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A Colorado man was given a ticket by police this week for shooting his balky computer eight times and "killing" it.  Police say Lucas Hinch, 37, had become "fed up with fighting his computer for the last several months," so ...

A British survey found that the average man looks at himself in the mirror 23 times a day, compared with 16 times for women.  Men like to "admire" their appearance, researchers found, while women simply make sure "they look OK." ...

A farmer sits on his parched land in the village of Gauribidanur in India’s southern Karnataka state on May 26, as a brutal heat wave continued to blister the country, claiming at least 1,100 lives and causing roads to melt ...

A British woman has abstained from smiling for the last 40 years in an extreme attempt to ward off wrinkles.  Tess Christian, 50, told the Daily Mail that she adopted a permanent poker face as a child to prevent laughter ...

A solar-powered airplane landed in India on March 10, completing the second leg of its bid to become the first aircraft to circle the world by solar energy alone. Solar Impulse 2, which launched in Abu Dhabi, will make 12 ...

Neopagans in Iceland are erecting a temple dedicated to the Norse gods Thor, Odin, and Frigg for the first time in over 1,000 years.  The temple will be built by the Asatru movement, which was founded in the 1970s to revive ...

Cary Clevenger, 14, was playing with his friend Gavin Starns outside Gavin's house in Austin when he happened to look up.  Perched on the ledge of a second-story window was Gavin's 2-year-old brother, Cannon.  At that moment, Cannon pushed through the ...

Portion of the Indian Ocean that is underexplored by scientists because of pirates: 1/4 ...

Portion of China's carbon emissions that is produced by manufacturing goods for export: 1/4 ...

A New Zealand man who was bitten by a shark calmly stitched up his own wounds, then joined his friends at the pub while still bleeding and drank a beer before heading to the hospital. James Grant was spearfishing when the ...