Category Archives: Breaking News

Well, it had to happen sooner or later: Someone just jumped off the 147th floor of the Burj Khalifa—shown in the picture above—the tallest building in the world, and killed himself. The man—Asian and 30 years old—jumped from an air … Continue reading →

The last time this happened it was during the first Gulf War two decades ago, so I got all giddy when I learned that someone actually had to shout “stop the presses” last night at the New York Times.This is … Continue reading →

According to the iPhone Download Blog, Apple may be building two different iPhone 5 models for release this fall; a normal and pro model. The source of the information is an employee of an Apple parts supplier.Due to the extensive … Continue reading →

Emboldened by a new $75 million contract from NASA, private aerospace company SpaceX released this video Thursday, illustrating how it plans to revolutionize space travel with its reusable Dragon spacecraft and heavy-lift Falcon rockets.The video features real footage from SpaceX‘s … Continue reading →

Its not just McDonalds — early Sunday morning, a fight broke out between police and patrons at an Atlanta-area IHOP. Of course, the fight showed up on YouTube — and Boba Fett was involved.According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the fight … Continue reading →

Quite a story here on several levels. First, I’m always amazed to read that folks don’t secure their WiFi connections with a password. Second, the ramifications of that obviously came crashing down on this poor fellow in a rather ugly … Continue reading →

By the end of this year, a bigger and smarter rover will be on its way to Mars. Called Curiosity, NASA‘s six-wheel-drive, 9-foot-long robotic research vehicle will be delivered to the planet’s surface using the most unusual method yet, which … Continue reading →

Citizens in Japan (especially the elderly) like to keep a fair amount of cash on hand in their homes. And after the earthquake and tsunami wreaked havoc on homes, money (and safes full of money) are washing up on shore … Continue reading →

The badly damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant has been upgraded from 5 to 7 on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale. Thats, in case you were wondering, out of seven—the only other nuclear crisis to reach the same … Continue reading →