President Obama wins Noble Peace Prize [poll inside]
Fri Oct 09, 2009 8:22 am by Link
Oct. 9 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama said he would accept the Nobel Peace Prize “as an affirmation of American leadership” after receiving the award just nine months into his term and without the record of achievement of past laureates.
“I do not feel that I deserve to be in the company of so many of...
The Walt Disney empire is to buy the superheroes stable Marvel Entertainment for $4bn (£2.5bn) in a star-studded Hollywood deal that unites family names such as Mickey Mouse with lucrative characters including Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk and the X-Men.
This dude broke the world record of the most text messages sent in 1 month 662,258 texts with his iPhone 3GS. The bill was packed in three boxes because it was 13,000 pages long.
The statue will be free for viewing, but it will only stay up for two months. It will be built with fiberglass-reinforced plastic over a steel frame so it can be disassembled later. The head unit will move and the body will have 50 points that will emit light. Mist can shoot forth from 14 locations on the body. The park is just four...
Trained Snake Fighters In Thailand 'Box' King Cobras To Draw Tourists
Tue Sep 29, 2009 7:38 pm by Link
Residents of a village in northern Thailand make their living from what they call boxing matches with snakes. Trained snake fighters go eye-to-eye with venomous king cobra snakes.
Caught On Tape Man Starts Shooting Up People In A Subway Then Walks On Train Like Nothing Happened [
Mon Sep 21, 2009 7:07 pm by Link
AP reports "A man scrawling graffiti inside a downtown subway station pulled out a gun and began shooting when confronted by police Friday, killing at least two people and wounding five before being shot and subdued by officers"
Teenagers Find & Beat To Death An Alien Creature Thing
Mon Sep 21, 2009 6:43 pm by Link
According to reports in Panama, the teenagers spotted the creature crawling out of a cave while playing in the town of Cerro Azul north of Panama City.
Fearing for the safety as it moved towards them, the youths claim they attacked the beast ...
Rapper Jay-Z has defended "super passionate" Kanye West for his outburst at Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards.
West, 32, interrupted Taylor Swift's award speech to tell the crowd her award for best female video should h...