How’s this for a coincidence? Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln were born in the same year, on the same day: Feb. 12, 1809. As historical facts go, it amounts to little more than a footnote.

As soon as you do start comparing this odd couple, you discover there is more to this birthday coincidence than the same astrological chart (as Aquarians, they should both be stubborn, visionary, tolerant, free-spirited, rebellious, genial…

Authorities told the NBC affiliate’s Web site, 11Alive.com that around 2:30 p.m. that the boy was decapitated when he was struck by the Batman ride, a coaster at the amusement park that can travel as fast as 50 miles per hour. The park is just west of Atlanta.

State officials blame a faulty cable and slow response by an amusement park ride operator in the accident. Her family is suing Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom, claiming the park failed to maintain the ride and equipment and ensure riders' safety….

A heartbroken Briton is one step closer to starting a new life as he tries to auction his “entire life” online following the break-up of his marriage.

The 44-year-old, who originally came from Darlington, in northern England, will even include an introduction to his friends and a trial run at his job. "On the day it's all sold and settled, I intend to walk out of my front…

Imagine what would happen if you took down road signs and traffic signals. Yet another perfect example that anarchy just can’t work because people are all inherently evil and they all seek to take advantage of one another if there isn’t some big leviathan state institution dictating their every move. No, wait, that’s bullshit. The surprising thing

The Dutch town of Drachten adopted this unsafe is safe? approach in 2007 and found that casualties at one junction dropped from thirty-six over the previous four years to only two in the two years following the removal of traffic lights….

How to survive downturns and maximize bonuses.

While this book is true in the sense of being an accurate depiction of a certain kind of career in the City, none of the characters or institutions portrayed is in any way based on real people or banks and any similarity is purely coincidental….

It could be a long time before Omar Khan goes to college: as long as 38 years, according to Orange County prosecutors, who have arrested and charged the 18-year-old student with breaking into his prestigious high school and hacking into computers to change his test grades from Fs to As.

Master keys are easy to obtain now. A student merely needs to "borrow" the master and make some measurements, or manage to steal an actual lock and an ordinary key for it. There are directions on the net for…

As the American president embarked on his farewell tour of Europe last week, Der Spiegel, echoing the sentiments of a number of leading newspapers on the Continent, pronounced “Europe happy to see the back of Bush.” Virtually everyone seems to believe that George W. Bush’s tenure has undermined trans-Atlantic ties…

The idea that strong identities are an inherent threat to democracy and peace became further entrenched in Europe in the wake of World War II. Exponents of what I call postidentity theories – postnationalism, postmodernism and…

Police killed a 27-year-old man as he kicked, punched and stomped a toddler to death despite other people’s attempts to stop him on a dark, country road.

Man pushed off efforts to stop himAs they got closer, the couple saw the man brutally beating the toddler behind his truck and throwing the child on the ground, according to Singh. Two or three other cars stopped, an unusual number to be passing…

Meet Sergey. He’s a doctor. He’s also an asylum seeker who is forced to survive on 35 of Asda vouchers a week. Award-winning novelist Mark Haddon discovers the horror of being a refugee in the UK today.

While sleeping rough, Sergey had contracted Hepatitis C, one of the 10 per cent of sufferers who get the disease for unknown reasons, though living on the street cannot be good for anyone's health. He got no treatment and, as often happens,…

If you were 30 years old and had no dependents but a full-time job that precluded full-time investing, how would you invest your first million dollars, assuming that you can cover 18 months of expenses with other savings?

Go 60/40 with the 60 being a low cost EAFE type fund and the 40 being S&P 500 tracking index. You diversify away everything you don’t know and you get some edge on a falling dollar with the EAFE. If you were inclined, you could…

They died just as they had lived - following their natural instincts to stick together. Up the muddy river, running inland from Falmouth, the dolphins swam, responding to the distress calls of their fellow animals. It was the worst case of such a mass stranding on British shores for nearly three decades.

The world and nature are wonderful. Is it over-consumption, selfishness and greed that blinds us to the destruction that comes from putting profit before all else? The sea has been used as a dumping ground and war arena - what do we…

The legendary singer/songwriter has an art exhibition opening in London next week and loves to talk about it. But you risk his 1,000-yard stare if you touch on his personal life. Dylan welcomes me inside for the interview with a soft handshake and a volley of courtesies.

Such reticence has earned him a reputation as rock's grumpy old man, a curmudgeon who refuses to appear grateful that he is revered and adored. But whether or not he intends it to do so, such determined self-protection merely enhances the…

J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter novels, gives a very true and inspiring speech at the Harvard commencement. Audio recording available as well!!!

I would like to make it clear, in parenthesis, that I do not blame my parents for their point of view. There is an expiry date on blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong direction; the moment you are old enough to take the wheel,…

US military jury has acquitted a marine of charges that he helped cover up the killing of 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians.

A US military jury has acquitted a marine of charges that he helped cover up the killing of 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians in Haditha in 2005. Lt Andrew Grayson had been charged with obstruction of justice and making false statements - charges he…

A little insight into the political world.

FLORIDA CORPORATION You have a black cow and a brown cow. Everyone votes for the best looking one. Some of the people who actually like the brown one best accidentally vote for the black one. Some people vote for both. Some people vote for…

“New research shows income rises with happiness, but bliss can be bad for the bank account.”

Thus, a new study was born. Diener and his colleagues used data from the World Values Survey, which measures the happiness of respondents on a scale of 1 to 10 (with 10 the happiest). They found that income did indeed increase along with…

This Article puts you and your beloveds to get the goals achieved.

To get the things from the Universal Force through the Law of Attraction, you have to be happy with what you have, work for your requirements and be grateful to it for what all it has given to you.

Memorial Day is special. In nearby cemeteries in Metrowest are Medal of Honor recipients, the highest honor bestowed for bravery by the Congress of the United States.
They all chose to stand and fall with those who feel it is an honor to serve their country. Memorial Day reminds me that freedom is not free.

Memorial Day is special. This special day reminds me of another Memorial Day at St. Tarcisius Cemetery in Framingham. I pause and reflect. I gaze at the hundreds of American flags freshly replaced at the veteran's gravesites each year by those…

The Politico writes this morning that “many top GOP strategists believe McCain can defeat Obama — and by a margin exceeding Bush’s Electoral College victory in 2004.” Among the 10 strategists interviewed by Politico for this story, there was near-uniform belief that had any other Republican been nominated, the partys prospects would be nil….

The case they make for a comfortable McCain win is not beyond reason. Begin with the 2004 electoral map. Add Iowa and Colorado to Obamas side, since both are considered states Obama could pick off. Then count McCain victories in New Hampshire…

James Woodard is slowly returning to life. He is starting over after spending 27 years behind bars. He was wrongly imprisoned and cleared by DNA.
His SSN and birth certificate are still missing, he still cannot start his life being a free man.

In one aspect at least, Woodard and the 16 others are lucky; the evidence that freed them was preserved even after their appeals were exhausted and the courts finalized their convictions. If they had been tried in a county or city that has no…