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Transparency International, the global watchdogs of governmental corruption and bribery, have released the 2010 Corruption Perceptions Index, or CPI, the global ranking of corruption by country.  It’s organized in the above handy map, with the darker red countries being more corrupt and the yellow countries being least corrupt.  According to the CPI, Somalia is the […]

It sounds like a sick joke, but for Russian villagers in the remote town of Masha Vorontsova in the far-northern Komi region, it’s a reality.  What two women thought was a large person in a fur coat was actually a bear, not a visiting mourner, and the bear wasn’t there to shed tears.  The bear […]

Just imagine.  It’s 1985.  Ronald Reagan is the President.  Cigarette smoking is still good for you.  A young Marty McFly went back in time to November 6, 1955, to make sure his parents (Crispin Glover and Lea Thompson) had sex and ensure young Marty would be born.  Or something like that, it’s been awhile since […]

Call it a macabre marriage.  Call it a match made in hell.  Call it George Romero’s Night of The Living Wed.  No matter what you might call Andy and Tracey Monaghan’s zombie-themed wedding ceremony, Tracey calls it, “our fairytale wedding.”  The couple were married in a gory ceremony in Worcester, England. When Tracey, 29, spoke […]

They say the brightest flame burns quickest, and no flame burned brighter for quicker than the flame of Paul, the famous octopus that predicted World Cup games.  Paul shot to fame during his time at Sea Life aquarium in Oberhausen, Germany, due to his incredible accuracy at picking World Cup games, nailing 100% of matches […]

Forget the olden days, when they key to drinking was a nice alcopop.  These days, the kids are getting loco.  Actually, they’re getting Loko, thanks to an alcohol-laced energy drink called Four Loko.  Each 23-ounce can of Four Loko contains as much alcohol as a six pack of beer laced with several shots of espresso.  […]

His size is what made the Emperor of Exmoor noteworthy.  After all, the red deer was dubbed Britain’s largest wild beast, thanks to impressive proportions.  The Emperor was 9 feet tall and weighed more than 300 pounds.  Unfortunately, that massive size also made him a massive target for trophy hunters.  The Emperor of Exmoor, Britain’s […]

Is there any industry Justin Bieber won’t get involved in?  Apparently not.  Just a few days after Bieber announced his collection of nail polish, now he’s back to the beauty industry.  Justin Bieber and his camp have just announced a Justin Bieber unisex fragrance line.  Bieber has teamed up with Etoile Nation Beauty to roll […]

Beauty shops, especially on the weekends, are easy targets for opportunist robbers.  They charge a lot of money, they deal in cash, and on weekends, they’re always super busy so there’s a lot of money filling up the till.  That’s why an armed robber decided to knock over Sabine’s Hallway, a Brooklyn beauty salon.  Unfortunately […]

In 2007, 15-year-old Jennifer Mee captivated the attention of a nation for approximately 15 minutes.  She was the victim of an unusual medical condition that left her with constant hiccups for 5 weeks.  Doctors were helpless.  Eventually the hiccups went away on their own.  Now, the so-called “Hiccup Girl” is back in the news thanks […]

There was a three-way tie at the end of regulation, and with darkness encroaching after four playoff holes, Jonathan Byrd knew that the 17th hole of TPC Summerlin was his best chance to win the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals For Children open in Las Vegas, Nevada.  Byrd was tied with Martin Laird and Cameron Percy […]

Sometimes these things work out in a funny way.  Sony, at one point, was the king of portable media thanks to their famous Walkman line of products.  It all started with a portable cassette player, the first Sony Walkman, then continued through the CD-powered Discman.  Now, the consumer electronic product that started it all, the […]

When you think of Italy, what do you think of?  For me, it’s men with mustaches and women in fashionable clothing.  However, not all of Italy is willing to ride the bleeding edge when it comes to fashion.  In fact, one Italian town is taking a giant leap backwards, as the seaside Italian town of […]

There’s a problem with road signs.  As they’re currently done, road signs feature shiny letters on a metal background, with every word spelled out in ALL-SCREAMING CAPS LOCK block letters.  Are they fairly visible, even at night?  Yeah, they are.  However, if you’re the Federal Highway Administration, fairly visible isn’t visible enough.  According to new […]