It's no secret that Occupy DC protesters aren't exactly fans of Fox News. So when the protesters noticed a Fox van illegally parked on K Street Monday, they took advantage of the situation. Several dozen protesters surrounded the empty van, which had already received a parking ticket from the city, and placed a handwritten "Citizen's [...More...]
LONDON: North Korea has warned its citizens against use of cell phones inside the country, saying anyone caught talking on mobiles would be branded as " war criminals" and punished accordingly, a media report said. North Korea has long relied on a total restriction of information to maintain control over its isolated citizenry, and [...More...]
A bill introduced in the Oklahoma Legislature has some people scratching their heads because it prohibits "the manufacturer or sale of food or products which uses aborted human fetuses." The internet has been buzzing with this news since the bill was introduced last week. People are trying to figure out 1) Is this real? [...More...]
An emabarrassing mistake of the misspelling of "school" has been removed from the street outside a New York City school building. Utility workers used heavy machinery to remove the misspelled sign 'SHCOOL X-NG" on Tuesday. The blunder occurred when a contractor ripped up the street for utilitywork and replaced the existing markings. The city [...More...]
Since cameras are barred from the high profile corruption trial of Democratic power broker Jimmy Dimora, a television station in Ohio has puppets acting during the testimony about hookers, gambling and sexually transmitted diseases. In one scene, a furry hand stuffs cash down the shirt of a puppet prostitute. The station'snews director is the brainstorm behind [...More...]
A group of high school students came to the aid of a man they heard yelling for help who had been was stuck in the Rio Grande river mud in New Mexico for three days. The students and their biology teacher heard the man yelling from a marshy wetlands area Saturday morning. It took [...More...]
At least 16 students have been stricken with a mysterious illness will Tourettes-like symptoms in LeRoy, NY. Doctors say the students are experiencing a psychological condition called Conversion Disorder or Mass Psychogenic Illness. Basically, it is when a bunch of people get together and start freaking out. Recently, parents unsatisfied with calling their [...More...]
Apparently Amazon.com is now sending students incentives to order text books form them. Sophia Stockton, a college junior in Kansas, received a surprise when she opened the textbook "Understanding Terrorism: Challenges, Perspectives, and Issues" purchased from Amazon.com. A bag of cocaine was waiting for her between the pages. Stockton immediately took the cocaine and [...More...]
Last week weekio reported on how the FBI is looking for a tool to monitor social media such as Facebook and Twitter for potential threats. Apparently they now have their tool. Vacationers coming to the US have been warned to watch their words after two UK friends were refused entry to the US on security [...More...]
With a little help from genetically modified goats, human skin can stop a bullet. The skin is mixed with goat 'milk' from goats 'tweaked' to produce the same protein found in spider silk. Woven spider silk is four times stronger than Kevlar, the material used in bulletproof vests. The 'silk' is layered with [...More...]
Nasa's most baffling mystery has been solved by an international team of satellite experts and oceanographers. "Where was the energy from the sun was going?" has been a question they've sought for some time. Scientists at Colorado's National Center for Atmospheric Research released a report two years ago claiming that satellite measurements of earth's heat [...More...]
The population of pythons is growing in Florida with many of them pets that were turned loose by their owners when they got too big. It appears the pythons are wiping out large numbers of raccoons, opossums, bobcats and other mammals in the Everglades. A study, published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy [...More...]
Historically, rabies came with a warning. A dog or other infected animal, staggering, perhaps foaming at the mouth, would launch an attack for no apparent reason. Seeing this, people knew to back away. Pet vaccinations and prompt medical treatment have all but eliminated human loss of life due to rabies. Until last week, the last [...More...]
COTABATO, Philippines — Around 49 metric tons of fish have been found floating dead in Lake Sebu in South Cotabato province. The local Tilapia fish, in 50 cages, was valued at 3.8 million pesos, said Rex Vagas, provincial fishery coordinator. He said 46.5 tons of Tilapia were found dead last Friday and 2.5 tons [...More...]
Moss Landing, Calif. -Sea shells and crabs are usually found along the shore, but in Moss Landing people say a different animal is stinking up the beach. "Last week, [There was] clear beach, clear skies, beautiful weather. Now what do I see? There are carcasses on the beach. Why?" said Michael Kasclica, who lives in [...More...]
Heavy seas off Christmas Island have broken the wreck of a cargo ship into three pieces and there are growing concerns about the environment, as more oil leaks from the ship. The MV Tycoon broke its moorings and smashed up against a sea wall three weeks ago. Residents of the island say the oil [...More...]
The Preventive Health Department under the Health Ministry reported that the meningococcal meningitis epidemic has spread in five provinces and cities in Vietnam. To date, 11 patients, all of them children, have been confirmed to suffer from the disease Meningococcal meningitis is a bacterial form of meningitis, a serious infection of the meninges that [...More...]
Investigators were combing through the charred remains of two Arizona homes for clues Monday after they were destroyed by a mysterious late-night explosion in a Phoenix suburb. Local residents in Chandler, Arizona said they heard loud blasts and debris from the first home battering the house next door Sunday night. Police have been in [...More...]
Twitter, championed as a tool of free expression during the Arab Spring, was facing censorship charges on Friday after announcing it can now block tweets on a country-by-country basis if legally required to do so. San Francisco-based Twitter stressed the move in no way compromised its commitment to free speech, but the backlash was [...More...]
The Ministry of the Environment has started a study to examine the effects of radiation from the disaster-struck Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant on nearby plant and wildlife, particularly their reproductive functions. The ministry — working with the Japan Wildlife Research Center and the National Institute of Radiological Sciences — is selecting local [...More...]
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking for a tool to mine social media for intelligence tips. The US domestic law enforcement agency is asking information technology contractors about the feasibility of building a tool that would "enhance its techniques for collecting and sharing 'open source' actionable intelligence." The January 19 open request [...More...]
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake rattled the coast of Peu early today. The quake occurred shortly after midnight local time and was centered about 9 miles southeast of the city of Ica and about 170 miles south-southeast of Lima. Witnesses said the quake shook buildings in coastal Lima, Peru's capital. Although there were no [...More...]
Japan's stricken nuclear power plant has leaked more than 600 litres of water, forcing it to briefly suspend cooling operations at a spent-fuel pond at the weekend, but none is thought to have escaped into the ocean, the plant's operator and domestic media said. The Fukushima plant, on the coast north of Tokyo, was [...More...]
Variable conditions in the space surrounding Earth – has important consequences for our lives inside Earth’s atmosphere. Solar activity occurring miles outside Earth’s atmosphere, for example, can trigger magnetic storms on Earth. These storms are visually stunning, but they can set our modern infrastructure spinning. The USGS says large magnetic storms, for example, can interrupt [...More...]