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

South by Southwest (SXSW) is an interactive, film and music festival and conference that has taken place every spring in Austin, Texas since 1987. The music festival is one of the biggest in the United States, with over a thousand performers playing in dozens of venues around downtown Austin for a week in March. Can't make it? No worries, they are seeding a torrent of 739 MP3s by 739 a... read full post picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

A 17-year-old gang member who authorities believe intentionally shot and killed a 3-year-old girl at point-blank range in Southwest Los Angeles last month was arrested Tuesday in San Bernardino. picked by tlovesd 3 years ago

THREE-year old toddler Trista Foley has described being lost overnight in apalling weather in Western Australia's southwest as "fun". picked by maxriter 3 years ago

A 17-YEAR -old rookie plumber has burned down a £5 million ($12 million) waterside mansion in southwest England, after a soldering task during his first day on the job went horribly wrong. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Jessenia Valles stopped breathing while having dental work at the Good Shepherd Dental Clinic, located at 6220 Dashwood Drive, in southwest Houston on Oct. 6, her family said. picked by tlovesd 3 years ago

In the late thirteenth century, drought ravaged the American Southwest, withering the corn, squash, and beans upon which ancient inhabitants relied for survival. Across the region people abandoned their homes in a desperate search for arable land. Some were lucky enough to find a moist Arizona valley where they built a settlement now known as Grasshopper Pueblo. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

ACME is a worldwide leader of many manufactured goods. From its humble beginnings providing corks and flypaper to bug collectors, to its heyday in the American Southwest supplying a certain Coyote, from Ultimatum Dispatchers to Batman outfits, ACME has set the standard for excellence. picked by Maiden 3 years ago

Irish scientists monitoring dolphins living in a river estuary in the southwest of the country believe they may have developed a unique dialect to communicate with each other, they said Monday. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago