At least 12 people were killed and many more injured Friday morning in Mexico City when a passenger bus overturned on a highway west of the Mexican capital, according to government and media reports. The bus driver was reported to be speeding when the driver lost control causing the bud to overturn an...
A flight to America's adult playground, Las Vegas, had an unusual passenger last week: a 9-year-old boy traveling on his own, apparently without a ticket. The boy went through security with all other passengers, the Transportation Security Administration said in a statement, but officials are s...
This is a Pentagon-funded Atlas robot. Boston Dynamics, a U.S robotics company, tested this robot and said that it refuses to be knocked over by a blow to the side. The robot can also walk on rough terrain. Pretty cool huh? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24427821
So my day got off to a pretty rocky start and I'm definitely in the mood for some happymaking (happiness, in my humble estimation, being absolutely self-inflicted). Happy thoughts: What was the best part of your weekend? And/or what are you most looking forward to in the week ahead? Since both my sons...
Sunday afternoon when a man driving his wife and their 2-year-old daughter in a Range Rover on Manhattan's West Side Highway struck a motorcycle, which had slowed in front of his SUV.When Alexian Lien, the SUV driver, pulled to a stop, other bikers -- part of a group called Hollywood Stuntz -- surroun...
"The iconic koala is renowned as a nocturnal tree-hugger that sleeps a lot and is fussy about which eucalyptus leaves to eat.However, the latest research suggests efforts to save koalas from extinction by protecting their habitat may be barking up the wrong tree.Dr Matthew Crowther from the...
This is a BBC (i.e. British) article about the shutdown and specifically John Boehner's role therein. It also gives a little history on modern party politics. And I think it's always interesting to look at these kinds of very domestic issues from an outside perspective- to see them like other peop...
Fox News is trying to downplay the effects of the Republican-led government shutdown by replacing "shutdown" with "slimdown" in Associated Press reports posted on FoxNews.com. The changes have appeared in headlines, a photo caption, and story ledes. FoxNews.com even r...
Violence in Iraq has increased over the last couple of years. It is reportedly a rare day when the news reports less than tens of deaths in the area. The violence is due to many reasons including Al Qaeda, regional powers, and spillover from neighboring Syria's civil war. International powers have tu...
Police in Oregon have released footage of a motorist shooting at a patrol officer after he was pulled over for speeding. Ignoring orders to stay in his car, the driver gets out and adopts a military pose with one hand behind his back. The driver, identified as John Van Allen, was dead, shot once in the ch...
Teachers who were protesting in Rio for higher wages reached their 46th strike day on October 2nd 2013. They are underpayed and disrespected in the Brazillian community. They were met with accounts of police brutality and the strike continues. Do you think that these teachers should be treated wit...
Since we hashtagged/tweeted our lives last week, let's switch social media gears...what picture embodies your life right now? Mine is typically a mix of though I'm also quite fond of: (If you're not familiar with http://www.despair.com/demotivators.html and you think the abov...
Anything you're particularly looking forward to this weekend?It's all three of my kids' snack days for their soccer teams, so I am not looking forward to stuffing 29 bags full of frozen grapes tonight. But I'm very much looking forward to being done stuffing frozen grapes into bags, and also to watc...
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