Facing pressure from vendors and consumers who aren't spending, Circuit City Stores Inc. filed for bankruptcy protection Monday as it heads into the busy holiday season with hopes that move will help it survive.

My father insists its because my brother and I quit working there.
Updated from: picked by ImNotBlue 1 year ago

The ruins of an entire city have been discovered in northern Peru, researchers say.

Archaeologists say the find could provide the missing link between the ancient cultures of the Wari people and the earlier Moche civilisation. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

Archaeologists have discovered a lost city carved into the Andes Mountains by the mysterious Chachapoya tribe. picked by Bornbad 12 months ago

Archaeologists have uncovered a footprint made by a sandal-clad Roman soldier in a wall surrounding an ancient city in Israel that Jesus might have visited. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Just as humans speak louder in noisy locations, great tits likely avoid low-pitched tones so that their calls will carry further, said the researchers, who will present their findings at an Ornithological Society of Japan's conference that began on Saturday in the Hokkaido Prefecture city of Hakodate. picked by kakana 2 months ago

CarlosLabs, a design firm based in Sydney, created a Google Maps mashup of cities around the world and what they would look like if hit by various nuclear devices. You can choose your city and then a weapon (Fat Man, Little Boy, Tsar Bomba, Asteroid) and press "Nuke it!" and then see the extent of thermal damage.

See some examples here picked by bingo 9 months ago

Tons of street art.
Someone is trying to tell you something.
They don't know you, and it doesn't matter. they say it anyway, writing on the city itself, because the message is important.
And so we're listening.

What's your city saying? picked by LatueOfStiberty 3 years ago

The local government in Treviso has ordered the northern Italian city's Chinese restaurants to remove red lanterns from their windows because they look too "oriental". picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

New York City is buying one-way plane tickets for homeless families to leave the city.

Also, here is another article found by Suebe about the same thing, but with a lot more detail: Link picked by bisquick3 4 months ago

Forty years after a generation of young Americans turned on, tuned in, and dropped out during the Summer of Love, a New York museum is hoping to recreate the psychedelic intensity of the period. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

The New York Times has worked to ensure that its site and search results are incredibly Google friendly, so Google friendly in fact that a search for “sex” on Google currently serves the NY Times internal archive search results for sex as #2. picked by super 3 years ago

The City Concealed, an online video series exploring the unseen corners of New York. Visit the places you don’t know exist, locations you can’t get into, or maybe don’t even want to. Each installment unearths New York’s rich history in the city’s hidden remains and overlooked spaces. picked by suebe 10 months ago

A record producer is planning the indian food party of his life for new artist Heather Park. He is paying $2500 to fly food from the Indie Spice restaurant from Belfast to New York. He even arranged for it to be ice packed for travel! picked by musicgirldani 3 years ago

Mexico City puckered up to set a new record Saturday as nearly 40,000 people locked lips in the city center for the world's largest group kiss. picked by equinox 10 months ago

Four city of Dallas employees used the Social Security numbers of dead people to get jobs with the city, according to an audit released by the city of Dallas. picked by DemureArt 2 years ago

Look at direction #37 and see how Google wants you to get from London to New York. picked by TheStep 3 years ago

The Iraq War is over, according to the fake New York Times! This morning a cadre of volunteers has fanned out across New York City to pass out a remarkably good, faux-copy of the Times dated July 4, 2009. picked by Nateebiinature 1 year ago

Because we are tired of looking at attractive, fashionable people. picked by glik 2 years ago

A PREGNANT cow being chased by police and fire fighters caused 25,000 euros ($40,800) of damage on a three-hour rampage through the German city of Hanover. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

If you look at the biography it says he makes $300 a day
and its cash so he dosn't have to worry about taxes. picked by dork 3 years ago