Councilman says the new law would have made criminals out of ordinary people. Prohibition didn't work out so well in the twenties, either. Would it kill them to do some research before proposing new laws? picked by donteatpoop 3 years ago

"BEIJING - Typhoon Krosa crashed into the Chinese coast yesterday, forcing the extrication of 1.4 million people after killing five in Taiwan as it lashed the island with heavy rain and high winds." picked by Ross 2 years ago

In 1971, biologists moved five adult pairs of Italian wall lizards from their home island of Pod Kopiste, in the South Adriatic Sea, to the neighboring island of Pod Mrcaru. Now, an international team of researchers has shown that introducing these small, green-backed lizards, Podarcis sicula, to a new environment caused them to undergo rapid and large-scale evolutionary changes. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A homeowner has offered to give his house away, to anyone with the wherewithal to take it away. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Staten Island woman claims that eating monkey is part of her religion. picked by suebe 2 years ago

A Rhode Island grower hopes unusual diet will produce worlds largest pumpkin. picked by TheShizknitt725 1 year ago

Huckabee is the keynote speaker on Saturday night at a dinner for the Young Caymanian Leaders Foundation. The Wisconsin primary is Tuesday. picked by hisidea 2 years ago

A sea fort built to defend Britain against French invaders is on sale. The sea fort was built to defend Britain against French invaders. picked by ruthstark 2 months ago

Looks like America is not the only country that needs to be weary of fast food.
This new sneaky tactic of adapting global fast food chains to the local palette is happening all over the world from squid topped Dominoes pizza in Taiwan to KFC's vegetarian Chana Snacker, a chickpea burger topped with Thousand Island sauce, in India. Watch out global obesity picked by Bingo 3 months ago

A section of the Yerba Buena Island Viaduct slots smoothly and quickly into place. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

The Red Polar Bear, owned by Kazem Ariaiwand, is providing kebabs on the island of Spitsbergen, in the Svalbard archipelago 300 miles off the northern tip of Norway. picked by topofall 2 years ago

Alexander Selkirk was the inspiration for the character of Robinson Crusoe. He spent 4 1/3 years living on the uninhabited (no "man friday") island Más a Tierra. Historians are now piecing together details on his life. After his rescue he became a very successful pirate. picked by 2manyusernames 9 months ago

A team of archaeologists using sonar technology to scan the seabed have discovered a "graveyard" of five pristine ancient Roman shipwrecks off the small Italian island of Ventotene. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Former "Long Island Lolita" Amy Fisher is joining her husband in trying to market a sex tape, saying, "I always wanted to be No. 1 at something, but I didn't think it would be something like this." She admits explaining what she does and why she is famous will be hard to do when her 6-year-old son and 3-year-old daughter get older. picked by bevissimo 2 years ago

For decades the Tao aborigines of Taiwan's Orchid Island have used colorful canoe-like boats to net flying fish in the warm waters of the Pacific. But now more and more Tao men are migrating to Taiwan's cities to look for work, leaving fewer to learn how to build the 23-foot boats. The tribe is also under siege from Taiwan's majority Chinese culture. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

On Thursday night, 48 Sperm Whales became stranded on a beach off Perkins Island, Tasmania.

Last night the last of them died. picked by pocksucket 10 months ago

Nothing says Halloween like the fake skeleton of an NFL quarterback murdered by his mistress, at least according to King's Island Amusement Park. The couple are just two of the familiar faces included in the Haunt: A skeleton depicting Heath Ledger is shown surrounded by bottles of pills and a skeleton dressed like Michael Jackson in pajamas. picked by theshirtpocket 2 months ago

It all started with Mischief and Shiloh.

Today, some 10 years later, a home in Long Island, NY is overrun with an estimated 180 cats, and animal rescuers Wednesday began the daunting task of spaying, neutering, inoculating and finding homes for them. picked by suebe 11 months ago

Schaller Mfg. Corp. (Schaller & Weber), a Long Island City, N.Y., firm, is recalling approximately 564 pounds of duck leg confit and kolbase sausage products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Wednesday. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

A Staten Island teen has been charged with firing the bullet that struck a 4-year-old girl in the leg as she jumped rope with friends at an end-of-summer party, authorities said Tuesday. picked by DrNothing 2 years ago