The giant oarfish is huge, rarely seen, and might be the origin of the Loch Ness Monster tales. A prime specimen just washed up on shore. Look at this crazy fish!
The Sole Survivor of the Libyan Plane Crash
A frame grab from Libyan TV shows a Dutch boy, the lone survivor of the Afriqiyah airline crash at Tripoli airport, being treated in a hospital in Tripoli on Monday. The crash killed 103 people. (More via CNN)
Facebook Privacy Then and Now
Matt McKeon, a developer with the Visual Communications Lab at IBM Research’s Center for Social Software, shows how Facebook privacy has, ahem, evolved over time.
On the Today Show, Tonya Craft Mulls Life After Acquittal
Former Georgia kindergarten teacher Tonya Craft appeared on the Today Show on Wednesday, just a day after she was acquitted on 22 separate molestation charges.
Shawn Johnson’s Terrible First Pitch
It may be minor league baseball, but this is still one sad effort.
Actor Ian McKellen Mistaken For Homeless Man, Given a Dollar
Now that’s what I call method acting.
BP Will Try Smaller Containment Dome in Gulf
After the failure of British Petroleum’s containment dome to stop the undersea oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the company says it will attempt to install a second, smaller dome over the main leak point nearly a mile beneath the surface.
Dancing With the Stars: Ochocinco Safe, Nash Eliminated
Goodbye, Niecy Nash.
The Top 10 Famous Stolen Body Parts
Gruesome? Yep. But fascinating? Oh, yes. After French legislators voted to return 15 mummified Maori heads to New Zealand after decades on display in museums, TIME looks back at the top 10 famous stolen body parts. (Via TIME.com)
Verizon, Google Take Aim at Apple’s iPad
It was really only a matter of time before the world beat a path to Apple’s door after the launch of its iPad.
What Created This Hole in Space?
Astronomers reclassified a bizarre dark patch sighted by the Hubble space telescope in a distant nebula in 1999. What is it?
Quotes: David Cameron on Becoming Prime Minister
“Now let’s get to work.”
— DAVID CAMERON, the new prime minister of Britain, arriving at 10 Downing Street for his first day on the job. (Via BBC)