John Moore spent some time recently in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley, near the Pakistani border, with Viper Company of the 1-26 Infantry, and brought back these images... picked by ozero 1 year ago

Today two men (Jason Owen pictured) were convicted of causing or allowing the death of a 17 month old boy.

This is the harrowing summary of this child's life. picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

More than 40 dead seagulls were found near Quidi Vidi Lake, Newfoundland. Autopsies show that it was caffeine that did for them.

Wired seagulls - nasty. picked by pocksucket 8 months ago

Searchers found two guns near the body of marketing professor George Zinkhan, 57, but police wouldn't say how he died. They did say it appears he buried himself in brush and dirt.*WTF?* picked by bornbad 7 months ago

An elderly woman killed by a pack of wild dogs had been out for a walk when she was attacked, and her husband died trying to fight off the mauling animals when he discovered the bloody scene near their rural Georgia home picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

He was shot in the leg, she was dead, kids were dead. Police first said he was not a suspect. Then they arrested him hours before he was to go to their memorial service. They are considering the death penalty. I could not find the link to the initial story... picked by Moe 2 years ago

According to Odom, his son was healthy at the time of his death, and autopsy reports weren't conclusive. picked by cb__ 3 years ago

Army medical examiners were suspicious about the close proximity of the three bullet holes in Pat Tillman's forehead and tried without success to get authorities to investigate whether the former NFL player's death amounted to a crime. picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

A West Palm Beach man told police he killed his 1-year-old nephew because the boy was possessed by evil spirits. Eric Sawyer, 38, is accused of stabbing Brandon Cole to death, wrapping the boy's body in sheets.
graphic 911 audio reachable from story picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

How much of your favorite energy drink or soda would it take to kill you? Take this quick test and find out: picked by Bornbad 3 years ago

20 years since it was first released, Radio 1 - the UK's biggest radio station - has decided that the lyrics are offensive.

Why this year is considered any different to the last 19 when it has been played to death at this time is still unclear.

As the censored words are included in the article I presume that I'm obliged to label this NSFW. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

A 400 year old painting thought to be the only surviving portrait of William Shakespeare from his lifetime is to be unveiled.

The picture, painted in 1610, six years before the playwright's death, has been owned by the Cobbe family since the early 18th century. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

On Microsoft's own stand at the show one of the demo consoles has a rather familiar problem - the red ring of death. picked by punthe 2 years ago

Since this topic has been blogged to death, I shall avoid the well-trodden Mortal Kombat/GTA/Manhunt route and focus on some of the more interesting and bizarre controversies that have been stirred up by the video games medium from its blocky, monochromatic emergence in the 1970s until… just about… now. (Oh yeah, it’s that fresh). picked by iamamaniac 7 months ago

Hooray for the justice system..I hope this helps bring his family some degree of closure.

Follow-up to eljay's post, here picked by cb__ 2 years ago

If you still clip to save -- and increasingly fewer of us do -- you'll soon be able to stop. Instead, you'll get discounts electronically. Here's how that will work.

I love my coupons... Who knew saving 50-cents could give you such a rush?! picked by ImNotBlue 2 years ago

A 50-year-old Saudi woman asked for divorce after her husband lifted her face veil while she was sleeping, local press reported.

For 30 years, the wife said she never showed her face to her husband in conformity with the tradition of her native village near the south western Saudi city of Khamis Mushayt. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A 375-pound male black bear was saved from a drowning death Saturday after a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission biologist pulled the tranquilized animal from the Gulf of Mexico (about 40 miles from Tallahassee) picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

The adventurers of the Oxford University Caving Club plumb some of the deepest systems in the subterranean world. Occasionally they die doing so.

Former member David Rose went back below ground on a 132-hour odyssey to explore man's compulsion to map its furthest boundaries - whatever the cost picked by Bingo 3 months ago

In this case, it appears the suspect was dead the last two times he was shocked and I doubt seriously that he was resisting very much at that point. [/sarcasm]

Followup to this post by RowenGrey picked by tigertony 1 year ago