"The world I was trying to present was one where I would feel good, where people would be friendly, where I could find the tenderness I longed for. My photos were like a proof that such a world could exist." picked by Mershaullk 2 years ago

Robert Robertson sits stunned – but alive – in the wreckage of his plane which cartwheeled through the air before crashing beside a busy highway in Florida early yesterday."The entire front of the plane was gone, and he was left sitting in his seat with his seatbelt on." picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

The proposal comes in the aftermath of a false entry that was posted by a user, saying Senators Ted Kennedy and Robert Byrd had died after an inaugural luncheon last week. picked by Bornbad 10 months ago

Polish Formula One driver Robert Kubica sidestepped a claim on Thursday that he owed his life to the miraculous powers of Pope John Paul II. picked by neilharvey 2 years ago

The India native told police he disliked his son-in-law because he belonged to a lower caste and had married his daughter without his consent, said Cook County First Assistant State's Attorney Robert Milan. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

In Memory of Robert Goulet picked by punthe 2 years ago

Civil War relic collector killed by cannon ball he was restoring. picked by tomphoolry 2 years ago

The FBI improperly used national security letters in 2006 to obtain personal data on Americans during terror and spy investigations, Director Robert Mueller said Wednesday.

*See the word CONFIRMED up there, those are YOUR civil liberties. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

President-elect Barack Obama will allow gays to serve openly in the military by overturning the controversial "don't ask, don't tell" policy that marred President Clinton's first days in office, according to incoming White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs. picked by muppet 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 6 months ago

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday praised an Army soldier in eastern Afghanistan who drew media attention this month after rushing to defend his post from attack while wearing pink boxer shorts and flip-flops.

In fact, Mr Gates said he wants to meet the soldier and shake his hand the next time he visits Afghanistan.

**Update to This Story picked by bingo 6 months ago

Robert Jordan was denied an opportunity to interview for a police job because hi IQ was too high. He sued for discrimination and LOST. Why? The court (who obviously has the same hiring criteria as the police force) said that Mr. Jordan was not discriminated because the city applied the same standard to everyone: anyone who scored too high was rejected. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

"I will never forget, we hung the (robot) arm over the right wing, we panned it to the (damage) location and took a look and I said to myself, 'we are going to die,'" recalled shuttle commander Robert "Hoot" Gibson. picked by tigertony 8 months ago

The theme from M*A*S*H as most of you know, has some pretty sad and morbid lyrics. Interestingly, the lyrics were written by the director, Robert Altman's 14-year old son. Altman made $70k for directing and his son made over a million dollars for co-writing the song. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Robert Scoble came up with the idea in a recent blog post to make a list of 'obsolete skills.' He describes these skills as things we used to know that are no longer very useful to us picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

Robert Dziekanski died in October 2007 at Vancouver International Airport after being Tasered by RCMP officers. Testimony today by airport officials shows that no emergency response crews were sent at all when Robert's heart stopped because "they didn’t want to have all the airport staff busy at one site". picked by equinox 10 months ago

One senior US official said the Pentagon had pinpointed the exact origins of the attack.The Pentagon acknowledged shutting down part of a computer system serving the office of Robert Gates, defense secretary. picked by Dangerman 2 years ago

Wal-Mart wants to build a Supercenter within a cannonshot of where Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant first fought, a proposal that has preservationists rallying to protect the key Civil War site. picked by suebe 11 months ago

Robert Scoble had an interesting post on his blog a few days ago on obsolete technical skills — 'things we used to know that no longer are very useful to us.' picked by extc68 2 years ago

President Obama has been roundly criticized by "prominent evangelicals" for not continuing President Bush's tradition regarding the National Day of Prayer.
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs clarified that the President's decision: "Prayer is something that the president does every day. I think the president understands the role that prayer plays." picked by bingo 7 months ago