A murder mystery has been solved with the confession of a 96-year-old woman—and it only took her 65 years to do it. The 1946 killing of Felix Gulje, the head of a construction company who had high political ambitions, rocked the Dutch political landscape at the time. Atie Ridder-Visser…
Continue reading …Keep your ears tuned for the next time someone complains about being disrespected. It shouldn’t take long, writes Peter Funt in the Wall Street Journal . Could be an athlete, a congressman, a musician, or your neighbor. “Apparently ‘respect’ has emerged as society’s favorite go-to word when we don’t like someone…
Continue reading …Chinese military officers say their new aircraft carrier is ready to launch, finally admitting the existence of what may be the world’s worst kept military secret. China originally purchased the rusting Soviet-era ship, then dubbed the Varyag, in 1998, saying it would be a floating casino, the Guardian explains. Instead,…
Continue reading …“Barefoot Bandit” Colton Harris-Moore appeared in court today to again plead not guilty to a slew of charges, but it looks like he’s close to a plea deal to resolve the case, reports the Seattle Post-Intelligencer . The outline could be out this week, but it likely involves him admitting to…
Continue reading …“The day after Iran’s first nuclear test is a normal day.” So begins a strange article posted on the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Gerdab website that has set off alarms in the West. Originally posted in April, the hypothetical article waxes poetic about how great it will be when Iran successfully…
Continue reading …So, this is how rich JK Rowling is: The Harry Potter author bought the $1.6 million house next door to her $3.3 million mansion … for the sole purpose of demolishing it … in order to make her garden bigger . Rowling, who the Telegraph notes is worth upward…
Continue reading …A brand-new $105 million courthouse in Columbus, Ohio, features a prominent set of glass stairs. Ah, the aesthetics of light and air, the sensation of floating … the potential for pervs to gather beneath and look up women’s clothes. “If you wear dresses, you’re on notice that you might want to…
Continue reading …Securities regulators are looking into the possibility that Goldman Sachs may have broken anti-bribery laws by offering to pay Libya’s Sovereign Wealth Fund $50 million in penance for losing almost all of the money it invested with them. The deal was never actually completed, but just offering it may have…
Continue reading …Take comfort, tourists: Russia’s public toilets will soon be bomb-proof. The country plans to roll out some nigh-indestructible über-johns by the end of the year; they’ll be made of fibrous concrete, with fittings fashioned from a mixture of steel and heavy-duty plastic, CNN reports. “If somebody will leave a bomb…
Continue reading …Casey Anthony cried in court today as graphic photos of daughter Caylee’s skull were shown. Jurors saw pictures of the skull with damp strands of hair and duct tape pressed against it, but the judge will not allow the photos to be released to the public until they are blurred,…
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