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Delinquencies in overall loans and credit cards hit record
Unemployment and the housing slump drove credit payment delinquencies to the highest on record.
WTF is a Spite House?
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Top 10 Johnny Depp Movie Moments
From pirates to acid trips to trips down memory lane, the best of the Depp.
You Can Now Honor America From Yankee Stadium's Loo
The change in policy about the seventh-inning stretch at Yankee Stadium is long overdue. Fans will be free to exercise their right to move around Yankee Stadium while a taped recording of a song plays before "Take Me Out to the Ballgame."
Jackson Fans Offering Memorial Tickets for Sex on Craigslist
Extreme grief has the ability to bring out the stranger, at times unseemly, aspects of humankind. Take, for example, the spate of Craigslist postings soliciting and/or offering up sexual favors in exchange for a final audience with the King of Pop. One 35-year-old San Gabriel Valley resident is willing to give his extra ticket...
Microsoft Hohm: Micromanaging Your Energy Consumption
Microsoft Hohm launched in Beta this morning, promising an easier way for consumers to manage their carbon footprints as well as energy costs. Microsoft hopes the Web-based energy monitoring application will deliver advertising revenues and a robust information-gathering platform along with energy savings for users.
SMU Defrauded Homeowners to Build the Bush Libarary
A group of former condo owners say Southern Methodist University defrauded them of their homes and that they were willing to intimidate and deceive in its plan to grab land for the George W. Bush presidential library.
The world in nuclear weapons
Which country has the most nukes? How many missiles could the US launch? How many bombs does Russia have? These are the latest figures
Nine Inch Nails Reveal Final U.S. Shows ... Again!
Trent explains that ending Nine Inch Nails on a co-headlining tour where they often performed shorter sets, outside in daylight hours just didn't seem like a proper way to bring the band to a close.
Rubik Cube inventor devises new puzzle to infuriate us all.
His cube was one of the most popular and infuriating toys of all time. Now Professor Ernö Rubik is hoping that the sphere will bring sleepless nights to the world?s obsessive puzzlers.
A personal ad... in graph form.
Never: wants to see twilight.
14 Basic Skills All Men Should Possess
The following are fourteen of examples of these skills - if you don't know them, you should learn them, or you may be caught unaware sooner than you think. If you can think of others, please leave them in the comments below.
Autism May Be Linked to Mother's Autoimmune Disease
Possible causes of disorder should now include celiac disease, study suggests.
Dora´s Flight : Shocking yet peaceful
Incredible photo of a crane in flight.
SWAT Team Called In When Man's Grass Needs Mowing
A call to the city's SWAT team was the final move against one property owner who let his grass grow higher than a foot. Specially trained officers were called out to the 9000 block of Harrison Run Drive as city crews tried to groom one unruly yard on the northeast side. "This is a first for something I had to run up against," said Lt. Jeff Duhamell
10 Things We've Learned from Failed Threequels
This weekend, yet another third installment hit theaters like a jackhammer on half-speed, proving once again that when art goes up against commerce, commerce beats the hell out of art. With a jackhammer. Granted, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs isn?t a terrible movie ? it?s just a sublimely average film, and it?s nowhere near as good as its predeces
9 Google Labs Projects You Must Try Out!
Within the laboratories of Google?s Mountain View campus, computer science wizards are busy brewing up innovative services that will enhance your Google experience. There are plenty of functional Google Lab projects still in public beta; we pick nine of our favorites that you absolutely must try out.
LeBron denies telling Ariza he'll be in Cleveland past 2010
LeBron James did not tell Trevor Ariza he would stay in Cleveland past 2010, according to sources close to the Cavaliers' superstar -- contradicting what a person close to Ariza said Monday night.
Wal-Mart eyes super savings by backing Obama's health plan
Wal-Mart's support breaks with partisan lines and the popular belief that big business leans Republican. But corporations pledge allegiance to policy that serves their business, regardless of party. And most give to both parties just in case. There's no such thing as loyalty when it comes to business, except to shareholders.
U.S. Department of Defense to Use Hummingbirds as Spies
Robotic hummingbirds will be able to discretely enter areas where people would not be able to go without being detected and will look so realistic that people could easily be fooled.
Largest Dinosaurs Ate Often, Exercised Little
Some dinosaurs were more than eight times the size of today's largest land animals due to an abundance of resources coupled with low energy expenditures, according to a new study published in the latest Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
This House Requires 10 Hours Just To Clean All The Bathrooms
Got a spare $165 million? This could be the house for you. Actually, calling it a house doesn't do it justice. It's a 72,000-square-foot, six-building, six-and-a-half-acre Beverly Hills estate once owned by newspaper baron William Randolph Hearst -- and that asking price is the highest ever for a residential property in the United States.
