Most Alabama voters have confidence in the U.S. military, Fox cable TV news and the Red Cross, but their confidence in many national institutions, except the military, is falling, a statewide poll shows.

Group-owned and controlled by its members, co-ops are the traditional purview of credit unions, farmers and artists. But a coalition of prostitutes in Vancouver sees no reason why it can’t join that list.

If you value your fingers, you may want to look before you play these…

Flashlights have certainly found their way into unusual locales, but a recent invention places light in a place that could prove handy to nearly anyone out on the town. The aptly-named jacket cuff lights add bright beams of white light to both of your sleeves. (w/pic)

A couple in Chongqing Municipality, in defiance of a court order, are refusing to move out of their two-storey home, which is now the only building left standing atop a mound in a 10-meter-deep construction pit.

Scientists at Japan’s Waseda University have developed a new new polymer-based battery, which not only charges in less than a minute, but also lasts for up to 1,000 recharges. The cool thing about the superthin (200nm-thick to be exact) battery is that unlike previous polymer-based batteries, this one won’t won’t self-discharge. (w/pic)

Viral marketing is a fad that is not available to all marketers, according to a survey of MediaPost readers fielded by Dynamic Logic.

Japan’s Nintendo has been on a mission to expand the $30 billion global video game market far beyond the children and young males who make up its core consumers. In a surprize shift in their market base, senior citizens have shown a remarkable interest in the Wii.

Activists imprison themselves in cages during a demonstration to mark International Day Without Meat in downtown Madrid. (w/pics)