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In a movie career that flourished in the 1950's and 1960's, Karl Malden played a variety of roles in more than 50 films.

Election officials aren't chosen for their clerical skills.

Consumers receiving local television signals over analog antennas now must use converter boxes to receive programming on their TVs. Why did this happen?

April, 1942 - Over 77,000 American and Filipino troops became victims of one of the most brutal episodes in the Pacific War - the Bataan Death March.

Col. Kenneth L. Reusser has passed away at age 89, a veteran combat pilot in 3 wars, he was shot down 5 times.

A group of dedicated veterans is working hard to expose phony heros, POWs, Navy SEALs, Green Berets and others falsely claiming that they served in elite military units.

Getting Married with a Hundred Bucks on the 90th anniversary of Custer's Last Stand.

Mainstream media is reporting Michael Jackson's death as unexpected. But tabloids, including The National Enquirer and others, were saying he was in poor health in December, 2008 and might only have 6 months to live.

Dentist Orly Taitz has become the most controversial figure in the effort to prove that Barack Hussein Obama, a.k.a. Barry Soetoro, is foreign-born and cannot be president.

According to the author, there is no evidence to prove Jesus ever existed, and we only have evidence of the beliefs of his followers hundreds of years after his death.

One of the doors to the hold on the Thomas Cook jet was jammed, meaning bags could be loaded only at one end, making the plane nose-heavy.

Political correctness be damned, it will always be the Confederate Air Force to me.

''A majority of cable news viewers now get their news slanted one way or the other by angry men. O'Reilly is not the worst offender. That would be Glenn Beck. Keith Olbermann is gaining ground.''

To stay happily married, you need a sense of humor. Strangely, while most men think jokes about being married are funny, most women do not.

A 3-part series: High-ranking defectors describe bizarre behavior and physical beatings inflicted by Scientology leader David Miscavige.

It is not clear what the modern response should be to requirements of the death penalty for desecrating the Sabbath, but smiting your neighbor for mowing his lawn would certainly make the evening news.

Married men, regardless of age, sex, race, income or education, consistently have been found to be healthier than men who are single, divorced or widowed.

For many, Father's Day is an afterthought, a holiday just a few steps above the one that celebrates the groundhog and that other one that promotes trees.

The City and County of San Francisco has more than 8,000 employees who earn over $100,000. Click to see the list.

Mille Lacs County Sheriff Brent Lindgren cautioned readers that a suspected explosive or unknown device should not picked up or moved. No kidding, really?

This weather radar image shows echoes from wind turbines near St. Cloud, Minnesota. To the untrained eye, these echoes can be mistaken for showers or thunderstorms.

The hair styles on the 1960's ''Faith Tones'' album are being discussed all over the internet. The same may be true of our present hair styles when viewed 50 years in the future.

Rare are those instances in which entire economies are disrupted to the point that an entire form of currency is discarded, reformed or replaced. But it does happen.

A short story that explains how the economy works.

Five people are lucky to be alive after a freak head-on crash involving a plane and a four-wheel-drive Ute.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection wants to amend laws banning switchblades to include ''assisted-opening'' ones, like Swiss Army and Boy Scout pocket knives.

(From other articles about this situation) The man's sister called police, asking for help with her schizophrenic brother. She did not expect them to come over and kill him.

A website has been established to follow the recovery operation of Flight 447 that disappeared off the coast of Brazil on Sunday, May 31 2009 with 228 people aboard.

Two Japanese nationals were detained in Italy by the police. The men had 249 U.S. Treasury bonds each worth $500 million, plus 10 Kennedy bonds and other U.S. government securities worth a billion dollars each.

The State of Oklahoma is investigating the actions of state trooper Daniel Martin, a man who obviously loves to get up in the morning and put on his badge and gun.

Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary says he is serious about charging for restroom use, and will cut the number of bathrooms to make room for more seats.

People who tell the truth all the time, don't have to remember what they said. But, are there situations when lying is justified?

The book ''The Year of Living Biblically'' answers the question: What if a modern-day American followed every single rule in the Bible as literally as possible?

In a recent Fox News interview, Former VP Cheney admitted the Republican administration pushed the 2008 auto bailout to give President Bush time to leave office.

Whether warning of danger or marking safe passage, lighthouses stand as beacons of safety and security.

PhantomAlert feeds the locations of speed traps and red-light cameras into GPS devices, warning drivers. Police, who are only interested in safety, are thrilled about this.

If the Harvard University study is accurate, it would make it hard for companies to use the Twitter micro-blogging site as an accurate gauge of public opinion.

The secret dress rehearsal in England for D-Day turned deadly when machine guns firing overhead started to sink in the sand, and then came the ambush by German E-boats.

The Americans had the PT boat, and the German torpedo surface vessel was the Schnellboot, which was better suited for the open sea, and had a much longer range.

When 72 year-old great-grandmother Kathryn Winkfein refused to sign her speeding ticket, the deputy sheriff, fearing for his life, zapped her with several thousand volts.

Since 1982 the English Department at San Jose State University has sponsored the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, a whimsical literary competition that challenges entrants to compose the opening sentence to the worst of all possible novels.

Gary Dahl, an advertising executive, was talking to friends one night in 1975, when the conversation turned to pets. Dahl felt real pets were too much trouble, he had a rock.

An average of just 20 people a day flew out of the Murtha Airport last year. But, the airport was built, and continues to be funded, thanks to legendary porker John Murtha.

45% of parents surveyed provide at least some financial support to adult children. And, in some cases, this depletes retirement savings and even drives the parents into debt.

A 266-page report marked ''Highly Confidential'', detailing hundreds of nuclear storage sites and programs, was accidently posted on a government website.

Congressman Murtha maintains he has ''no influence'' on the awarding of contracts, but he is chairman of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee. What do you think?

The former Arkansas Governor and Republican presidential candidate signed with ABC Radio Networks to do daily commentaries. And, you can listen on-demand here.

Norman Thompson, a Shriner and member of the Antioch, Ohio Shrine Funster Clown Unit for 15 years, passed away at age 79 and was laid to rest with full clown honors.

Sad times in America. With Chrysler preparing to file bankruptcy, 84 year-old Lee Iacocca was told his pension is being cancelled, and please return the company car.

2006 Fortune Interview

Susan Boyle was the favored contestant, but did she win? Click to see a recap of the final 2009 show.

When sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski died in 1982, his parting words to his wife were, ''You must work on the mountain -- but go slowly so you do it right.''

Although not always seen, the Banshee's mourning call is heard, usually at night when someone is about to die.

From the Spanish Conquistadors, to western outlaws, to simple pioneers crossing the prairie, legends abound regarding where these hardy pioneers hid their valuables.

Police sketches seldom look like the actual suspect.

Memorial Day, once called Decoration Day, is celebrated in almost every State on the last Monday in May.

Krueger�s Special Beer was the first commercially packaged beer in a can, and the very first can was sold in Richmond, Virginia in 1935.

When Californian Jeff Miller called me, looking for a pilot to accompany him across the Atlantic and around Europe, I knew just who to call. Click to share the adventure.

If the thought of ticks wasn't creepy enough, did you know they can detect heat and carbon dioxide emitted by their intended victim, and will stalk it for their blood?

Use this handy device to clean the inside of your monitor.

At the annual Gridiron Club dinner, Biden disclosed the existence of a secret bunker under the old U.S. Naval Observatory, now the home of the vice president.

An amazing story from Larry King's autobiography, ''My Remarkable Journey''.

Charles Lindbergh left New York on May 20, 1927, heading toward Nova Scotia to minimize his time over water. The 15-hour leg over the Atlantic was a harrowing experience.

Foreclosure swindlers are thriving largely because the lenders that inflated the housing bubble have been slow to help homeowners as those mortgages blow up.

Based on a tip from a fired employee, the FBI raided the owner's business locations and home, even taking iPods and XBoxes, and his teenage daughter's savings account.

As sure as the True Believers are they will escape this earth when the Rapture arrives, Joshua Witter is just as certain he will be left behind to deliver their mail.

Many believe the present plan of bailing-out banks isn't working, and we would be better-off by giving the money directly to the people with mortgage and credit card relief.

The men claimed to be from a war-torn village in Africa, and their father was a rich general who gave them cash to buy a business and start a new life in America.

Police in the U.K. are asking the public to report people who wear too much ''bling'' or buy expensive items without apparent means to afford them.

As Wisconsin law currently stands, the court said police can mount a GPS on cars to track people without violating their constitutional rights -- even if the drivers aren't suspects.

The Eiffel Tower caused mockery and lawsuits when it was selected as the centerpiece of the 1889 Paris Exposition Universelle, beating-out a gigantic working guillotine.

OOOOk-lahoma, where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain, and the ... HOLY CRAP ! ... GET IN THE CELLAR !

The myth: college graduates earn $1 million during their lifetime. The reality: they only earn about $7,500 a year more, and they'll need it to pay back all those loans.

Congress has supplied a sweet deal for sugar producers since 1789 by imposing import tariffs, effectively supporting the price of sugar at several times the actual world price.

A new cyberbullying bill aims to punish those who intend to cause ''emotional distress'' online with fines and jail time.

Read a couple of pages from a deposition taken in a recent lawsuit against Paris Hilton, and wonder no more.

Halifax was overcrowded with military personnel who resented what they considered a hostile attitude from the civilians in the city. When peace came, the riot started.

People disappear, more often during difficult times. In the 1930's it was a common for someone to ''go down to the corner for a pack of cigarettes'' and never be seen again.

In Hardin, Montana, where the deer and the antelope play, they built a $27 million prison that sits empty. No local demand, and state law forbids out-of-state prisoners.

Without intending to break any laws, you could accidently open an emailed link and wind-up with a ruined life, like this man, when the FBI lured him into clicking open a website.

Charles Rangel is under investigation for allegedly helping a company preserve its offshore tax loophole -- in exchange for a million-dollar gift to a school named in his honor.

Things were normal at the railroad station in Antwerp, Belgium until the music started. Click to see what happened.

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Cinco De Mayo celebrates the victory of the Mexican militia over the French army at The Battle Of Puebla in 1862. But, the French then sent 30,000 more troops and won the war.

Danny Gans, 52, a legendary Las Vegas singer and comedian, passed away at his home in Nevada.

This man was devastated after not receiving a Christmas bonus. He couldn�t afford to buy his kids presents, and suicide seemed like the only way out. Can you stop him?

In the documentary, ''Oral Sex is the New Goodnight Kiss'', teenage girls talk about having sex, going to sex parties and, in some situations, crossing into prostitution.

Law enforcement and safety officials, not to mention the child endangerment folks, would go into shock if this happened in the United States.

More than you ever wanted to know about alcohol.

In each of the four major pandemics since 1889, a spring wave of relatively mild illness was followed by a second wave, a few months later, of a much more virulent disease.

We always heard how rich people would check into a hospital with ''complete exhaustion'', but if you didn't have money, you were just tired and should go home and rest.

A television reporter shadows a federal prisoner as he travels alone and unguarded from Minneapolis to Dallas on a bus, a cost-cutting standard practice.

If you wind-up sleeping at the airport, either by choice or chance, try to pick one of the good ones. Minneapolis is great, Paris is not. How is your airport?

On Anzac Day Australians not only remember lives lost in war but national traits of fairness, humor and mateship.

What is happening right now? Click to find out.

Samuel Morse is remembered for his Code, still used, and less for the invention that enabled it to be used, as landline telegraphy eventually gave way to wireless telegraphy.

The active ingredient in marijuana cuts tumor growth in common lung cancer in half and significantly reduces the ability of the cancer to spread, say researchers at Harvard.

$Congress did not impose a gas guzzler tax on SUV's, trucks, or mini-vans because the time the law was enacted in 1978, they represented a small fraction of vehicles on the road, and were used more for business purposes.$

Bank scandal in Minnesota. The real estate developer dies, the appraiser commits suicide, 3 bankers are heading to prison, and taxpayers and lenders are out millions.

The director of ''Slumlord Millionaire'' isn't returning phone calls, and Rubina Ali's father has been arrested for trying to sell the little girl. The movie has grossed over $300 million.

Ending 30 years of abuse of power by police who mis-interpreted a prevous ruling, the Supreme Court sharply limited the ability of police to search your car.

A conspiracy theory seeks to explain a disputed case or matter as a plot by a secret group or alliance rather than an individual or isolated act, or a pure chance situation.

The complexity of Canada's citizenship changes is causing concern in this era of transmigration, working and studying abroad, and intercontinental marriage.

The Brick Testament is the largest and most comprehensive illustrated Bible, with over 3,600 illustrations that retell more than 300 stories from The Bible, all done with Legos.

A high percentage of people fired are caught completely off guard, when they should have known it was coming.

There is a story circulating on the internet about a man who would routinely feed a bucket of shrimp to sea gulls, as a way of thanking them for saving his life. The story is true.

The Daily Record newspaper reports that Susan Boyle made a recording in 1999, when she sang blues ballad ''Cry Me A River'' for a charity fund-raiser. Only 1,000 were produced.

An amendment to Canadian law restores citizenship to anyone who became an citizen of another country between 1948 and 1977, and it applies to all their children.

If you're self-employed without any major assets or loans, the odds of getting busted are extremely low. But ...

Not wanting to offend the 20%, Obama offends the 80%.

The AFL-CIO continues to do a good job telling the membership they are getting screwed by management.

Is it true that some people live on cruise ships or at the Holiday Inn cheaper and better than in a nursing home?

Public employees everywhere must be terribly embarrassed over the behavior of this character, who wouldn't last 10 minutes in the private sector.

Citizens Against Government Waste released the 2009 Congressional Pig Book, revealing 10,160 earmarks worth $19.6 billion. Check to see the bacon coming to your state.

Nevada legislators tried unsuccessfully to balance the state budget on the backs of the hard-working women employed in the state's legal brothels, with a $5 per-customer tax.

Denny Hecker's auto empire, a lifetime in the making, took but a year to crumble, with 17 of 26 dealerships closing.

Everyone snickered and smirked when 47 year-old single and unemployed Susan Boyle walked out on the stage to sing on ''Britains Got Talent''. Prepare to be amazed.

According to their website, www.OurPrayer.org has over 50 years of experience in praying for other people. Click to ask them to pray for you.

Snowflaking is a powerful technique used in personal finance for becoming debt-free. Click to learn more.

Dubai was meant to be a Middle-Eastern Shangri-La, a glittering monument to Arab enterprise and western capitalism. But, with hard times, an uglier story is emerging.

For most people, it takes a long time to learn to tap dance. But, someone with your ability should be able to learn in 19 minutes and 18 seconds by watching this video lesson.

Having cash and Ron Paul materials now makes you a suspect. What the TSA agents didn't realize, the interrogation was being recorded on on a cell phone.

The Qiblah is the direction of the Kaaba. Some Muslims determine this direction using a rhumb line, while most use the great circle route. This GPS unit shows both.

On a raid to seize zip lock bags, cops guzzled sodas and scarfed down fresh turkey hoagies, Little Debbie fudge brownies and Cheez-Its. Oh, and $10,000 in cash and cartons of cigarettes disappeared.

Walkscore calculates walkability by giving points for stores, restaurants, parks, or schools within 1 mile or less of an address, and realtors are starting to use this information.

The Ka'ba - Kaaba - is the canonical center of the Islamic world and every pious act, particularly prayer, is directed toward it.

In 2007, Churchill was fired for plagiarizing his academic research. Churchill said they were looking for an excuse to fire him because of a controversial essay he wrote in 2001.

Should not this creature from Jekyl Island, The Federal Reserve, for all its manifold crimes and sins against the republic, be summarily put to death? Buchanan thinks so.

One of my favorite places on earth. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum began working on South Dakota's Mount Rushmore in 1927, and it ended, unfinished, with his death in 1941.

Searchme lets you see what you�re searching for. As you type, categories appear that relate to your query. Choose a category, and you'll see pictures of relevant web pages.

Roman Numerals was the standard numbering system and method of arithmetic in Ancient Rome and Europe until about 900 AD, when the Arabic system came into use.

From 1861 to 1863, the price of wheat tripled, butter and milk quadrupled. Citizens, mostly women, began to protest the exorbitant price of bread, and took to the streets.

And, you thought your pension plan was bad.

Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, is the first former Khmer Rouge official to accept blame for crimes committed by the regime 30 years ago.

Nixon always insisted that others, including President Eisenhower, encouraged him to dispute the outcome but that he refused. But, was that really true?

Conficker is thought to have infected more than 10 million PCs worldwide, and April 1 is the day that the worm is set to change the way it updates itself, moving to a system that is much harder to combat.

A sting operation by the Minnesota State Lottery resulted in several arrests on felony charges. These helpful clerks offered to throw your winning ticket or scratch-off away.

The last gold audit at Fort Knox was in 1953, showing 700 million ounces, 70% of the estimated world's supply. Annual audits are required by law, but haven't been done since.

If everyone quit smoking, the government would be in real trouble. Do you believe the 62� per pack increase in the excise tax will all go to fund health care for children?

You can't sell it, but it is perfectly legal to grow it, smoke it, and nobody will be kicking down your door at 2 am.

The people who write those articles about how much money you need to retire are living in la-la land.

Airfares peaked last year as fuel prices skyrocketed. This year, fuel prices plunged but passenger demand dropped in a recessionary economy. There are real deals out there.

Maryland lawmakers are thinking maybe it's time to find a way to scrub ''Northern scum'' and a few other sensitive pre-Civil War phrases from the official state song.

The story goes: one hoof in the air, wounded and died later, two hooves means died in battle, all hooves on the ground shows the soldier died later of natural causes.

Most of the things you want to do, the ones you tell about by saying ''Someday I'm going to ... '' you never do.

Who would believe a product would make them look 50 years younger? A desperate consumer who wants it to be true, that's who, and advertisers take full advantage.

NASA's mistake was allowing write-ins. Colbert urged viewers of his Comedy Central show, ''The Colbert Report,'' to write in his name.

The truth is, we're all to blame for today's e-mail woes. So, to create change in your inbox, start with yourself.

One-third of Americans, primarily Seniors, live in paid-for homes. But, a growing percentage are living in their vehicles. This report was done in 2006, it's gotten worse.

The story circulates that condom pores are larger than the AIDS virus, allowing it to pass through. That is true with the old style made from animal intestines (called ''lambskin''), but not true with modern highly protective latex versions.

Dayton, Ohio may have to pay ''back pay and pensions'' to black applicants who failed a test for police and firefighter positions, because the test was too hard, claiming it was written for someone with a high school education or GED.

Our year is not exactly an even number of days, and Earth's slightly noncircular orbit, plus the gravitational tug of the other planets, constantly changes our planet's orientation to the sun from year to year.

On St. Patrick's Day, consumption of Guinness Beer is measured in thousands of gallons a minute.

The MIAC warned police officers that violent militia members are ''usually'' supporters of presidential candidates like Ron Paul and are opposed to the Federal Reserve and taxes.

John Murtha (D-PA) is the leader in campaign contributions from recipients of earmarks. How do your politicians rank? Click to check it out.

