Yea...so this must explain why all the ticket prices are so high. They had to raise prices to bribe the inspectors and such! picked by moe 2 years ago

A rare ghost orchid has been found growing high in an old cypress tree in a southwest Florida nature preserve. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Residents in southwest Washington continue the cleanup after a rare tornado touched down in Vancouver Thursday afternoon, downing power lines, destroying homes and businesses, uprooting trees and terrifying residents who crossed its path.

Last time a tornado hit Washington was in 1972. picked by muppet 2 years ago

A 40-year-old southwest Missouri woman is accused of trying to kill her husband by spiking his tea with a half bottle of Visine eye drops. picked by hogstr 11 months ago

A restaurant owner in southwest Turkey was shot dead after he tried to prevent his customers from smoking to comply with a new law on the use of tobacco indoors.

*Don't mess with people and their drugs. picked by kakana 4 months ago

Four kittens have been discovered mutilated and beheaded in a park in southwest Queensland.

There are some really cruel people in this world. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Bingham Canyon Mine is the biggest open pit mine in the world. It is situated west of Salt Lake City, Utah, southwest of West Jordan. This is the largest man made excavation on earth, the mine’s actual pit stretches 4 km (2.5 mi) in width and has a depth of 1.2 km (0.75 mi). picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

Scientists have found ancient handcrafted musical instruments in the same cave in southwest Germany where the pornographic Venus was found. Portions of four flutes, including an almost complete condor bone instrument may be 35,000 years old. Listen picked by equinox 5 months ago

He wore a T-Shirt that was for a fictitious fishing shop. It said "Master Baiter" on it. So they told him to change it or get the hell off the plane!

We need a "Law" Category! picked by moe 2 years ago

Residents of a small southwest Nebraska town have a question for state officials: You're not doing anything with that old electric chair, are you? picked by kakana 8 months ago

Mayor Vance Trively says that the southwest Iowa town of 200 people is being overrun by dozens of feral cats and needed to do something, so they're offering a $5 bounty for each feral feline turned in. picked by DemureArt 2 years ago

Judge Patricia Oney tells sitting jurors in this southwest Ohio city they can't watch shows ranging from the "CSI" crime scene investigation shows to the several "Law & Order" series. picked by DemureArt 2 years ago

A dozen Asiatic black bears, malnourished and diseased from years spent on abusive bile-harvesting farms in southwest China, were recovering Saturday after being handed over to an animal charity group. The Animals Asia Foundation took in the bears from state-approved farms where holes were cut in their abdomens so that their bile could drip out to be harvested and used in Chinese traditional medi... read full post picked by suebe 10 months ago

Chlamydoselachus anguineus, is a primitive shark species, of the family Chlamydoselachidae. The Southern African frilled shark is a proposed new species from the Southern African range. Thought to be extinct itself, it was only discovered in Japanese waters on January 21, 2007 a specimen was found alive off the coast of Japan near the Awashima Marine Park in Shizuoka, southwest of Tokyo. The shark... read full post picked by leopoldogolba 2 years ago

Tens of thousands of waterbirds have flocked to nest on the floodplains of southwest Queensland to take advantage of what experts describe as the best conditions in 20 years. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

A terminally ill southwest Idaho man died in prison despite attempts by his family to use a medical parole plan that would have allowed him to die at home with his family.

This is really sad. picked by muppet 12 months ago

Fire and police personnel arrived at 1:30 a.m. to the home on the city’s far southwest side and encountered the infant — who was bleeding profusely — and took him from the scene in a helicopter to a hospital.

*I think it's interesting to note how they think it happened and what kind of dog was involved. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

I feel safer already picked by moe 2 years ago

A little known school of scholars in southwest India discovered one of the founding principles of modern mathematics hundreds of years before Newton according to new research. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The young woman was floating face down in the water, about a mile southwest of the southern tip of Manhattan. Wearing only red running shorts and a black sports bra, she was barely visible to the naked eye of the captain of the Staten Island Ferry: When he caught sight of her bobbing head, it was like glimpsing the tip of a ballpoint pen across a busy city street. picked by dollyllama 9 months ago