Disclaimer: the courts have consistently struck down the “A Sign Made Me Do It” defense.
Disclaimer: the courts have consistently struck down the “A Sign Made Me Do It” defense.
Flash Game: Marble Mayhem
Roll the marble toward the goal in a game reminiscent of the classic Marble Madness Rating: 6.5/10
Students sit through 72 hour lesson
Students sit through 72 hour lesson
A class of 26 Chinese students is claiming a world record after sitting through a 72 hour long English lesson.
They succeeded in breaking the previous record, held by a Polish school, of 66 hours, reports the Shanghai Evening Post.
A total of 30 students, aged 20 to 30, set out on the record bid but three quit in the first 24 hours putting the attempt in jeopardy.
They needed to have at least 19 students - the same as the Polish school - to break the record.
The students were paid for the record bid and, after 66 hours, the incentive was raised from 100 yuan per hour to 300 yuan.
By the last day, the students complained they were exhausted.
Ms. Xie, a university student, said: “I can’t remember anything even it was just said several seconds ago. I will never do this again!”
Food Safety Education: Chill | Cold Storage Chart
Food Safety Education: Chill | Cold Storage Chart
How long should you keep those Thanksgiving leftovers in the refrigerator or freezer?
Expert says bird flu has killed 300 people in China
Expert says bird flu has killed 300 people in China
A respected Japanese scientist, who works with the World Health Organization, says 300 people have died of H5N1 bird flu in China, including seven cases caused by human-to-human transmission.
He says he was given the information in confidence by Chinese colleagues who have been threatened with arrest if they disclosed the extent of the problem.
Video: Wal-Mart Stampede over Xbox 360s
Wal-Mart Stampede over Xbox 360s
People go crazy at Walmart opening.
Crashing galaxies may have spat out monster black hole, researchers suggest
Crashing galaxies may have spat out monster black hole, researchers suggest
If correct, the proposal would be the first evidence of a possibility astrophysicists have theorized for years: a black hole’s expulsion from a galaxy.
Judges hang on to stolen car
Judges hang on to stolen car
Bulgarian judges have caused a diplomatic row after ordering a car stolen in Germany be used as their new ‘company car’.
The £30,000 luxury BMW X5 SUV was seized from a car thief by Bulgarian border officials in April.
But authorities have refused to hand it back to its original owner in Oldenburg, Germany.
Instead the car was judged to be the “proceeds of crime”, and confiscated so that it could be made an official vehicle for the judges of the court in the Bulgarian capital Sofia.
After involvement on behalf of the German ambassador to Bulgaria and a German MP the Bulgarian ambassador to Germany was ordered to explain the situation.
He has promised that Bulgaria’s PM, as well as Justice and Foreign Ministers have been informed and are working towards a solution.
Frank Schmitz, a German lawyer specialising in car theft, said that the situation with stolen cars taken from abroad in Bulgaria was getting “worse and worse” even though the country is due to enter the EU in 2007.
“I know dozens of such cases”, he said.
The Bulgarian Supreme Court has promised a review of the case in December.
Goodbye, Mr. Miyagi
Pat Morita owed his fame to kids, he once said. “You know why? I’m the same height.” A generation raised on Mr. Miyagi might beg to differ.
Morita, who played the iconic martial-arts guru in four Karate Kid movies, and earned an Academy Award nomination for his uncommonly profound car-waxing tips, died Thursday in a Las Vegas hospital. He was 73.
Video: Brawl In Parliament
Beginning of an hour long brawl in Taiwanese parliment.