Officials in central Michigan say a 93-year-old man who owed more than $1,000 in unpaid electric bills froze to death inside his home -- where the municipal power company had restricted his use of electricity. picked by dollyllama 10 months ago

For all your douche bag-related needs picked by keroberos32 2 years ago

Dan Deming had heard the rumors about the buried treasure on his central Wisconsin farm. The mystery ended recently while Deming was tearing down a 100-year-old shed on his property. A rusted box tumbled from the rubble and wads of currency dating back to the Depression spilled on the ground. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Media giant Viacom Inc. said its Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central and 16 other channels will go dark for 13 million subscribers at 12:01 a.m. Thursday if a new carriage fee deal with Time Warner Cable Inc. is not agreed upon by then. picked by nesbyniccolo 11 months ago

Biomedical researcher Robert Lanza has been on the frontier of cloning and stem cell studies for more than a decade, so he's well-acclimated to controversy. But his book "Biocentrism" is generating controversy on a different plane by arguing that our consciousness plays a central role in creating the cosmos. picked by bornbad 5 months ago

A drunken man broke into a central London park and attempted to have sex with a fence. picked by kamaloo 2 years ago

Visitors’ heart rates will be monitored by two heart rate sensor sculptures, and will activate two hundred theatrical spotlights, creating a pulsating matrix of light across the central Oval Lawn of the Madison Square Park in NYC. picked by suebe 1 year ago

A world record in the length of a queue to a toilet was set on Sunday when 756 people lined up to a latrine in central Brussels to raise awareness for the need for clean water on World Water Day. picked by kakana 8 months ago

Thousands of protesters blocked a central Taipei street and displayed candles in the shape of the Chinese character for "fart" overnight to demand that Taiwan's President step down. picked by mitzuzake 2 years ago

Three normally white polar bears at Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens in central Japan turned green after swimming in a pond with an overgrowth of algae. picked by mitzuzake 1 year ago

Accusations that al-Megrahi was released as part of a trade deal with Libya (see here for more) have lead to central Government minsters releasing eight letters which show that the only pressure exerted by ministers was to consider this case as separate to all other concerns and in the hands solely of the Scottish Executive. picked by pocksucket 3 months ago

"Iran asked Japanese refiners to switch to the yen to pay for all crude oil purchases, after Iran's central bank said it's cutting holdings of the U.S. dollar."

Goes hand in hand with plummeting dollar value. picked by deepchill 2 years ago

The puppy was just weeks old, missing his two front legs and found abandoned with his siblings in a box along a Central Florida road. To Jude Stringfellow, hundreds of miles away in Oklahoma, it was a sign from God. picked by equinox 11 months ago

In the rain forests of Central America grows the nutrient-rich Maya nut. The marble-sized seed can be prepared to taste like mashed potatoes, chocolate or coffee. To those who stumble upon the nuts on the ground, they're free for the taking. The problem, however, is that many people living in areas where the Maya nut grows abundantly don't know about it. picked by psycmoe 7 months ago

Eleven unknown species of animals and plants, including three new types of salamander, have been found in Costa Rica. Scientists discovered three species of salamander in the La Amistad National Park on the Costa Rica-Panama border, bringin the total number of salamander species in the Central American country to 43. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Mexican authorities nabbed 164 Central American migrants jammed into the false-bottom of a trailer truck pretending to be carrying aid to flood-stricken Tabasco state. The traffickers draped a sign that read: "For our brothers in Tabasco" on the front of the truck. picked by mitzuzake 2 years ago

A unique, life-sized statue of Betty Boop worth thousands of dollars was stolen from a popular Central Florida village. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Two dead, one injured.
My alma mater. picked by fugazi 1 year ago

The mammoth ship has seven neighborhoods, including a Boardwalk reminiscent of Coney Island. The ship has not one, but two rock-climbing walls, an ice-skating rink, and 24 specialty restaurants among an array of entertainment and activities. Now that the ship is in Port Everglades, workers will put the final details on the vessel. Perhaps the biggest job is the installation of some 12,000 shrubs... read full post picked by cecilberman 2 weeks ago

The crew aboard the International Space Station provided this image of the wide-spread forest fires in the Payette National Forest, Central Idaho within the Salmon River Mountains. picked by muppet 2 years ago