35-year-old man was arrested Sunday after police said he called 911 several times and asked them to bring him beer.

Man shot dead in hospital room after allegedly being mistaken for gangster.

Criminal hid in tunnel for 17 years.

14-year-old punk rocker: “I jumped down on to the tracks, lifted him off the ground and put him on my shoulder.” — With the train “just a couple of metres away.

Home ‘winner’ says prize taken away.

Debt collector addresses notice to ” SHIT FACE.”

FBI sifted through customer data collected by San Francisco-area grocery stores in 2005 and 2006, hoping that sales records of Falafel would lead to Iranian terrorists.

“The last thing I was thinking was that I was going to get mugged. They were so young.” The teenagers circled close, however, and grabbed her handbag, which was full of cash she had received for her birthday. In Brooklyn Heights, assaults have risen 31% in the past two years, to 150 this year.

“NY Dream Girl” identified.

How to cheat without cheating (Athletes and the placebo effect).

A new recipe involving a hitherto obscure element is the latest way to make microprocessors faster.

MIT students have come up with a way to recharge your laptop without plugging it in. Pedal power.

Office building lit by 100% LED light.

The Norwegian band Enslaved went from being called “black metal” to being called “Viking metal” to being called “progressive metal,” though the members prefer the catch-all term “extreme metal.”

A legal battle over an odd collection of Elvis Presley memorabilia — including a glass device reportedly used to irrigate the King’s sinuses before the took the stage and a laryngeal scope used to examine his throat — could be nearing an end.

A Boston priest has been arrested in New York on charges of stalking late-night talk show host Conan O’Brien.

US advertising spending (2006-2011).

Can you remember the names of 365 people you’ve met during the course of your life and write exactly 40 words about them?

Dolphins save surfer from shark.

An Apple iBook owner suspected his cat had hacked into his password-protected notebook. It turned out he was right — his cat, which liked sleeping on his keyboard, managed to automatically bypass the computer’s security.

Ferret waste, like nearly any other form of pet waste, can be effectively used to help prevent the abuse of unused prescription drugs.

Research indicates dogs have some ability to read minds. Sort of.

Frog defense.

Bird imprint.

Interesting use of a mirror.

To test synesthesia, Rama and collaborators designed an experiment where they could measure the vividness of the colors associated with the numbers 2 and 5.

IQs.

Two physicists point out inconsistencies associated with the ghost, vampire, and zombie mythologies as portrayed in popular films and folklore.

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