Just what it says- series of photos of the Dalai Lama at his private residence in Dharamsala, India. picked by Marli 5 months ago

A protester managed to breach the tight security during the Olympic torch lighting ceremony in Greece Monday. picked by buddha 5 months ago

Leonardo da Vinci may have helped illustrate a Renaissance treatise on chess that was found in the library of an aristocratic family in Gorizia, northern Italy. picked by Mitzuzake 5 months ago

An extremely rare silver coin has been found in the place of a former drainage channel of Jerusalem during the period of the Second Temple, which, btw, stood in the times of Jesus. picked by maxriter 5 months ago

The most dangerous roads in the world. picked by karenben 6 months ago

Eighteen Ukrainian sailors were trapped underwater Sunday in their capsized tugboat after it collided with a cargo ship in Hong Kong waters, a marine official said. picked by dollyllama 6 months ago

The peace symbol is 50; and you thought it all started with the Viet Nam war. Wrong! picked by bevissimo 6 months ago

Seventh-grader Morgan Brown thought her dream to compete in the national spelling was about to come true when she won her regional contest. picked by mutil8or 6 months ago

An official update to the original "Shift Happens" video.
picked by Bornbad 6 months ago

Hospital officials confirmed a horse trotted through Wilcox Memorial Hospital earlier this month. picked by dollyllama 6 months ago

Banished to the basement, the 29-year-old mother with a childlike mind and another baby on the way had little more than a thin rug and a mattress to call her own on the chilly concrete floor. picked by karenben 6 months ago

When, exactly, did we delete our architecture category? picked by suckersklub 6 months ago

South Korea's food protection agency said today it will send a fact-finding team to a Chinese factory that produced a popular snack food found to contain a suspected rat's head. picked by mutil8or 6 months ago

A young Texas boy fighting cancer saw his dreams come true Thursday at Fort Hood Army base when he had the chance to play soldier for the day. picked by mutil8or 6 months ago

Three FBI agents were finishing a meeting with a female federal prosecutor in the federal courthouse in Boston in 2006 when one of them came up behind her, wrapped his arm around her neck and gave her a Three Stooges-style noogie, according to several law enforcement officials. picked by mutil8or 6 months ago

38 years and 300,000 miles later!

I love a happy reunion. *wipes tear* picked by tigertony 6 months ago

His recent actions make him a hero in the truest sense of the word. And if not for someone else coming forward to tell his story, the public would never know what he did on March 14. picked by doggylives 6 months ago

Pretty much the same as this one, but in this case the police are not pleased with it and one employee was dismissed for gross misconduct and two others involved have also left the company. picked by extc68 6 months 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 6 months ago

Quoted as being the "biggest there on record" picked by Moe 6 months ago

It started life as the emblem of the British anti-nuclear movement but it has become an international sign for peace. picked by cb__ 6 months ago

The number of urban dwellers is expected to hit 5 billion globally by 2025--double the number of 1990, according to studies by the World Resource Institute. As it turns out, many people just like city life, and telecommuting opportunities are limited: Doing business still requires face time. Here's a look at the likely candidates for 2025's 10 biggest. picked by maxriter 6 months ago

A team led by two Texas A&M University anthropologists now believes the first Americans came to this country 1,000 to 2,000 years earlier than the 13,500 years ago previously thought, which could shift historic timelines. picked by DemureArt 6 months ago

No, I am not talking about the infamous hoax. This is factual. A couple found the wife could not conceive. The husband who is transgendered and born a female stopped taking her hormone medicine and was inseminated. picked by 2manyusernames 6 months ago

A 5 year old cancer patients fights to beat his disease, and to capture a world record. picked by MandolinOrange 6 months ago