Oil prices have risen more than 50 per cent since the start of the year, though the price hit an all-time high of $99US last month.

The good news is that I think this will encourage more people to buy more fuel efficient vehicles and make energy-saving changes to their homes. picked by tundramonkey 8 months ago

In a follow up to this story... picked by DrNothing 10 months ago

he wanted to be the first in the world to buy oil at 100 dollars picked by wildminou 8 months ago

It gives a whole new meaning to "swimming with the fishes"! picked by Phildo 2 years ago

The man believed to have helped him attempted suicide the next day.

Follow-up to this posting picked by cb__ 9 months ago

Though quadruple the levels of 2002, the price of oil when adjusted for inflation is below the $90-a-barrel peaks of the Iranian Revolution in 1979 and the start of the Iran-Iraq War the following year. picked by DrNothing 11 months ago

Crude oil closed above $100 a barrel for the first time on Tuesday afternoon, vaulting through a longstanding psychological barrier amid persistent concern about whether production can keep up with rising global demand. picked by willster09 6 months ago

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Cracker Barrel pulled hamburgers from hundreds of restaurants after a patron in South Carolina reported cutting her mouth on a piece of metal embedded in a patty, authorities and the restaurant chain said Tuesday. picked by bevissimo 1 year ago

A woman drowned when she apparently tried to retrieve a kitten from a 55-gallon rain barrel at her home southeast of Santa Fe. picked by dollyllama 8 months ago

Having a bad day? Take this advice from Naboo and check out these kittens in a barrel. Look at them. They're having a whale of a time. picked by iwantcake 2 weeks ago

A great way to kill yourself while dining, these early eighteenth-century pistols are built into eating utensils, with the barrel facing the user.

Nothing known about date or place of manufacture, or mental state of the maker. picked by Turtle 10 months ago

Black holes don't just consume everything nearby - occasionally they fire out huge corkscrews of gas. Now the first look down the barrel of one of these jets has uncovered its origins. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

"Some people choose to drop themselves from the Niagara Falls inside a barrel, others play Russian roulette. I chose to get HIV." picked by misswinkle 1 year ago

Crysis's Mass Physics Engine put to 'good' use with 3,000 barrel explosion!

XD picked by PumpkinSeeds 8 months ago

The perfect storm that has swept oil prices to $132 a barrel may subside over the coming months as rising crude supply from unexpected corners of the world finally comes on stream, just as the global economic downturn begins to bite. picked by 2manyusernames 3 months ago

In the late 1800's a hunter only had one shot and needed to make the best of it. The punt gun was approximately 10 feet long with a two inch barrel. Under the cover of darkness market hunters would sneak up on a raft of sleeping ducks and fire off up to 2lbs of BB shot with 1lb. of black powder. A single shot from one of these monster muzzleloading shotguns could kill nearly 100 ducks in one blast... read full post picked by misswinkle 1 year ago

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner has successfully completed a series of tests revealing how the composite barrel design will fare in extreme weather conditions as part of achieving certification for the aircraft. picked by topofall 6 months ago

Home to the nation's biggest burgers, Denny's Beer Barrel Pub serves up a 123 pounder for the bargain price of $379. If you think it might be too much food, fear not. The burger patty is only 80 pounds. The other 43 pounds are just fixins'. Let the binge begin. picked by waggamandave 10 months ago

If the throngs of crazed customers clutching registry printouts at Crate & Barrel are any indication, wedding season is once again upon us. Before you head off to the next joyous union on your jam-packed calendar, let’s take a moment to reflect on the rich history of marriage celebrations and revel in the realization that weddings are, at their core, incredibly bizarre. picked by psycmoe 2 months ago

"Local police departments team up with the DEA and National Guard in the sky to identify marijuana by its telltale hue, yielding tens of thousands of pot plants and hundreds of arrests. It’s like shooting fish in a barrel, really—pot is Washington’s second-largest cash crop, after apples." picked by derami 12 months ago