From CNN: 
Be worried, be very worried
The climate is crashing, and global warming is to blame
(Time.com) — No one can say exactly what it looks like when a planet takes ill, but it probably looks a lot like Earth.
Never mind what you’ve heard about global warming as a slow-motion emergency that would take decades to play […]

From BBC News:
Japanese comics go mobile
By Richard Taylor
From texting to surfing the internet and making video calls, the ways in which mobile phones can be used seem to be ever expanding. In Japan, another string has been recently been added to the mobile bow with the launch of electronic books and comics specifically for phones.
(more […]

 
From NASA:
Mini-Comets Approaching Earth
A Cometary “string-of-pearls” will fly past Earth in May 2006 giving astronomers a fantastic view of a dying comet.
March 24, 2006: In 1995, Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 did something unexpected: it fell apart. For no apparent reason, the comet’s nucleus split into at least three “mini-comets” flying single file through space. Astronomers watched […]

 
From MSNBC.COM:
Mouse testicles may hold stem cells’ promise
German research suggests controversy-free source for therapy
NEW YORK - German scientists say cells from the testes of mice can behave like embryonic stem cells. If the same holds true in humans, it could provide a controversy-free source of versatile cells for use in treating disease.
(more here)
Ouchie

 
From CNN:
Nevada okays gambling to go
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Sarah Steineker, 50, is stuck to her seat. She’s got a bingo game going, and the “hot ball” jackpot is up to $14,490.
But thanks to new mobile gambling regulations that passed the Nevada Gaming Commission on Thursday, she soon may be able to take that bingo […]

 
From ABC News:
Group Seeks Use for Unwelcome Carp in Utah
Nonnative Carp Destroying Utah Lake and Its Unique Species of Fish Has Group Looking for Solution
PROVO, Utah Mar 24, 2006 (AP)— Carp introduced to Utah Lake by early settlers are confounding current residents looking for ways to get rid of the fish.
(more here)
Couldn’t they have a […]

From Mirror.Co.UK:
EXCLUSIVE: THE REAL MRS DOUBTFIRE, Man dressed as woman to nanny kids
A MAN posed as a real-life Mrs Doubtfire for FIVE years - dressing up as a woman to look after a couple’s two children.
But “Erica” Sadowski’s cover was blown when he disappeared with the youngsters and was arrested after a former college friend […]

 
From NBC5I.COM:
Rooftop ‘Boogler’ Hits Metroplex Stores
Robber Leaves Taunting Messages Behind
FORT WORTH, Texas — The rooftop “boogler” is literally dropping into North Texas businesses and plucking cash out of safes. Police said he’s attacked stores in Dallas and Fort Worth, scrawling taunting messages — signed “boogler” — before he leaves.
(more here)
If I ever play “City of […]

FRom The Rockford Register Star:
Man fined $250 in first area case of Internet piracy
By Chris Green
ROCKFORD — Just as pirating your neighbor’s cable service to watch premium movie channels is against the law, so too is surfing the Web using someone else’s wireless Internet access.
David M. Kauchak, 32, a former Machesney Park resident, is the […]

From CBS News:
Alligator Knocks on Fla. Woman’s Door
(AP) So now the alligators are going door to door. When Lori Pachelli heard someone knocking at the door of her home in a gated community in this southwest Florida community earlier this week, she looked out to see an unwelcome visitor on her front stoop: an 8-foot […]

From CNN:
Briefcase, lunch, car keys, baby — uh-oh
Commuter finds something missing on way to Washington
WASHINGTON (AP) — Commuters racing to catch the train typically forget things in the car — keys, wallets, briefcases. But a baby daughter?
(more here)
Hot Water Burn Baby

From MSNBC.COM:
100-year-old decides it’s time to retire
L.A. transit worker missed just one day of work in 75 years
By Mark Mullen
LOS ANGELES - Few folks get to reach the age of 100. Fewer still get to celebrate it with a busload of friends — and with the Los Angeles Laker Girls.
(more here)
Never called in sick once.   […]

 
From WIRED.COM: 
You Play World of Warcraft? You’re Hired!
Why multiplayer games may be the best kind of job training.
By John Seely Brown and Douglas Thomas
In late 2004, Stephen Gillett was in the running for a choice job at Yahoo! - a senior management position in engineering. He was a strong contender. Gillett had been responsible for […]

From The BBC:
School loos flushed with success
 
Teachers at a Leicestershire school are using a hi-tech method to make sure boys aim properly in the toilet block.
The Ibstock Junior School and Special Unit has launched its Bug Blasters campaign to encourage pupils to pay more attention to personal hygiene.
(more here)
Shouldn’t it be a Sad Face and […]