Delta Flight 4951 Emergency
Videos Monday, September 27th, 2010A jetliner skidded down the tarmac at JFK Airport amid a shower of sparks when faulty landing gear caused its pilot to make an emergency landing Saturday nigh
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Passengers: ‘New Capt. Scully’ emerges from Delta incident
Strange News Monday, September 27th, 2010
Passengers on a disabled jet that was forced to make an emergency landing are happy to be alive today, and have praised their pilot as “Our Captain Sully.”
Budweiser gives new meaning to ‘free – as in beer’
Strange News Sunday, September 26th, 2010
Budweiser is kicking off a massive promotional push with a nationwide giveaway of 500,000 free samples in bars, pubs and restaurants to shore up eroding sales.
Cops: Man sells rented car for $20,000
Strange News Friday, September 24th, 2010
An Australian man has been charged after he sold a rental car for just under $20,000.
Hybrid panthers help rare cat rebound in Florida
Environment Friday, September 24th, 2010
Breeding rare Florida panthers with Texas cougars created tough hybrids that one scientist calls the Arnold Schwarzeneggers of cougars. And, like action heroes, these vigorous offspring may well rescue the Florida subspecies from extinction, according to Stephen O’Brien, an animal geneticist who co-authored new research on the North American big cat. Florida panthers are considered [...]
Target to sell Apple iPad starting Oct. 3
Technology Friday, September 24th, 2010
Target will start selling Apple’s iPad, effective Oct. 3, the retailer confirmed Friday.
Montana woman fights off bear with zucchini
Strange News Friday, September 24th, 2010
A woman in the Huson area warded off a charging black bear with a garden fresh zucchini after the 200-pound bruin attacked her dog and swiped at the woman’s leg
Texas Board of Education: Textbooks anti-Christian
Religion Thursday, September 23rd, 2010
(CBS/AP) – Texas’ State Board of Education – following a long history of throwing itself into “culture war” issues – is set to vote Friday on a resolution calling on textbook publishers to limit what they print about Islam in world history books. The resolution cites world history books no longer used in Texas schools [...]
Google Maps ‘Loses’ Florida City
Strange News Thursday, September 23rd, 2010
For at least a month this summer, Google’s computers managed to “lose” the city of Sunrise, Fla.
Fossils of new species of horned dinos found in Utah
Science Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
Scientists have unearthed two new species of giant plant-eating horned dinosaurs in southern Utah.