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Giant, fluorescent pink slugs found on mountain Thursday, May 30, 2013 07:05 AM PDT It would seem to be something you'd see only in a cartoon or at a Phish concert, but according to park rangers in New South Wales, Australia, dozens of giant, fluorescent pink slugs have been popping up on a mountaintop there. "As bright pink as you can imagine, that's how pink they are," Michael Murphy, [...] Full Story | Top |
U.S. senator McCain pictured with Syrian rebel kidnapper: paper Thursday, May 30, 2013 10:21 AM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - U.S. Senator John McCain was photographed during a trip to Syria with a man implicated in the kidnapping by Syrian rebels of 11 Lebanese Shi'ite pilgrims a year ago, a Lebanese newspaper said on Thursday. McCain, a Republican, has been an outspoken advocate for U.S. military aid to the rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad and made a short, highly publicised trip to meet rebel commanders in Syria three days ago. He has insisted that the United States could locate the "right people" to help among rebel ranks infiltrated with radicalised Islamists. ... Full Story | Top |
Sonar image may show Amelia Earhart’s plane Thursday, May 30, 2013 08:34 AM PDT A sonar image may point to the wreckage site of Amelia Earhart's plane, the Electra, The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery announced. The nonprofit organization has been on the hunt for the Earhart plane for the last 25 years. "What we have is something that looks like what we think the expected wreckage should [...] Full Story | Top |
Lebanese TV: Syria has received Russian missiles Thursday, May 30, 2013 04:27 AM PDT | Top |
Swedish high school forgets to offer class required for graduation Thursday, May 30, 2013 07:23 AM PDT Skipping out on a class required for graduation is the kind of thing you'd expect from a slumping senior, but not the high school itself. Students at a high school in Gothenburg, Sweden, were outraged to learn that their school "forgot" to teach them a required religion class—days before the students were about to graduate, [...] Full Story | Top |
Huge Asteroid 1998 QE2 Sails By Earth on Friday Thursday, May 30, 2013 06:39 AM PDT | Top |
No charge against Chinese mother of baby in sewer Thursday, May 30, 2013 06:34 AM PDT BEIJING (AP) — The mother of a Chinese baby boy who was rescued from a sewer pipe beneath a restroom shortly after birth is unlikely to face criminal charges because authorities concluded he fell into the toilet accidentally, local officials and media reports said Thursday. Full Story | Top |
Maine teens wary of social media after homicide Thursday, May 30, 2013 03:26 PM PDT | Top |
Boston bombing suspect is walking, mother says Thursday, May 30, 2013 02:02 PM PDT | Top |
HBO's VICE crew surprised by North Korean leader Thursday, May 30, 2013 04:39 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — The documentary crew that accompanied Dennis Rodman to North Korea over the winter says it had no idea it would meet the reclusive country's young leader, Kim Jong Un, until he showed up at a basketball game it was filming. Full Story | Top |
Bear euthanized after chasing dog, attacking woman Thursday, May 30, 2013 05:16 AM PDT WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Environmental authorities say they euthanized a 200-pound black bear that attempted to chase a dog into a Connecticut home. Full Story | Top |
Friend Keeping Confidences Feels He's About To Crack Wednesday, May 29, 2013 10:01 PM PDT DEAR ABBY: I am friendly with a married couple. The husband, "Grant," is my best friend and we talk about everything. His wife, "Sharon," and I are equally close. Their wedding date was last summer.I have known for a while that Grant didn't want to get married. He did it to please everyone around him. Sharon, however, was elated. He hoped that after the wedding his feelings would change. Now they have been married for nine months Grant tells me he can't continue on, that he is unhappy and no longer wants to be married.I have begged and pleaded with him to level with Sharon. ... Full Story | Top |
Amanda Bynes: 'I'm Not Crazy' Thursday, May 30, 2013 06:54 AM PDT | Top |
AP Exclusive: Soldier to admit Afghan massacre Thursday, May 30, 2013 02:50 AM PDT | Top |
Man builds working car out of wood Thursday, May 30, 2013 12:08 PM PDT Putting all other do-it-yourself projects to shame, a Hungarian farmer spent the winter building a car made almost entirely of wood. "I love to work with wood," Istvan Puskas, a 51-year-old from the village of Tiszaors, said in what should be considered the biggest understatement ever. The frame, axles, gears and even the gas tank—which [...] Full Story | Top |
Obama’s half-brother selling president’s handwritten letters for $30,000 Thursday, May 30, 2013 10:15 AM PDT Sign up for one of President Barack Obama's email lists, and you can receive a wealth of letters from the president, free of charge. But if you'd like copies of handwritten notes from Obama to relatives in Kenya, well, that will cost you. The New York Post reports that Obama's older half-brother, Malik Abongo Obama, [...] Full Story | Top |
Supporters of U.S. immigration bill unsettled by Rubio message Wednesday, May 29, 2013 10:11 PM PDT | Top |
Ancient Egyptians Crafted Jewelry From Meteorites Thursday, May 30, 2013 08:58 AM PDT | Top |
Boy, 10, finds $10,000 in Kansas City hotel room Thursday, May 30, 2013 01:40 PM PDT KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 10-year-old boy who found $10,000 in a drawer at a Kansas City hotel where he was staying with his dad turned the money over to police. Full Story | Top |
Karl Rove Was Feeding the Romneys False Hope on Election Night Thursday, May 30, 2013 09:10 AM PDT | Top |
Privacy a looming issue as drone regulation loosens Thursday, May 30, 2013 04:14 AM PDT ATLANTA—Earlier this month, a woman in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle noticed a small camera-equipped drone buzzing around outside the third-floor window of her home. She sent her husband out to tell the man operating the small aircraft by remote control to leave, but he insisted that it was legal for him to fly [...] Full Story | Top |
Ex-Microsoft manager plans to create first U.S. marijuana brand Thursday, May 30, 2013 03:44 PM PDT | Top |
OSU head jabs Notre Dame, Catholics Thursday, May 30, 2013 11:42 AM PDT | Top |
Special prosecutor for IRS flap? 3 in 4 Americans say yes Thursday, May 30, 2013 04:25 AM PDT Americans overwhelmingly say they want a special prosecutor to look into charges that the Internal Revenue Service improperly targeted conservative groups, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released on Thursday. Among all voters, support for an independent probe runs 76 to 17 percent. The figure drops slightly among Democrats, to 63 to 30 percent. At [...] Full Story | Top |
Ohio State's Mormon President Really Doesn't Like Catholics Thursday, May 30, 2013 12:19 PM PDT | Top |
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