Record temperatures in Sweden have male train drivers showing more skin but Martin Akersten and his coworkers weren't allowed to wear shorts so they literally skirted the dress code. "We have always said that when summer comes, we will get some skirts and wear them," Akersten told the BBC. "It's very warm weather here so we would like to wear shorts but if we can't then we have skirts for ... [Read More]

Turkey has broken out in full-blown civil unrest after police used excessive force in response to peaceful protests over the demolition of Gezi Park. It seems that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan still hasn't learned his lesson about trying to suppress freedom of speech. Erdogan has ordered a media blackout of all protest coverage in the interest of national security. Article 3 of ... [Read More]

A live-action game based on the popular anime series Detective Conan, also known as Case Closed, recently caused a bomb scare in Takamatsu, Japan. “Escape from the Skyscraper,” tasks participants with looking for clues that lead to an imaginary bomb, which was unfortunately found by real-life detectives after the event had come to an ended. The suspicious device was a whiteboard ... [Read More]

Some pubs are actually encouraging bar fights, the virtual variety at least. The McKinney ad agency has created a beer-themed arcade game to promote Big Boss Brewing. RUGBY - BEER VENDING MACHINE The Last Barfighter is flash game styled after Street Fighter. Players choose one of five characters representing the five year-round Big Boss brews: Hell's Belle, Bad Penny, Angry Angel, Blanco ... [Read More]

Lincoln ended slavery in America, not the president but the movie. It inspired Ranjan Batra, an immigrant from India, to learn more about the 13th Amendment. "At the end of the story there was an open question about how the ratification process proceeded," he told ABC News. "Living in the South as I do, I found that a pretty big open question." Batra discovered a serious clerical error on ... [Read More]

Television stations in California, Montana, Michigan and New Mexico scared the life out of viewers this week. In a scene straight out of Night of the Living Dead, the Emergency Alert System (EAS) interrupted regularly-scheduled programs to announce a zombie outbreak! "Civil authorities in your area have reported that the bodies of the dead are rising from their graves and attacking the ... [Read More]

When a prized race horse breaks its leg, it's often written off so when someone takes the time to build a wheelchair for fish, it's no wonder that it goes viral. YouTube videos show a goldfish in a harness being hand-fed by its owner. "My disabled goldfish scooting around in her newly redesigned sling," reads the description. "She has trouble maintaining buoyancy on her own. She looks a ... [Read More]

Air pollution in China is as much as 40 times over the limit set by the World Health Organization. It's so bad that last month a fire at a furniture factory went unnoticed among the already smoggy skies. Chen Guangbiao, a Chinese entrepreneur known for publicity stunts, is promoting environmentalism by selling cans filled with air similar to Perri-Air featured in the comedy Spaceballs. Chen ... [Read More]

If looking at pictures of cute animals like fuzzy kittens and cuddly puppies fills you with the uncontrollable urge to squeeze the life out of them, rest assured that you're not a "budding sociopath" says Rebecca Dyer, a graduate student in psychology at Yale University. The phenomenon dubbed "cute aggression" was presented by Dyer at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality ... [Read More]

The Department of Homeland Security's United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) has issued an alert about a vulnerability in Java 7 that "allows a Java applet to grant itself permission to execute arbitrary code." A hacker could exploit this by linking to a malicious website or loading the applet on a legitimate website (a "drive-by download" attack). An earlier alert ... [Read More]

On New Year’s Eve guards at a Brazilian prison detained a prowler attempting to assist in a jailbreak. The suspect was found with incriminating tools such as drills and saws but no charges will be pressed because of mitigating circumstances: he's a cat! The inmates reportedly befriended the cat, which was able to come and go as it pleased. It's unknown which one put the cat up to it, and ... [Read More]

Former Air Force test pilot Otto Dieffenbach has been flying Remote Controlled (RC) super heroes for years but it wasn't until a passerby looked up in the sky and uploaded the now viral video to YouTube that they really took off. MORE FOOTAGE @ YouTube Channels for Otto Dieffenbach & Treggon Owens (best clips below) Dieffenbach says he plans to sell kits for the RC super heroes, which he ... [Read More]

All hailing frequencies are open at the International Space Station. Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield has been communicating via Twitter with the original rocket man, William Shatner AKA Captain Kirk. "Are you tweeting from space? MBB (My Best, Bill)," Shatner tweeted his compatriot. "Yes, Standard Orbit, Captain. And we're detecting signs of life on the surface," Hatfield ... [Read More]

We're officially on the edge of the so-called "Fiscal Cliff," a self-imposed trigger of $500 billion in tax increases and $109 billion in spending cuts. The main sticking point is the Bush tax cuts. Democrats want to extend them for individuals making $200,000 and couples making $250,000 but Republicans want those limits increased to $400,000 and $450,000, respectively. Democrats also want ... [Read More]

One Seattle home is literally bursting with Christmas spirit. The family's Christmas tree goes through the roof or so it seems. Patrick Kruger and his wife spent nine hours creating the illusion. They cut off the tree top and attached it to the roof using plywood, sheathing and spare roofing tile. Unfortunately, it wasn't secured and blew over. He had to redo it without the help of his weary ... [Read More]

Bob's burgers are so good that customers can't wait to eat them. They're even eating the wrapper according to a new ad campaign by the Brazilian fast food chain. The tagline “Não dá pra controlar,” translates to "you can’t control yourself." The wrappers, which are out of rice paper, are a triple threat: environmentally friendly, time savers, and they make for a less sloppy burger. ... [Read More]