China’s alternative to the Nobel Peace Prize has announced its list of 2012 finalists. But who could be more deserving than last year’s honoree, Vladimir Putin?
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A Hug-worthy Weekend: Biden Cozies Up With Female Biker, Obama Gets a Bear Hug
Supporters in Florida and Ohio have been embracing Obama and Biden, though maybe not in the way they had imagined.
Lose Your Pants, No Second Chance
Mooning your boss may mean a quick trip to unemployment—just ask one former Bank of America employee
WATCH: Three-Year Old Girl Stuck Under Bus Freed By Onlookers
The video is shocking from any angle. A young girl’s head emerges helplessly from underneath the wrecked bus. But the three-year-old wouldn’t lay stuck for very long: an army of onlookers and rescuers came to her aid.
The …
4-Year-Old Girl Discovered Amid Bodies in French Shooting Massacre
French police speculate that a child found hiding in a car containing three adult cadavers for nearly eight hours was a member of a vacationing British family that came under fire by unknown assailants in an alpine area
‘Big Love’ in Brazil: Three-Person Civil Union Approved in Sao Paulo
A recently ‘married’ Brazilian trio have clearly never heard the saying two’s company, three’s a crowd.
Prison Riot: Rebel Russian Band Members Speak Out from Behind Bars
It seems it will take more than a two-year prison sentence to silence the rebellious members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot.
The three Russian women — given guilty verdicts on charges of hooliganism motivated by religious …
History Wins As Norway’s 100-Year-Old Mystery Parcel Is Opened
And the prize worth waiting a century for was…
Prince Harry’s Crown Jewels and King Henry VIII’s Wives: Top 10 Royals Behaving Badly
The nearly-nude, self-censored photos of the young Prince Harry are hardly an embarrassment for the oft-spotlighted British Royal Family. Past royal dynasties have witnessed illicit affairs, illegitimate children and plenty of …
There’s a Helium Shortage On — and It’s Affecting More than Just Balloons
Stop talking in that squeaky voice and get serious. From MRI machines to semiconductor manufacturing, here are a few of the things we’ll have to do with less of thanks to a global helium shortage.
Madonna Lays off the Swastika, Doubles Down on Pussy Riot
Madonna avoided an additonal law suit in France by removing a swastika from extreme-right leader Marine Le Pen’s face in a concert video, but demonstrates she hasn’t foresaken the art of political provocation in her work.
Best Tweets About Todd Akin’s “Legitimate Rape” Comment
By now we’ve all heard of Missouri Republican Senate nominee Todd Akin’s moronic statement about abortion and “legitimate rape.” If you’ve been tuned out, here’s a short recap: Akin, who is currently a member of the U.S. House of …