Brazil has registered 28 lightning-related deaths so far in 2008. This is an increase of 64% from last year. picked by punthe 2 months ago

CANBERRA, Australia — A shrimp fisherman who swam 12 hours to shore to get help after his trawler sank, leaving him and his two crewmates clinging to flotsam, was hailed as a hero today. picked by mutil8or 3 months ago

Mindi and Tom Pierce will celebrate their sixteenth wedding anniversary this year, but today they are marking their ninth and 10th birthdays, respectively. picked by muppet 3 months ago

It was the ultimate gift. Surgeons described it as "truly extraordinary".
Jennifer Foster saved her husband Daniel's life by donating more than half her liver. picked by mutil8or 3 months ago

Every homeless person living in San Francisco will be given a phone number and voicemail to help them get back on their feet, Google says. The internet giant has promised to provide the life-long services to the city's entire homeless population in order to help them get a job and build self-esteem. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

Sadie Hawkins Day is tomorrow! picked by suebe 3 months ago

It's probably the ultimate survival story. A child is born prematurely, slips through the toilet bowl of a running train, crash lands onto the tracks. The entire train passes over her, but she is alive and is now sleeping peacefully at the Rajasthan Hospital in Ahmedabad. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

A paternal dog has adopted an abandoned baby goat as his surrogate child. Billy the boxer has become the constant companion of the 12-day old kid called Lilly. He sleeps with the goat, licks her clean, and protects her from any dangers at Pennywell Farm wildlife centre at Buckfastleigh, near Totnes, Devon. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

A cannibalist society may have spread a mad cow-like disease that weakened and reduced populations of the large Eurasian human, thereby contributing to its extinction. picked by MandolinOrange 3 months ago

A photograph of the boy with the "beautiful brown eyes" who Anne Frank recalled as her "one true love" in the diary she wrote whilst in hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands is to go on display in Amsterdam. picked by buddha 3 months ago

Florida


*Use of the word "Florida" simply denotes the geographic location of this story. It does not imply that the good people of that state are somehow screwy because they are in a power outage. Even if it IS true. picked by moe 3 months ago

A circular plaza built 5,500 years ago has been discovered in Peru, and archeologists involved in the dig said on Monday carbon dating shows it is one of the oldest structures ever found in the Americas. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." picked by gammerus 3 months ago

A Wisconsin teen had the city dump truck loads of snow on his front yard, Dan Meyer built a fort that is taller then the first story of the house, and is almost as wide. It fits 20 people.

The snow fort we all dreamed of. picked by Muppetmaker 3 months ago

The desperate dash to find a public loo on Britain's high streets could be eased with a plan to pay businesses to open their toilets to non-customers. picked by topofall 3 months ago

Not much known ATT, both pilots ejected safely picked by Maven 3 months ago

They claim they can't pay a $5 million dollar judgment awarded to Albert Snyder when the group picketed his son's funeral.

U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett in Baltimore Thursday ordered two members of the church to appear at a March 6 hearing and bring certified financial statements. picked by 2manyusernames 3 months ago

Explore abandoned buildings from across the US.

This hotel in ohio was pretty cool.

This abandoned military base is one town over from me.

What's near you? picked by dOntEAtpOOp 3 months ago

An American Airlines flight with 133 passengers and crew of 5 is circling right now over Miami International Airport in order to make an emergency landing. Looks like possible nose gear trouble. UPDATE: Safe landing. Cool. picked by moe 3 months ago

The website of the Jim Crow museum of racist memorabilia at Ferris State University with lots of images, videos etc.

"Our mission is to promote racial tolerance by helping people
understand the historical and contemporary expressions of intolerance." picked by doggylives 3 months ago

He was born addicted to heroin, with meth, alcohol and cocaine also in his system. Months premature, he weighed only two pounds. His birth mother, who was on public assistance, abandoned him in the hospital. No one expected him to survive. picked by dollyllama 3 months ago

Ancient Mayan astronomers aligned their soaring temples with the stars and now modern archeologists have found the ruins of hidden cities in the Guatemalan jungle by peering down from space. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

The painting dates from 650 A.D. and has been found in caves in Afghanistan's Bamiyan Valley. The discovery reverses a common perception that the oil painting, considered a typically Western art, originated in Europe, where the earliest examples date to the early 12th century A.D. picked by MandolinOrange 3 months ago

A South Carolina firefighter was spared a gunshot wound when a DVD in his pocket deflected the bullet. picked by MandolinOrange 3 months ago

Her unborn twins' constant kicking in the womb actually managed to dislodge the previously undiscovered tumour. picked by tigertony 3 months ago