Plane Diverted, Passengers Thrown Off Over Knee Defender Altercation
By hipstomp From core77 Last year we wrote about the Knee Defender, a pair of plastic gizmos that an airplane passenger can use to prevent the person in front of them from reclining. We wrote it up in utter dismayed…
A 9-year-old girl accidentally killed her gun instructor with an Uzi in Arizona
By Katie Zavadski From New York Mag A young girl sporting pink shorts and a long braid fatally shot her gun instructor on Monday, after the weapon she was firing recoiled in her hands. Charles Vacca, 39, died at a…
Beastie Boys fight to keep $1.7 million Monster Energy award
By Marc Hogan From Wandering Sound Way back when the Beastie Boys were young upstarts getting censored on American Bandstand and banned for trashing Holiday Inn suites, anyone who predicted they’d be spending much of their future in courtrooms probably…
Boston Children’s Hospital preps surgeons with custom 3D-printed models
By Billy Steele From engadget Undoubtedly, 3D printing has taken root in a variety of disciplines, and medicine is no stranger to leveraging its tool kit. At Boston Children’s Hospital, surgeons are using printed models to prep for the operating…
RSM to pay Saint Lucia’s legal costs, tribunal rules
From Office of the Prime Minister St Lucia The Government of Saint Lucia has won another round in the ongoing arbitration with RSM Production Corporation, the company owned by Jack Grynberg. On Aug. 13, 2014, the Arbitral Tribunal ordered RSM…
The NFL, where smoking pot is 8 times worse than beating a woman/Breaking NFL announces stiff penalties
By Sam Laird From Mashable Outraged swelled in July when star Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice was suspended just two games by the National Football League for allegedly knocking his fiancée out cold in a casino elevator. Compared to…
8 not-so-magical secrets from a former Disney princess
By Max Knoblauch From Mashable Being a Disney princess seems like a dream job: You’re worshipped by countless strangers all day, you get free admission to Disney parks and you can explore the secret cavernous underground Disney dungeons that definitely…
Caribbean to receive assistance from China in several key areas
From Caribbean360 BEIJING, China, Thursday August 28, CMC – China has promised aid to Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries in a number of areas including adapting to climate change, energy, education and tourism. Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne, who…
Here’s where we think the world’s nukes are stored — and what it says about global security
By Armin Rosen from Business Insider Nuclear security scholars Hans M. Kristensen and Robert S. Norris published a study of the worldwide deployment of nuclear weapons on August 27th in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, their first such survey…
Jimmy Carter to headline fundraiser for Hamas Front Group
By John Blosser From Newsmax Former President Jimmy Carter will headline a fundraising convention for Hamas, a group which has been recognized by the U.S. as a terrorist organization dedicated to the destruction of Israel. Breitbart News reports that Carter,…
