Every day, the same, again
Starbucks must pay back tips ($100 million), a San Diego judge rules.
Man returned a book on loan for more than 100 years to a library in Vantaa, in southern Finland.
The two-decade search for an AIDS vaccine is in crisis after two field tests of the most promising contender not only did not protect people from the virus but may actually have put them at increased risk of becoming infected.
New Russian “Ladies” vodka worries doctors, who fear a fresh wave of female alcoholics in a country already suffering one of the world’s worst drink problems. “Because of its mellow taste, it can be taken with salads and other light meals, even by those regularly working out in gyms.”
A woman was stopped at Munich airport after baggage control handlers found the skeleton of her brother sealed in a plastic bag in her luggage.
Greek workers discovered around 1,000 graves, some filled with ancient treasures, while excavating for a subway system.
MBTA police (Boston) are using undercover female officers to try to catch gropers who assault women passengers on the subway.
A city inspector has been arrested for lying about checking on a construction crane just 11 days before it collapsed, killing seven people in NYC last Saturday.
A Wisconsin company that disguises deadly firearms with bright paints and camouflage, is taunting the Mayor Bloomberg with a line of paints named “The Bloomberg Collection.” Products were banned in NYC in 2006 because they make dangerous guns look like innocent toys.
Wrongly accused man free after 25 years. Key witness recently recanted his story.
The Colombian government is considering whether to pay $2.5m to a Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) rebel who assassinated his boss (and cut off his hand to prove he killed him).
Canada will probe how blueprints for the new headquarters of an elite military counter-terrorism unit ended up in a pile of garbage.
US tightens air quality standards. The new permitted ozone level has been reduced from 80 parts per billion to 75 parts per billion.
African-American cab drivers get tipped substantially less than white cab drivers.
U.S. is top source of money sent home by migrants.
The case of an immigration agent who is accused of demanding sex from a woman raises questions about the vulnerability of the system to corruption.
The value of the US residential housing stock has fallen by some $2 trillion or so since the beginning of 2007. It could fall by another $4 trillion before house prices stabilise. Much of this capital loss will be suffered by home owners.
Wikipedia doesn’t make enough money, needs to raise funds, but it resists selling ads.
Studies showed that children with odd names got worse grades and were less popular than other classmates in elementary school.
Antarctic fish puts itself into a state similar to hibernation for the winter, researchers have found, which is highly unusual for a fish.
Science shows what we all instinctively know: pauses in music speak loudly to the brain.
Musician in fireproof gear played an improvised jazz piece on a burning piano [video].
“Clean up new york” directed by David Lynch.
What poisons can I safely take to build immunity to toxic substances?
