A large crane at a construction site on Manhattan’s East Side collapsed Saturday afternoon, killing at least three people, officials at the scene said. picked by dollyllama 7 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 8 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 7 months ago

Earlier we learned that The New York Times opened up their archives for free. A thread was started where we could post interesting finds. The people at Mental_Floss magazine are showcasing the first time various famous places/names/things/ etc were mentioned in the Times. From simpsons, through Starbucks, Silicon Valley and more! picked by 2manyusernames 1 year 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 7 months ago

Use science to get yourself a stuffed animal at the arcade. picked by Mershaullk 2 years 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 6 months ago

(lots of reading)

alternately theres HowStuffWorks on time travel picked by camro77 2 years ago

By looking at sun-like stars in their infancy, researchers have used a powerful telescope and a new bag of tricks to peer at planet-formation under way. The result: Three wildly different setups, suggesting our solar system is perhaps neither unique nor all that strange. picked by AutumnLotus 4 weeks ago

Sometimes they swing, sometimes they miss. The best, and worst Time covers reveal how we looked at news and ourselves in peacetime, war, depression and boom. picked by mobase 7 months ago

Scott Moore is in charge of news at Yahoo! Broadcast television still reaches more people in a single hour; 6 million viewers at a time will tune in to the CBS Evening News. But over the course of a month, the online portals are providing news to more people. picked by hisidea 1 year ago

Or, "where your tax dollars are going". More Darwin Award candidates. picked by thenegativeone 11 months ago

According to Professor Paul Davies "Scientists have no doubt whatever that it is possible to build a time machine to visit the future". Since the publication of Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity in 1905, few, if any, scientists would dispute that time travel to the future is perfectly possible. picked by shredtone 2 years ago

A man was killed after cutting in line at a falafel stand. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Time is no longer a simple line from the past to the future, in a four dimensional world consisting of three dimensions of space and one of time. Instead, Roger Highfield envisages the passage of history as curves embedded in a six dimensionals, with four of space and two of time. picked by DrNothing 12 months ago

A plane has crashed into a residential building in Manhattan's Upper East Side killing four people picked by teaya21 2 years ago

Soon after Wednesday's bridge collapse, at least 20 Scientology volunteers in Minneapolis and surrounding areas headed to the disaster zone. Just what they needed. picked by misswinkle 1 year ago

Vents in New York sidewalks blow gusts of air up to street level each time a subway train goes past. So if you attached an inflatable animal to the vent it would stand up with each gust. Watch it - it will make sense.

Part 2, which is more involved, in the comments. picked by pocksucket 6 months ago

The New York Sun's made an inaccurate attempt to draw ties between Senator Barack Obama and Islamic extremism in Kenya picked by bernardblack 1 month ago

An infamous French daredevil known for his Spidey-like stunts climbed the New York Times building today - drawing hundreds of lunchtime gawkers to the busy street below. But guess what - Breaking news!!! Another man is climbing the building again!!! He's up about 30 stories right now as of 6:15pm ET. You can watch the live video here. Parents were asked to keep their children away from the t... read full post picked by suebe 4 months ago