Plane Crash That Killed 20 Being Blamed on Escaped Crocodile - AOL Travel News

A crocodile caused a plane crash?

Fisherman Catches Rare 'Giant Piranha' - AOL Travel News

Rare giant Piranha caught for TV show.

GAO Future Combat Systems Report: 2008

Future Combat Systems program is the concept of an integrated set of vehicles, robots, sensors, and UAVs, all backed by a high-performance network.

Documentary deals done at Sundance

HBO Documentary Films said it picked up "The Black List: Volume One." Timothy Greenfield-Sanders directed the movie, in which journalist and former New York Times critic Elvis Mitchell interviews black cultural figures and icons ranging from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Sean Combs to  …

James Bond gets two new Girls

Olga Kurylenko will play "the dangerously alluring Camille" in the new working-titled "Bond 22." Olga Kurylenko and Gemma Arterton will co-star in the latest installment of the 007 franchise opposite Daniel Craig. Kurylenko was good in "Hitman."

Japanese Woman Dies Searching for Care at 20 hospitals

This story is all over the internet. This has to do with the ongoing situation of corporate hospitals doing patient dumping to make room for higher paying (and more reliably paying) patients. In the US, city-funded hospitals can't turn away patients.

Novelty Phone Causes Stir at Post Office

The bomb squad was relieved to find it was only Winnie the Pooh. Oh bother!

300 Pound Man Falls on Fan at Shea Stadium

Ellen Massey always counted being struck by a baseball or a bat at Shea Stadium among the hazards of being a Mets fan, but she never thought a 300-pound man would come crashing down the stands -- and onto her.

Fans seek Florida pardon for Doors' Morrison

Two fans have asked Florida to pardon rock bad-boy Jim Morrison, the late lead singer for The Doors, who was convicted of exposing himself during a Miami concert nearly 40 years ago.

Report: Tuskegee Airmen Lost 25 Bombers

It has always been accepted as fact that the Tuskegee airmen, the first black fighter squadron, had never lost a bomber to enemy fighters. Apparently this claim was made by a racially biased newspaper. No one from the squadron challenged that lie.

Italian becomes official language ... of Italy

This was actually a controversial vote.

Bello the clown broken over lost bike

Remember the little bike Krusty the Clown had? Bello Nock has one for his Ringling Brothers' show. Or he did until it was stolen on the street. I've seen this guy perform the shaky pole. He clowns on top of a wavering pole. He has poles as high as seven stories. Amazing stuff.

Fake Volcano in Minnesota Waterpark 'Erupts,' Sending Guests Running

Uh, is it supposed to do that?

TV Reporter Arrested at Hospital Nursery

I thought media intimidation only happened in third world countries. Well, Texans always say they aren't really part of the U.S.

Can American Jews unplug the Israel lobby?

Here is the full blog and editorial comment. Some places only post a few graphs from it.

Body sits on roadside for 7 hours

...hung partway out of his cab for 7 hours...

Teen Killed at Same Spot As Friend

Another ironic death.

Out in rain with baby, lookin' for crack

This man was high on crack, looking for crack and pushing his baby in the middle of the night next to the highway.

Wife convicted - took hubby on a chopping trip - Crime File - NY Daily News

Best Headline ever Wife convicted - took hubby on a chopping trip - Crime File - NY Daily News This case had got it all marriage, murder, cooking, religion and Brazil.

One Dog's Lucky Day: A Rescue Story

A bystander stood in between the police officer , who had his gun drawn, and the injured pet he intended to shoot.

One Number That Will Ring All Your Phones - New York Times

Let the first pun be "One ringing to rule them all" "One number for life," pretty much says it all. At GrandCentral.com, you choose a new, single, unified phone number.

Cruise Ship Jumper Can Thank 300-Pound Girth for Helping Save Life

Another win for the number 300. Here is a somewhat funny and detailed analysis of what happened to that cruise ship jumper.

Downed Black Hawk not 'shot down' report says

A Freedom of Information Act request has gained access a report on the controversial loss of an Army Blackhawk helicopter in January.

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