Three Central American governments have banned a man claiming to be the Antichrist from entering their countries, outraged by his inflammatory preaching against the Catholic church and organised religion. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Hundreds of people have flocked to a remote village in eastern Nepal to see a "sweating" idol of a Hindu god, a sign of impending turmoil or natural disaster for the devoutly religious nation. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

An interview with the New York City street performer Robert Burck of Cincinnati, Ohio calls himself Naked Cowboy. He claims to make $1,000 a day in tips. picked by Ziaphra 3 years ago

19-year-old Eva Avila has won Canadian Idol. Four million votes were cast and Avila won by 3 percent. picked by musicgirldani 3 years ago

Do you know what the lyrics to the song were all about? The story it told? Don McLean was clearly relating a defining moment in the American experience picked by Bornbad 3 years ago

American Airlines is offering free on-demand video and audio entertainment for first- and business-class passengers on transcontinental flights and will test a media player on some flights between Los Angeles and Chicago. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Producers of the American Idol reality show made a strategic error when they added a 13th contestant to the program which picks a winner using call-in voting. They only owned the phone lines ending with 01 thru 12, owner of the lucky number 13 received a lot of extra business last Tuesday night. picked by equinox 9 months ago

I don’t know why, but for some reason the sight of an American flag waving in front of someone’s house gives me the creeps. I imagine the homeowner sitting in an easy chair just behind the door wearing a pair of boxers and a wife beater and holding a very large shotgun. And a beer. picked by rongina 3 years ago

Who actually believes there's just water in that cup of hers? picked by Rogue 3 years ago

A row has erupted over the word yoghurt amid claims manufacturers have quietly changed its traditional spelling to an American version. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

Ask most people where the best beer in the world comes from, and they'll probably say Germany or England. More worldly folks might mention Belgium.
But ask a beer aficionado these days, and odds are you'll get an answer that might surprise you – the good old U.S.A. picked by mutil8or 2 years ago

Correct me if I'm wrong, but here is something that isn't being publicized over here in the west... picked by EdgarAllenPwn 8 months ago

With the recession seemingly on the wane, it is time to tap into that spirit of innovation that has always succeeded in moving America forward, President Obama said this week.

Pull up your bootstraps and invent stuff, in other words. picked by kakana 4 months ago

As we celebrate the inauguration of our first black President let us look back at 3 African-Americans-possibly the greatest of all time in their respective fields—were in the public eye but still faced major uphill struggles for equal rights. Trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong, the boxer Joe Louis and the pitcher Satchel Paige. 3 American heroes. picked by 2manyusernames 10 months ago

Despite the thousands of comics published, there are very few - very few — that seriously changed either the business or public perception of it. These did. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

Home 24 - Away 22, Trinity starts with the ball with 2 seconds remaining. I know nothing about this game but I can tell you this is a great move or play? picked by Turtle 2 years ago

American film maker Randall Nickerson is currently visiting southern Africa to make a documentary that follows up an incident that happened at the Ariel School in Ruwa, Zimbabwe, in 1994, when 62 children aged between eight and 12 reported seeing a UFO and “strange beings” during their morning break. picked by deEPCHill 2 years ago

The entire amazing movie can be LEGALLY viewed here. Enjoy! picked by skate2live 2 years ago

American troops are taking their own lives in the largest numbers since records began to be kept in 1980. picked by bingo 10 months ago

In a bid to show themselves as sensitive, the American Family Association made sure that the word gay would never appear in any of their literature by setting up an auto-correct macro to change any instance to homosexual.

You know it's a plan just begging to go wrong. picked by pocksucket 1 year ago