Friday, February 1, 2013

Grand Canyon gets Google treatment

Don't fancy trekking into the Grand Canyon? New Google images now allow you to take a virtual tour.


Watch Google's video of how the images were gathered below

It seems no place on earth is now too remote to hide away from Google’s camerawork.

Bank robbery caught on camera by witness

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Shocking footage has emerged online of the moment a Welwyn Garden City branch of Halifax was robbed in broad daylight.

British tourist loses part of skull in 22ft balcony fall in Thailand

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A British tourist who survived a 22-foot fall onto his head from a hotel balcony in Thailand has flown home with a quarter of his skull in his hand luggage.

Applebee's Waitress Fired For Sharing 'I Give God 10%' Tip Receipt

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Be careful what you post on Reddit. It may just get you canned.

Earlier this week, an Applebee’s waitress posted a photo on Reddit of a receipt from an alleged pastor who, instead of leaving the suggested 18 percent tip, wrote “I give God 10%, why should you get 18.” Now, after the bill went viral, Applebee's has fired the waitress, according to Consumerist.

Back from the dead: Woman, 101, sits up and speaks in her coffin


Mourners nearly died of shock when the woman, who had been declared dead, asked why so many people were in her house

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Viagra as Diet Pill? One Day, Perhaps

Gives new meaning for "getting firm"




New evidence suggests that the erectile-dysfunction drug Viagra might have another use: helping burn away excess fat.

Artist Uses Kittens to Recreate Classic Album Covers


As a musician, a co-founder of a record label and a vintage poster dealer, New York-based artist Alfra Martini is a woman of many musical trades. But in her downtime, the cat owner uses kittens as her muse to recreate classic album covers, and the result is rather entertaining.

Woman Mistakes Nail Glue for Eye Drops


On the night of January 18, Li Mei Feng, a 22-year-old college student from Sichuan province, China, took a train with her sister to visit their family. As the train clattered down the tracks, Feng’s eyes began to feel dry after her hard day of studying. Fumbling through her bag on the crowded train, Feng grabbed what she thought were eye drops and proceeded to squeeze the tiny bottle into her eye. As soon as the liquid came in contact with her right eye, an intense burning pain overcame her. Feng then realized that she hadn't used eye drops, she’d used super-adhesive nail glue!

Man follows GPS directions to wrong house and shot dead

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Two strikingly different portraits emerged Tuesday of the Lilburn resident charged with fatally shooting a 22-year-old who mistakenly pulled into his driveway.

According to his lawyer, Phillip Sailors was a frightened retiree who fired his .22 revolver at Rodrigo Diaz because he feared for his life.

Over 300 bikers shut down freeway traffic for a marriage proposal

CHP says it is investigating the incident, which occurred Sunday in West Covina


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After several hundred motorcyclists shut down the 10 Freeway so one biker could propose to his girlfriend on the pavement, the California Highway Patrol says criminal charges could be filed.