Why is it that I always find myself ponying up the small amounts of cash it takes to purchase Mac shareware applications? Black fire and a disco ball? I gotta have it. picked by goofie 3 years ago

A young boy in the Bronx is alive thanks to a stranger who pulled him from a burning building.
Horia Cretan was working in a nearby store when he heard the screams and ran to help.
Video of rescue in link picked by Bingo 2 months ago

A group of neighbors and passers-by rescued a mother and her two children from their burning SUV in Milwaukee. picked by Bingo 4 months ago

Three good Samaritans pulled a burning vehicle off a 13-year-old girl following a rollover crash Thursday night on the Florida Turnpike near Clermont, authorities said. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

A lip balm designed to burn fat has been attacked for playing on women's insecurities.

The makers of Burner Balm, based in Los Angeles, say the product will curb appetite and increase energy level while burning fat and carbohydrates.

Pictures picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

The Annapolis Maritime Museum in Maryland celebrated the first day of spring Friday with its seventh annual Sock Burning ceremony. picked by kakana 8 months ago

A U.S. Navy man who got mad when someone mocked him as a «nerd» over the Internet climbed into his car and drove 1,300 miles (2.092 kilometers) from Virginia to Texas to teach the other guy a lesson. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A suburban Detroit 18-year-old pleaded guilty to lighting a man's pants on fire and causing a third-degree burn to his groin. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

The expansion pack to the biggest selling game of 2006 moved nearly 2.4 million units in the first 24 hours of availability in North America and Europe. picked by TheBlueFrog 3 years ago

May 30th 1431 Joan of Arc was burned on the cross as a heretic.
She was the only heretic to become a saint. picked by PulsisX 1 year ago

Centralia was once a small mining community. In 1962 the seam of coal that runs under the town was accidentally ignited and still burns to this day.

Inspired by Wildminou's post about Darvaza, this was also posted 10 months ago by Kyot.

Whatever Turkmenistan can do, Pennsylvania can do better (although perhaps not as impressive to look at). picked by Pocksucket 2 years ago

An early morning fire still burning at the "Street of Dreams" model luxury home development in Echo Lake just north of Woodinville has destroyed at least three homes, and officials believe a well-known arsonist group is responsible. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

A crematorium near Manchester, England, has introduced the idea of using heat produced by burning bodies to keep mourners warm. picked by muppet 2 years ago

By setting your piano on fire and playing it 10 minutes while burning...of course
Please somebody, explain me why people applauded picked by wildminou 2 years ago

A man who helped an elderly couple escape their burning home was arrested after the rescue because of a scuffle with emergency workers. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

"It was something that hit me. It was instinct that I needed to get them out and save them so they wouldn't die," she said. "When it first started, just the couch was on fire, but when I drug him out, by the time I got back in, the whole living room was black smoke and I couldn't see nothing." picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Incredibly, President George W. Bush told French President Jacques Chirac in early 2003 that Iraq must be invaded to thwart Gog and Magog, the Bible’s satanic agents of the Apocalypse. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

The small, unassuming town of Coatesville, Pennsylvania, has suffered 50 fires in 15 months, making it the site of the country's worst arson epidemic in decades. picked by bornbad 6 months ago

A mother and grandmother were charged with participating in a voodoo ritual that left a 6-year-old girl with burns over 25 percent of her body. picked by suebe 5 months ago

She and her pet dog were burned, but both survive. picked by mandolinorange 2 years ago