Monthly Archives: February 2014

Olympic adopts five dogs

Olympic adopts five dogs

Gus Kenworthy and the five dogs he saved from their battle to survive on the streets of Sochi is now stuck in Russia waiting for paperwork to go through so he can bring the pups to their new homes in the U.S.

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Father Witnesses Family Killed in Fiery California crash

Father Witnesses Family Killed in Fiery California crash

In a tragic story today, a central California father helplessly watched his family, which included his wife and their four young children, perish in a fiery car crash after trying to unsuccessfully rescue his family from the burning vehicle, authorities said Sunday. The man was driving behind his family Saturday night when the driver of a minivan ran a stop …

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Bill Nye, US Rep. Blackburn clash on climate change (Video)

Bill Nye, US Rep. Blackburn clash on climate change (Video)

A week-and-a-bit ago, the internet’s favourite science guy, Bill Nye, took to the stage at the Creation Museum, in Kentucky, USA, and had a formal debate with pro-creationist, Ken Ham. 500 000 people tuned in on YouTube to watch the debate live, and the video’s had nearly 2-million views since then.

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Simon Cowell shares baby photos

Simon Cowell shares baby photos

New dad Simon Cowell has shown off his Valentine’s Day baby boy to followers on Twitter – scroll down to see further pics. The proud pop posted a artistic black and white photo of himself, his two-day-old son Eric and mum Lauren Silverman lying on a bed together on Twitter on Sunday.

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White tiger mauls man who jumped into cage (Video)

White tiger mauls man who jumped into cage

A man has miraculously escaped relatively unharmed after throwing himself into a tiger pen in a zoo, apparently in a bid to feed it. The man, identified as 20-year-old Yang Jinhai, was photographed by alarmed visitors at Chengdu Zoo climbing into the Bengal tiger enclosure on Sunday morning. He was reportedly upset that one of the tigers appeared to be …

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Mars ‘doughnut’ rock mystery solved : NASA says

Mars 'doughnut' rock mystery solved

NASA researchers have confirmed that the oddly shaped rock that appeared on Opportunity’s cameras is a fragment from a larger rock broken by the rover’s wheel. The small object suddenly popped up in pictures taken by the U.S. space agency’s decade-old rover. On Dec. 26, it was not there. On Jan. 8, it was. But what is it?

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Teen Satanist serial killer: ‘I stopped counting at 22′

Teen Satanist serial killer: 'I stopped counting at 22′

A self-confessed teen Satanist accused of murdering a man in November admitted to killing the victim and 22 other “bad people” to a Pennsylvania newspaper reporter who interviewed her by phone at the Northumberland County Jail on Friday. Miranda Barbour, 19, told The Daily Item that she stabbed Troy LaFerrara, 42, of Port Trevorton, 20 times as her husband, Elytte …

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Michele Savoia : Missing fashion designer’s body found

Michele Savoia body found

A body found in the frigid waters of the Hudson River by police divers was positively identified as that of missing celebrity designer Michele Savoia. The body was recovered at 1:30 pm Sunday off of Chelsea Piers around 20 feet from the yacht Savoia called home, according to police.

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