Devastating floods strike Queensland, disaster declared
People look at a boat that has been washed up onto rocks at Airlie Beach located around 120 km (75 miles) south-east of the city of Townsville in Queensland January 25, 2013. Heavy rains - the remnants...
View ArticleGreat White Shark ‘Mary Lee’ Tracked In The Hamptons; Cue The ‘Jaws’ Music
Mary Lee gets around. Last month, the great white shark entered the surf zone in Jacksonville, Fla., causing a stir. Now, the 16-foot, nearly 3,500-pound shark has entered waters where movie legend...
View ArticleGenderswapped Fairy Tales: Artist Yudi Chen’s Illustration Series Subverts...
What if Cinderella was Cinderfella, and Tarzan and Jane were Tarzana and John? Subverting the traditional gender roles of classic Grimm's Borthers tales, artist Yudi Chen turned classic children's...
View ArticlePowerful 6.9 earthquake shakes northern Japan
A powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck northern Japan on Saturday, causing strong tremors across Hokkaido island but generating no tsunami or immediate reports of damage, authorities said. The...
View ArticlePauline Kael was my mentor
Picture it: I’m 16, sweaty and sebaceous, facing the doorman of an old building on Manhattan’s Upper West Side: “I’m here to see Pauline Kael?” I can vouch for the question mark, 45 years on, not...
View ArticleCop testifies: Banana mogul let woman die during three-way encounter
A New York City Police detective testified on Monday that the owner of a banana-importing company allowed a woman to die following a three-way sexual liaison involving cocaine in 2009. According to The...
View ArticleSolomon Islands Earthquake: 8.0 Magnitude Tremor Generates Tsunami
An 8.0 magnitude earthquake off the Solomon Islands generated a small tsunami on Wednesday, The Associated Press reported.Solomons officials reported two 4-foot, 11-inch waves hitting the western coast...
View ArticleKomodo dragon attack leaves two Indonesian habitat employees in hospital
A Komodo dragon in Indonesia has attacked two employees in one of the giant lizards’ protected island habitats, leaving its victims hospitalised with serious injuries, an official said Wednesday. One...
View ArticleIsland dispute keeps Russia-Japan relations on rocks
An aerial view shows Kunashiri Island, one of four islands known as the Southern Kuriles in Russia and Northern Territories in Japan (Reuters / Kyodo)Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he wants to...
View ArticleEaster Island Travel: How To Non-Metaphorically Get Away From It All
If you want to get really, really off the grid, fly 5,991 miles from your home airport to Easter Island. You'll have to stop once, in Lima, but this will be the easiest part of the journey, an...
View ArticleRT @YourAnonNews: Anonymous Creates Map Of Turtle Island’s Missing & Murdered...
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View ArticleRT @caramumfordfilm: nativeamericannews: Anonymous Creates Map of Turtle...
RT @caramumfordfilm: nativeamericannews: Anonymous Creates Map of Turtle Island’s Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women The online… http ... … Read More
View ArticleNew England Mail Service Suspended Because Of Blizzard
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The U.S. Postal Service has suspended mail delivery and will keep post offices closed in all six New England states because of the blizzard that has dumped more than 2 feet of snow...
View ArticleNemo covers the Northeast
Nemo "found" the Northeast this weekend. The powerful storm swept across the region, dumping more than three feet of snow in parts of Connecticut and more than two feet on Long Island and...
View ArticleFebruary Storm 2013: Tales From A Blizzard
-- From New Jersey to Maine, millions of people, many with Superstorm Sandy still fresh in their minds, dug out from underneath mounds of snow Saturday.Many were left with serious consequences....
View ArticleInside Easter Island’s Crown Quarry (PHOTOS)
Every destination has its blockbuster attractions, whether it's the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Empire State Building in New York or the Sydney Opera House. Easter Island, with its mysterious stone moai...
View ArticleUse Patriot missiles to defend Sweden: minister
Sweden should consider placing US-made Patriot missiles on the island of Gotland to help deter a resurgent Russia, Sweden's deputy prime minister has argued in a call for greater military spending. …...
View ArticleGranddaughters say Nelson Mandela is a ‘Toddlers and Tiaras’ fan
Women claim ex-president is fan of pageant series denounced as ‘gaggingly vomitous’, as they launch their own reality show It seemed that Nelson Mandela’s life, from prison on Robben Island to...
View ArticleNew York raises taxes on Sandy-hit houses
A destroyed home is viewed in Oakwood Beach in Staten Island on February 5, 2013 in New York City.(AFP Photo / Spencer Platt)New York homeowners from regions most severely impaired by Hurricane Sandy...
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