One person was killed Friday when a construction crane fell more than 20 stories from the top of a Manhattan building, according to Scott Stringer, the borough president of Manhattan.
*I know this is headline news but this is the second time within 3 months in NY and at least the 5th time (in the same amount of time) in the country. picked by dollyllama 3 months ago

200 meters in the air, three friends d**k around atop a construction crane, no safety equipment, nothing.

One decides to do PULL UPS off the top of the crane. (I had to stop watching the video half way though, these kids are nuts.)

NSFW soundtrack if you work somewhere that people speak French. picked by MuppetmakeR 7 months ago

Use science to get yourself a stuffed animal at the arcade. picked by Mershaullk 2 years ago

Deja vu from NYC has landed in Florida...details are still coming in from this story as it develops.

(Do we need a Current Events category?) picked by moe 5 months ago

At least 29 people were killed and 88 wounded in 17 blasts within a little more than an hour Saturday night in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, police and government officials said. picked by muppet 1 month ago

Three suicide bombings killed at least 30 people in Iraq today, mostly policemen, prisoners and tribal leaders, as insurgents launched fresh assaults in the violence-plagued country.ir picked by pjanaway 1 year ago

A speeding train carrying hundreds of commuters slammed into an empty train near Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, killing at least eight people and injuring 60, officials said. picked by DrNothing 1 year ago

A Cambodian cow was taken into police custody for causing traffic accidents that resulted in the deaths of at least six people this year. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

Four people killed and at least nine injured when a gunman opened fire at a Carl Cox party in Caracas, Venezuela, on Saturday, Nov. 3 2007. Unbelievable. I mean this is a Carl Cox concert. picked by kamaloo 10 months ago

Steve Harwood likes to talk to famous people. Famous people are less keen and so retaliate. Luckily on each and every occasion a photographer has been there to capture the exact moment of pugnacity. picked by pocksucket 3 months ago

Philadelphia is home to the least attractive people in the United States, a survey of visitors and residents showed on Friday. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

More than 120 people who ate from the same booth at the Taste of Chicago food festival last week became ill, at least nine of them with salmonella poisoning and 10 who were hospitalized. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

He never made the inspections required, and falsified the records to make it look like he did. Nice guy.

Follow up to this story picked by Moe 5 months ago

Amid a citywide building boom, 13 people have died in construction accidents this year, one more than the total for all of 2007. These include the 7 people who died in a crane accident. A city inspector was arrested after it was found he falsely claimed he had inspected the crane. picked by 2manyusernames 4 months ago

A European Vogue cover model fell to her death from her Manhattan apartment building Saturday in an apparent suicide, published reports said.

Ruslana Korshunova, 20, died around 2:30 p.m. in a fall from a building on Water Street. picked by bevissimo 2 months ago

A gunman shot and killed 8 people at a Omaha mall before taking his own life. Others have been wounded, some critically. picked by 2manyusernames 9 months ago

Six people were killed, including two children, and another three children wounded in a shooting Monday in Memphis, Tennessee, authorities said. picked by doggylives 6 months ago

HURRICANE-force winds battered parts of Europe today, killing at least 27 people and triggering a dramatic air-sea rescue from a sinking cargo ship in the English Channel. picked by teaya21 2 years ago

Hogan's Heroes star's secret life revealed after death. picked by suebe 1 year ago