Petra the black swan was reunited with her one true love, a big paddleboat shaped like a fellow swan.
Petra fell in love with the swan/boat in 2006 and refused to leave its side. She became so attached that the pair was taken to a local zoo in Germany when winter came and Petra refused to [...]
Alfred Webber, 100, came to Lewiston, Maine for his 80 year reunion at Bates College. He was the only one left.
When he was born, the first Roosevelt was president. His oldest child is 73.
Asked by the AP what he credits for his many years, Webber said, “If a woman asks me that, I say I [...]
I’m looking for a condo in Boston’s western suburbs or the South Shore. Just for the heck of it, I decided to check out the city, itself on Boston.com’s real estate section.
A condo in Dorchester costs LESS than a parking space in the Back Bay. Something to think about.
A lot of guys get it wrong, but London floor-fitter Lefkos Hajji really tanked his proposal to his girlfriend Leanne.
Reuters reports the 28 year-old Hackney, East London resident hid a $12,000 engagement ring inside a helium balloon hoping — for some reason — that she would pop the balloon as he proposed.
But leaving the store, [...]
One year after a devastating and record-breaking freeze, the new crop of California oranges is looking good!
Hopefully that translates into savings.
NEW YORK, January 25 /PRNewswire/ — THIS IS A SPECIAL REPORT BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE CALIFORNIA ORANGE GROWERS. CALL IT GLOBAL WARMING OR JUST A FREAK OF NATURE, BUT LAST YEAR’S CROP OF CALIFORNIA [...]
From WFTV Florida:
A 75-year-old woman was arrested at a Clearwater McDonald’s drive-thru because police said she wouldn’t pull her car forward.
The grandmother of eight asked for fries without salt. The fries took extra time to cook special, and employees told her to wait there for a few minutes.
Well that didn’t sit right with the cop [...]
1. Lauren Caitlin Upton, Miss South Carolina Teen USA, for her answer in the Miss Teen USA 2007 pageant when asked why a fifth of Americans cannot locate the U.S. on a world map: “I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uh, some, uh, people out there in our nation [...]
Fall fashion mongers have something new to sink their teeth into - a tilapia fish skin bikini.
According to Reuters, a Thai designer reused the skin of the fish that is often discarded by turning it into swim wear.
The Tilapia fish is often eaten by street vendors with noodle soup. But the skin has been discovered [...]
As if there weren’t enough problems with Chinese products.
According to Reuters, a member of a Chinese family on the island of Hainan vomited blood after drinking a bottle of water.
They were sure the water was tainted, so they fed the rest of the water to a hapless chicken, who immediately choked and died.
They fed the [...]
In a great piece of blogging by the folks at Spare Room, a New Zealand woman said she made a (clearly and obviously) photoshopped image of a tornado hitting New Plymouth, NZ as a joke to her coworkers. Well, the local television stations didn’t get the memo, and they posted it as news!
According to New [...]
