Instead of buying more trailers - as allowed under the law - FEMA used more than $13 million toward fully loaded sport utility vehicles, travel expenses and purchase card accounts.

*WHAT? Corruption and graft in this administration? The HELL YOU SAY! picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

A flat in central London has become the most expensive home in the world, with a price understood to exceed £115m. The flat in St James’s Square, equidistant from 10 Downing Street and Buckingham Palace, was granted planning permission last week. The value of the off-plan sale indicates that the world’s most expensive properties are not yet being hit by the international financia... read full post picked by davethefish 1 year ago

In a few days it will be 2008. Movies promised us we'd be flying cars to our jobs at the robot factory. Instead, we have to settle for iPods, free online checking accounts and AIDS. Of course, the future wouldn't have been such a disappointment if Hollywood hadn't gotten our hopes so high. picked by DemureArt 2 years ago

Metallireducens bacteria (green) is being used to digest uranium waste. This bacteria is able to survive in radioactive environments and turn the uranium waste from a soluble form (that can contaminate water supplies) to a solid form. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Temporary Inbox 1.5.1, by pascal, released on Sep 1, 2006 This extension generates random disposable email addresses. Use those email addresses for registration at forums, adult sites or whatever. The email addresses don't need registration. This is an easy way to avoid spam, because the spamer never knows your private email address .. only the temporaryinbox.com email address. And there the mai... read full post picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

Cranston police arrested Ann Bruno on Monday. It’s the first time Cranston police have used the state’s cyberstalking law. Police said they caught Bruno in the act of allegedly cyberstalking and harassing her competitor.*see video* picked by Bornbad 7 months ago

Firefighters said by the time the coal train was stopped, 8 rail cars had passed over Romine's body. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

The latest must-have knife for hunters, divers, thrill seekers, terrorists, and wackos has a cartridge with compressed gas which will cause **severe** damage. It is designed for taking down bears, sharks, and other large predators, but some fear it will be used on people. See comment for video of knife against watermellon. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

Armies of insects once crawled through lush forests in a region of Greenland now covered by more than 2000m of ice.

How different the Earth was back then from now never fails to amaze me picked by dork 2 years ago

Police said a couple used an offer for tattoos on MySpace to lure children to their home. picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

Press secretary Dana Perino downplayed the incident, and said phonetic spellings are used to help interpreters. Asked if the president has trouble pronouncing some country's names, Perino deemed it "an offensive question." picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

It has long been suspected that humans have an ancient history of drug use, but there has been a lack of proof to support the theory.
Now, however, researchers have found equipment used to prepare hallucinogenic drugs for sniffing, and dated them back to prehistoric South American tribes.



I guess it should be known as the "stoned" age now picked by fentwin 1 year ago

Ah, Internet Cafes … it used to be just a place where you can browse the Internet and grab a cup of coffee, but competition being what it is, some Internet cafes are offering something a little more than a cup of joe. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

As white dwarfs form, they get a "kick" that propels them to speeds of thousands of miles per hour, new evidence from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows. Astronomers used Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys to look at the distribution of white dwarfs in the ancient globular cluster NGC 6397, a dense swarm of hundreds of thousands of stars. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Michelle Ammons said her 16-year-old son was baptized without her knowledge and consent, and she is upset that a public school bus was used to take players to a church service — and that the school district's superintendent was there and did not object. picked by cb__ 3 months ago

Using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, scientists have reported the possible detection of a binary star system that was later destroyed in a supernova explosion. The new method they used provides great future promise for finding the detailed origin of these important cosmic events. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Well, now you can have the real thing! Cell doors, bunks, sinks and even toilets used by decades of San Diego criminals will be sold Saturday. A cell panel will cost $300, and a buyer must be able to cart off the 450-pound item. Such a deal! picked by suebe 9 months ago

Nobody seems to remember this show. It is Canadian, and yes those are the two women from This Hour Has 22 Minutes. Quality level is poor... but please remember this show predates the world wide web (I used to watch it on a hand me down black and white TV :S) picked by optimusplime 2 years ago

Eighteen-year-old Matthew Rosenberg had used his cellular telephone Monday night to call his mom and tell her he tripped, broke his leg and was lost. picked by mutil8or 2 years ago

Russian stop motion animation short film featuring stories about anthropomorphic bugs who drive cars and ride bikes. picked by mewhitenoise 1 year ago