iraq, North Korea’s nuclear tests, and the U.S. midterm elections. But what about the news that remained under the radar? picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

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 2 weeks 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

Site is filled with legal stories, lawsuits, photos and more. Most articles have links to pdf files of legal filings. It is basically a news wire for lawyers and those interested in legal cases.

Includes lawsuits such as one where a land owner is suing FEMA and Homeland Security for failure to pay rent on his land since June of 2007 picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

Here's todays run of weird stories from The Sun news paper.

All the stories are one page so read away! picked by davethefish 2 years ago

Funny, Emmy-winning Uncle Jay thinks it’s really, really important for today’s news to be understood by today’s innocent, ignorant and immature minds.

Also children. picked by hypnotode 2 years ago

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

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 4 months ago

2007 was a big year for news -- in America and around the world. But how much attention were you REALLY paying? Here’s our 50-question, tougher-than-our-usual-weekly-news-quiz test -- your chance to measure your news-junkie mettle (and a good excuse to avoid that holiday-time chin-wag with boring old Uncle Charlie). picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

There were more "leetle grey cells" than anyone dreamed of: two previously unpublished Hercule Poirot stories have emerged from a mass of family papers at Agatha Christie's favourite home.
Both unpublished works are short stories, the form in which the author often worked out details of characters and plots, before rethreading them as full-length novels. picked by bingo 5 months ago

Listen to this ghost story. First time I heard the ghost story "Where is my golden arm?" I could not sleep for days. This ending suggested by Mark Twain will kill me for sure. picked by myrthachang 3 years 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

News Corp chairman plans to charge readers of the websites of all his newspapers within the next 12 months.

Will this work? Doomed to failure I think. picked by topofall 3 months ago

"If you’re looking for some good news in these days of hurricanes, insurgency and high oil prices, go to goodnewsblog.com for links to stories that are uplifting but not maudlin." - Newsweek Blog Watch, Sep. 12, 2005 picked by kissmenow 3 years ago

Scott Moore is in charge of news at Yahoo! Broadcast television still reaches more people in a single hour; 6 million viewers at a time will tune in to the CBS Evening News. But over the course of a month, the online portals are providing news to more people. picked by hisidea 2 years ago

Starting in November, AP text stories will contain a 'beacon' that will allow tracking where their news go. Sources submitting to AP can opt in too. "This is a pivotal step in the fight to ensure that quality journalism can be funded in the digital era," said Tom Curley, AP's chief executive. "We have stood by too long and watched other people make money off the hard work of our jo... read full post picked by meggysue 4 months ago

The year 2007 was full of bad news for some, and the bad handling of bad news. Here's a good overview of the worst of the worst. picked by deepcleanfun 2 years ago