A man has been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for witchcraft because he makes predictions on television. The case is causing outrage among human rights campaigners. The Lebanese citizen was only visiting Saudi Arabia on pilgrimage when he was arrested in Medina last year. picked by equinox 6 days ago

China has executed two people for their role in a scandal involving tainted milk powder that resulted in six children dying, officials have said. More than 300,000 other infants were made ill from milk powder contaminated with melamine, an industrial chemical. picked by equinox 7 days ago

Dispatchers in Yukon, OK listened in disbelief as two men spoke casually in the background after an accidental 911. "They were talking in detail about drug deals." Police decided to pay a visit and found Xanax, Hydrocondone, Oxycontin, Ecstasy and marijuana. Rough estimates put the value of the drugs at $20,000, but the story Yukon officers now have is priceless. picked by equinox 2 weeks ago

Billed as the world’s largest animal sacrifice fair, the event is expected to attract about five million Hindus. Despite protest from several quarters, the Nepal government has refused to intervene in the religious custom meant to appease Goddess Gadhimai where nearly 500,000 animals, including buffaloes, goats, ducks, roosters and pigeons will be sacrificed. picked by equinox 3 weeks ago

This week Stockton, Utah has a new mayor after the incumbent, Dan Rydalch, stripped a police officer of his badge and suspended him without pay for ticketing his son. When the mayor appointed himself head and sole member of the investigation into wrongdoing in the matter the town council met and reinstated the officer and his back pay. Classic! picked by equinox 3 weeks ago

'Inclement': A model poses with realistic lightening flashes painted on her body and face. Craig Tracy's body paintings, slightly NSFW. picked by equinox 3 weeks ago

Carl Sagan died in 1996, but his ideas and passion for science and exploration live on. Friends and colleagues have created the first celebration of his life, hoping it will become an annual event. Speakers include Phil Plait of Bad Astronomy and James Randi, viewings of Cosmos and sky watching. Live USTREAM coverage all day.
"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known" picked by equinox 3 weeks ago

A bird dropping a piece of bread on a section of the LHC particle accelerator has shut down the whole operation. With freak accidents piling up at CERN, the idea of time traveling particles returning from the future to prevent their own discovery seems less like a sci-fi joke today. *Of course it could just be Zaphod Beeblebrox refueling the infinite improbability drive of the Heart of Gold. picked by equinox 3 weeks ago

'They have been playing this game since Freya was a pup,' said farmer Jurgen Schmidt, 52. 'They chase each other around each day and none of them has ever been harmed.' And, despite the advantage of long legs, Asti has never managed to nip the seven-year-old farm dog. 'Freya can change her direction so very quickly, Asti runs out of luck each time,' picked by equinox 4 weeks ago

Each year, dozens have run down the streets of Boulder, CO wearing only shoes and a hollowed-out pumpkin on their heads. Not this year. Police threatened participants this year with indecent exposure charges. Or maybe it was the foot of snow that fell.. Either way.. picked by equinox 4 weeks ago

Caught in the act, a homeless Texarkana man has pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor bestiality charge involving a horse. picked by equinox 4 weeks ago

They are doomed to extinction and these pictures prove it. Absolutely NSFW, unless you are one of these geeks, in which case you won't even notice. picked by equinox 4 weeks ago

The Witch Head Nebula
*Happy Halloween* picked by equinox 4 weeks ago

The Mayans didn't predict the end of the world in 2012, and they clearly didn't predict whatever catastrophe submerged their sacred city thousands of years ago. Now divers are exploring Samabaj, an ancient paradise now sunk below the surface of a secret Guatemalan lake. picked by equinox 1 month ago

The man who made $7 billion in the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme, Jeffry Picower, was found dead in his Palm Beach, Fla., swimming pool Sunday. picked by equinox 1 month ago

talapz, a LEGO wizard, has created a pop-up version of the Kinkaku-ji Zen Buddist temple in Kyoto, Japan. picked by equinox 1 month ago

It looks like something played by the alien musicians in the bar in Star Wars. It can be made to sound like it too. This is the Eigenharp - described by its developers as "the most expressive electronic musical instrument ever made". picked by equinox 2 months ago

What if you could draw some stick figures on screen and somehow magically create a beautiful image montage? You can. Maybe.. PhotoSketch claims to scour the internet to find images to smoothly integrate into a seemless montage based on your scribbles. This is reviewed at ZDNet giving it credibility but many viewers claim fraud. What do you think? picked by equinox 2 months ago

Five explorers tracked through dense and treacherous jungle in Sumatra where two of them caught a glimpse of the Orang Pendek - or short man. The team have brought back hair samples they hope will provide DNA evidence. Past witnesses have described it as being about five foot tall and walking on two legs, like a human. picked by equinox 2 months ago

The sunshine, rain, fog and snow of our home planet are so familiar that we find it next to impossible to imagine a different atmosphere and other forms of precipitation. Yet exoplanet COROT-7b's atmosphere is made up of the ingredients of rocks, and when a front moves in, pebbles condense out of the air and rain into lakes of molten lava below. picked by equinox 2 months ago

A homeopath has been sentenced to at least six years in jail and his wife will serve at least four years for the manslaughter of their eczema-stricken daughter. picked by equinox 2 months ago

A new ghostshark species has been identified off the coast of Southern California, and it’s darker and weirder than any shark we know. The purplish black ancient relative of the modern shark comes packed with a suite of odd features that give its taxonomical family the name chimaera, after the mythical beast made from the parts of many animals. picked by equinox 2 months ago

Wireframe Toyota by Benedict Radcliffe. Check the link for neon bikes, wireframe Lamborghini's and more. picked by equinox 3 months ago

Patrick Swayze has died after a nearly two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. I cared very much for this actor. I'm so sorry he had to suffer and die young.

*Thanks to abandonedcouch for the news story link picked by equinox 3 months ago

Toothpick City: Stan Munro builds famous landmarks out of millions of toothpicks picked by equinox 3 months ago