America’s best cities ranked – Who’s No. 1?
A big list of “America’s 50 Best Cities” makes for a good bar argument. Bars are even one of the ranking factors. Businessweek.com and Bloomberg teamed up to release a ranking of the best U.S. cities,...
View Article‘Worst death scene ever’ is a fake, original still pretty good
Perhaps you’ve seen this video around today, it’s the anointed “worst/best movie death scene ever.” The movie is early 1970s Turkish classic “Kareteci Kiz” or “Karate Girl.” According to IMDB, the...
View Article‘Diversity officer’ suspended after signing anti-gay marriage petition
A Washington, D.C. deaf college has suspended its “Chief Diversity Officer” after another faculty member complained the woman signed a petition supporting the reversal of Maryland’s same-sex marriage...
View ArticleLawsuit: Cop Tased boy on school career day
There’s a boy in New Mexico who probably won’t want a career in law enforcement after a school event went terribly wrong. The Albuquerque Journal reported the legal guardian of a 10-year-old has filed...
View ArticleBooze cruise: Bar floats into town, provides free alcohol post-Sandy
Residents of Gerritsen Beach, in Brooklyn, got an unexpected bonus from Superstorm Sandy in the form of free liquor. And instead of the town bellying up to the bar, in this case the bar bellied up to...
View ArticleSushi cologne is a thing
Demeter Fragrances has solved a real problem for Americans: Why take a date to a sushi restaurant when you can just show up smelling like the sushi restaurant? Yes, the company has a “Sushi” cologne....
View ArticleRetailers closer to turning Thanksgiving into ‘Black Thursday’
“Black Friday” creep is getting almost as bad as Christmas creep, with retailers pushing things ever earlier. Today, Wal-Mart announced it would open its doors at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day. That’s two...
View ArticlePhotographer yells at subway riders, snaps their reactions
Filmmaker and photographer Benz Thanachart has a unique take on the smartphone revolution. When he left New York and traveled home to Thailand over the summer, he noticed everybody there engrossed in...
View ArticleMountain rescue after man posts coordinates on Facebook
An Oregon man checked in from a blizzard, and his status updates might have saved his life. Outdoors enthusiast Jeff Kish got stuck in a sudden storm atop Mount Hood, Oregon’s highest peak, on...
View ArticleCollege sets up ‘Puppy Room’ for stressed students
“Yup, it’s a room full of puppies.” So says a Facebook flyer from the student union at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Stressed-out students will soon get some relief at a “Puppy Room.”...
View ArticleMan dies after dancing to ‘Gangnam Style’
You might feel somewhat ill after seeing yet another “Gangnam Style” parody on YouTube. But now the popular dance has claimed a real-life victim. An IT worker from Lancashire, England, collapsed and...
View ArticleVideo supposedly shows kid being snatched by golden eagle
This video has been posted all over the Internet tonight, supposedly showing a small child being swooped up and carried by an eagle in Montreal. If it’s real, wow. If it’s not real, still kind of wow....
View ArticleSubway testing creamy sriracha sauce
Sriracha might be going as mainstream as mayo. Subway is apparently testing out a version of the legendary Thai hot sauce at some stores in Southern California, according to Foodbeast. Others have also...
View ArticleTeen arrested after posting on Facebook: ‘Drivin drunk … classic ;)’
1) Don’t drive drunk. 2) Don’t post about drunk-driving escapades on Facebook. The Oregonian newspaper reported an Astoria, Ore., teen broke both of those rules early on New Year’s Day. Police say they...
View ArticleMcDonald’s includes books with Happy Meals in Britain
Would you like some obesity with your literacy? McDonald’s restaurants in the United Kingdom have started giving away books instead of toys with Happy Meals. The restaurant says that by 2015, it will...
View ArticleAstronaut Tweets gorgeous photos from space
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield is Tweeting his views of the world from space, and the world is responding with thousands of follows. Hadfield has been a prolific Tweeter since boarding the...
View ArticleAmerica’s ‘Xtreme’ caloric dishes identified
Hold on to your stomachs. The nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest has released its annual “Xtreme Eating” report with “winners” of the most calorific and fat-rific dishes available at...
View ArticleHovering DeLorean spotted near Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco’s present-day citizens got a recent visit from the “future” — a DeLorean hovercraft wowed onlookers by spinning out near the Golden Gate Bridge on Saturday. The craft is the creation of...
View ArticleDisputed first clip from Ashton Kutcher’s Steve Jobs biopic, ‘jOBS’
The first clip showing Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs in the movie “jOBS” has been released, and it’s already wading into the fact-fiction morass. After the blog Gizmodo posted the clip, Apple co-founder...
View ArticleWho’s better in the big game, older or younger sibling?
Sporting siblings are hot lately, with Jim and John Harbaugh preparing for a brother vs. brother Super Bowl. It’s the first sibling Super Bowl, but not the first time brothers or sisters have met with...
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