"It includes personal letters to and from former District Attorney Henry Wade, a gun holster, official records from the Jack Ruby trial, letters to Ruby and clothing that probably belonged to him and Kennedy's assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, said Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins. And conspiracy theorists will rejoice over one find: a highly suspect transcript of a conversation betw... read full post picked by lynxears 5 months ago

A skittish kitten that scampered out of its carrier on a subway platform has been found after 25 days in the underground tunnels.
Georgia had lost some weight and scratched her nose but was otherwise unhurt. picked by Marli 5 months ago

A woman who worked for the United Nations died Sunday after falling from the 19th floor of the U.N.'s Secretariat Building, authorities said. picked by dollyllama 5 months ago

Using his bare hands, Michael Keller knew he didn’t have much time to rescue a teenage girl who had been buried nearly up to her neck when tons of dirt and sand came crashing down from a Pacifica cliff to the beach below. picked by dollyllama 5 months ago

The body of a man believed to have fallen off the edge of the Grand Canyon has been recovered from approximately 300 feet below the rim at an undeveloped view point on the South Rim. picked by dollyllama 5 months ago

Or "Home of Peace" is a home for sick and destitute children. It's in Peru, giving a chance to some very ill and abandonded children. It is run ENTIRELY on donations. My cousin goes there when she can to work as a volunteer, and every year organises a ball to raise much needed funds. This year the ball is on the 29th of Feb, and I can't wait for it. The little boy in the thumbnail is Vic... read full post picked by Marz 5 months ago

Security forces on Sunday gunned down at least twenty Maoists, including some women cadres, during the ongoing combing operation at Nayagarh, where extremists killed 14 policemen, and four other districts of Orissa. picked by Blankspace73 5 months ago

The proclamation was made by leaders of the breakaway province's 90 per cent ethnic Albanian majority, including former guerrillas who fought for independence in a 1998-99 war which claimed about 10,000 civilian lives. picked by lawrencee 5 months ago

Kosovo declared itself a nation on Sunday, mounting a historic bid to become an "independent and democratic state" backed by the U.S. and key European allies but bitterly contested by Serbia and Russia. picked by lawrencee 5 months ago

Kosovo declared itself a nation on Sunday, mounting a historic bid to become an "independent and democratic state" backed by the U.S. and key European allies but bitterly contested by Serbia and Russia. picked by lawrencee 5 months ago

When President Bush came to power in 2001, the US spent $1.4bn a year on humanitarian and development aid in Africa. By 2006, the figure had quadrupled to $5.6bn a year. And it is likely to get bigger. The centrepiece of Mr Bush's aid to Africa is the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (Pepfar), a five-year, $15bn Aids prevention and treatment program. His most recent budget proposes doubl... read full post picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago

A plane carrying hundreds of Marines from Iraq to Maine was forced to make an unscheduled landing in New Hampshire early Monday morning.

Wal-Mart and the Greenland House of Pizza brought in food for the Marines. Whaleback, a local technology company, is providing free phone service for them so they can call their families. Children have also brought in gift baskets. picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago

Citizens are literally bankrupting themselves throwing ridiculously large wedding and birthday parties. Tajik government declares no more entire-village parties.

Here's the irony: for every breach of the new money-saving laws, party throwers are fined up to $300. picked by RowanGrey 5 months ago

A British man has become the fastest person to bicycle around the world. picked by dollyllama 5 months ago

A mail carrier saved an elderly woman from being dragged down the street by her van. picked by dollyllama 5 months ago

The Office quebecois de la langue francaise is investigating a pub in downtown Montreal for English-only signs promoting Irish beers such as "Harp" and "Caffrey." picked by chinook 5 months ago

In Archangelsk, Russia, a man intended to build a 2 floors house but realised there was nothing to stop him adding more on top.

Now check the work : Ugly or creative ? picked by wildminou 5 months ago

This fifth grader loved basketball. Unfortunately, her leg got so fragile, doctors wouldn't allow her any physical contact. All she could do was keep the stats and yell. picked by dollyllama 5 months ago

Mothers cradle children in their arms. Fathers smile softly at the helpless bodies they hold. Other parents are bent over from the weight of their teenage kids whose legs fall limp, almost touching the ground. In the absence of basic medical equipment, these parents do this every day. picked by dollyllama 5 months ago

A 2,000-year-old mine has been discovered high in mountains in Peru. The find offers proof that an ancient people in the Andes mined hematite iron ore centuries before the Inca Empire, archaeologists say. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

Icicles merge with Stalactites, chambers are flooded, prop struts lie crushed like matchwood. Despite this, one brave photographer penetrated this disused Siberian mine to bring back these photos - including bats covered in condensation picked by pocksucket 5 months ago

A powerful blast went off in the house of a senior Islamic Jihad activist Friday, killing him, his wife, three sons and three neighbors, medics and an Islamic Jihad spokesman said. picked by indisguise 5 months ago

A powerful blast went off in the house of a senior Islamic Jihad activist Friday, killing him, his wife, three sons and three neighbors, medics and an Islamic Jihad spokesman said. picked by indisguise 5 months ago

A powerful blast went off in the house of a senior Islamic Jihad activist Friday, killing him, his wife, three sons and three neighbors, medics and an Islamic Jihad spokesman said. picked by indisguise 5 months ago

A powerful blast went off in the house of a senior Islamic Jihad activist Friday, killing him, his wife, three sons and three neighbors, medics and an Islamic Jihad spokesman said. picked by indisguise 5 months ago