DISSEMINATORS OF THE TRUTH

A California teen accused of stealing a celebrity chef's Lamborghini and later shooting at a couple will have to stand trial on a number...

The sky proved no limit for Felix Baumgartner. The Austrian daredevil, in fact, rose to the edge of space (40 km above the Earth) yesterday ...

A Chinese scientist says that humans used to eat pandas. In a newspaper interview, Wei Guangbiao says prehistoric man ate the bears in what ...

The majority of top decision-makers at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission believe that an antitrust case should be brought against Google Inc...

A surprise squatter turned into an unintended houseguest for a woman who returned to her Detroit home last week after a year away. But while...

Actually, don't. Smoking can kill you. But at least read this: a boyracer caught after a 14-minute high-speed pursuit involving 10 polic...

Mila Kunis (pictured) has been dubbed ''the sexiest woman alive'' by Esquire magazine in its November issue out this week. T...

A Christchurch man is facing an animal cruelty charge after allegedly feeding his dog a "cocktail" of chicken and insecticide to p...

And here's what made it even better: Manchester United beat Newcastle United 3-0 (the same scoreline as Man U's loss early this year...

Or at least that's what I think.

This bus stop is in Curitiba, which is a city in southern Brazil. These cool looking bus stops have gained their reputation as a symbol o...

See for yourself:

8==D TATION. Does the name Jonah Takalua spring to mind whenever you see this tasteless play on the word "dictation"? Never mind t...

What is it about yesterday morning's Man United versus Tottenham Hotspur match that served up so much excitement? Eleven years to the da...

I did mention last month that today is to be the first awarding of a monthly Good Service Award. I don't have anybody in particular to a...

Dozens of residents in a County Donegal housing estate have had the doors to their houses glued tight in an act of vandalism. Over 25 homes ...

Top diplomats from Ecuador and the United Kingdom failed to reach an agreement yesterday over the case of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, ...

Millions of Afghan girls are now getting the education that their mothers couldn't. But as a result, the girls and their schools are oft...

Staff on a Wellington commuter train this afternoon stopped the service to help a girl who was being bullied on the Johnsonville train bound...

But now, there seems to be a way to get rid of this curse. Scientists believe that a harmless virus that lives on our skin could be used as ...

Manchester United registered a first victory at Anfield since 2007 despite a disjointed display, as a sensational goal from Rafael and Robin...

A 25-year-old man will be charged with criminal trespassing for jumping out of a monorail car into the Bronx Zoo's tiger den because he ...

Eleven inmates in a suburban New York jail have sued their prison for US$500 million and access to dental floss, saying they are losing thei...

The South Korean Navy fired warning shots to ward off North Korean fishing boats that were spotted south of the maritime border between the ...

Lactose-intolerant Starbucks customers are up in arms after the chain revealed its revamped Gold Card rewards program will drop its free soy...

Gay actor Rupert Everett has caused an outcry with his comment that he "can't think of anything worse than being brought up by two ...

Kids can find all kinds of creative reasons to harass one another. The latest? Peanut allergy. Doing something as seemingly insignificant as...

Stuart Hersh, a U.S. citizen injured in a 1997 suicide bombing in Jerusalem, is claiming money from the Warwick New York Hotel, which will h...

Three Man United players made milestone appearances for the Reds this morning at Old Trafford: Paul Scholes and Rio Ferdinand made their 700...

In court papers, font size matters. The smaller the font, the more information an attorney can jam into a document. Trial judges and appell...

The Duchess of Cambridge is said to be "saddened" by claims from a French magazine that it is set to publish topless photographs o...

Apple has announced the latest version of the iPhone. The iPhone 5 looks similar to previous models but has a larger screen and is lighter a...

Aseem Trivedi, an Indian cartoonist charged with sedition over images critical of the government, has been released on bail. Trivedi had ori...

Why? Because it was just horrible. Over 3000 people died as a result of al-Qaeda's stupidity, and it could've been more had one of t...

I'll tell you what it hath wrought: a promising A-level student stabbed to death after a quiet house party in England spiralled out of c...

Anglicans in Christchurch are talking about sharing a cathedral with the Catholics, a move that would have worldwide ramifications. Rebuildi...

From now until 2014, a new skyscraper will be built in China every five days, according to Chinese media. One in particular has received a ...

But first, let me explain why the blog has a pink background colour. It’s because I found out today that my sister’s baby (which I blogged a...

Last week, Sony CEO Kazuo Hirai revealed the XBR-84X900, a 3D-capable Bravia TV with a very high 4K resolution of 3840x2160 pixels, at the I...

Water buffalo breeding, an industry that actually uses artificial insemination, recently started using a new variant of the procedure. It is...

Why? Because it tastes like barf. And I now have even more reason not to like it: a Dunedin woman found a dead bird inside a Countdown super...

Sir Alex Ferguson's 1000th league game as Man United's manager, which was played this morning against Southampton at St Mary's S...

Dozens of Mexican schoolchildren were hospitalised after apparently falling ill from a meal at their kindergarten on Friday. Specifically, a...

Handstands are a favourite pastime of little girls in the playground. But if you do one at Sydney's Drummoyne Public School, there are c...

Before I start today's post, I have an announcement to make: starting next month, I am adding a new feature to the final post each month...

More than 2,000 students potentially face deportation after a London university had its licence to teach and recruit overseas students revok...

Last week, a 19th century Spanish fresco was ruined after a good Samaritan attempted a DIY restoration of the artwork. That's right, t...

And now there's a way to get rid of them. Vitamin B3 could be the new weapon in the fight against superbugs such as Methicillin-resistan...

Jerry Nelson, the puppeteer and voice of Sesame Street's Count von Count, has died aged 78. For more than 40 years, Nelson worked on num...

Neil Armstrong, the American astronaut who made "one giant leap for mankind" when he became the first man to walk on the moon, die...

A new high-resolution television format has been approved by the UN's communication standards setting agency. Broadcasts in 8K will offe...

Televisions were once a reprieve from the outside world, then they became a reprieve from the online world, and now they're turning into...

When 5-year-old Cooper Barton wore a University of Michigan shirt to kindergarten in Oklahoma City, the principal asked him to turn it insid...

That's right, Phyllis Diller is dead. But here's something to take our minds off this tragedy: a burger grown in a laboratory. Sound...

Everton are the bellends who are responsible for an early setback suffered by Manchester United this morning at Goodison Park. Everton playe...

Before we begin, we are transitioning the Weekly Gross-Out feature to Tuesdays, hence this week's story being told in two parts. Everto...

The photo is my sister's ultrasound. And no, I am NOT the father. And speaking of father, the Rev. Angel Armando Perez, a pastor at St...

The mother of a pregnant leukaemia patient who died after her chemotherapy was delayed over anti-abortion laws is accusing doctors of not pu...

And police in Central Otago are monitoring Facebook today after being tipped off to a fight being planned for this weekend by youths involve...

Today may be the 35th anniversary of Elvis Presley's passing, but we have some more serious issues to deal with: the UK has sent a lette...

Ecuador could make a decision on the asylum request of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as early as this week, President Rafael Correa said....

Doping is not cool. It gives athletes an unfair advantage and has been responsible for many an occasion where a drug cheat's national an...

With the intent of undermining the market for illegal drugs, Uruguay's government presented a bill to lawmakers that would legalise mari...

The UN has called for an immediate suspension of government-mandated US ethanol production, adding to pressure on Barack Obama to address th...

PepsiCo, one of the world's largest drinks makers, has announced plans to re-enter Burma as the country opens up its markets after vario...