Interesting clip of the Tunguska explosion with some video footage of when they went in to investigate.

Funny little faux pas by one of the speakers. picked by jhordie 24 hours ago

No elevator music for this restaurant. Customers sit behind piles of sandbags and listen to gunfire and helicopters hovering while they eat their war-themed burgers.

A nice relaxing meal with the family. picked by jhordie 2 days ago

A team attached an artificial beak to the 15-pound eagle in mid-May, improving her appearance and, more importantly, helping her grasp food.

Update to this post picked by jhordie 3 weeks ago

A test was done where they cheated a monkey at cards. The look on the monkey's face when being cheated is absolutely priceless. -FAF picked by jhordie 4 weeks ago

Jolene Sugarbaker teaches you how to make Potato Chip Chocolate Chip cookies. It's a sweet-salty treat like Kettle Korn. Yeah, that's it. picked by jhordie 4 weeks ago

Kid won't sit down. Teacher tapes him to chair. Parent has now contacted a lawyer.

So what's a teacher to do when the student has no respect? Not that this was necessarily the right thing to do... but still picked by jhordie 4 weeks ago

Doctors are trying to wake cellar girl Kerstin Fritzl out of her coma, it was reported today. picked by jhordie 1 month ago

For the first time, the curious can track the progress of peregrines embarked on one of the world's great migrations — 9,000 miles from the southern tip of Chile to the Arctic. picked by jhordie 1 month ago

It wasn't exactly pistols at 30 paces, but police say a security company supervisor and a restaurateur shot each other with Tasers in a "bonehead" confrontation over parking. picked by jhordie 1 month ago

Despite the economic downturn, a Lower Manhattan restaurant is now offering a $175 hamburger. picked by jhordie 1 month ago

A former teacher was sentenced Tuesday to more than seven years in prison for forcing a Haitian girl to work as a slave for years, each day of the week, in her South Florida home.

Apparently the woman still refuses to admit she did anything wrong. picked by jhordie 1 month ago

US actor George Takei is to wed his long-term partner after California lifted its ban on same-sex marriage. picked by jhordie 2 months ago

US actor George Takei is to wed his long-term partner after California lifted its ban on same-sex marriage. picked by jhordie 2 months ago

US actor George Takei is to wed his long-term partner after California lifted its ban on same-sex marriage. picked by jhordie 2 months ago

Most Americans believe the choice to end one's life is a personal decision and that physician-assisted death should be legal, according to a new survey. picked by jhordie 2 months ago

Country music star Dolly Parton has hit back against Howard Stern's satellite radio show, which last week manipulated recordings from one of her audio books into seemingly racist and sexually graphic sound bites. picked by jhordie 2 months ago

The California Supreme Court ruled on Thursday the state cannot bar same-sex marriages, marking a major victory for gay rights advocates that may have national implications. picked by jhordie 2 months ago

An immigrant family left a 23-month-old boy in the Vancouver airport and learned he was missing only when contacted during the next leg of the trip. picked by jhordie 2 months ago

A Girl Scout has financed her trip to Europe with Thin Mints, Samoas and Do-Si-Dos, possibly breaking a national record in the process. Jennifer Sharpe, a 15-year-old from Dearborn, sold 17,328 boxes of Girl Scout cookies this year, which shatters her troop's old record and is believed to be a national record, though Girl Scouts of the USA doesn't track individual sales. picked by jhordie 2 months ago

Polar bears were listed on Wednesday as threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act because their sea ice habitat is melting away, Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced. picked by jhordie 2 months ago

Online classifieds leader Craigslist.com filed a countersuit on Tuesday against business rival eBay Inc, alleging eBay used its minority stake in Craigslist to steal corporate trade secrets.

Let the games begin. picked by jhordie 2 months ago

The Pentagon said on Tuesday it dropped charges against a Saudi who U.S. officials say intended to be the "20th hijacker" on September 11 but sent five others to trial for allegedly planning the 2001 attacks. picked by jhordie 2 months ago

Celebrity British chef Gordon Ramsay said restaurants should be fined if they serve locally out-of-season fruit and vegetables.

Apparently stardom has seriously gone to this guy's head. picked by jhordie 2 months ago

Some 60 giant pandas at a Chengdu research centre near the worst hit part of the massive China earthquake are safe, Xinhua reported on Tuesday. picked by jhordie 2 months ago

Elisabeth Fritzl, the woman held captive by her sadistic father for 24 years has spoken about her ordeal with her reunited family and has vowed she never wants to see her father's face again.

It's good to hear they're doing fairly well. picked by jhordie 2 months ago