Money should have gone to build power plants, yet nothing has been built. picked by ted 2 years ago

President Bush has asserted executive privilege to prevent Attorney General Michael Mukasey from having to comply with a House panel subpoena for material on the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity. picked by shep182 1 year ago

Google pulled together a great Halloween-themed Haunted House site that features an online calculator with quick ways to save energy in your home this year. picked by Nateebiinature 1 year ago

The IG report said an unnamed White House official inserted a paragraph into the first threat assessment prepared by the CIA after the Sept. 11 attacks, which was used to justify the extraordinary intelligence measures. picked by jLoSsDh 5 months ago

The president-elect has selected Nobel prize winner Steven Chu for energy secretary, Lisa Jackson for EPA administrator, Carol Browner as his energy "czar" and Nancy Sutley to lead the White House Council on Environmental Quality. picked by TheShizknitt725 12 months ago

China has launched the serial production of J-10, J-11 and FC-1 fighter jets, which are rip-offs of Russia’s Su-27/30 and MiG-29 aircraft. The nation intends to build and sell not less than 1,200 planes at the prices which will be much lower than those of the Russian planes. picked by iamamaniac 3 days ago

The dogs are last-chance kind of pups. Unruly and disobedient, their bad behavior put them in the proverbial dog house, just like the men who care for them now. picked by cb__ 3 months ago

Remember Jimmy Carter? There are a number of similarities. Very well-thought-out and eloquent editorial from Investor's Business Daily. picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

creeeeepy. I would love to do this to all the kids' stuffed animals in the house but I'd just have to pay their therapy bills later. picked by gnikgnok 2 years ago

A Florida woman has been charged with fraud and theft after she kept her dead mother's body in a bedroom for six years while collecting more than $200,000 in pension benefits. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

If you lose control of your car and it ends up inside a house on the first floor* you were probably over the speed limit.

More details here

*By first floor, I mean the one above the ground floor - I know this differs from country to country. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

What is believed to be the world's first robot that comes to take away rubbish from your house when you want it to has been unveiled in Italy.

The Dustbot can be summoned to your address through a mobile phone any time of the day. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

A man who stumbled upon a burglar near his house did the only thing he could do until police arrived — he sat on the thief. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The Air Force successfully launched an unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile Monday from the California coast to an area in the Pacific Ocean some 4,200 miles away.

*they weren't kidding--so foggy we didn't even see the glow at my house. Picture is of a day time launch, same missile, same site picked by maven 5 months ago

Interesting pictures of the construction of wind farms in deep sea. picked by ubikuor 3 years ago

Nov. 25: NBC's Dawna Friesen takes a tour with historian Patricia Bosboom of the Amsterdam house in which Anne Frank and her family hid from the Nazis for more than two years. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Slaughter hundreds of sims using "Roller Coaster Tycoon." 1. Just let 'em in. 2. Don't let 'em leave. 3. Give them free balloons. 4. Build half a roller coaster aimed at the crowd. picked by ogri2003 2 years ago

A British chef who reportedly invented his knighthood, gifts from the Queen and stints in the White House has been dropped by his US TV employers. picked by topofall 2 years ago

The Donald buys Ed's house and allows him to continue living there. Hey-Oh! picked by Icarus3000 1 year ago

Currently, most nuclear fusion power plants are large, expensive projects that will take decades to benefit from. But a startup company in Vancouver, Canada, called General Fusion is taking the fast track to fusion, with a plan to build a working prototype fusion power plant within the next decade at a cost of less than a billion dollars. picked by kakana 4 months ago