Topic: STRANGE - on July 8, 2008 at 11:10:29 AM CEST
FBI Headquarters Not Cleared for Classified Intelligence
The Federal Bureau of Investigation, which is part of the U.S. intelligence community, has the lead responsibility for domestic surveillance of foreign intelligence and suspected terrorist targets.
So it seems like a rather crippling defect that the J. Edgar Hoover Building, the FBI headquarters in Washington, DC, cannot satisfy government standards for storage and use of classified intelligence records.
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Topic: STRANGE - on July 8, 2008 at 11:02:04 AM CEST
Coca-Cola defends Olympics deal
The chairman of soft drinks giant Coca-Cola has defended the firm's Olympic sponsorship in Beijing despite protests about China's role in Tibet.
Neville Isdell told the BBC the firm supported the "credo of the Olympic movement", and agreed deals well before it knew where each Games would be held.
The company, whose Olympic involvement dates back to 1928, was also a sponsor for the 1936 Games in Berlin.
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Topic: STRANGE - on July 4, 2008 at 2:37:33 PM CEST
Wasabi Ice Cream
There's no nutrition information on a box of Sinplicity ice cream. A note on the carton simply reads: "Looking for the nutrition label? Believe me, you don't want to know."
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Topic: STRANGE - on June 29, 2008 at 2:20:39 PM CEST
The Feeling of Paying Cash for Your New Car: Priceless
Unlike most Americans, many Chinese still like to pay for things in cash.
Whether it be some fear of banks or a simple desire to avoid being in any sort of debt, many Chinese, like the guy in this article, are even willing to purchase a vehicle with cash instead of getting a loan.
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Topic: STRANGE - on June 21, 2008 at 2:00:18 PM CEST
GOOD's guide to secret societies
GOOD magazine's Matt Schwartz wrote a fun survey of the secret societies that rule the world: Freemasons, Trilateral Commission, Order of Skull and Bones, Bohemian Grove, Bilderberg Group, and the World Economic Forum.
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Topic: STRANGE - on June 20, 2008 at 12:05:39 PM CEST
Betrug, Schwindel, fiese Tricks
Verdacht auf Immobilienbetrug und Insiderhandel: Die Hypothekenkrise hat in den USA eine beispiellose Verhaftungswelle ausgelöst. Unter den 406 Beschuldigten sind zwei prominente Ex-Fondsmanager - und ein Selbsthilfeguru aus Texas, der schnellen Reichtum predigt.
Eric Farrington kennt die Tricks, reich zu werden. Das zumindest schwört der Texaner in seinen "Motivationsseminaren": Für 299 Dollar lehrt er einem da "die Macht, Wohlstand zu erzeugen", das "wahre Geheimnis lebenslangen Erfolgs".
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Topic: STRANGE - on June 17, 2008 at 10:03:53 AM CEST
Strange lights over Texas
Constable Lee Roy Gaitan saw the brilliant red orbs hovering in the sky and hollered for his family to come out.
It's probably an airplane, said his wife, Wendy, who didn't budge from the couch. Only 8-year-old Ryan went to the front yard.
That's a UFO, the boy said.
Gaitan, a stocky, 44-year-old lawman who has spent 16 years patrolling the Texas scrubland, faced a bit of a dilemma. With an election coming up, he could tell the world of this incredible sight -- and look like an idiot -- or keep his mouth shut.
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Topic: STRANGE - on June 13, 2008 at 10:04:13 AM CEST
An Olympic Souvenir You Don’t Want: Goldfish In A Key Ring
A plastic bag with a picture of Huan Huan, one of the cartoon mascots of the Games, on the outside. And inside: a live goldfish. The bag is part of a plastic key ring. According to the Telegraph story, the bags are sealed, so the fish live in a small pool of water, with little access to air, and no food whatsoever. The goldfish key rings are, of course, not a piece of official Olympic merchandise.
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Topic: STRANGE - on June 11, 2008 at 11:12:42 AM CEST
oops - weirdest - accidents
Nothing is as fascinating as an unexplained accident
New batch of strange mis-happenings, weird situations, and often maddeningly mysterious wrecks, where we keep asking ourselves: "How on earth could that happen?"
In a huge hurry? Just drive your car into the subway (only make sure it would fit in some tight spots):
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Topic: STRANGE - on June 2, 2008 at 3:09:11 PM CEST
Telstra's 3D hologram party trick
Forget conference calls or video crosses - beaming your hologram interstate for a live chat is closer to becoming a reality.
In what Telstra says is a national first, the telco today beamed a mobile three dimensional image of its chief technology officer, Hugh Bradlow, from Melbourne to Adelaide to give a live business presentation.
"In Melbourne, we have a high definition video camera which is filming me as I stand here," Dr Bradlow told journalists.
"That signal is being taped across the network and the far end is using a very smart optical projection system to create a holograph, or my virtual presence, in Adelaide."
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Topic: STRANGE - on June 2, 2008 at 10:31:07 AM CEST
Top 10 Strange Phenomena of the Mind
The mind is a wonderful thing - there is so much about it which remains a mystery to this day. Science is able to describe strange phenomena, but can not account for their origins. While most of us are familiar with one or two on this list, many others are mostly unknown outside of the psychological realm. This is a list of the top ten strange mental phenomena.
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Topic: STRANGE - on May 16, 2008 at 4:00:40 PM CEST
Ants swarm over Houston area, fouling electronics
In what sounds like a really low-budget horror film, voracious swarming ants that apparently arrived in Texas aboard a cargo ship are invading homes and yards across the Houston area, shorting out electrical boxes and messing up computers.
The hairy, reddish-brown creatures are known as "crazy rasberry ants" — crazy, because they wander erratically instead of marching in regimented lines, and "rasberry" after Tom Rasberry, an exterminator who did battle against them early on.
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