Historians think the plot had already begun to buzz around Rome when soothsayer Titus Vestricius Spurinna famously warned Caesar ...''Beware the Ides of March.''

Obama's ancestors lived in Moneygall, Ireland.

You can serve more than green beer and Guinness on St. Patrick's Day. These mixed drink recipes will make you an expert bartender on March 17th.

At a ''Great Conversations'' event at the University of Minnesota, author Seymour Hersh revealed information about assassinations authorized by President Bush.

A homebrew version of the $60 million simulators used to train pilots, Matthew Sheil's contraption is almost identical to the cockpit of a 747-400.

In a secret meeting that lasted just 90 minutes, SS General Reinhard Heydrich laid out the plan to eliminate all 11 million Jews living in Europe.

Historians cannot find any evidence that Christians were killed in the Colosseum, even though church leaders told the stories as fact for centuries. It probably never happened.

Portugal's Agucadoura, the world's first wave farm, is now operational, and consists of three wave energy converters generating over 2 million watts.

A common sight in the 1930's is coming back. Click to see more photos from the Great Depression.

It was not until the invention of the microscope that yeast was identified as a living organism, the agent responsible for alcoholic fermentation and dough leavening.

If you don't cancel your ''Free Credit Report dot Com'' membership within 7 days, good luck. Some people don't notice the charge on their credit card, and have been paying $13 a month for years.

A VA hospital administrator with no balls rolled-over for a new employee who objected to the headline on the August 14, 1945 newspaper on display.

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In United States, from the first oil well in 1859 until 1970, more and more oil was pumped from the ground. But after 1970, less and less came out, now just 5 million barrels a day. We use 15 million barrels a day.

When Conan O'Brien takes over ''The Tonight Show'' he's bringing Andy Richter with him, seeking the aid and comfort of a sidekick, and a return to a happier, friendlier era.

In 1989, television networks showed split-screen images of President George H.W. Bush joking with reporters on one side and a military honor guard unloading coffins from a military action that he had ordered in Panama on the other.

Why did daylight saving time start, and why does it still continue? Click Here to find out.

Father Coughlin was one of the first political leaders to use radio to reach a mass audience, as more than forty million tuned to his weekly broadcasts during the 1930s.

Danny Cottrell gave each of his full-time employees $700 and part-timers $300. He asked them to donate 15% to charity and spend the rest locally.

Two German brothers, Adolf ( Adi ) and Rudolf Dassler, made the shoes that carried Jesse Owens to victory in the 1936 Olympics. On Hitler's orders, they made bazookas.

You could live like a king on $400,000 a year in Minnesota, but evidently not on 5th Avenue in New York City.

''When your brother dies, your childhood fades, there being one less person to remember it with, and you are left disinherited, unarmed, semi-literate, an exile. It�s like losing your computer and there�s no backup.''

Dan Ackroyd is a talented actor, musician, screenwriter, and comedian who grew up with Tourette's and Asperger's Syndrome. His NPR interview is very interesting!

What'd you say? As we age, the little hairs in our inner ear lose some of their function and we begin to lose our heaing in the very high frequency ranges.

Last year the five biggest Wall Street securities firms lost $26 billion. The executives at those companies still took home $26 billion in bonuses. In other words, they wouldn't have lost a nickel if they hadn't taken any bonuses.

Over time, if you answer all those questions, your bank is going to know more about you than you want them to.

Food bank workers say it's common for people to be apologetic, especially those who were making six-figure incomes. ''Now, all of a sudden, they're coming to us.''

Every once in a while, Hollywood actually films a movie where they say it is.

AMEX is offering select customers $300 if they close their account. If you get this offer, and don't take it, they'll close your account anyway, without the $300 payment.

According to a recent survey, the recession is causing people to have trouble sleeping at night.

A claim that $8 billion is for a train to Disneyland is untrue. That amount is for unspecified rail projects, and some may or may not go to the Anaheim to Las Vegas project.

Just one of many State employees abusing expense accounts, Carrie Lopez charged taxpayers to fly from Sacramento, where she works, to Los Angeles, where she lives, to attend a Justin Timberlake concert.

During his GOP Response to Obama's ''State of the Nation'' speech, Bobby Jindal said during Katrina, he helped a sheriff battle government red tape to rescue stranded victims. The sheriff was there, but Bobby wasn't.

Google Earth lets you fly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings, from galaxies in outer space to the canyons of the ocean.

Unlike Hilter's main photographer, Heinrich Hoffmann, Hugo Jaeger specialized in taking color photos of the Nazi propaganda spectacles, as well as Hitler himself.

Ya sure, you betcha. Go North to Dakota. There's no recession in Fargo.

US Airways pilot Chesley ''Sully'' Sullenberger says airline bankruptcies and the current recession have placed pilots and their families in an untenable financial situation.

Postmaster General John E. Potter has received pay raises of 40 percent since 2006 and a bonus last year of $135,000, bringing his 2008 compensation to $800,000.

It took me about 5 tries to do what ''Sully'' Sullenberger did on the first attempt. Give it a try, and see how you do.

There are men who say, ''My wife is a saint for putting up with me.'' But an Ohio man, Jerome Coniker, may prove it.

Collectibles dealers are delivering bad news, and feeling pain themselves. The reason is simple: In this market, potential buyers are outnumbered by desperate sellers.

Secret footage of U.S. soldiers training alongside British troops for D-Day in South-West England have been found in a dusty archive and seen for the first time in 65 years.

Instead of charging people for how many miles they drive, here's a novel idea, let's just add a tax to the price of a gallon of gas. Wonder if anyone has thought of this before?

Upload a photo and see how those hats look on you.

When the US attacked Iraq, it hit Iraqi television with an electronmagetic pulse device called the ''E-Bomb'' to knock them off the air, keeping Saddam from talking to his people.

On 19 February 1942, 188 Japanese planes were launched against Darwin, whose harbour was full of Allied ships. During the war, the Japanese flew 64 raids on Darwin.

Ordained a priest in 1628, Franciscan mystic and the patron saint of pilots and air passengers, St. Joseph demonstrated many gifts, including the ability to fly through the air.

What could be the lost city of Atlantis was found on Google Ocean, a Google Earth extension that uses a combination of satellite images and marine surveys.

The politician vying to become Israel�s first woman prime minister since Golda Meir has disclosed personal details of her former career in the intelligence agency Mossad.

A bar in St. Paul, Minnesota knows how to use the internet to help business. In the area? Stop in for a cold one.

There's no truth to the rumor that Nancy Pelosi wanted a bigger plane to go to California on weekends. She makes-do with a crew of 5 in her C-20, a military Gulfstream III.

February 14th,1929. Seven men are killed in a garage on the North side of Chicago.Ordered by Al Capone, who was conveniently away in Miami at the time.

After years of research, we now know why men drink. CAUTION: Some women may not understand or appreciate the importance of this scientific study.

Facing financial ruin, some attempt suicide, others run.

After several attempts, the first major undersea link, connecting England to France, was completed in 1851. Crossing the Atlantic presented greater problems.

Comedian Chris Rock was hoping for a 31 day month.

On September 18, 2008, the Federal Reserve noticed a draw-down of money market accounts, $550 billion in just an hour or two. The Treasury pumped $105 billion in the system, but soon realized that they could not stem the tide.

Cessna Aircraft is running an ad saying ''Pity the poor executive who blinks,'' and gets rid of the company jet. ''One thing is certain: true visionaries will continue to fly.''

Author David Dvorkin has figured-out there are some benefits to being unemployed.

On December 30, 2006 near Hurricane, Utah, a young driver lost control of his pickup and left the highway. Click to see just how lucky he and his passenger were.

The state of Victoria in southern Australia has recently been hit with hundreds of bush fires, and these fires have proved to be the deadliest in Australian history.

FAA regulations prescribe precise procedures for what to do, but, modern day ditchings usually come as a sudden surprise to everyone, with no time to get out the manual.

What is behind this teen trend? If you remember the days when body piercing was seen only on criminals, bikers, and gang members, you may have a hard time understanding it.

Minnesota is spending $500,000 on the 50x100 foot building for I-35 bridge pieces, in case they become evidence in lawsuits. A pole barn that size could be built for $50,000 or less. Here's an idea, store the stuff outside.

When US Airways flight 1549 crash-landed into New York's Hudson River, what seemed destined to be a tragedy became an extraordinary tale of success and survival.

For some reason, Don Imus attracts advertisers who sell work at home, credit card and tax relief, and over-priced computers, to people with poor credit and decision skills.

Sully was 3,200 feet in the air, without power, falling to Earth with 150 passengers and 4 other crew members. ''My aircraft,'' Sully said. ''Your aircraft,'' said the first officer.

In Greek mythology, Narcissus was a hero of Thespiae in Boeotia who was known for his beauty. While admiring his reflection in a pool of water, he fell in and drowned.

The history of aviation is as vast and far-reaching as the skies above. Presented here is a small, but significant part of that history; a bygone era when Campbell River�s Tyee Spit was known as the busiest seaplane base in the world.

Ramen Noodles was invented by a Japanese businessman, Momofuku Ando. Faced with the task of running a food company during the food shortages of post-war Japan, Mr. Ando realized that a quality, convenient ramen product would help to feed the masses.

The rate of fatalities per 100,000 air-ambulance employees over the past 10 years exceeds other dangerous professions such as logging or deep-sea fishing.

The buyer of a storage unit with past-due rent discovered hundreds of stolen passports, birth certificates, driver's licenses, Social Security cards and other documents.

The early days of aviation was an inventors paradise, and old magazines are filled with nifty gimmicks for airplanes.

Last words should be memorable. What will yours be?

President Obama's Cabinet pick Tom Daschle is being questioned about tax problems and lobbying interests. Senator Daschle lost his bid for re-election in 2004, after being criticized for his Mount Rushmore fund-raiser.

With prices at record levels, gold mining is big business. Not out of the ground, out of your jewelry box. They even buy worthless ''broken gold''. Hey, they're going to melt it down!

The highly controversial anti-terror practice of rendition will continue under Barack Obama. Welcome to Bush 2.0

Out of work Wall Street brokers should form a support group and start a website to look for women who aren't so shallow.

American Express told one customer ''Other customers who have used their card at establishments where you recently shopped have a poor repayment history with us''.

The IRS is your financial partner in everything you do. Except, of course, if you lose money at it.

Carlos Miller is a professional photographer who was arrested by Miami police after photographing them ''against their wishes''.

Citigroup has bowed to White House pressure and dropped its plans to take delivery of a $50 million Dassault Falcon 7X executive jet from its French manufacturer.

Air Jobs Daily is produced by World Air Data, a leading single-source for Aviation and Aerospace job openings for over 20 years.

The concept of canned beer was a hard sell, but Krueger's overcame reservations and was the first to sell canned beer in the United States. Response was overwhelming.

For more than two years, Mrs. Spears sent money to Nigeria. Law enforcement, her family and bank officials, all told her to stop, that it was all a scam. But, she persisted.

Are you inspired to become your country�s keeper and recommit yourself to being an active, involved and thoughtful citizen�a Born Again American?

The image of someone tarred-and-feathered is so vivid that the expression remains a metaphor for a humiliating public castigation, many years after the practice disappeared.

In most cases, police do not have the right to take your camera. But, as you probably know, cops make it up as they go along, and will often do anything they want.

John Thain resigned under pressure from Bank of America after reports he rushed out billions of dollars in bonuses to Merrill Lynch employees in his final days as CEO there.

Barack Obama has taken a particular interest in not just reading about Abraham Lincoln, but also modeling himself politically after him.

The most unusual day in Washington law enforcement history, not a single arrest was reported by police or the Secret Service.

Pivotal Altitude is a particular height above ground at which, from the pilot's sight line, the extended lateral axis of an aircraft doing a 360� level turn [in nil wind conditions] would appear to be fixed to one ground point.

The FBI believed the Communist Party planned to gain control over the Civil Rights Movement and its most prominent spokesman, Martin Luther King.

In the case of Flight 1549, legal experts say negligence will be very hard to prove. But, some may say they�ve suffered emotional distress, such as nightmares and fears.

In contrast to the dozens of pardons given out by Clinton in the last few days of office, President Bush only pardoned two U.S. Border Agents who killed a drug smuggler.

Feminist believe that a woman who thinks she�s better than a man is simply telling the truth. A man who thinks he�s better than a woman is on an ego trip. Is that true?

Some scientists are suggesting that our everyday experience might be a holographic projection of physical processes taking place on a distant 2-dimensional surface.

Chivalry has caused a lot of deaths. Had men been able to get into life boats along with the women and children on the Titanic, for example, fewer lives would have been lost.

The pilot of Flight 1549 was Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger III, 57, a former fighter pilot who runs a safety consulting firm in addition to flying commercial aircraft.

When the government starts printing money to cover billions in pork barrel spending, get ready for some inflation.

At at time when the American people needed a genuine hero, along came ''Sully'' Sullenberger.

The pilot reported severe turbulence. He in great distress and bleeding; his windshield had shattered. Then, the Piper Malibu slammed into a swamp outside Milton, Florida.

The pop-up book comes equipped with visual aides, photographs and text, outlining bra styles and changes from the 1920s through the 1990s.

Angelina Jolie looks darn good, with or without hair. But, what about other celebrities? Click to find out.

If this message ever pops-up at the bottom right of your screen, you've been infected. A phony anti-spyware that tells you that you have viruses you don't have, and hounds you to buy the program. Click to learn how to get rid of it.

Roland Burris has his mausoleum all ready for when he dies, and keeps the engraving up-to-date. Under the heading ''Trailblazer'' is a list of his accomplishments in life.

''Married with Children'' premiered on Fox in 1987 and ran for 11 seasons. The main character was Al Bundy, a shoe salesman who still drove the car he bought in high school.

Court orders man to continue paying child support to kids that DNA testing conclusively proved weren't his, because he started to do so on the assumption that they were.

Everybody's expending a lot of air guessing at what Obama's first 100 days will be like. But only Mad Magazine had the guts to speculate on his first 100 minutes.

By the last official work day of the Bush White House, all but the most senior officials will have turned in their government-issued BlackBerrys and badges.

Like many US cities, Las Vegas is watching its economy reel. Home values have plummeted, foreclosures are exploding. Unemployment is the highest it's been in 20 years.

In a not very well organized riot, black protesters struck out against the actions of a white policeman by smashing and burning storefronts and vehicles owned by black people.

