The Supreme Court on Wednesday slashed the $2.5 billion punitive damages award in the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster to $500 million.

Originally, a jury decided that the company would pay $5 billion. picked by Marli 2 months ago

LawDogsUSA's sole purpose is to provide law enforcement agencies with high quality detection dog prospects, started dogs, and fully trained dogs - at no charge.

The unique thing? They only use pit bulls.

Please also visit this page for a 2007 news article about the program, and a 2006 article about K9 Neville. picked by Marli 3 months ago

Big Brown is still unbeaten as he wins the Kentucky Derby by 3 lengths.

Eight Belles, the only filly in the field of 20 horses, broke both front ankles after finishing 2nd, and was euthanized on the track. picked by Marli 4 months ago

I don't know why, but every time I see this commercial on the Discovery Channel, I smile and sing along. picked by Marli 4 months ago

66 years ago, John Gray was injured in a bombing raid and was blinded in his right eye.
Last year, he developed macular degeneration and was told he would slowly lose the ability of sight in his left eye, as well, leaving him blind. picked by Marli 4 months ago

An art project at the University of Maine at Farmington caused controversy when it's creator placed US Flags on the floor of a heavily trafficked hallway. She said it was a social experiment to see how respectful people were of the flag. picked by Marli 4 months ago

I can't believe it's been a year. picked by Marli 4 months ago

Facing imminent eviction from his Eastlake treehouse, David "Squirrelman" Csaky got a little good news Tuesday -- then he got a little more.


Update to this. picked by marli 4 months ago

Facing imminent eviction from his Eastlake treehouse, David "Squirrelman" Csaky got a little good news Tuesday -- then he got a little more.


Update to this. picked by marli 4 months ago

Does your mom still have an AOL account? Does she email you her random, yet charming, thoughts on life and love? Does she wish you called more often? Then send us your postcards! picked by marli 4 months ago

Using the $20,000 death benefit she received from the government after her son died in Iraq, Maureen O'Haire paid for his platoon to come to Boston for a St. Patrick's Day bash.

Theme pic is of her son, Marine Lance Cpl. Walter O’Haire. picked by Marli 5 months ago

Sgt. Brian Fountaine was recovering in Walter Reed Army Medical Center when he got an unexpected visitor who offered to build him a house – free of charge. The visitor was John Gonsalves, founder of Homes for Our Troops, a nonprofit group that builds houses for severely injured veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

More about Homes for Our Troops. picked by Marli 5 months ago

Just what it says- series of photos of the Dalai Lama at his private residence in Dharamsala, India. picked by Marli 5 months ago

The Dalai Lama hit back at Chinese leaders and Tibetan radicals today by threatening to “resign” if violence in Tibet escalated, insisting that independence was “out of the question”, and urging his people to live “side by side” with the Chinese. picked by Marli 5 months ago

A brilliantly-colored frog has been rediscovered 14 years after its last sighting in a remote mountainous region in Colombia.

The critically endangered Carrikeri Harlequin frog (Atelopus carrikeri), a member of a family of amphibians that has been decimated by the outbreak of a deadly fungal disease, measures about 2 inches (5 cm) in length and lives at an altitude of 13,000 feet (4,000 m). picked by Marli 5 months ago

"Our kids are bleeding from everyplace that they've punctured," says Quaid. "They were working on Boone, whose belly button would not stop bleeding – blood squirted across the room. It was blood everywhere. It was a life-and-death situation."

Quaid is now establishing a foundation to look into preventative measures within the medical system.

Update to this story. picked by Marli 5 months ago

Sandie Andersen, a friendly Starbucks barista, recently offered one of her customers the gift of life. picked by Marli 5 months ago

The crucial move, race winner Lance Mackey told reporters, was quietly departing Elim, an Inupiat Eskimo village and race checkpoint 123 miles from the finish line in Nome, while 4-time Iditarod champion Jeff King snoozed. picked by Marli 5 months ago

Video-camera-toting snowboarders pulled out all the stops — sawing boards in half to hide them, hiking up ski slopes in the dark, switching from skis to snowboards mid-slope — to answer a $5,000 challenge by manufacturer Burton Snowboards, which encouraged them to break the rules at "elitist, fascist" ski resorts that don't allow snowboarding. picked by Marli 5 months ago

Roary the Staffordshire bull terrier turned lifesaver when he saw a deadly brown snake rear to strike three-year-old Ebony Davis.
Roary jumped on the 1.5-metre snake, bit it and swung it clear of Ebony and her father in the backyard of their home. But the family pet's bravery almost cost its life. picked by Marli 5 months ago

The "Combatants for Peace" movement was started jointly by Palestinians and Israelis, who have taken an active part in the cycle of violence; Israelis as soldiers in the Israeli army (IDF) and Palestinians as part of the violent struggle for Palestinian freedom. After brandishing weapons for so many years, and having seen one another only through weapon sights, we have decided to put dow... read full post picked by Marli 5 months ago

When her mom fell unconscious recently, three-year-old Samantha Garcia knew just what to do. She had been taught about calling 911 at her daycare, where she was taught to colour in the numbers on a drawing of a phone.

Samantha knew to pick up her mother's phone and dial for help. The little girl told the 911 operator: "My mother has fallen. I want a doctor." picked by Marli 5 months ago

When his boat capsized in 50 degree water, Randy Earl put his spaniel-mix on top of the boat so she would stay dry, and when rescuers reached him, he asked them to retrieve her first. His reason?

"That dog means a lot to me and my wife Kandy both,'' Earl said. "We lost both of our children in a car accident on April 23, 1993. That dog is like a child to us.'' picked by Marli 5 months ago

After singer Rihanna's campaign to find a donor for Flynn, more than 5,000 readers contacted DKMS, the world's leading bone marrow donor center, to become potential donors.
Even better, "We actually recruited and registered roughly 2,000 new donors, just from phone calls and emails we got – and it's continuing," picked by Marli 6 months ago

The United States has called for a new initiative to get a 26,000-strong peacekeeping force on the ground in Darfur, where the 5-year conflict has escalated and malnutrition is rising. picked by Marli 6 months ago