Successful identity theft requires a certain bit of stealth. That usually includes avoiding the use of famous names and faces – like, say, that of Jack Nicholson.
Brazilian police arrested a 41-year-old man in the northeast …
President Obama Knew About Jeremy Lin ‘Before You Did’
The President gets inside intel on everything — even rising basketball stars.
Rock Star: 340-Ton Boulder Goes on 22-City Tour
The rock, which may be the largest to be moved from start to finish since the Pyramids, recently started its 105-mile journey to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Talk About Extreme: Roller-Coaster Ride Rips Limbs from Dummies
Thorpe Park outside of London will roll out a new coaster, dubbed The Swarm, to the public in mid-March, but has already created plenty of buzz by tearing some crash-test dummies to shreds and then getting a group of high-octane …
Power Lunch: T. Rex Had Strongest Jaw of All, Researchers Find
It’s not that getting bitten by an alligator is any sort of delightful experience, but compare an alligator to a Tyrannosaurus rex and you should take the alligator every time, according to a pair of British university …
A First Lady’s Make-Under: The Rebranding of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy
From fashion-plate to everywoman, France’s First Lady hopes a more relaxed look helps her husband in the polls.
Poll: The World Is Getting Happier
Are people in a better state of mind than they were before the economic crisis?
‘Racist’ Filipino Magazine Cover Axed After Online Outrage
The magazine has always been racy, but is it racist too?
Watch: Tornadoes Touch Down Across the Midwest
Early Wednesday morning, a series of tornadoes pushed through the midwestern United States, ravaging the famed music town of Branson, Mo. and causing damage throughout Illinois and Kansas. At least nine people have been confirmed …
Wednesday Words: Donald Trump’s Vocab, NASCAR Metaphors and More
NewsFeed’s weekly highlight of our vocabulary includes useful, new, hilarious and surprising words (as well as some that are just fun to roll off the old tongue).
Get Ready, Ladies: Leap Day Is Also Sadie Hawkins Day
If you haven’t looked at a calendar today, we have some news for you: It’s not March. No, it’s February 29, the calendar anomaly better known as Leap Day. How should you celebrate this once-in-four-years occasion? Well, if you’re …
Farewell, Davy Jones: Four Songs to Remember the Monkees Front Man
He was the cute one. The little one. The one who got starry-eyed in the sight of a pretty girl and led his fellow Monkees on romp after romp. Davy Jones, in many ways the most memorable Monkee, passed away Feb. 29 at 66. If …