According to this story, you can send your Teddy Bear on a vacation to Finland: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100512/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_finland_teddybearsRead more... )

And, yet again, in French: http://www.tdg.ch/cadavre-tombe-avion-2010-05-06Read more... )

Research has shown that depressed people eat more chocolate: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100426/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_depression_chocolateRead more... )

I've been following the story of the volcano eruption in Iceland and the effect it's been having on flights in Europe. I just ran across an interview with a pilot that explains why they can't fly through the ash: http ( Read more... )

There is a company based in DC that provides outsourcing services for grading papers. Most of their graders are overseas in places like India: http://chronicle.com/article/Outsourced-Grading-With/64954/Read more... )

A nurse in Great Britain is suing her employers because they asked her to remove a crucifix. When she refused, they moved her to a desk job: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100407/wl_uk_afp/britainreligionlabourlawRead more... )

An article about some of the best public pranks every pulled: http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/best-april-fools-day-pranks-left-handed-whoppers/story?id=10233031

I'm not one of those people obsessed with the Kennedy family. And lord knows, Ted Kennedy was a seriously flawed man. But he was a sound legislator who was genuinely committed to doing what he believed was right ( Read more... )

So I saw this very short article today about Switzerland banning violent video games: http://worldradio.ch/wrs/news/wrsnews/parliament-votes-to-ban-violent-video-games.shtml?18384Read more... )

A recent study suggests that women on the pill (or at least the first generation of the pill) live longer lives: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100312/ap_on_he_me/eu_med_the_pill_longevityRead more... )