Florida man blames cat for illegal downloads

Dogs have been blamed for eating homework - now a Florida man says his cat downloaded child pornography.

World's Most Expensive MP3 Player

The world's most expensive mp3 player. It's quite random.

Oscar the Cat Predicts Patients' Deaths

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Oscar the cat seems to have an uncanny knack for predicting when nursing home patients are going to die, by curling up next to them during their final hours.

Schoolchildren to be fingerprinted in Big Brother-style shake-up

More than 3,500 schools already use systems which allow pupils to take out books by scanning their thumbprints instead of using a card. The technique is also being used in dinner queues.

Abortion may become a tougher choice for women in South Carolina

South Carolina would be the first state to require a woman to view a sonogram of her fetus before she can get an abortion if a bill in the legislature is passed by both the House and Senate and gets signed by the Governor.

Michigan man gets $122K for cat bite

FLUSHING, Mich. (AP) — A nasty bite on the hand that a man got from his sister's Siamese cat is worth $122,400. A jury on Friday awarded Michael Sabo, 57, the money for an injury he got when the cat, Randy, bit his right hand in March 2004.

A rare treat from nature: Perfect snow doughnuts

Stanford found frozen doughnuts of snow on the top of Washington Pass in the North Cascades this week when he was doing avalanche-control work. At first he couldn't believe his eyes: Perfectly shaped doughnuts had rolled down the mountainside and frozen in place.

Better sonar through dolphin teeth

Dolphin sonar outperforms any man-made system, particularly in shallow water, where reverberation, water turbulence and suspended sediment make sonar particularly challenging.

A dog's best friend

The link takes you to a video. Mar. 9 - A village dog adopts a wild monkey and the two become inseparable.

Atheism hasn't hurt Fremont Rep. Stark

[...] Stark's casual admission of disbelief was an important moment for local atheists. Chuck Cannon of Concord compared Stark to civil rights heroine Rosa Parks for his willingness to go against the long-accepted political wisdom and put himself on the side of American atheists.

Living on Thin Ice

Not so long ago polar bears were a symbol of cold, but these days they are a symbol of warmth.

An open letter to Global Warming

Dear Global Warming, It was a beautiful day today. The birds were chirping from their trees, the children were frolicking in their backyards and the old man who lives next door was washing his car with a hose, dressed in shorts and a t-shirt and wearing flip-flops.

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Christmas Price Index, 2005 - 2006

How much more the twelve days of Christmas will cost you this year as compared to last. Oh my.

The 2006 Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index

A list of 163 out of the 193 countries in the world, ranked in order from least corrupt to most corrupt. ETA: Bah. I switched the link/headline because I am a doofus. Real link here.

Who is the public transit Santa?

"I had a young man in the back of the bus. He looked like he was going to start crying. He said in broken English, 'She don't know how much this will mean to me at Christmas,'" Clemons said. Another nice holiday story -- I really enjoy finding ones like this.

Man in right-to-die case denied church funeral

The case of an Italian man who died after his doctor switched off life support system took a new and controversial twist on Friday when Italy's Roman Catholic Church flatly denied his family's request for a religious funeral.

Helium Crisis Over, Business Breathes Easier

You probably didn't notice unless you recently tried to buy a helium balloon, but the world is just now recovering from a helium shortage, which is more serious than it sounds.

When Hockey Parents Go Too Far

Hockey parents are a breed of their own.

Green Leader a Campaign Wild Card

"Hi, I'm Elizabeth May, leader of the Green party, and I'm asking you to support me," May says whenever anyone answers the door. "I'm asking people who have never voted Green before to help make me the first Green party MP in the House of Commons."

Hummingbirds always stealing your sugar-water?

Hummingbirds have been known to attack children with high sugar content. Their beaks are perfectly capable of piercing the skin and draining a child of their sugary blood.

Hitler desk, chair up for auction

Oh man. It just seems to be the day for auctioning things that belonged to famous dead people.

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