Chinese tourists in Paris ©CNN.com The beginning of October signals the start of Golden Week, one of the most popular... Read More
A mystery boy showed up in Berlin in September of 2011 claiming to be a 17-year-old boy named Ray. He... Read More
© Ruby Gold It can be a difficult toss up. You have a finite amount of precious money and time... Read More
BoingBoing points us to this interesting post where Steven Frischling can’t seem to get the TSA to explain how/why the... Read More
© (unknown) A Toronto artist repainted an abandoned bike that had been locked in front of a storefront gallery for... Read More
[A]ccording to the FBI, “An estimated 15,241 persons were murdered nationwide in 2009”³ in the United States of America. Officially,... Read More
[I]t was reported in Reuters Tuesday that the Lone Star State of Texas wants to send a message loud and... Read More
The mayor of a town in France has thrown a patriotic female statue out of his town hall because its... Read More
The Senate voted 98-0 to make it a felony for anyone to misuse those images, by copying them, collecting them... Read More
Beer is to be legally classified as an alcoholic drink in Russia for the first time as the Kremlin forges... Read More
BoingBoing points us to the TSA Rights Cheat Sheet: … a handy single-sheet list of all your rights at a... Read More
Just when I think I’ve heard it all … In a brazen attempt reminiscent of a medieval siege, Mexican smugglers... Read More
I guess it’s a creepy kind of news day. A German national who shipped hundreds of live tarantulas into the... Read More
An odd post title. And an ever odder case.... Read More
British pubgoers could soon ditch their traditional pint in favor of a “schooner,” a smaller measure of beer used in... Read More
© National Geographic Evidently, trafficking in endangered species is quite easy in many parts of the world: Wildlife trafficking may... Read More
Afraid of not knowing the consequences to seemingly innocuous activities abroad? You should be. Turner Wright explains why. Read More
© AP Photo/Proctor Police Department via Duluth News Trubune Four contestants this week, up from the three we had last... Read More
© BarelyFitz An awfully verbose way to say “Shut the f%*k up!”.... Read More