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BBC News A senior member of Egypt's ruling party has told the BBC he is "hoping" that President Hosni Mubarak will transfer power to Vice-President Omar Suleiman. Hossan Badrawi, the secretary general of the National Democratic Party (NDP), said Mr Mubarak would "probably" speak to the...

Natgeo Triple "hole-punch clouds" appeared close together off South Carolina January 7. Three nearly identical, UFO-like cloud formations recently appeared over Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, sparking online discussions linking the features to everything from the Second Coming to recent...

BBC News Japan's annual snow festival has begun in the northern city of Sapporo, featuring over 250 ice sculptures. The seven-day event attracts a growing number of visitors from Japan and abroad every year, with around 2m people expected to visit the exhibits this year BBC News -...

Pegasus News Feb 2 DALLAS — Three iconic stars who played pivotal roles in the original version of Dallas have joined two next-generation talents in the cast for TNT’s pilot of an update of the famed series. The original Dallas ran from 1978 to 1991 and followed the Ewing family of...

Mail Feb 4 Goodbye to the Big Apple's beloved yellow checker cab...hello to the smart, sexy, new taxi of tomorrow It remains one of the most enduring symbols of New York. But the iconic yellow cab is about to have a dramatic makeover. The yellow checker cab is being replaced with a...

Mail Jan 28 A massive winter storm forecast for February 2 is set to adversely affect more than 100 million people weather exports reported today. The Groundhog Day snowstorm is expected to hit the South, Midwest and Northeast of the country, building from early next week. The storm is...

Express Jan 28 A killer who escaped from an Arizona prison was so scared of life on the run in Yellowstone National Park that he planned to let bears eat him on a mountain to end his fear and panic. Tracy Province told police after he was recaptured that he was preparing to dose...

Discovery News Jan 17 Three bottles of whisky abandoned in the Antarctic ice by British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton have been returned to Scotland Three bottles of whisky abandoned in the Antarctic ice by British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton more than a century ago returned home...

Discovery News Analysis by Jennifer Ouellette Wed Jan 26, 2011 Internet denizens are familiar with Poe's Law: namely, that when it comes to the Web, it's pretty much impossible to tell for certain the difference between genuine stupidity and a parody -- someone, somewhere, will mistake...

BBC news The Inuit of Arctic Canada take huge risks to gather mussels in winter. During extreme low tides, they climb beneath the shifting sea ice, but have less than an hour before the water returns The 500 people of Kangiqsujuaq, near the Hudson Strait, go to great lengths to add variety...

Oh my .... as if the smart car isn't awful enough already :eek: Video: Car good enough to eat? - Telegraph

Telegraph Jan 27 A furious 36-year-old Italian woman has filed for divorce just a month after her wedding because her husband brought his mother on their honeymoon, ANSA news agency reported on Wednesday As the couple set off for their honeymoon to France in December, the newly-wed was...

BBC News Jan 26 A Canadian singer has become the first person in the world to graduate with a Masters degree in The Beatles. Former Miss Canada finalist Mary-Lu Zahalan-Kennedy signed up for the course at Liverpool Hope University when it launched in March 2009. The 53-year-old, who has...

BBC News Jan 26 A hawk that spent a week circling inside the main reading room of the US Library of Congress has been captured. The Cooper's hawk was lured down from the ceiling of the library by two starlings, offered up to the predator as live bait, Ken Knowles of the Raptor Conservancy...

The 'auto-cutie' effect: Men are so distracted by attractive newsreaders they can't remember the headlines :D Mail Jan 26 It won't come as much of a surprise to women, but men are distracted by attractive newsreaders. In fact, the more attractive a female newsreader is, the less likely...

Mail Jan 26 Mutant mosquitoes: Malaysia release of genetically modified insects sparks fears of uncontrollable new species Malaysia has released 6,000 genetically modified mosquitoes into a forest in the first experiment of its kind in Asia aimed at curbing dengue fever. The field...

Mail Jan 26 The lake that glows in the dark: Eerie phenomenon that turned waters (and midnight swimmers) luminous blue Swimming is supposed to give you a healthy glow, but these swimmers weren't quite sure what was going on when they took a late-night dip and turned a fluorescent shade...

BBC News Jan 26 An unlikely sight has appeared off the the coast of Miami. A grand piano, which weighs at least 300kg (650lb), now sits on a sandbank in the middle of the Biscayne Bay. Exactly how and why the piano came to be there remains a mystery. The Florida Fish and Wildlife...

BBC News Jan 26 Mystery surrounds the apparent hacking of a Facebook page used by fans of the site's founder Mark Zuckerberg. Overnight, a cryptic message was posted to the page in the name of the 26-year old billionaire founder calling for the site to become a "social business" with...

BBC News Jan 26 The strange and beautiful seahorse has fascinated people for centuries. And scientists now say they understand why this unusual fish evolved its equine-like head and S-shape. A study published in the journal Nature Communications has shown that, compared to...