“The incident on Delta Flight 442 was scary enough last month: U.S. marshals seized an unruly passenger, then one aimed a pistol at other passengers for a half hour and shouted at them to stay seated. “The event, however, didn’t end there. Unknown to most passengers on the Atlanta-to-Philadelphia flight, Continue Reading

“When 15-year-old Katie Sierra wore T-shirts bearing this version of the American pledge as well as other sayings that showed her opposition to the war in Afghanistan, teachers and students at her West Virginia High School were outraged. Some students of Sissonville High School allegedly threatened to give Katie a Continue Reading

“A statue of a falling woman — designed as a memorial to those who jumped or fell to their death from the World Trade Center — was abruptly draped in cloth and curtained off Wednesday because of complaints that it was too disturbing. “I don’t think it dignifies their deaths,” Continue Reading

“Russian satellites have discovered a river flowing 700 feet under the Sahara. It carries enough water to supply 50,000 people and is said to surge with ‘colossal power’” — Ananova Shades of Jules Verne’s Journey to the Center of the Earth. Yes, you should read it, runt.

U.S. national security agencies are on alert for a terrorist attack after the discovery that a Middle Eastern man carried out suspicious surveillance of the Washington Monument, the Pentagon and other buildings in the area. The man in question videotaped the Washington Monument on the Mall on Sept. 1 and Continue Reading

“Stephanie Bell, a fourth-grade teacher at Williams Elementary School, taught the word "niggardly" to her class last week in an effort to improve her students’ vocabularies. Now, a parent wants her fired. Although the word means stingy, Akwana Walker said it was inappropriate to use it because it sounds similar Continue Reading