An audit revealed that the FBI didn’t pay for over half of 990 phone bills for surveillance services on time, so the phone companies who were owed money dropped the wiretaps.

An extraordinary new scientific study, which for the first time
documents marked improvement in Alzheimer’s disease within minutes of
administration of a therapeutic molecule, has just been published in
the Journal of Neuroinflammation.

A 18-year-old was arrested this week after trying to kill his father strangling him with the cable of his videoconsole gamepad.

US online spending during the
2007 holiday season (November and December) totaled $29.2 billion, a
19% increase over 2006, estimates comScore. comScore said that “Green Monday” (Monday, December 10) was the season’s heaviest
spending day online, ringing up $881 million in sales, a hefty 33% increase
over the same day in 2006.

TV programs viewed online are more engaging than those screened on a television set. That is the main finding of Simmons Research’s "Multi-Media Engagement" study, as cited in MediaPost.

From the Government of SecondLife:  "As of January 22, 2008, it will be prohibited to offer interest or
any direct return on an investment (whether in L$ or other currency)
from any object, such as an ATM, located in Second Life, without proof
of an applicable government registration statement or financial
institution charter. We’re implementing this policy after reviewing
Resident [...]

After months of rumors and tantalizing leaks Indian automaker Tata Motors has finally unveiled the Tata Nano –
its already legendary $2,500 car. As expected, the car that
Tata claims will change the face of not only the Indian car market, but
the global auto industry will be a four door, five seat hatch, powered
by a 30 HP [...]

That’s "Romantic Feelings," the world’s largest snow sculpture in the 20th International Snow Sculpture Art Expo in Harbin, China.

A rare creature, persecuted and hunted to near-extinction in its native Madagascar, has been born at Bristol Zoo.

Six-foot swells are set to break on the Thames at an attraction aiming to tempt the growing ranks of urban surfers to taste the "quintessential California surf lifestyle" in the unlikely surroundings of a disused dock in east London.

Dental treatment in England is the most expensive in Europe, according
to an unprecedented survey which is likely to fuel the exodus of
patients seeking treatment abroad.

A mechanic in Deerfield Beach can smell trouble in the cars that come into his shop.
After losing his eyesight three years ago, Daniel Moncada relies on his senses of smell and touch to figure out what’s wrong with a car’s engine.