Finger-pointing began over a report two years ago that found the bridge was "structurally deficient." picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

Filmmaker Eric Steel has released a documentary called "The Bridge" that shows some of the jumps, all filmed in 2004. The film is, understandably, controversial. "The strange part about that is, almost everyone who made [negative] comments made them before they'd seen a single frame of footage," Steel said. "I think the film is incredibly sensitive. And I think people wer... read full post picked by hypnotode 2 years ago

Here is the clearest picture I've seen of the bridge falling into the muddy Mississippi River picked by Dangerman 1 year ago

As of 3:30 pm PST, Russian officials say 78 bodies of miners have been recovered from the mine site explosion in Siberia, but fear casualities will increase. picked by indierockcafe 1 year ago

Scott Moore is in charge of news at Yahoo! Broadcast television still reaches more people in a single hour; 6 million viewers at a time will tune in to the CBS Evening News. But over the course of a month, the online portals are providing news to more people. picked by hisidea 11 months ago

Very interesting, very different social news site for strange, funny, scandalous and generally non-boring news. picked by norequest 1 year ago

News At Seven automatically gathers news with relevant images, videos and opinions from blogs and combines them into a virtual newscast. picked by TheStep 1 year ago

Three protesters climbed suspension cables of the Golden Gate Bridge and unfurled two large banners that said "One World One Dream. Free Tibet." picked by unzercharlie 5 months ago

From story:
"He chose a 42-inch katana, a Japanese samurai sword, and went inside to confront Lee Alexander, a 25-year-old ranch hand from Polk County who was convicted in 2000 of a lewd and lascivious act on a person under 16. Less than 15 minutes later, Alexander was dead." picked by indierockcafe 1 year ago

Indonesia plans to build the world's longest suspension bridge across the earthquake-prone Sunda Strait, passing within 50 kilometres of the active Krakatoa volcano. The bridge, traversing 30 kilometres, will link Indonesia's main islands of Java and Sumatra at an estimated cost of $12 billion. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

Soon after Wednesday's bridge collapse, at least 20 Scientology volunteers in Minneapolis and surrounding areas headed to the disaster zone. Just what they needed. picked by misswinkle 1 year ago

Silly & wierd news clips from around the world - Ex. A brothel in Germany hopes to capitalize on the growing number of retirees by offering them a 50 percent discount in the afternoon. picked by susiesunshine 1 year ago

Here’s a Google satellite image from near Magdeburg, Germany. It shows a water bridge crossing the Elbe River. Actually, it is a canal crossing the river on a bridge. Here's a ground-level photo. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Think the news is boring? Well here is a site that may change your mind. It is a community driven experience – imagine fantasy sports meets the evening news. Roleplaying, prediction of real world events and more are combined into a new fun learning experience. picked by 2manyusernames 4 months ago

Police in Arlington, Texas, rescued a 5-foot Burmese python that wandered into rush hour traffic near Interstate 20. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

No one likes to give bad news. What if there was a better way to give out bad news? What if there was a robot that could tell people things they didn't want to hear? picked by bernardblack 4 weeks ago

The Onion News Network has set the standard for globe-encompassing 24-hour television news since it was founded in December, 1892. The network boasts channels in 171 languages and can be viewed in 4.2 billion households in 811 countries. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

Funny, Emmy-winning Uncle Jay thinks it’s really, really important for today’s news to be understood by today’s innocent, ignorant and immature minds.

Also children. picked by hypnotode 12 months ago

In a demonstration of the speed of people-powered news aggregation, Diggers got the Rumsfeld resignation story to Page 1 in 3 minutes. It didn't show up on Google News for 20. Does this portend good things for Plime? picked by Fanatic 2 years ago

a serious case of "WTF?!"

too bad it doesn't contain a picture of the bridge (I wonder if it even resembled a bridge)...hmm, I guess it's too late now picked by Nicky666 1 year ago