The RMS Titanic sank to the very depths of the Atlantic Ocean almost a hundred years ago while on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York. But the fascination -- and myths -- associated with the iconic ship are still with us.
In a bizarre incident, a gamer died in an Internet café in Taiwan and his lifeless body had remained there unnoticed for nearly nine hours.
An explosion hit a natural-gas pipeline running from Egypt to Israel on Sunday, witnesses and state television reported. Also supplying gas to Jordan, the pipeline has come under attack at least 12 times since Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was toppled last year.
The assailant entered the house, targeted Lindsay Wood and even slashed her neck. But she kept her cool, opened the holy text and read the verses to the man, ignoring her injuries.
Justice Hedley's order bans the woman from having sex and also prevents anyone from trying to have sex with her.
Bitterly cold weather that has claimed hundreds of lives in eastern Europe swept westward over the continent on Saturday, as Russian natural-gas exporter Gazprom acknowledged it had been unable to meet increased demand as it battles its own deep freeze and had thus cut its supply for a few days.
The latest footage released by the Observer, the British newspaper, depicts young, topless Jarawa tribal women singing and dancing before a man dressed as an Indian police officer.
Romanian-born Iona Spangenberg, or the Human Hourglass as she has become known, has become an overnight hit after pictures of her incredible 20-inch waist began to circulate the Internet.
From SOPA to Ellen DeGeneres, protesting keeps getting more social.
Days after the arrest of a school teacher accused of taking bondage-style photos of students with cockroaches on their faces, a second instructor from the same school was arrested on Friday on suspicion of molesting two girls, authorities said.
A survey of British parents has compiled a list of the top 10 questions mothers and fathers hate to hear, ranging from the easy, like would a shark beat a dinosaur in a fight? to the tricky, like why is the sky blue? to the near-impossible, such as how much does the earth weigh?
For this brave individual, an extreme bout of tickling actually causes him to pass out.
Jarred Harrell, the 26-year-old man who pleaded guilty to kidnapping, raping and murdering Somer Thompson,7, was sentenced to life in prison, without the possibility of parole. Authorities said Harrell confessed to sexually molesting and killing the 7 year old and disposing of her body. His DNA was also found on Somer.
The indictment of Kim Schmitz aka Kim Dotcom, the founder of the video locker service MegaUpload, on charges including criminal copyright infringement and conspiracy to commit money laundering, has raised a significant amount of public interest in his rather epic lifestyle.
More than 200 people were killed in shelling by Syrian forces in the city of Homs, activists said on Saturday, as the U.N. Security Council prepared to vote on a draft resolution backing an Arab call for President Bashar al-Assad to give up power.
Internet activist group Anonymous published a recording on Friday of a confidential call between FBI agents and London detectives in which the law-enforcement agents discuss action they are taking against hacking.
A recent discovery of 30,000 years old bison bones at a Canadian goldmine have unraveled the mystery of climate change adaptation and are helping scientists understand how animals adapt to rapid environmental changes.
Inmates at a Vermont correctional unit's print shop managed to sneak an image of a pig into the state police crest that goes onto police cars.
Micron Technology Inc Chief Executive and Chairman Steve Appleton died in a small plane crash on Friday, a major loss for a U.S. memory chipmaker already struggling with sluggish computer sales and declining prices.
An elusive assailant known as the Civic Center Slapper -- or possibly a copycat -- has struck again in Los Angeles, punching a federal prosecutor in the jaw, police said on Thursday.
Officers in Neon, Kentucky allegedly found 22-year-old Andrew Toothman wearing only a pair of boots when they entered the Food World store at 6 a.m. on Tuesday morning.According to the report Toothman had also written 'sorry' on the shop floor using NyQuil pills.
The historic Sarris Candy of Canonsburg, Pa., caught fire approximately 7 a.m. on Friday. However, the store owner and fire officials said the blaze was contained and it did not cause any severe damage.
A second teacher has been removed from a Los Angeles-area elementary school where one instructor is accused of having taken bondage-style photos of students with cockroaches on their faces, school and police officials said on Friday.
The Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation backed down from its decision to cut funding for Planned Parenthood, which provides abortion and birth control services, following a massive outcry by supporters of the world's largest breast cancer charity.
The hooded figures are pictured carrying candles as they process through Chigwell and Leytonstone in Essex on Jan. 31. The photographs began to circulate the internet on Tuesday and have caused a storm on Twitter and Facebook, with user speculation ranging from a simple hoax to the dreaded KKK.
As the fallen cruise ship Costa Concordia slowly sinks into the unforgiving waters, it takes with it millions of dollars consisting of jewelry, cash, antiques, silverware, glassware, and thousands of art objects, including 300-year-old prints from Japan. Beneath tossing waves of the Mediterranean Sea, the treasure lies trapped on board.
A group of Brazil-based hackers took down the main corporate Web site of New York-based Citigroup on Friday, as the loosely associated collective continued its weeklong campaign of attacks on Web properties of major international banks. The public site of Brazil's central bank was also taken down.
The famine is Somalia is officially over, the United Nations said on Friday.
A week after social media users expressed fury over the Susan B. Komen Foundation's move to cut funding to Planned Parenthood, the breast cancer advocacy group bowed down to public pressure and reversed their decision Friday.
Writing in her blog rantsfrommommyland.com, Julianna Miner describes the strange and cringe-worthy names her 3-year-old daughter conjures for her innocent looking toys. In the video 'The Island of Lost Toys' Miner shows viewers several examples such as the sweet looking dog called Damnnit or the pretty pink bunny called Crack Rabbit.
