Music icon Miles Davis has long been revered as a jazz pioneer — but what exactly did he pioneer? To some purists, jazz music can be broken into two distinct eras: Before Miles and After Miles. great article with clips of his music picked by bernardblack 1 year ago

90-year-old Rachel Veitch of Orlando, Florida has been driving the same 1964 Mercury Comet Caliente since it was new. Now she has racked up 557,000 miles on the odometer -and it’s still going great!
Unlike her three husbands, Veitch says, the Mercury has “never lied to me, never cheated on me, and I can always depend on her.” picked by Bingo 5 months ago

A judge in Ireland reduced a violation because 180 kilometers per hour looks a lot better when you convert it to 112 miles per hour.

So does that mean you aren't going as fast now? picked by Proverb 2 years ago

The quake struck at 5:49 a.m. at a 5.2 magnitude, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake's epicenter was about 13 miles north-northeast of Laupahoehoe. That put it about 8 miles off shore and 30 miles from Hilo. picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

As a transvestite comic who is prone to put on weight and had never run farther than five miles, Eddie Izzard is not the obvious candidate to run 1,100 miles around Britain. But the 47-year-old stand-up and actor will today drag his aching limbs from the Olympic park to Trafalgar Square in the last of an astonishing 43 marathons he has completed in just 52 days... picked by doodlechild 2 months ago

Blind pilot Miles Hilton-Barber felt euphoric when he touched down at Sydney's Bankstown Airport just before 8am, becoming the first blind man to fly halfway around the world.

Update on an earlier post. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

A skydiver's parachute tangles and fails to open. He hits the ground after a 2 mile fall with fairly minor injuries. picked by Boomshank 3 years ago

These people will stop at nothing to get frequent flier miles. They will take long distance flights just to rack up the miles so they can get extra perks. picked by musicgirldani 3 years ago

15 laps a day for eleven years - Martha Michel has hit a major milestone: 10,000 miles. picked by suebe 1 month ago

All in the SAME TRUCK! picked by tigertony 1 year ago

Two Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot their destination by 150 miles before turning back should have had numerous warnings as they approached and passed Minneapolis: cockpit displays, controllers trying repeatedly to reach, the city lights twinkling below. Yet the pilots didn't discover their mistake until a flight attendant in the cabin contacted them by intercom, said a source close to the... read full post picked by cecilberman 1 month ago

A disabled pensioner who travelled 130 miles in his wheelchair to propose to his girlfriend had to be rescued by police after his offer was rejected.

The 67-year-old travelled across Germany from Minden to Salzwedel, using just his arms to propel the chair, in a four-day journey. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

Two weeks ago, the Butler County, Ky., sheriff and a deputy hopped into their cruiser and drove to California and back -- more than 4,100 miles -- to bring a man to Kentucky. Only when they got back to Western Kentucky and turned their prisoner over to the jail did anyone confirm through fingerprints and mug shots what their prisoner had been saying all along:

They had the wrong man. picked by LeEhBlAnC 1 year ago

The brainchild of David de Rothschild, the Plastiki Expedition's goal is to sail 12,000 miles from San Francisco to Sydney in a boat made entirely out of plastic bottles and recycled waste products. They plan to embark in April, carrying (among others) four scientists from the Scripps Research Institute who will study ocean acidification, marine debris, overfishing, and coral bleaching. picked by mattgup 9 months ago

Tourists who want to put a hand or foot in each of four states at the Four Corners area are apparently off the mark — by about 2.5 miles. According to readings by the National Geodetic Survey, the Four Corners marker showing the intersection of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah is about 2.5 miles west of where it should be. picked by suebe 7 months ago

General Motors Corp. said its Chevrolet Volt rechargeable electric car should get 230 miles per gallon of gasoline in city driving, more than four times the mileage of the current champion, the Toyota Prius.
Edit: Check out the charger picked by suebe 4 months ago

A beaten and abused dog in Iraq tracked a soldier who had befriended him 70 miles across the Iraqi desert. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

His only gear was a pair of straw sandals, a long straw hat, candles, a shovel, a length of rope and a short sword.

The rope and sword weren't for survival. If for some reason he could not complete his daily trek of 50.5 miles, he was to use them to kill himself. picked by bingo 8 months ago

This is possibly linked to this story. DNA results have not confirmed if Jessie is the baby's mother yet.

A newborn girl with her umbilical cord still attached was found in a basket on a doorstep 45 miles from where a pregnant woman vanished picked by Moe 2 years ago

Buddy Miles, the man who reportedly brought soul to Jimi Hendrix's sound has died, a website is reporting. He was 60. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago