Scientists sailed Thursday to inspect an undersea volcano that has been erupting for days near Tonga — shooting smoke, steam and ash thousands of feet into the sky above the South Pacific ocean. Continue Here
Archive for March, 2009
Undersea Volcano: Explodes Thru Ocean Surface
Posted: 19th March 2009 by Sus Scrofa in Mother NatureTags: explodes, ocean, undersea, volcano
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Soccer Fan Shoots Player Dead
Posted: 19th March 2009 by The Dude in Oddly Enough, SportsTags: fan, football, goals, Iraq, player, score, soccer
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – An Iraqi soccer fan shot dead a player of the opposing team as he tried to score an equalizing goal in the final minutes of a match, police said on Monday. “As soon as Haider Kadhim (the player) was alone in front of the goalkeeper and close to equalizing, a fan in [...]
Sweden’s Ice Hotel Starts Selling Tickets to Space
Posted: 19th March 2009 by The Dude in Entertainment, Lifestyle, Science | TechnologyTags: aurora borealis, dogsledding, Ice Hotel, safari, space, Sweden, tickets, vacation, Virgin Galactic
STOCKHOLM (AP) — You can sleep in eight degrees below zero, try dogsledding or go on a whale safari. Not exotic enough? Try a space trip through the aurora borealis. Sweden’s famous Ice Hotel says it will start including tickets for Virgin Galactic’s space trips in its offerings to tourists. The trips, from nearby Kiruna, [...]
Attorney General Signals Marijuana Policy Shift
Posted: 19th March 2009 by The Dude in Lifestyle, Mother NatureTags: Bush, California, federal law, Holder, marijuana, medical, policy, state law
WASHINGTON – Attorney General Eric Holder signaled a change on medical marijuana policy Wednesday, saying federal agents will target marijuana distributors only when they violate both federal and state law. That would be a departure from the Bush administration, which targeted medical marijuana dispensaries in California even if they complied with that state’s law. “The [...]
Israel Arrests Hamas Political Leaders
Posted: 19th March 2009 by The Dude in PoliticsTags: Gaza, Hamas, Israel, leaders, minister, prisoner, West Bank
RAMALLAH, West Bank – Israel rounded up 10 Hamas leaders in the West Bank early Thursday, two days after indirect talks between Israel and the Islamic militant group on a prisoner swap broke down. Among those detained were four Hamas lawmakers, a university professor and a former Hamas deputy prime minister. Continue here
12 Most Extremely Modified People
Posted: 18th March 2009 by Sus Scrofa in Lifestyle, Oddly EnoughTags: mutants, nidufued people, superhero
Aside from superpowers they are real live mutants: Meet Rick the Zombie, Catman, The Illustrated Lady, The Leopard Man, the Lizard Man and all the rest of the 12 extremely tatooed and otherwise physically modifed people who are achieving Internet fame by completely transforming the way they look. Continue Here
Kanye West Gets Charged With 3 Crimes!
Posted: 18th March 2009 by Sus Scrofa in RandomnessTags: charged, crimes, kanye west
Kanye West and his manager Don Crowley have just been charged with a bunch of misdemeanors (ie. not really crimes for celebrities) over the classic video above when he takes a TMZ camera man’s camera and smashes it into the ground before trying to flee the scene. Did we say classic? Kanye was charged with [...]
Josef Fritzl Pleads Guilty to All Charges after His Daughter’s Testimony
Posted: 18th March 2009 by Simo Häyhä in PoliticsTags: Austria, coercion, enslavement, incest, Josef fritzl, murder, neglect, rape, testimony, trial, verdict, Vienna
Josef Fritzl, the Austrian accused of imprisoning his daughter and fathering seven children with her, has changed his pleas to guilty on all charges. Fritzl, 73, said video testimony from his daughter, played in court on Tuesday, had made him change his mind. He locked up his daughter for 24 years. The charges include rape, [...]