“Altering our scholarship policy will be only as a last resort,” the president of the New York college said, but “it has to be one of the options.”
Death didn’t happen to Steve, he achieved it.
A gentleman spent nine hours stuck in a toddler/infant bucket swing at a Vallejo, California playground until firefighters rescued him. Apparently, the 21-year-old had bet $100 that he could fit into the swing. To do it, he had to lubricate his legs with liquid laundry soap. Once he got in though, he couldn’t get out and his pals bailed on him.
It wasn’t until a groundskeeper heard him screaming for help at about 6 a.m. the next morning — nine hours later — that authorities came to…
Everybody Needs A Hobby of the Day: Guinness World Records has named 52-year-old Rolf Bucholz the Most Pierced Man in the world.
Bucholz, a computer expert from Germany, has pierced himself 453 times.
If you’re looking at this photo and wondering where the other 278 piercings are, they’re in his “genital area.”
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Awwwwwre You Kidding Me With This of the Day: Redditor ferballz writes: “We adopted this puppy yesterday. In with his papers, I found this note from the foster family’s children.”
She later offered some additional context:
He was only with the foster family for 3 weeks. The wife said that out of the 40+ dogs that they have fostered, this is the only one that her husband begged her to keep. They did amazing with him, he’s housebroken and knows “come” and “sit” and he’s only…
Elinor Mills / CNET News:
Bad Siri! She’ll let anyone use a locked iPhone 4S — The voice-activated feature on the new iPhone 4S will let anyone use the phone to send e-mails and text messages and make calls even if it is passcode locked, security firm Sophos revealed today and CNET has confirmed. — Try it.
A plan that may cost less than demolition would make the Tappan Zee a suburban version of Manhattan’s High Line.
As evidenced by the overwhelming crowds during past iPhone and iPad launches, it’s clear that our lives revolve around mobile. That’s why we’re happy to announce that we’re giving away 50 GB of free storage to anyone who uses a Box Personal account on an iOS device. That’s right, it’s 50 GB in the cloud completely free, forever. Your 50 GB of storage isn’t just limited to your mobile device – you get it anywhere you use your Box account, like on your laptop at home or your desktop at the…
Mysterious Illness of the Day: A poorly treated skin condition has caused the face of a 26-year-old Vietnamese girl to wrinkle and wither, making her appear 50 years older.
Nguyen Thi Phuong says her hardships began three years ago when she suffered an allergic reaction to some seafood.
She developed an itchy rash that neither over-the-counter nor prescription medication were able to cure. Phuong even tried a traditional remedy provided by local Chinese medicine practitioners,…
Since March, there have been 12 sexual attacks on women that police say are part of a pattern of groping by three suspects in Brooklyn neighborhoods.
South Korean Pop Star Joins Army of the Day: Rain, the South Korean pop star and actor, is joining the military.
The international sensation is heading to an army base in Uijeongbu, just north of Seoul. Like almost all South Korean men, Rain is expected to serve at least two years in the military.
Rain waved goodbye to hundreds of fans, saying: “Thank you for the 10 years of love.”
On a wet Wednesday evening in Seoul, six government employees gather at the office to prepare for a late-night patrol. The mission is as simple as it is counterintuitive: to find children who are studying after 10 p.m. And stop them.
Young Hispanic man: Yo, man, you got some bird shit or something on you.
Big white man: Really? Shit, I always get crapped on.
Young Hispanic man: Lemme help you out. (proceeds to scrape bird poo off his coat)
Big white man, a few minutes later: You know what I love about Hispanic people, they care about family. White people have no sense of family!
Young Hispanic man: Yeah, but that’s because we’re not responsible enough to move out, white people are responsible enough to live on…
