When news broke this week that Apple Inc. is reportedly interested in investing in Twitter, the Twitter birdies were on a high. They stopped delivering tweets for a few minutes to celebrate.
"We couldn't be happier," chirped one of the birdies.
Annual inspections of police forces reveal that more than 5,000 policemen have had cuts on their faces.
Although some are signs of knife attacks, the vast majority are simply the results of shaving accidents.
Most cuts were observed in Derbyshi...
Two years after being demoted to the status of "interesting asteroid" Pluto may regain the title of planet after a fourth moon was found orbiting the distant object.
Pluto was not spotted until 1921, and was thought to be planet sized due to it's...
Athens Greece - According to our source, Mr. Pimpleonizbuto, curator, the ruins of ancient Greece have been supplanted with the ruins of modern Greece.
The new ruins are available for international touring now. Unlike the ancient ruins of Greec...
Five ring-shaped flying saucers ominously lingered over Olympic Stadium in London during opening ceremonies of the 2012 Olympic Games.
"When I saw the flying saucers and a beam of light came out of the sky, I thought I was witnessing the apocalyps...
Having just recovered from his and Mr Grenouille's extensively boring speeches at the grand opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics, Lord Seb Coe, the Chairman of the Olympics, queried some of the volunteer staff as to where the 6 chimneys used...
Thousands of people competing in this weekend's snooker tournament at Sheffield Crucible are being told they face a public transport ordeal.
Heavy crowds are heading to Sheffield bus station where long queues are expected. Most of these snooker pl...
The international community is trying to come to terms with the shock revelation that some countries with which nations have links, simply do not exist.
Two hundred and four countries were represented at the opening ceremony of London 2012, and it...
Fort Detrick, MD - According to scientist Dr. Orncay Olehay, a drought ready strain of corn has been developed that requires less water to grow. The recent devastating drought in the corn belt of the USA inspired this invention.
The new corn prod...
Paris, France-- An unusual assortment of scientists and art experts met today outside the Lourve in Paris to give an incredible annoucement to the world. The scientists included exobiologists, geneticists and astronomers. Their findings pointed to...
A document over 2000 years old has been recently discovered, in which famous Greek philosopher Plato complains about having to sit through a lengthy opening ceremony at the Ancient Olympics. Not usually known as a cynic, Plato nevertheless seemed to...
The Associated Press is reporting this morning that presidential candidate Mitt Romney did it again yesterday and one more time, "stepped in it," as the report states. After a disastrous start in the morning when he criticized the British preparatio...
SATURDAY, JULY 28: Absolutely exhausted! Had to carry the Jamaican flag halfway round the stadium at the Olympics opening ceremony last night. Never knew that travelling 200 metres could be so exhausting. Poked myself in the groin with the flag pole when I tried, unsuccessfully, to strike my Lightning Bolt pose, as requested by my Canadian sponsors, Lightning Rotors Inc. The Arctic Monkeys perform...
When Wally the Green Monster was reported missing on a warm Saturday afternoon while the Red Sox went out of town on a trip to the Big Apple, the Sox began to reveal the behind-the-scenes life of a team mascot.
Was it an escape? or a hostage situa...
Ireland's peak terrorist organisation, the Irish Republican Army, has been severely damaged by recent changes in the country's electoral laws.
The Irish parliament, this week, passed an amendment to electoral laws, removing state funding from poli...
Great Britain marked the beginning of its economical meltdown with a glorious spectacle of Olympian costs at the new Olympic Stadium in London watched by millions of people around the world.
An extravagant, whimsical, unconventional, and dazzling...
London - Two imprisoned comedic actors escaped today amid the confusion of the summer Olympics. The two Americans, actors Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder, had been imprisoned in Buckingham Palace over two decades ago by Prince William, who lovingly...
The British people had a dramatic change of heart last night and suddenly got behind the Olympic Games being hosted in the East of London.
The incredible u-turn came after American Presidential candidate Mitt Romney questioned whether Britain was...
BEVERLY HILLS - Lindsay Lohan is quickly running out of chances. The Hollywood celebutante had gone shopping at the trendy Chanel #7 Store on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills.
Afterwards she got in her late model Porsche Panamera and proceeded to driv...
The NHS has announced a major shake-up in its approach to increasing the supply of available donor organs for transplant.
Dr Albert Spleen, head of the NHS Transplant Authority, told us "We have been wrestling with this problem for years. The numb...