According to this radical group, Barack Obama is the ''Goy Golum'' of the Jewish people, and they contributed heavily to his presidential campaign.

A shocking new study says many couples actually feel happier when their children leave home because they can spend more time together. What did that cost taxpayers?

National Lampoon's covers were always interesting, but this 1973 issue created a national stir, some thinking it hilarious, while others were outraged.

Flying at speeds up to 3.2 Mach (2,450 mph) , the SR-71 Blackbird was the fastest plane ever produced, and contributed greatly to the winning of the Cold War.

Time Magazine was definitely not trying to get on Senator Ted Kennedy's good side when they published ''The Trouble with Teddy'' in their April 29, 1991 issue.

Like other religions, Islam has its extremists. Be careful where you get your information from. You know, like from the ones who like to blow-up things.

Al Jazeera , meaning ''The Island'', is an Arabic-language and English language television channel based in Doha, Qatar. Its willingness to broadcast dissenting views creates controversies in the autocratic Persian Gulf Arab States.

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A quick Google search of ''nursing home'' + ''voter fraud'' will give you hundreds of situations where elderly people voted in elections, and most were unaware they had done so.

My friend Dave Johnson in Laughlin, Nevada, is the world's second greatest Trivia expert.

This Christmas season, hope begins with you.

The only thing ''healthy'' about some foods in the supermarket is the word ''heathy'' in the name.

Often, college graduates are taking jobs unrelated to their degree at pay scales they could have gotten right out of high school or a trade school.

Some vanity license plates are pretty funny. Your state DMV tries to keep offensive ones from being issued, but sometimes they slip through.

Saltsman sent a CD to RNC members with the songs ''Barack the Magic Negro'', ''The Star Spanglish Banner'', ''Wright Place, Wrong Pastor'', and ''John Edwards' Poverty Tour''.

A list of unusual deaths - unique, or extremely rare circumstances - recorded throughout history, including less rare, but still unusual, deaths of prominent people.

Millions of Soviet citizens perished from famine during forced collectivization, were executed as ''enemies of the people'' or died in Gulag labor camps during Joseph Stalin's rule.

Emmanuel Leutze, who painted this picture in 1851, could not have known how the crossing of the Delaware actually looked. So, how accurate is the painting?

Visit Ralphie's house in Cleveland, Ohio, where you can buy yourself a leg lamp for your front window, and maybe a Red Ryder bb gun. Don't shoot your eye out.

Wealthy and privileged George Washington continued to live a luxurious life during the winter at Valley Forge, all charged to his Continental Congress expense account.

Coined by comedian Jerry Seinfeld in his 1990s self-titled sitcom, regifting has become a staple of holiday lingo.

British troops were in the middle of a traditional carol service, complete with Santa hats and song sheets, when they came under attack from the Taliban.

Boxing Day - the first weekday after Christmas is observed as a holiday on which postmen and and others who serve receive a gift from those whom they served.

The banker flashing the ''V'' is not the same as Churchill's famous Victory sign. This one is backwards, and means the same as giving someone the finger in America.

Uncle Jay explains 2008 by singing about it.

Some items, like Preparation H, are taken out of embarrassment, but shoplifting because of money problems is on the increase.

$850 billion is 850,000 million dollars, that's a lot of pork.

It is rather haunting, the notice above the Flush button on an airliner toilet, ''Do Not Flush While Seated On Toilet''.

In an interview with Chris Wallace on ''Fox News Sunday,'' Cheney fired back at Biden's contention that he was ''the most dangerous vice president'' in U.S. history.

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For many, it's either pay the mortgage or buying groceries.

Somali pirates are gifting friends and relatives with money and winning the attention of beautiful women, who are flocking to pirate towns from miles around.

Iraqi TV says Al-Zaidi has been transferred to the American prison at the Baghdad airport, and that he is in a difficult condition, with broken ribs and signs of torture.

After investing five years and nearly $9 billion, DHL is shutting-down in the United States, eliminating 9,500 jobs and thousands more at the company's partner, ABX Air.

Retirement benefits is a reflection of how many retirees there are. The Big Three built up a huge pool of retirees long before Honda and Toyota opened plants in the US.

December 25 was chosen as the date to celebrate Christ's birth, as it aligned closely with a major pagan festival, allowing the church to claim a celebration for Christianity.

George Bush didn't need a primer on Middle Eastern culture to know he was being insulted when journalist Muntadar al-Zeidi threw his shoes at the president.

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Mark Twain was one of America's truly unique personalities. His ability to tap into American culture and humor gave him an invaluable insight in his writings and speeches.

Conspiracy theorists believe the building collapses on September 11, including that of building seven, were the result of controlled demolition.

''I shall ask the Congress for the one remaining instrument to meet the crisis -- broad Executive power to wage a war against the emergency, as great as the power that would be given to me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign foe.''

The BBC report on Iraq was one the White House definitely did not want you to see.

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