New York: An electrical fire filled the cabin of a Japan Airlines Boeing 787 with smoke minutes after passengers disembarked following a non-stop flight from Tokyo. The Massachusetts Port Authority's fire chief, Bob Donahue, said the fire at Boston's Logan Airport began in a battery pack … [Read more...]
New Delhi: As the city and country is still protesting the grotesque rape of a 23 year old woman, news of another rap on a city bus hit the headlines. The new incident was reported on a Delhi city bus that was headed from Noida to Ghaziabad. The horrible rap act was performed by a gang of Medical … [Read more...]
Tokyo: Scientists from the Sapporo Medical University have published a study citing that consuming large quantities of beer is an effective treatment to fight off common colds and viruses. A chemical compound in hops, the plant brewers use to give beer its bitter taste, provides an effective … [Read more...]
Columbia: For several years scientists, astrologers, astronomers and the History and Discovery Channel network's have been busy riding the hype and hysteria surrounding the end-of-the-world phenomenon. The hysteria was over when the sun rose as usual on December 22nd 2012 and life as we've always … [Read more...]
Teenage boys have been waiting for this news for years. According to a new study, squeezing breasts can prevent cancer. Yes, really. More specifically, the, ahem, fresh research from UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory found that mechanical force can stop the rapid growth of … [Read more...]
SAN MATEO, Calif. -- A sex romp at a public park helped prosecutors convict a California woman of faking an ankle injury to collect workers' compensation payments, authorities said.Modupe Adunni Martin, 29, was sentenced to nine months in jail on Thursday in San Mateo County after pleading no … [Read more...]
NEW DELHI: As the US election machinery gets into action for the final stage of voting,Indian netas and voters alike have been overcome by a wave of sympathy for their American counterparts. "There has not been one incident of booth grabbing. What kind of election is this," asked an MP from … [Read more...]
Zimbabwe — City authorities in Zimbabwe's second largest city said Saturday they were appealing to home owners to flush their toilets at a specified time as a way to unblock sewers after days of severe water rationing. Bulawayo City Council has asked its more than 1 million residents to flush … [Read more...]
“And you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska”, these fearful words of Sarah Palin resulted in a huge migration of people from Alaska to the West Coast http://www.multihousingnews.com/news/west/the-creative-class/1004037852.html. People feared that if she can see the Russians, … [Read more...]
New York, A NYC gym teacher and former college football player claims a first grade student fractured his ankle, injured his knee and forced him to go to a shrink for stress — even though the kid was only 50 pounds and in first grade. “It’s sort of like an angel-devil sort of thing,” … [Read more...]
From seedy clubs to your next football party, the stripper pole -- and let's just call it a dance pole -- has come a long way towards mainstream acceptance. Perhaps nothing is a greater testament to that trend than this portable stripper pole, first noticed by Boing Boing. The pole is a great way to … [Read more...]
NEW YORK -- Ben & Jerry's considers "Ben & Cherry's" in bad taste. The ice cream maker that introduced the flavors Schweddy Balls and Karamel Sutra sued the maker of "Ben & Cherry's" X-rated DVDs Wednesday, saying the "hardcore pornographic" films have smeared its reputation. The … [Read more...]
After apparently first landing in the late 1980s, "F-bomb" has finally left its mark in the newest edition of the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. The F-word derivative joins sexting, flexitarian, obesogenic, energy drink and life coach and 94 other new words included in the annual update, … [Read more...]
Women in Togo have called a week-long sex striketo back their call for the resignation of the country's president, the Associated Press reports.The ban is supported by an opposition coalition of political parties, civic groups and movements in the west African nation. The coalition wants President … [Read more...]
New York: The friendly neighborhood Spiderman was greeted with a not-so-friendly bill from the city authorities to cleanup all the webs that were left behind after the super hero was done fighting with the Green Goblin and Octopus Man. Spiderman has been busy shooting for his latest sequel "The … [Read more...]
Guantanamo: Osama Bin Laden's cook, Ibrahim al-Qosi, has been released from Guantamamo detention center after 10 years. The infamous cook was well known within the elite Afghani circles for his creativity and irresistible Lamb Biriyani and Boti Kabobs. Rumors have it that the cook delighted his … [Read more...]
