Police found marijuana, sedatives in search of Michael Jackson’s home – but not heroin A warrant served at Michael Jackson’s rented Bel-Air mansion the day after he died lists “PC 187,” the California penal code for murder, in the box labeled “probable crime.” LOS ANGELES — Police who searched Michael Jackson’s home the day after […]
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China leaders ordered hacking on Google
A leaked U.S. government cable shows sources told American diplomats that hacking attacks against Google were ordered by China’s top ruling body. The cable said that according to a source, the Chinese government coordinated the attacks on Google late last year. The cable says the intrusions were directed by the Politburo Standing Committee. The cable […]
Facebook, by some measurements the most popular social network with more than 200 million active users worldwide, is one of the fastest-growing and best-known sites on the Internet today. The company, founded in 2004 by a Harvard sophomore, Mark Zuckerberg, began life catering first to Harvard students and then to all high school and college […]
Chewy Chicken Feet
Chewy Chicken Feet May Quash a Trade War China is threatening to cut off imports of American chicken, but poultry experts have at least one reason to suspect it may be an empty threat: Many Chinese consumers would miss the scrumptious chicken feet they get from this country. “We have these jumbo, juicy paws the […]
True origins of the peace sign
Where did the peace sign come from? It is instantly recognizable as a sign of peace, but what is the symbolism behind the peace sign? The olive branch came from ancient Greece, the dove from the Bible … but where did that circle with the chicken-footprint come from? Rewind back to 1958 when London textile […]
Family’s vacation photo catches thief
Would-be purse snatcher thwarted by his own photo bomb We know that a picture is worth a thousand words, but is a picture worth a stolen purse? That’s certainly the experience of the Myers family, who recently visited Madison, Wisconsin, to attend a wedding. The family shared a pretty remarkable tale with Gizmodo. The Myers […]
Chinese dogs sell for $600,000 each
A Very Exclusive Pooch How much would you pay for the dog of your dreams? $100? $500? How about $600… thousand? It may sound insane in the membrane, but a rare dog breed called the Tibetan mastiff is collecting those kinds of kingly sums in China. What’s with the crazy prices? “The Today Show” profiled […]
Mystery as Tokyo can’t find oldest citizens
Mystery as Tokyo loses track of its centenarians Japanese authorities admitted Tuesday they’d lost track of a 113-year-old woman listed as Tokyo’s oldest, days after police searched the home of the city’s official oldest man — only to find his long-dead, mummified body. Officials launched a search this week for Fusa Furuya, born in July […]