$300 In Fake Pot Stolen From Smoke Shop
California court rejects limits on medical marijuana
An Alaska man who hit a Taco Bell manager in the face with a double-decker taco has been sentenced to one day in jail and one year probation.
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One company has never had a layoff in 94 years. Another offers unlimited sick days.
Neuschwanstein Castle was a major inspiration for Sleeping Beauty's Castle at Disneyland.
Zhang Xuping faces a death sentence for murdering a man who villagers say terrorized them.
If Greece goes bust, as some experts fear, the impact will be felt around the world.
Reducing the amount of salt Americans eat would save lives and cut $24 billion in health costs yearly.
This effective advice for a leaner stomach can have you swearing off crunches forever.
Gas-pedal problems prompt the recall of eight models, including the Camry, Corolla, and RAV4.
Despite budget cuts, these public schools still offer top-notch academics at affordable prices.
An old cell phone may seem worthless, but you can turn it into cold, hard cash.
The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad is looking for Iraqi friends on Facebook. The embassy launched the page Thursday with the aim of reaching out to Iraqis who want to learn more about American culture and society, the latest step by the State Department to boost interest in Iraq 's burgeoning online culture and promote Web entrepreneurship.
Eight German teenagers have been hospitalized after a test of courage in which they drank chilli sauce more than 200 times hotter than normal, officials say.
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No, that's not a hairy branch but rather an astounding kind of ice formation called "hair ice" ("haareis" in German). Illinois State University professor James Carter of the Geography-Geology Department, created a page about this natural wonder that includes many photos of these marvelous ice growths, sometimes called "silk frost" or "cotton candy frost."The photo above is by Rick Eppler of Vancouver Island, Canada.While the term frost is used frequently as part of such names, these ice formations are not a product of frost. Frost comes about by moisture from the air being deposited on surfaces. As such frost is quite amorphous and would never appear as fine needles like we see here. Hair Ice is ice that grows outward from the surface of the wood, as super-cooled water emerges from the wood, freezes and adds to the hairs from the base.
A 10-meter rock that buzzed Earth last week is the 'poster child' for a small class of asteroids whose orbits make them nearly impossible to spot.
Asia may be shipping more to North America than consumer goods: the region's industrial hubs seem to be sending harmful ozone over the ocean. |  | A method of creating energy storage devices using a carbon nanotube "ink" has been shown to work on ordinary fabrics. |
| Antarctic fur seals have been filmed catching and eating king penguins in the open ocean, behaviour not seen before. | | Cambridge researchers have developed a technique for precisely tracking the spread of the superbug MRSA in hospitals. |
| Did mammals float to Madagascar on vegetation? |
