Nearly a quarter of all students who try to join the U.S. Army can’t pass the entrance exam, a new study says. The study, “Shut Out of the Military: Today’s High School Education Doesn’t Mean You’re Ready for Today’s Army,” puts the blame on America’s educational system. “This is true for men and women of all races and ethnicities, but especially... 

French president Nicolas Sarkozy arrogantly snubbed Romanian president over Roma deportation issues The French-Romanian friendship on head of state level is not what it used to be. President Nicolas Sarkozy seems to have treated his Romanian counterpart Traian Basescu coldly, even impolitely, at the group photo with all NATO state leaders at the Lisbon summit. Basescu tried to stop his French counterpart... 

Remember the 15-story hotel built in six days? Well, this 12-story apartment building fell down in three seconds. In fact, this apartment block was not built with pre-fab techniques and it’s certainly not Level 9 Earthquake-resistant. It’s just your typical brick and cement building. They first build the block, and then started to excavate an underground parking on the front. They placed... 

NASA says this is not a space diaper, but it is. They call it the Maximum Absorbency Garment. But why do astronauts use them? Quite simply, when astronauts are sitting in the Space Shuttle, strapped to their seats and ready to go, they may experience very long delays. Sometimes even hours. And when that happens, they just can’t get off their seats to go to the toilet. They just have to do it,... 

You may remember an LA Times article from last year, titled Beijing Loves IKEA — But Not for Shopping. In summary, the article revealed why there’s a line to get in the front door of the Beijing IKEA, but not one to check out. The picture above tells part of the story — just as many locals visit IKEA to sleep — on chairs, sofas, and occasionally beds — as come for the $2 plates of lox and... 

Peter Gray flings his shoes at John Howard after demanding former leader defend sending troops to Iraq. A man protesting against the Iraq war hurled his shoes at Australia’s former prime minister during a live TV show, mimicking the shoe-throwing protest aimed at former President George Bush in Baghdad two years ago. Peter Gray flung his shoes at John Howard, a Bush ally in the Iraq war, after... 

Man rescued after getting arm trapped down looUploaded by itnnews. – Up-to-the minute news videos. A man in Xixing City, China found himself engaged in a embarrassing moment after he dropped his mobile phone down a toilet. Rescue workers found the hapless gentleman hunched over the toilet with his arm trapped down the loo pipe. They had to break the bowl to free his arm, which was completely... 

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” says the US Constitution. Back in 2009, a Jewish retired art teacher from Baldwin was simply ordered to clean his yard and... 

Report Examines How Immigration Has Changed the Golden State. In 1970, nine percent of California’s population was comprised of immigrants; by 2008 it was 27 percent. A new report from the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) finds that as a result of immigration, California now has the least-educated labor force of any state. Historically, California was not a state with a disproportionately... 

Barack and Michelle Obama are entitled to vacations, but they are not King, Queen or royalty such as the King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia of Spain. The Obamas should remember that US families are suffering from the horrible economy. The last time I checked, the United States of America was a constitutional republic with three co-equal branches of government. Obviously, the President and his wife missed... 

Six teenagers from at least two families drowned in the Red River in northwest Louisiana after they stepped off a ledge from shallow water into a 18-foot sinkhole Monday, fire officials said. Shreveport Fire Chief Brian Crawford told the Shreveport Times that the victims, aged 13 to 18, had drowned while trying to save each other. Only one, a 14-year-old, was rescued. Emergency crews on both sides... 

Watts for breakfast ... Wang Xianjun, 54, claims to have eaten 1500 light bulbs over his life after developing a liking for its crispness. Sichuan Province resident Wang Xianjun, 54, is known for being an “eccentric.” However, the word eccentric barely begins to describe this unusual man, as Wang is a self-declared lightbulb eater with a penchant for glass. Ever since Wang accidentally swallowed... 

Mike Tyson is 44 year old, 20 years removed from Buster Douglas knocking him out in Tokyo and the downward spiral that followed, including prison time on a 1992 rape conviction and quitting mid-fight against journeyman Kevin McBride during a 2005 match before promptly announcing that he didn’t have “the fighting guts or the heart anymore.” Often when Tyson has spoken publicly about... 

It was on a terrace between two paddy fields like this that Balinese teenager Ngurah Alit was caught having intercourse with a cow, who he claimed had flirted with him. It was reported that a Balinese teenager, Ngurah Alit, 18, was caught having intercourse with a cow. Because of the act of bestiality, Alit was forced to marry the cow. Alit ended up passing out on Friday during the ceremony which was... 

Truck on bad habits: Ardi Rizal sits smoking on his favourite toy at home in Musi Banyuasin, Indonesia. Jakarta, Indonesia – where is the earthly habitats heading to? We have read about child-kidnapping and child-trafficking but 2-year-old smoker. No! Shocking report of 2-year-Old Sumatran kid Ardi Rizal’s an addicted Child-smoker goes berserk if he can’t light up in Southeast Asia nation,...