Once the piece is bolted in place, One World Trade Center will be the tallest building in the United States.
New Zealand Updates List of Banned Baby Names
In New Zealand, you can’t name children after punctuation marks, or call them V8, Anal or 4Real
Reading While Eating for May 2: Just Dance
Today’s must-read links for your lunch break feature Sherlock Holmes’ martial arts and the delicate dance of putting a diaper on a pet chicken.
Employees Get Tattoo of Company Logo For Pay Raise
If your company offered you a pay raise in exchange for tattooing its logo on your body, would you do it?
France to Auction Wines From Presidential Cellar
1,200 of the Élysée Palace’s finest vintages will be up for bidding, and some of the money will reportedly be funneled into the cash-strapped country’s budget.
Help Wanted: Polar Bear Spotter on a Norwegian Island
Apply now if you love polar bears and can stand still for long periods of time.
WATCH: Death-Defying Daredevil Performs Stunts from Towering China Bridge
We might say “Don’t try this at home,” but then what are the chances your home is anywhere near an almost 4,000-foot-long bridge with a peak height of more than 1,000 feet?
House Where Alfred Hitchcock Wrote ‘The Birds’ Goes on Sale
The renowned director reportedly wrote the 1963 suspense thriller in the barn.
The Meaning of ‘Squish’ and Other Fun-To-Say Political Slights
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz called some of his Republican colleagues “squishes.” Here’s hoping he busts out “snollygosters” next.
More Boston Bombing Arrests: What We Know About the Three New Suspects
4:40 p.m.: Lawyers for two of the newest suspects maintained that their clients did not know about the Boston bombing plans in a televised statement outside the courtroom Wednesday. Robert Stahl, who is representing Dias …
Reading While Eating for May 1: May Day
Today’s must-read links for your lunch break highlight movements for the better treatment of workers and the better treatment of nerds.
The Empire State Building: A City Icon Turns 82 Amid Battle to Go Public
How do you know that you’re in New York City? Yellow cabs, pushcarts, the electric pulse in the air might all tip you off – but catch sight of the Empire State building and you have, unmistakably, stepped into The Big Apple. …