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A bat in the evening sky can be just a fleeting glimpse — there one second and gone the next.These days, such a description also can serve as a metaphor for bats in New York and nationwide. The once-stable populations of the flying mammals have almost evaporated since a deadly fungus was...

Astronomers have discovered an exciting way to use the Z machine to create "star stuff" that can solve many astronomical mysteries. Scientists hope gained knowledge will shed more light on the archaeological history of star formation in our galaxy, the nature of dark matter, and the...

Photographer Will Crusta ‘UrbEx’ Series Brings Viewers Into Abandoned Spaces: Hospital and Movie Theater | TheBlaze.com Buddy's flickr stream: Abandoned Theme Park - Six Flags New Orleans - a set on Flickr Other abandoned stuff: Collection: UrbEx

Three million people claim they were there Woodstock: LIFE Photos From the Legendary 1969 Rock Fest - LIFE

Allen West To Obama: Show Us Your College Records And Fast And Furious Docs And We’ll Show You Our Tax Returns… What do you say, Barack? Via The Hill:Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) set high stakes in an offered “deal” with President Obama on Friday. Obama’s campaign isn’t backing down on requests...

CBC seems...upset...again. They even dug up a story from last year to page it and reference the smaller piece today. :lol: Military's 'Royal' name change sparks royal ruckus (omfg) Military's 'Royal' name change sparks royal ruckus - Politics - CBC News 'Royalizing' the military on a...

Barofsky: Geithner Said Housing Policies Were "Foaming The Runway For The Banks" - YouTube Barofsky: 'Geithner Admitted To Us Privately That Obama's Housing Policy Was DESIGNED To Sacrifice Homeowners In Order To "FOAM THE RUNWAY" For The Banks' Barofsky: 'Geithner Admitted To Us...

Heavily armed Taliban fighters blasted their way into a Pakistani air force base with possible links to the country’s nuclear program in a brazen assault that took two hours of fighting to put down, leaving a security officer and nine insurgents dead and underscoring the group’s continued...

On Thursday’s edition of MSNBC’s The Cycle the group discussed Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney‘s assertion that President Obama should “take [his] campaign of division and anger and hate back to Chicago.” Co-host Touré saw what he believes to be explicit racial connotations beneath...

Interesting. A blogger has created a map of the United States that associates each state with its prescribed Google autocomplete stereotypes. Local media have begun responding to their state’s stereotypes based on this map as well. The general response? Look on the bright side by comparing...

By NBC News' Jim Miklaszewski and Atia Abawi Updated at 3:08 p.m. ET: Seven American troops were killed Thursday when the Black Hawk helicopter they were traveling in crashed in southern Afghanistan, possibly shot down by enemy forces, U.S. officials told NBC News. Three of the Americans...

Coffee shop bans 'talking about annoying hipster topics' Coffee Shop Bans ‘Talking about Annoying Hipster Topics’; Irony Reflects Back On Itself On and On to Infinity A coffeeshop in San Francisco has just posted a list of rules for patrons wishing to drink coffee in its alley, an exclusive...

Bawney Fwank: “We Would Have Unemployment Below 8%” If GOP Didn’t Stop Us From Hiring More Public Workers… On the Wednesday night broadcast of Current TV’s “Viewpoint,” outgoing Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) explained how cutting federal spending has hurt the economy. Frank also shared why he...

Sickening. NORTH BAY, ONT. - Lawyers blame low self-esteem and childhood bullying for why a North Bay mom looked for online attention from men by sharing pornographic photos of her young daughters. “I find that type of conduct sick and depraved. For a mother to do this is just beyond me,”...

at least a dozen killed WARNING: The following story features images that may be disturbing to some readers. MARIKANA, South Africa — South African police opened fire on striking miners armed with machetes and sticks at Lonmin’s Marikana platinum mine on Thursday, killing at least a dozen...

A woman’s severed head has been found in a Mississauga park near where a severed foot was discovered, Peel police said this afternoon. The remains “are not small,” indicating that they likely came from the body of an adult, Peel...

Already shaken by a series of high-level defections, accounts of abuse among its staffers, and the high-profile breakup of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, the Church of Scientology now faces scrutiny over its controversial drug treatment program, Narconon. Four deaths at Narconon's signature...

Oh wait, now Joe is a distraction. Maybe Palin was right. ;-) WASHINGTON – President Obama defended Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday against criticism of his remarks that Republican repeal of Wall Street regulations would put voters "back in chains." Obama also brushed off...

In 1932, 23-year-old Robert Fulton Jnr set off on a 40,000-mile solo motorcyle trek from London to Japan. His incredible footage of the journey is one of a selection of films being show at The Adventure Travel Film Festival (17-20 Aug). It captures a Middle East still under British rule...

VANCOUVER — On the heels of a bitter public spat between Canada’s top Mountie and two B.C.-based officers who criticized him, a new group of disgruntled officers has emerged, sniping at RCMP brass and threatening to expose certain “investigative files” and compromising pictures of members...