After that performance, Led Zeppelin really must go on tour. picked by wags273 2 years ago

Zimbabwe's main opposition party (The Movement For Democratic Change or MDC) are claiming they have all but wiped out Ronert Mugabe's ruling ZANU-PF party in yesterday's election.

Mugabe's spokesman, George Charamba, made barely disguised threats in response. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

In a long-awaited (two days) epic showdown, leftwing actor Sean Penn beat rightwing TV pundit Stephen Colbert in a "metaphor-off" Thursday night on the latter's Comedy Central 'Colbert Report.' picked by sholom22 3 years ago

Robert Jordan, author of the Wheel Of Time series succumbed to amyloidosis this afternoon. He will be missed until he returns after the next Breaking of The World
(Note, due to large number of visitors link is difficult to access) picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Flowers were electrified with 80,000 volts of power to produce dazzling images of the natural world.

See picture gallery picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

Incredible origami art pieces, created by one of the world's recognized masters of the craft. picked by Mershaullk 3 years ago

Dr John Sentamu, Archbishop of York, this morning cut up his dog collar on live TV, saying that he would not wear it again as long as Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is still on office. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

... For making a Proxy out side of school. For his job. Now they threaten him with aiding criminal activity and disrupting school.

Once again, Schools think they are gods, and students are mere peasants to poo on. picked by Muppetmaker 2 years ago

(And Why Imus Had to Go) picked by Bornbad 3 years ago

Says they're trying to drive him insane.
Boo-friggin'-hoo. picked by tomphoolry 3 years ago

A man who makes his living posing for pictures with tourists as "The Naked Cowboy" in New York's Times Square plans to run for mayor on a platform of "bringing transparency to a whole new level." picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago

Wildlife images from Africa. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Two men who sold fake penises enabling drug cheats to give clean urine samples have pleaded guilty to conspiracy. They were charged last month with selling the Whizzinator penis - a lifelike device used to emit clean, realistically warm urine instead of the user's true urine. Update on this post. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A short film by Robert Rodriguez picked by donteatpoop 2 years ago

A home movie of a photographer snapping the historic picture surfaced this summer — 65 years later — in a wooden crate stored in a home in the Seattle area. The surprisingly clear color home movie shows "The Homecoming" — an exuberant hug between returning war hero Robert Moore and his daughter. picked by SkandarGraun 1 year ago

Robert "Bobby" Bell, a 37-year-old construction worker, and Gary Lamar Sellers, a 39-year-old coal-mining equipment mechanic, are jailed on $1 million bond, charged with first-degree murder and arson. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

The lawyer of the imprisoned Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky has chosen to adopt a radical line of defence: avoiding courtrooms in order to face off against the Russian government via the media. picked by maxy 9 months ago

Molecular biologist Robert Ferl of the University of Florida and colleagues studied wheat seeds descended from plants that flew on the Russian Mir space station. The progenitor plants were in space for 167 days in 1991. When they were brought back to Earth, the plants gave rise to viable offspring seeds.

*Just keep it away from the Tribbles. picked by kakana 4 months ago

The current US flag was designed by Robert G. Heft, who designed the flag as part of a civics project. He recieved a B- from his teacher, who said it 'lacked originality." She agreed to raise his grade if he got the design approved by the US Congress... He recieved an A. picked by kyot 2 years ago

"Bobby's life was prevented from going on because of paper towels stuffed in airbags. It was the ultimate pain and dagger in our heart," Robert Ellsworth said. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago