Shenoa Vild hates to wear makeup. Face goop is simply not for her. She happens to think she has a naturally healthy, vibrant complexion. After meeting her, I have to agree.

But Vild, a waitress, says her former boss had an entirely different opinion.

He wanted Vild to wear makeup.

She wouldn't.

So, she says, she got canned. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

Frank Buckles, at age 108 is the last surviving soldier of World War I. In the year 1917 at age 16, Frank was too young to enlist. So he said he lied to the army recruiter and joined the world war against Germany, who planned world domination. "I didn't lie, I just misrepresented," Frank says with a laugh picked by mutil8or 6 months ago

After almost 70 years, Archie, the perpetual teenager will finally choose which girl he really wants and will propose in the issue that will be available September 8.
In the story, Archie has finally graduated from Riverdale High School; in fact, he’s five years older and a college graduate. He may even have an actual job when he gets engaged. picked by bingo 6 months ago

Catholic Archbishop Rembert G Weakland: Accepted naively the common view that it was not necessary to worry about the effects on the youngsters: either they would not remember or they would ‘grow out of it’. picked by bornbad 6 months ago

Judge for yourself. picked by meggysue 6 months ago

Marcus Johnson, 33, faces 122 months of incarceration after crashing through a set of glass doors at City Hall in January 2008 and continuing through the building before slamming into the west wall of the parking garage.

*be sure to watch the video* picked by bornbad 6 months ago

If you learned about how electrocution kills you from cartoons or Ernest P. Worrell—you get fried as your body flashes like fireworks and everybody can see your bones—well, you got learned wrong. Electricity doesn't actually fry you—that actually requires way more juice than it takes to kill you, which is a frighteningly minuscule amount. picked by bornbad 6 months ago

Cheap, convenient and casual, baseball caps and flip-flops have acquired a trendy charm. Those qualities have made them must-wear accessories for teens, outdoor enthusiasts, gardeners or anyone trying to keep cool during the sweltering days of summer.

However, flip-flips and baseball caps could pose a hidden health risk from skin cancer. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

Down here on Earth, one of our biggest looming problems is water. While we argue about oil, lack of fresh water could just as urgent problem in coming decades, scientists say. Yes, there is plenty of water on this planet. picked by bornbad 6 months ago

As the mangled saying goes and TIME Magazine proclaimed, the geek shall inherit the Earth … but they have a little bit of trouble meeting women. So Neumont University, a computer-science only school, decided to help them along by requiring courses in interpersonal communications and even creating social clubs picked by bingo 6 months ago

A look into the sexuality and fashion of Star Trek women, including Teri Hatcher & Ashley Judd, spanning over 4 decades. picked by iamamaniac 6 months ago

A German asset management firm plans to set up 500 gold automatic teller machines across Germany, Austria and Switzerland as appetite for physical gold surges.
Interesting, since there has been quite some comment that it is worthwhile to own physical gold in times when currency values are unstable and show weakness. picked by rambler 6 months ago

How happy would you be with your own army of bacon-bots? picked by nightcrawlerx 6 months ago

Prosecutors are pulling all stops to try and block inmates from having DNA tested that they feel will prove their innocence. picked by bernardblack 6 months ago

Around the world, in places as diverse as Homestead, Florida and Yonaguni, Japan stand monuments and ruins whose origins are shrouded in mystery. Nobody knows exactly why Stonehenge was built, how a set of manmade ruins came to be submerged deep in the ocean or who commissioned a giant carved granite set of post-apocalyptic instructions for rebuilding society on a remote hill in Georgia. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

In the past 50 years, the number of people earning bachelor's degrees has increased by over 5x. Now many would-be workers are setting their sights on higher education, not only as a viable option, but also out of growing necessity. Here are reasons why the value of the bachelor's degree may be decreasing, and graduate degrees will soon be the norm. picked by 1krazykorean 6 months ago

The Explorers program, a co-educational affiliate of the Boy Scouts of America, is
training thousands of young people in skills used to confront terrorism. picked by mutil8or 6 months ago

A pair of spacewalking astronauts stepped outside Thursday to begin demanding repair work on the Hubble Space Telescope, a job made all the more dangerous because of the high, debris-ridden orbit. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

Honestly, I didn't have a problem until about midway through the film...at which point I realized that every single lady on screen was either a mother, a ho, or an intergalactic hood ornament. picked by bornbad 6 months ago

A 35,000-year-old ivory carving of a busty woman found in a German cave was unveiled Wednesday by archaeologists who believe it is the oldest known sculpture of the human form. The voluptuous carving found in six fragments in Germany's Hohle Fels cave, depicts a woman with a swollen belly, wide-set thighs and large, protruding breasts. But...is it porn? picked by suebe 6 months ago

All the cool people are getting married these days. Here are 5 (6 actually) ideas on making one's marriage a success. #1 will be of particular interest. picked by 2manyusernames 6 months ago

One in five students dropped out of a California high school last year - about the same as the year before, state Superintendent Jack O'Connell announced Tuesday. The graduation rate also held at about 68 percent. picked by psycmoe 6 months ago

Swine flu? Global warming? Toxic oceans? Why does Mother Nature sometimes seem to be on the attack? According to the decades-old "Gaia hypothesis," it's because Earth is a self-regulating system that is responding to our own excesses.
*humanity is "Earth's infection"* picked by bornbad 7 months ago

Is there anything better than watching Vincent Price try to sell an insanely complicated 3D camera as simple? No, no there isn't. picked by bornbad 7 months ago

Despite Facebook's decision to eliminate two Holocaust Denial groups, numerous others remain on Facebook. Facebook is allowing these groups to remain, because, in Facebook's view, these groups are engaging in legitimate discourse over a controversial issue and not crossing the line into hate speech. picked by muppet 7 months ago