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Facebook addicts spend more than a week per year on the site
The average person who used Facebook in each of the last 12 months has spent 70 hours 26 minutes on the site during that period, according to a spokesman from Nielsen Online, the company which cond..Alaska island village hit by suspected swine flu
Suspected swine flu is sweeping a traditional Eskimo whaling village on a remote Alaska island prompting an urgent medical mission to deliver help.Are Americans Less Educated Than Bulgarians?
Economics adviser to Barack Obama during the campaign, and now a member of the President's Council of Economic Advisers and chief economist of the Economic Recovery Advisory Board, Austan Goolsbee ..5 American Fast Food Items You Can't Get in America
Pizza Hut pork stew? While America may be known around the world as a fast food paradise, there are actually some menu items you can't get stateside. Here are our Top 5 oddities from abroad.Deadliest Drugs: Deaths vs. Media Coverage [INFOGRAPHIC]
Cannabis is no more harmful than alcohol. And horse-riding is riskier than taking ecstasy.The world's most expensive Christmas bauble costs $135,860
Take a look at the most expensive Christmas bauble in the world, coated with precious gems and worth a mere $135,860 - and created in a tiny village jewellers.Flu Shots for Fat Cats (Wall Street Gets H1N1 Vaccine)
Employees & traders at the NY Stock Exchange, bankers at the financial firms, Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, along with employees at the New York Federal Reserve all have access to the hard to find H..Chrysler's Complete Five-Year Product Plan [Infographs]
Here's Chrysler's complete product planLose hope and be happier
GIiving up hope can actually make some people living with a serious illness happier, according to US researchers who have found a 'dark side of hope'.Americas Fattest States 2009 (Graphic)
The latest obesity rates in the US for 2009. Mississippi had the highest rate of adult obesity at 32.5 percent, making it the fifth year in a row that the state topped the list. Colorado continued ..Beer with extra buzz on tap -- up to 16%
A growing number of states are moving to allow higher alcohol content in beer, despite concerns from some substance-abuse experts.Cars that stir our soul
They're fast, furious, deadly and ridiculously expensive. The lure of these super cars is hard for young drivers to resist.Need For Healthcare Too Great to Dismiss Public Option
The battle over the public option isn't over yet, as there is at least one more card to play. But how in the world could Senate Democrats get to the point where the concept of the public option is ..Hipster Countercultures Through the Decades
Hipster, Beatnik, Hippie, and right back around to Hipster. Who were these groups and how did they come about?The Legacy of Saddams Architecture of Fear [+ PICS]
Environmental Graffiti put together a great set of images and a very interesting article. Empires rise and fall, but the physical foundations they lay remain like ghosts. Fifty years ago Baghdad h..Pregnant women should get flu shot as winter bites: WHO
Pregnant women and other people at high risk should be vaccinated against the H1N1 swine flu virus as the cold weather begins to bite in the northern hemisphere, the World Health Organization (WHO)..Planned Parenthood Leader Resigns After Watching Ultrasound
"I just thought I can't do this anymore, and it was just like a flash that hit me and I thought that's it."The World's Most Terrifying Towers & Glass Balconies
Whether youre clinging for dear life to a rickety wooden rainforest observation tower or staring straight down through a glass floor at city streets thousands of feet below, frighteningly tall spir..Man Holds Up Taco Bell Only to Ask for Job Application
Keep the people of the Hudson Valley in your thoughts, where the economy is apparently so devastated people have to hold up Taco Bells for job applications.Our Son Takes His Clothes Off For a Living
"Our son takes his clothes off for a living, and my wife and I think its just fine. A family rule is to get a job for college pocket money. Being paid $15 an hour to sit around naked is nearly twic..How junk food diet 'can give you depression'
Those who regularly eat processed meals are almost 60 per cent more likely to suffer depression than those who choose fruit, vegetables and fish. Researchers claim their study is the first to inves..Coolest Kids Halloween Costumes That Will Make You Go Awwwww
Coolest Kids Halloween Costumes That Will Make You Go AwwwwwWhere do ghosts come from?
Some places spook even those who scoff at the supernatural. Our reporter braved a night in a haunted castle to find out why.Red, White Wine, Fish And Science
The long-standing rule of matching wine and food -- red wine with red meat and white wine with fish -- actually has a scientific explanation, according to two scientists working for the Mercian Cor..Southwest launches $25 fare sale
Southwest Airlines has launched an air fare sale in which some flights cost the same as what other carriers charge to check a bag.Alcohol is worse for you than Ecstasy, experts say
It was found that alcohol should rank fifth, behind only cocaine, heroin, barbiturates and methadone, while tobacco should rank ninth, ahead of cannabis, LSD and Ecstasy.Man intentionally exposes woman to HIV & only gets 90 days
Apparently exposing someone to a deadly and lifelong disease isn't a big deal in the court of law.Building the Golden Gate Bridge (GALLERY)
This gallery follows the Golden Gate Bridge's journey from a mere blueprint to an American architectural icon--from when construction began in Jan. 1933 to its grand opening four years later.11 Treats
Halloween rules! Free candy, hot girls dressing provocatively, and costume parties. Sometimes however, the costume parties suck, ugly girls trick you by dressing all hot, and neighbors give out the..15 Weird Looking And Funny Vehicles (PICS)
Nice concept designs.
