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Please don't cry – it upsets a man's sex drive Smelling the tears of a woman can quell a man's sexual desire, according to a study that determined female crying can have a direct chemical impact on male libido. Scientists have found evidence to suggest that tears from a weeping woman...

Independent The nation already has its soccer moms, hockey moms, and even Sarah Palin's merry band of Mamma Grizzlies. But a new brand of pushy parent is suddenly the talk of Middle America: the no-nonsense "Tiger Mother." Amy Chua, a little-known law professor at Yale University, coined...

Independent Humans have proven themselves remarkably adept at learning to do what other animals can do naturally. We have taught ourselves to fly like birds, climb like monkeys and burrow like moles. But the one animal that has always proven beyond our reach is the fish. The invention...

Independent Blame Stella Liebeck. It was her ridiculous lawsuit against McDonald's that started the avalanche. Back in 1992, 79-year-old Stella spilled a cup of McDonald's coffee on her lap and burned herself. Everyone laughed when she declared she was suing McDonald's, until a jury awarded...

Sightly different, but funny nevertheless :p Mitchell Deslatte walked into a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, hotel and asked the clerk for a room. Only, the clerk wasn't a clerk—he was a state trooper. And the hotel was actually a state trooper station. That's when Deslatte was arrested...

The world's most haunted places :eek: First up is ........ :p The White House, Washington, D.C. By Stephen Wagner That's right, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. is not only home to the current President of the United States, it also is home of several former...

ROFL .... I think footall is on the TV is all :D:D

Guardian Suzanne Goldenberg, US environment correspondent guardian.co.uk, Thursday 13 January 2011 19.35 GMT EPA vetoes Spruce Number One mine project in West Virginia because it would pose 'unacceptable' threat to surrounding area The Obama administration has vetoed one of the...

BBC News Jan 15 Two US soldiers have been killed when an Iraqi soldier opened fire on them during a training exercise in northern Iraq, US and Iraqi officials say. The officials - speaking on condition of anonymity - said the incident happened at al-Ghazlani training camp in the city of...

AP Jan 15 Associated Press= WASHINGTON (AP) — Women should finally be allowed to serve fully in combat, a military advisory panel said Friday in a report seeking to dismantle the last major area of discrimination in the armed forces. The call by a commission of current and retired...

Telegraph Jan 14 The Pope has approved a miracle attributed to Pope John Paul II's intercession and set May 1 as the date for his beatification Pope Benedict XVI declared in a decree that a French nun's recovery from Parkinson's disease was miraculous, the last step needed for the beloved...

Independent Jan 15 Rain in Brazil, rain in Australia and rain in Sri Lanka. Rain is the factor that links all three large-scale disasters unfolding before our eyes in these very different regions of the world. To try to make sense of what is going on around us, it is understandable to...

A few members have pm'd me asking for hints & suggestions on where to visit in England & all things English :p Please feel free to ask any questions about the UK and I will try my best to answer them (if I can't I know that there are a couple of EO members that may be able to help me out...

BBC News Jan 14 A group of self-styled internet freedom fighters have called for a global day of action in protest at attempts to close down Wikileaks. Anonymous has gained notoriety in recent months for its cyber-attacks on the websites of companies it deems to be anti-Wikileaks. Now...

Independent There were precious few air kisses and patted backs when Hollywood's Oscar season gravy train stopped in the Big Apple for the New York Film Critics Circle Awards. Instead, the event ended in tearful recrimination after its outspoken host spent the evening exchanging insults with...

Update from BBC News Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali has fled with his family to Saudi Arabia, after being forced from office after 23 years in power BBC News - Tunisia: Ex-President Ben Ali flees to Saudi Arabia

BBC News The presidential library commemorating the life of US President John F Kennedy is digitising every scrap of paper, video, audio and artefact it possesses. The project is the largest by one of the 13 presidential libraries. Materials already digitised include secret phone...

BBC News jan 14 Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor's right leg, which was infected with gangrene, has been amputated in a life-saving surgery her doctors have deemed a success. She is in "frail health" and will be closely monitored in a Los Angeles hospital, Dr David Rigberg said. Gabor was...

BBC News Jan 14 US President Barack Obama has said he will ease restrictions on US citizens travelling to Cuba. The president said he had instructed the relevant government departments to allow religious groups and students to travel to the communist-run island. President Obama said...

Reuters Thieves make BMW hottest car at auto show When carmakers like BMW say they hope people find their next car at auto shows like the one in Detroit this week, this wasn't exactly what they meant. Two thieves drove away in a brand new $94,000 BMW 750i xDrive Sedan on Wednesday night...