Teacher regrets mock 'wedding'
A Falmouth elementary school teacher has apologized for participating in a mock wedding in which he was the bridegroom and the bride was one of his students.
"Little Steven" Van Zandt Warns on State of Rock
Steve Van Zandt doesn?t mince his words. Bruce Springsteen?s guitarist loves rock with a passion -- and that?s why he gets so mad at modern music.
Judge Rules P2P Legal, Sites To Be Presumed Innocent
After Spain virtually ruled out imposing a ?3-strikes? regime for illicit file-sharers, the entertainment industries said they would target 200 BitTorrent sites instead. Now a judge has decided that sharing between users for no profit via P2P doesn?t breach copyright laws and sites should be presumed innocent until proved otherwise.
Kazaa Still Kicking, Brings HD Video to the Pre?
Seriously, we're just as surprised as you are. Not only is Kazaa somehow still in business, they've set their sights on bringing HD movie downloads to the masses (well, the masses that use Kazaa), and the Pre is where they?ve decided to make their stand.
Saving the Dying Burial Beetle
The undertaker of the insect world is beginning to make a comeback from its own near-death experience.
Sleek, swift and deadly: Hitler's stealth bomber (w/PICS)
It could be something out of Star Wars or a version of America's feared B2 stealth bomber. This is Hitler's stealth fighter-bomber, a little known secret weapon which might have altered the course of the Second World War. The plane has been recreated and its radar-beating capability put to the test by the men who built America's stealth bomber.
Sea Aged Beer Available after Two Centuries
Beer aged at sea will be commercially available again, for the first time after two centuries.
The 40 Greatest Movie Bastards
There's nothing quite like a good Movie Bastard. If done well, proper bastards can be the difference between a good film and a great one. If done really well, they can help raise a movie to classic status. Movie Bastards may come in all shapes and sizes, but they all share a propensity for being complete, well, bastards. Here are the 40 greatest!
What the Consumer Financial Protection Agency Means for You
Fresh off of the heels of Congress?s passing of the Credit Cardholders Bill of Rights, Obama sent a proposed law to Congress, which if enacted, would create a shiny brand new Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA). The agency would not only help enforce the Credit Cardholders Bill, it would expand into the broader scope of consumer protection.
Geoffrey Dunn: Palin Hit With More Ethics Charges
In the wake of Governor Palin stepping down from her job, new allegations have surfaced today in Alaska charging Palin with additional violations of the Alaska Executive Ethics Act.
Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain [PHOTOSET]
Thrill-seekers sprinted through Pamplona in a swift and relatively clean start to the running of the bulls
Special Report: Upcoming Hollywood Movie Fads
Many folks are wondering what Hollywood will turn to after the board game to movie fad simmers down. The answer: washing machines and lunch boxes.
A Look At The Facebook Movie Script, The Social Experiment
ScriptShadow has a look at Sony Pictures' The Social Experiment, the new draft written by Aaron Sorkin and based off of the Ben Mezrich book, The Accidental Billionaires. (Won't be the first time Sony has used Ben's work, having poorly adapted Bringing Down the House into the ***** that was 21.)
New Monkey Discovered In Brazil
Biologists have discovered a new monkey in a remote region of the Amazon in Brazil.
Video Games Used As Shorthand In New Movie Trailers
Making a trailer for a major motion picture and need to show that John Cusack's fictional son is a bit detached? Need to show that Vince Vaughn is partying hard? Show video games. While sped-up sunsets, crowd scenes in Manhattan and the destruction of the White House are all common elements of Hollywood trailers, video games don't usually show up.
Passing unread laws - Washington Times
Welcome to Speaker Nancy Pelosi's House of Representatives. The "people's House" is now a place where bills are voted on not only before legislators or the public have read them, but also before parts of the bills even have been written.
Yo, Yokohama! - Photo Gallery
Yokohama Landmark Tower, the tallest building in Japan, looms over a bed of flowers. Yokohama, with nearly 4 million residents, is the largest incorporated city in Japan (Tokyo is no longer a single incorporated city.)
Solar Powered Blimp Set to Fly Across English Channel
Perhaps propelled by the recent dawn of solar powered airplanes, this stunning solar powered blimp is poised to take flight by harnessing sunlight for fuel. Dubbed Nephelios, the solar-powered helium blimp was designed and built by high school engineering students in France.
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