By deskofbrian On Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
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New York City parking place sells for $1 million

In many parts of the country, a million bucks will buy you a mansion. In New York City, you can get a 12-foot by 23-foot slab of concrete. Yes, Manhattan’s first $1 million parking space is scheduled to go More...

By deskofbrian On Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
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Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani writes a letter to supporters

Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani has written an open letter to “all those who are concerned” with his plight thanking them and asking for prayer. The letter written earlier this week is the first time in More...

By deskofbrian On Monday, May 21st, 2012
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Disturbing Video: Parents put toddler in laundry mat washing machine

Maybe they thought it would be funny — there’s a large sign hanging above the machines, saying “Junior Wash: $2.95.” Whatever it was, it could have easily ended badly. In the silent footage More...

By deskofbrian On Monday, May 21st, 2012
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‘Stunned’ man goes over Niagara Falls and survives

NIAGARA FALLS, ONT. (WIVB) – A suicidal man survived a nearly 200-ft plunge over Niagara Falls Monday, making him the fourth person known to have lived after going over without protection. Witnesses first More...

By deskofbrian On Monday, May 21st, 2012
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Lesbian couple arrested after staging hate crime

A lesbian couple who claimed they were victims of a hate crime have been arrested after police determined they staged the incidents. On Oct. 28, Aimee Whitchurch, 37, and Christel Conklin, 29, called police and More...

By deskofbrian On Monday, May 21st, 2012
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UFO sightings excalating New Zealand

There have been an “unprecedented” number of UFO sightings reported in the North Island over the past two months, UFO watchers say. And aliens may even have visited Northland in the past five weeks, More...

By deskofbrian On Monday, May 21st, 2012
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Christopher Binse, aka Badness, engages Australian police in firefight

From Australia comes a story of a famous criminal, Christopher Binse, a convicted armed robber and prison escapee, who now is firing upon Victorian police. The Australian reports: The gunman at the centre of a More...

By deskofbrian On Monday, May 21st, 2012
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Obama for America’s Attack Watch website defends President Obama

    From Attack Watch defending the President Obama and the new Birther controversy which is rooted in a flyer that states the President was born in Kenya   The disreputable, right-wing site Breitbart.com More...

By deskofbrian On Monday, May 21st, 2012
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VIDEO: Teacher screams at student that it’s criminal to criticize President Obama

A YouTube video uploaded on Monday afternoon apparently shows a schoolteacher from the Rowan-Salisbury school district in North Carolina informing a student that failing to be respectful of President Obama is a More...

By deskofbrian On Monday, May 21st, 2012
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Tyler Clementi case gets a verdict: Dharun Ravi gets 30 days

A former Rutgers University student who used a webcam to spy on his gay roommate was sentenced Monday to 30 days in jail — a fraction of the maximum — in a case that focused attention on anti-gay bullying, teen More...