A regionally-famous Country/Celtic band called Sons of Maxwell flew United Airlines on a recent tour, and witnessed their guitars being thrown around the tarmac. They got the runaround on their damage claim, and so they're trying another approach. Video here. picked by Fanatic 5 months ago

The 1/10 scale model of the Saturn V stands 36 feet tall and weighs over 1600 pounds. It will fly to 4000 feet on nine motors generating 8000 pounds of thrust. picked by Fanatic 8 months ago

The three judges unanimously ruled against Coleman's election challenge on every. single. count.

Coleman will appeal, arguing that illegally cast absentee ballots should be included as a matter of fairness. picked by Fanatic 8 months ago

She reportedly wishes to spend time caring for her uncle, Senator Ted Kennedy. picked by Fanatic 10 months ago

"Out of an abundance of caution," Obama re-took the oath of office this evening from Chief Justice John Roberts. picked by Fanatic 10 months ago

Senator Coleman had filed for an injunction to prevent counting about 1600 absentee ballots that had been improperly rejected on election day. (They haven't been opened, so no one knows who the votes are for, except by demographics). The court ordered that the campaigns and the canvassing board set standards for identifying these ballots, and then that they should be counted. picked by Fanatic 12 months ago

In a follow-up to this story, the canvassing board has rejected enough of Coleman's disproportionate number of recount challenges to put Franken within 5 votes of Coleman. Watch for Franken to take the lead early tomorrow, at least until they decide what to do with improperly-rejected absentee ballots. picked by Fanatic 12 months ago

Testing whether it was possible to gain access to aircraft, the undertrained employee climbed up the outside of the fuselages using flight instrument probes as a ladder--breaking all of them. Pilots are understandably peeved. picked by Fanatic 1 year ago

Phoenix survived the seven minutes of terror to successfully land in the Martian polar mission, where it will dig for water.

Edit: First image in comments picked by Fanatic 2 years ago

Sixty-nine year old homeowner is offering a ten year, $500K policy on his own life as an incentive--if he dies before age 79, you get his house for free. His realtor says he's an "out of the box thinker." Pine box, apparently. picked by Fanatic 2 years ago

A multi-vehicle crash in rural Minnesota took the lives of four children on a school bus, which ended up on its side. picked by Fanatic 2 years ago

Police cited the manager, and seized large black and white photographs that were used as store displays, and hauled them away as evidence. The objectionable images included... well, look for yourself. Then look up the Virginia State Flag. picked by Fanatic 2 years ago

University of Minnesota researchers allowed embryonic rat cells to grow into a matrix of connective tissue taken from a rat heart. They ended up with a beating heart. There's a little more work to do before they try it in me, though.... picked by Fanatic 2 years ago

Because of the father's year-old misdemeanor DUI arrest, the special-needs infant and her mom have been stranded in China for two months. "For the safety of the [child]," the infant was refused a visa by a U.S. Immigration official, overriding the advice of experts, the adoption agency, chemical dependency tests, and a second home assessment. An isolated case? Nope. picked by Fanatic 2 years ago

They need to get better control of the lions; also, the golf course doesn't meet championship standards. picked by Fanatic 2 years ago

Remember that 21-foot X-wing from last week? It flew spectacularly well, for about six seconds. picked by Fanatic 2 years ago

This Star Wars X-wing model, with realistic folding wings, is large enough for a child,except that this one is rocket powered. This is the project website; Also seen on Gizmodo . picked by Fanatic 2 years ago

You may have seen this story in plime some weeks back, about a girl who got her dog's head in a gift-wrapped box after it went missing. It appears they've caught the man that did it. picked by Fanatic 3 years ago

It hadn't even been accepted by the city of Newport News, let alone fought a fire. Now it sits on the bottom of the James River. picked by Fanatic 3 years ago

A private space company's second shot at flying its low-cost rocket into orbit was an apparent partial success tonight. Space Exploration Technologies' two-stage Falcon 1 rocket launched from a remote seven-acre island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The first stage worked well; the second stage apparently entered an oscillation and telemetry has been lost. picked by Fanatic 3 years ago

A man apparently deliberately crashed a rented airplane--with his 8-year-old daughter aboard--into his former mother-in-law's house.

Local news source here. picked by Fanatic 3 years ago

The solution to the high cost of space travel involves launching a Reliant Robin--a 3-wheeled car with a pointy nose--on a 1/5 scale space shuttle. With predictable results. Take it from me, though, the amateur rocketry technology behind this launch is incredible,and the results are due to the short TV production schedule. (20 minutes, FF to 16:00 if you just want to see the outcome). picked by Fanatic 3 years ago

Oh, the irony. Survive the flight and die on the way to the parking lot. picked by Fanatic 3 years ago

The five satellites--the most ever launched at one time by NASA--will study geomagnetic storms that lead to auroras, but that also endanger astronauts and satellites. picked by Fanatic 3 years ago

The ChemCentral plant in Kansas City continues to burn four hours after an explosion occurred there. No one has been hurt; firefighters intend to let the fire burn out. However, several rail tanker cars are endangered. picked by Fanatic 3 years ago