Delhi: The UPA government has decided to launch an ambitious plan to cut the National Poverty rate in half by 2017. The new scheme has been praised by the UN and world leaders including U.S President Obama. Poverty is widespread in India with almost a third of the worlds poor. According to … [Read more...]
The 85th Scripps National Spelling Bee competition ended on a familiar note as Snighda Nandipati, an eighth-grade student from San Diego, California, spelled G-U-E-T-A-P-E-N-S to become the fifth American youngster of south Asian origin to win the venerable competition in as many consecutive … [Read more...]
Palo Alto: Massive rescue missions are underway to rescue 7 users who are still stranded in Orkut. No one quite knows how or why these 7 users were left behind when millions of users migrated to Facebook leaving their profiles, photos and updates behind. For those who need a refresher, Orkut was … [Read more...]
New York: Ratings agency Standard and Poor has been on a downgrading spree. After downgrading the US Bonds (which ended up boosting the US Dollar), S&P has since downgraded Greece, Italy, Spain, Ireland and India. All these countries hope to see a similar turn in the fortunes of their currency … [Read more...]
Bangalore : Kim Kardashian has been slapped with a Public Interest Litigation filed by activist Sumit Kejriwal after Kim made a statement about calling “ Indian food disgusting”. Kim Kardashian has told her family that she thinks Indian food is “disgusting”. The 31-year-old socialite … [Read more...]
Facebook, Foursquare and Google are teaming up with WhereDidYouWeatIt.com to use the new RPM bar-code technology to track where you have had sex. The new high-tech condoms were recently approved by the congressional committee on Planned Parenthood and the FDA. The special condoms are designed to … [Read more...]
Pune : About 40,0000 people took part in a ritual in Pune , India, so that Apple founder Steve Jobs could be reincarnated as Macbook for Lord Ganesha ( A.K.A The elephant god) considered to be the holy grail of reincarnation. Pune Daily reported that Sunday's ceremony, which was organised by a … [Read more...]
Cupertino: Siri, Apples new intelligent personal assistant and knowledge navigator has proved to be extremely popular amongst the millions of iPhone 4s users. However Siri and Apple were recently sued by a an angry Californian, Frank Fazio, for providing wrong driving directions. Frank complained … [Read more...]
Jaipur: It took a mere 10 minutes of driving through Indian traffic to convert renowned Atheist Gabrielle Skrimnovski into a God believer. Gabrielle apparently jumped from the Rickshaw that he had rented and was last seen running away begging God for mercy. Check out the following video and let … [Read more...]
At first glance you might think this is a typical Sports Bar. But you might surprised to know that this is actually the scene in hundreds of fitness gyms across the nation especially on Game-Day. A survey conducted by Nelly and Associates revealed that 37% of men visit the Gym on Game-Day only to … [Read more...]
Punjab: The Indian department of Archeology has declared the Attwal family from Ludhiana Punjab as a National Heritage. The Attwal family achieved this unique status after the national census board completed its analysis of the 2011 census. Parminder Singh Attwal is a farmer and part-time … [Read more...]
Houston: Scientists and Researchers at the NASA control station heaved a sigh of relief when they finally managed to get hold of a local Malayali tire repairman to fix the flat tire that had stranded the Rover mission for 27 days. "Where there's oxygen there's a Malayali" is a popular saying … [Read more...]
Kashmir Spring in Kashmir marks the beginning of an annual spectacle in the northern plains of the Himalayas. As the snow begins to thaw and spring flowers start to bloom in the high mountains, Pakistan based terrorists get ready to begin their annual migration across the border into the Indian … [Read more...]
Agra: After wreaking havoc in US and Europe, Wiki Leaks founder Julian Assange appears to have found his match in India. For months Wiki Leaks hackers have been trying hard to hack into Indian diplomatic news cables, secret services records to find sensational content that hasn't already been … [Read more...]
Washington: U.S. intelligence agencies are racing to exploit a trove of documents and computer files that U.S. Navy SEALs collected from Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan before other Al Qaeda groups or leaders can change their communication methods or move their safe houses.Many of the files … [Read more...]
