Poor kids picked by gammerus 3 years ago

New Zealand town hopes ballads will pacify or drive away unruly teens.


*he writes the songs that make the whole world puke* picked by Bornbad 9 months ago

The station has offset its electricity with 100 percent certified energy certificates, according to station officials.

That means every bit of power used at the studios on the 2400 block of North First Street in San Jose is replaced on the grid by clean energy created by wind farms. picked by johnnytitan 2 years ago

A macabre 17th century book about the execution of Gunpowder Plot conspirator Father Henry Garnet believed to be bound in the priest's own skin is going up for auction. picked by mitzuzake 2 years ago

Roughly 580,000 high school students used steroids in 2007. Many, maybe most are fully aware that they are doing so. Many, however, think they are taking perfectly legal supplements. picked by bernardblack 8 months ago

Technical information stored in the device fitted in the Range Rover Sport's air bag was downloaded and used to prosecute Antonio Boparan Singh. picked by topofall 2 years ago

For you threadless.com fans. $9 shirts. woohoo! picked by cheeselog1234 2 years ago

The Helix Hotel in Abu Dhabi’s Zayed Bay doesn’t have floors like we’re used to - instead it spirals in sections of a corkscrew from top to bottom with no clear breaks, flowing from retail to residential, and hotel suites to saunas. picked by cactushair 8 months ago

Chondritic meteorites have a similar chemical composition to the sun and are therefore reliable witnesses as to what the solar nebula, from which the planets formed, was composed of. This can be used to deduce what the Earth consists of chemically. However, ETH Zurich researchers have now discovered that strictly speaking this fundamental geological assumption is not true. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Ozzie Freedom (love that name) of Water4Gas has utilized existing technology to make cars run more efficiently, using water. Does it really work? picked by suebe 1 year ago

The victims include prostitutes, hitchhikers and women whose cars have broken down, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday. Agents working out of an office in Virginia study killings, looking for patterns.

*link changed to expanded story* picked by kakana 8 months ago

Goths, I love 'em! I even used to be one for a bit (well, I was a Didi-Goth for at least 6 months). But there's one thing that troubles me about our cheery friends: what to do they do in summer? picked by misswinkle 6 months ago

The year was 1507. A landlocked German cartographer created a surprisingly accurate map of the world, and used the word "America" to honor explorer Amerigo Vespucci. This is believed to be the first time the word "America" was used. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Ohh, the logical contortions that are used by people who explain to other people exactly what it is that God thinks and what God wants you to do. A case in point:
A religious ruling permits ultra-orthodox Jews to operate their mobile phones on the Sabbath and religious holidays with their teeth... picked by bingo 5 months ago

Texas Cyber Crimes & Fugitive units arrested Patrick Joseph Blevins, 49; Reginald Lee Collins, 27; Ronald Daven Metoyer, 41; Robert Shepard Walter, 23; Scott Peter Hansen, 44; Jason Labronte Carr, 31; & Jeremy Bryan Polak, 28 as sex offenders who used MySpace.

"Texans will not tolerate criminals who prey on our children," Attorney General Greg Abbott said. BRAVO!! picked by Moe 2 years ago

China's equivalent of eBay has banned an online trader from selling the saliva of pretty teenage girls. picked by kakana 6 months ago

A pre-Incan mummy and eight other skeletons have been dug up from under what used to be a shanty town in the middle of Peru's capital, archeologists said on Wednesday.

Urban squatters had lived on the Huaca Huantille ruins for years, unaware they contained an ancient burial site. picked by Bingo 4 months ago

It's not a building that seems to promise guests luxury or the most comfortable night's sleep. And that's because the "Alcatraz Hotel" used to be a prison. picked by maven 1 year ago

Police shot him twice, used taser guns, gas and grenades to capture him. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

"For many of the company’s investors, the sale will be a disaster. Its bondholders alone stand to lose more than $575 million." Yet... "The investment firm...THL collected hundreds of millions of dollars from the company in the form of special dividends. It also paid itself millions more in fees, first for buying the company, then for helping run it." Update to this ... read full post picked by drogue 2 months ago