SHEFFIELD, England, March 31 (UPI) –Researchers at the University of Sheffield have found a novel use for tampons. They’re begun employing them in the fight against pollution — or more specifically, as a method for identifying where wastewater is leaking into streams and rivers.
A Maine woman’s decision to seek a kidney donor by putting a personal plea in bright yellow letters on her car has paid off.
A 25-year-old female student from San Diego State University passed out while driving early Friday morning, leaving her black Chrysler Sebring stopped in the middle of I-805 near Kearny Mesa around 1 a.m. while, miraculously, other cars speeding by managed
Four cases in the court system in Nashville, Tennessee that featured women who had abused their babies led to plea negotiations that involved sterilizing the women.
The mystery of Portland’s pink chickens is solved.
A bakery in the French Riviera has been told by a court to remove a range of cakes after the delicacies were declared racist. The patisserie in Grasse, South-Eastern France, was told his confectionery was “obscene” and could “incite racial
From My Fox DC: The 1 minute, 42-second long video shows [Eleanor Holmes] Norton getting out of her car once to walk away before turning around and coming back to give it another shot. But instead, she grabs something she
Vallejo Police may seek state or federal charges against Denise Huskins and boyfriend Aaron Quinn after multiple government agencies, over 100 search and rescue personnel and significant resources were utilized in the search for Huskins before it was discovered that the whole affair may have been a hoax.
On Wednesday, California Attorney General Kamala Harris filed a motion with the Superior Court in Sacramento to stop the so-called “Sodomite Suppression Act” from being placed on the ballot in the state.
A student at Sheehan High School raised fears of contaminated food after posting photos to social media of a worm found in a fruit cup served in the school cafeteria.
A Miami man admitted he tried to sell seven guns believed to have been owned by family members of Iraqi dictator Sadaam Hussein, weapons that were sent to New Jersey to be seen by prospective buyers, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman said.
Sunday, a yoga teacher in Scottsdale, Arizona, allegedly invited seven boys aged 11 to 15 while attending a boy’s bar mitzvah party, to stroke her new enlarged breasts.
WASHINGTON, March 25 (UPI) — Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., was caught on video parking terribly on a street at the Capitol. Norton was presumably headed to join her colleagues in Congress for the address by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani
Coastal Californians will receive a tsunami alert Wednesday morning on television and radio that the NOAA says may or may not include the word “TEST.”
Louisiana deputies responding to a report of a stranded tractor-trailer said they were “astounded” to find two elephants keeping the vehicle from overturning.
U.S. Postal Service officials said they have identified a mail carrier caught on camera throwing a valuable package in Oklahoma City.
A Utah restaurant owner whose sign bearing a bull statue with large male genitalia is proving controversial said there is a “conspiracy” against his business.
The ‘wimin’ of the National Union of Students’ have launched a new campaign to make the world a better place; they want their members to use jazz hands instead of clapping. The plan was unveiled on the NUS Women’s group
Four people were charged Tuesday after allegedly skipping out on a bill in a restaurant near Anaheim and then running over with their car the waitress who had rushed to the parking lot to confront them.
A Labour frontbencher has attacked the Natural History Museum and M&S after they released a range of dinosaur t-shirts exclusively for boys. Chi Onwurah claimed the two were guilty of sexism because they had not produced alternative versions of the
Toxic human waste could provide a new source of recoverable gold worth hundreds of millions of dollars, according to US scientists. Researchers discovered microscopic nuggets of gold, silver and platinum after examining human solid waste using an electron scanner at
NAPLES, Italy, March 23 (UPI) — A Naples, Italy, pizzeria owner jumped a barrier during Pope Francis’ visit and ran up to the Popemobile to hand off a pizza to the pontiff. The pope told a Vatican Radio interview earlier
A northern California man was jailed on burglary charges this week after police traced the victim’s active Netflix account to the thief’s home.
Queen Mary University knows how to put the ‘fresh’ into freshers. As part of a welcome to new Drama students, their lecturer screened a graphic video of her (ahem) vagina, an act described by the show’s creator Lauren Barri-Holstein as
Los Angeles now owns the dubious distinction of being named the most-termite infested city in the nation, according to a report issued by Terminix, the leading provider of termite and pest control services in the United States.
