An off-duty US Air Force sergeant who filmed fuel seeping from a passenger jet wing has been credited with saving the lives of some 300 people. picked by ruthstark 1 month ago

A mother is horrified as the pram her child is in rolls onto tracks and is hit by a train. Miraculously, the child survived picked by ruthstark 1 month ago

OCTOBER 13--Happy anniversary, Bill O'Reilly! On this date five years ago, the Fox News Channel host was named in a sexual harassment lawsuit brimming with lurid details. picked by Bornbad 1 month ago

Kayongo has collected several tons of lightly used soap bars under a plan to melt them down, sterilize them and reshape the soap for shipment to refugees in Uganda to help curb disease. picked by ruthstark 1 month ago

A German man mooning at railway staff in a departing train got his trousers caught in a carriage door and ended up being dragged half naked along the platform, out of the station and onto the tracks. picked by ruthstark 1 month ago

The building of the new Navy warship, the USS New York, has finally been completed and the ship is leaving the Louisiana shipyard for the Big Apple today. The 684 feet long and 105 feet wide ship, constructed by Northrup Grumman, was built with 7.5 tons of steel from WTC wreckage. picked by suebe 1 month ago

One bazillion colour photos of all aspects of Nazi Germany in one long post. picked by Mithridates 1 month ago

Can be as bad as drugs.

*"Do you have Wi-Fi here?"* picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

How to deal with your parents divorce: Chapter 1 picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

In addition to assorted bad breaks and pleasant surprises, opportunities and insults, life serves up the occasional pink unicorn. The three-dollar bill; the nun with a beard; the sentence, to borrow from the Lewis Carroll poem, that gyres and gimbles in the wabe...Whatever! picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

Incredibly, it's NOT from Florida.

Key Quote: "Some examiners would say, 'I'm not even f***ing getting in the car with you'." picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

The remains of super typhoon Melor, which is barreling across the Pacific at high speed today, threaten to bring flooding to some areas of California's Central Valley and mud slides in recently fire-ravaged areas, the National Weather Service reports. picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

Stiff competition from thousands of mom-and-pop marijuana farmers in the United States threatens the bottom line for powerful Mexican drug organizations in a way that decades of arrests and seizures have not, according to law enforcement officials and pot growers in the United States and Mexico. picked by bingo 2 months ago

SPOILER: He survived. But I think 1000 writers could probably do a lot with what could have happened if he hadn't. Now, the job of speculative fiction authors everywhere has become somewhat easier, thanks to Here Is Where, a project to locate and map the sites of little-known, relatively unimportant historical events in the United States. picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

A Connecticut couple doesn't have to take down a 100-square-foot sign with giant "F'' and "U'' on it, that's directed at neighbors they've feuded with. picked by suebe 2 months ago

A study shows that allowing your teenagers to drink at home moderately helps "prepare themselves for life in an adult environment dominated by this drug" picked by suebe 2 months ago

A German secretary is fighting for her job of 34 years after being fired for snacking on a meatball from a conference buffet on the job picked by ruthstark 2 months ago

At 10.30pm, George gave his mother, Jane, a goodnight kiss and headed for bed.
Three hours later, she was woken by George calling out that he couldn't breathe. They were his last words. picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

A 19-year-old Sacramento man was sentenced today to 16 months in prison for binding and then killing a cat with an explosive device.
<----Cat killer picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

Apparently, in past years, attendees who've consumed more than 24 cans of beer or four litres of wine (impressive) have been involved in drunken fights and other scenes of violence. One wonders if something similar might occur in the states if any of the NASCAR events lasted three days straight. picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

State authorities have charged a central Pennsylvania man with propositioning his own 13-year-old daughter on the Internet picked by ruthstark 2 months ago

This either supports the theory that Stonehenge is an ancient burial site... or it's multiplying. picked by Pazez 2 months ago

Nearly half of Americans surveyed said they find "whatever" to be the most annoying word or phrase, according to a poll by the Marist Institute for Public Opinion. Da source picked by suebe 2 months ago

...dot com. Zoom in for more info. picked by suckersklub 2 months ago

Solution: Catch 'em on a bridge on their walk to school and ask them to confirm that they live in the US picked by Pazez 2 months ago