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Asteroid, moving at 12 miles a second, splits the Earth and the moon. Near misses like this are more common than anyone would like to think about.
Speaking of near misses, we almost lost the freedom of speech a few years back.
“Brain drain,” meet brain deportation.
Some of the Slumdog Millionaire child actors have to return [...]

A 37-year-old woman in London is accused of having her boyfriend punch a man who shouted at her for cutting the line in a grocery store. He ended up punching the wrong man–and killed him.
The world is finally getting wise to your pirating ways, Somalian Pirates.
“The tenderness of the delicate American buttock is [...]

Geronimo’s descendants sue secret organization, claim they have the remains of the Apache leader in their secret crypt.
Martian water exists and apparently contains anti-freeze.
I (still) want to believe.
Beauty is skin deep. And also, the rest of the way deep too.
Free-loading dolphins expect health care handouts from hard working humans.
Solar power in China! For 0.00006% [...]

CNN compiled a list of places around the world worth seeing before global warming ruins them forever. From the descriptions, however, it could also read “5 Places to See Global Warming In Action.”
Come see the most beautiful places in the world disintegrate before your very eyes.
Go To List: http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/02/17/global.warming.travel/index.html?eref=rss_topstories

1. The owner of Michael Phelps’s famous bong attempted to sell it on eBay; was arrested instead.

2. “If I can’t marry my boyfriend, I’ll marry your daughter.” And with this, can we close the debate on gay marriage?

3. KFC recipe safe, finally “Mission accomplished,” says KFC President Roger Eaton.

4. Ann Coulter’s voter fraud. This [...]