On Thursday, a 20-pound engine tail cone fell from a Boeing 777 plane headed from JFK Airport to Tokyo and onto the front yard of Michelle Russell in Roosevelt, Long Island. The Delta crew only realized the four-foot piece of metal was missing after it landed in Tokyo—14 hours later. picked by suebe 15 minutes ago

Potter told the Daily Mail that, at first, he thought it was cool to have the same name as the whimsical wizard, but now it's just really annoying. As he told the paper, "After 12 years of it I couldn't count the amount of times I've heard 'You're a wizard, Harry.' It does wear a bit thin after a while. And I've heard all the puns about my wand." picked by Chamale 7 hours ago

One August morning, Alice and her husband, Scott, had sex.
That's when things became confusing. Rather than appearing pleased, Alice, 59, seemed disoriented. picked by Bornbad 10 hours ago

Papayas already come in three sexual varieties: male, female and hermaphrodite, but it is only the hermaphrodite varieties that produce the succulent fruit that is sold commercially(bet you didn't know that). picked by Bornbad 10 hours ago

“Criminal penalties Prosecution is authorized under the Code for a variety of offenses. Depending on the level of the noncompliance, the following penalties could apply to an individual: • Section 7203 – misdemeanor willful failure to pay is punishable by a fine of up to $25,000 and/or imprisonment of up to one year. • Section 7201 – felony willful evasion is pun... read full post picked by shuallyo 15 hours ago

It seems that the flu shot victim Desree Jennings has suddenly been cured of walking backwards. picked by suebe 15 hours ago

According to research by the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, run by the USDA, a whole, unmilled tree can support 50 percent more weight than the largest piece of lumber milled from the same tree. So Mr. Gundersen uses small-diameter trees as rafters and framing in his airy structures, and big trees felled by wind, disease or insects as powerful columns and curving beams. picked by cecilberman 16 hours ago

Fletcher swore at the officer and made the comments about the policeman's wife, and the officer's horse – which Rouches said the patrolman didn't have – followed by the suggestion of where the officer could best secure his weapon. picked by Bornbad 16 hours ago

It loads slowly, but is worth the wait. I see no value in most stars' web sites, but Carrey has put some time and thought into his. picked by cecilberman 17 hours ago

Obama makes the common sense plea that we do not jump to conclusions on the motives of Major Nidal Malik Hasan. Allow the investigators to do their job first. picked by dslovesplime 19 hours ago

Pleae, no jokes about Asian women being bad drivers now.

Oh, and warn me when she's on the road. picked by cecilberman 20 hours ago

Step One: Roll down the window.

This guy didn't read the book and tried on his own. White kids from Wisconsin make the worst gangstas. picked by cecilberman 20 hours ago

Police Sgt Kim Munley saved many more lives at Fort Hood when she charged into the building where Major Nidal Malik Hasan was carrying out his mass murder gun spree. picked by 2manyusernames 21 hours ago

ORLANDO, Fla. – Officials said at least eight people were hurt in a shooting at a downtown office building Friday and a gunman was on the loose.

People streamed out of the high-rise building around lunchtime and some told local television stations they had barricaded themselves inside their offices

Just what is the world coming to?

Edit: 1 Fatality, 5 injured... The shooter surrendered picked by soreen 21 hours ago

Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office tells THE WEEKLY STANDARD that the speaker will not allow the final language of the health care to be posted online for 72 hours before bringing the bill to a vote on the House floor, despite her September 24 statement that she was "absolutely" committed to doing so. picked by shuallyo 22 hours ago

But instead of a somber chief executive offering reassuring words and expressions of sympathy and compassion, viewers saw a wildly disconnected and inappropriately light president making introductory remarks. At the event, a Tribal Nations Conference hosted by the Department of Interior's Bureau of Indian affairs, the president thanked various staffers and offered a "shout-out" to "... read full post picked by shuallyo 22 hours ago

At least that is what one teacher in Texas is claiming and who is actually getting her day in court claiming that fingerprinting her as a requirement for employment is a violation of her religious rights. picked by 2manyusernames 22 hours ago

A bird dropping a piece of bread on a section of the LHC particle accelerator has shut down the whole operation. With freak accidents piling up at CERN, the idea of time traveling particles returning from the future to prevent their own discovery seems less like a sci-fi joke today. *Of course it could just be Zaphod Beeblebrox refueling the infinite improbability drive of the Heart of Gold. picked by equinox 23 hours ago

The federal long-gun registry moved a step closer to being abolished as MPs voted Wednesday in the House of Commons to scrap the controversial program. picked by chinook 24 hours ago

Quote from driver: "So help me Hanna, had I hit that elephant, not swerved, it would have knocked it off its legs, and it would have landed right on top of us," he said. "We'd have been history." picked by MandolinOrange 24 hours ago

A 1-year-old girl is back with her mother a year after the Mexico City doctors who delivered her allegedly sold her to another woman. picked by MandolinOrange 24 hours ago

As technology develops at an alarming rate and gadgets become more and more energy-sapping by the week, the need for more powerful batteries with which to feed modern, portable electronics is greater than ever. picked by iamamaniac 1 day ago

Prior to being married they always used protection. After getting married Juie Boyde found that she was severely allergic to her husband, Mike's sperm. Contact with his sperm would cause a burning sensation and even blisters. Women, this is why making your man grilled cheese sandwiches early in the relationship is so important. picked by 2manyusernames 1 day ago

Oh the webs we weave. picked by JoshSF49 1 day ago

Just as America settled into a laissez faire consensus on office sex, some new confessions out of Fort Letterman have appeared to remind us of why we're all against the bosses-sleeping-with-their-employees thing in the first place. picked by Bornbad 1 day ago