Producer Antony Thomas showed the iconic 'Tank Man' photo to a group of undergraduates at Beijing University - in 1989 the university had been the nerve center of the student movement that inspired the nationwide uprising. None of the students knew what the photo was. picked by bornbad 6 months ago

Egyptian police arrest Christian father for attempting to free kidnapped daughter.
Myrna was abducted 10 months ago, forced to convert to Islam and married by a ‘customary marriage contract’ picked by ruthstark 2 months ago

Albert Hofmann, the Swiss chemist who invented LSD, died Tuesday at the age of 102. Although psychedelic drug enthusiasts are busy writing online tributes to Hofmann (who died from a heart attack, not from attempting to chew off his elbow in an acid-induced freak-out), there's also a sense that few people under the age of 30 have heard much about LSD, picked by DerAlt 2 years ago

Chindogu has a distinctive feature: anyone actually attempting to use one of these inventions would find that it causes so many new problems, or such significant social embarrassment, that effectively it has no utility whatsoever. picked by theamelianator 2 years ago

He was attempting to jump the border into the United States, almost froze to death. Heh. picked by ReBoot 3 years ago

Two U.S soldiers were murdered in Iraq by another U.S soldier. and the military refuses to tell the victims families what happened. this is also close to home for me. Darris Dawson was a friend of my brothers and both served together in Iraq. picked by katrinamcal 1 year ago

and they even advertise. NYC cops sell, you buy and get busted for receiving stolen property. Pretty good, huh? That's not quite how it works, actually. After unsuccessfully attempting to return items to their rightful owners, they go up for sale on the website. picked by meggysue 5 months ago

This week, in a hotel ballroom in Indianapolis, hundreds will die.

A life-size dungeon, complete with traps, monsters and treasure. More than 3,000 people -- some dressed for the part -- take on the role of an adventurer and travel through the dungeon, attempting to avoid traps, defeat monsters and claim treasure. picked by bernardblack 1 year ago

John Hogan, 34, from Bristol, England, denied killing six year-old son Liam and attempting to kill his daughter Mia, after jumping with them from the fourth floor of the hotel in the town of Ierapetra in Crete, while on holiday in August 2006. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A hooligan claiming to be a member of an anti-Scientology group was arrested Wednesday for attempting to "desecrate" the Church of Scientology

*with video and themesong: NSFW picked by stinkobinko 11 months ago

A court in N'Djamena, Chad, has sentenced six aid workers from the Zoe's Ark organisation to eight years of hard labour in relation to the kidnapping one hundred and three children and attempting to take them out of the country (mostly into Europe) picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

You are probably at this very moment attempting to communicate with family members you have almost nothing in common with. What do you do if it turns out Aunt Edwina is a birther? picked by Bornbad 4 days ago

A couple of gay penguins are attempting to steal eggs from straight birds in an effort to become "fathers", it has been reported. The two penguins have started placing stones at the feet of parents before waddling away with their eggs, in a bid to hide their theft. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A nonprofit digital library has successfully fought an FBI attempt to seize information about one of its users, and is calling on other groups to challenge government agencies attempting to obtain online customer information without a judge's order. picked by mutil8or 2 years ago

Security noticed that he appeared to smell of alcohol and was attempting to set up an intravenous fluid transfusion on himself. picked by Proverb 2 years ago

A drunken British tourist had his testicles and penis set alight for allegedly attempting to sexually assault a woman.

A 26-year old Greek woman is said to have poured an alcoholic drink on his genitals and set him on fire after he assaulted her in a crowded bar in Crete. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

A state corrections officer is suspected of beating his wife and stepdaughter to death shortly before he apparently jumped off a bridge in a suicide attempt. picked by tlovesd 3 years ago

Fergus said the pilot canceled his flight plan at some point and headed for Butte. The plane crashed about 500 feet from the airport while attempting to land and caught fire. picked by Bornbad 8 months ago

Who would Homer Simpson vote for? It's a question pundits across America (or at least a couple of them) have spent part of 2008 attempting to answer. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

A Clarksville preacher was killed by a goat Tuesday that he was attempting to return to a fenced-in area. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago