Authorities last week made an agreement not to prosecute a Northwest D.C. man who used his unregistered handgun to kill a pit bull in order to stop it from mauling a child in his neighborhood.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-05-20 02:58:142016-04-11 11:20:49D.C. Man Won’t Face Gun Charges for Shooting Pit Bull Attacking Boy
The average intelligence level of a Victorian-era person was higher than a modern-era person, a European research team posits in a report published last week in the journal Intelligence.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-05-18 04:37:362016-04-11 11:21:03So Much for Evolution: Scientists Say People are Getting Dumber
Stimulating the brain with rapid pulses of electricity can improve your ability to perform mental arithmetic for up to six months, a new study has shown.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-05-17 02:46:452016-04-11 11:21:09Electrical Brain Boost Can Make You Better at Math
What do you get when you combine guns, hunting, NFL quarterback Colt McCoy and a one-in-a-million-type feat? A viral video for sure.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-05-16 03:23:172016-04-11 11:21:12The Unbelievable Video Showing the Moment a Hunter Snatches a Bird Out of the Air with His Bare Hands
A 75-year-old resident of a New Jersey senior citizen housing complex is suspected of running a prostitution ring that employed some elderly residents as sex workers.
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KISS bass player Gene Simmons has caused an uproar among Australia’s Muslim community by launching an attack on Islamic culture while in Melbourne.
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A Rome woman said Friday an explosives-detection dog working the baggage claim area at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport bit her, unprovoked.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-05-12 05:13:552016-04-11 11:21:30Explosives-Sniffing Dog Bites Woman at Airport (+video)
A plane has been flying almost full-time over Metropolitan Boston. No state or local officials are being told what it’s doing. Some think it could be sampling the air for WMD’s.
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Among the least important questions raised by the current immigration debate is this: Who is America’s most famous illegal immigrant to have sneaked across the Mexican border?
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-05-09 02:59:242016-04-11 11:21:47Fidel Castro May be America’s Most Famous Illegal Immigrant
A man was arrested during the city’s sixth gun buyback event over the weekend after showing up at a drop-off location with a homemade pipe bomb.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-05-08 02:13:002016-04-11 11:21:50Man Arrested After Trying To Return Pipe Bomb At Gun Buyback
The world’s first 3D printable gun was successfully fired with a video released this past weekend. The creators have promised to release the downloadable instructions this week.
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Sometimes you have to fight fire with fire. Or, at least bite with bite. A man in Grimes, Iowa, saved his wife from a dog attack by using some animal tactics of his own.
Even for China’s scandal-numbed diners, inured to endless outrages about food hazards, news that the lamb simmering in the pot may actually be rat tested new depths of disgust.
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Here’s a little-known quirk of cyber currency Bitcoin: there are coded messages hidden in the ledger that track bitcoin transactions. And sometimes they include some pretty nasty stuff.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-05-03 00:00:082016-04-11 11:22:12How Porn Links and Ben Bernanke Snuck Into Bitcoin’s Code
Blocked by the courts from banning big sodas in the Big Apple, Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration has zeroed in on another target in a quest for healthier lifestyles: Meat.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-05-02 00:49:262016-04-11 11:22:14Mayor Bloomberg Launches Vegetarian-Only Public School
A stickup on a New Orleans street caught on surveillance video turned into a chase when the intended victim grabbed the shotgun pointed at his face and ran after the former gunman.
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A teensy skeleton with a squashed alien-like head may have earthly origins, but the remains, found in the Atacama Desert a decade ago, do make for quite a medical mystery.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-05-01 02:18:262016-04-11 11:22:21Discovery News: Six Inch ‘Space Alien’ Remains Turn Out to be Human
Spectacular new images from a NASA spacecraft orbiting Saturn have captured the most detailed views ever of an enormous hurricane churning around the ringed planet’s north pole.
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A South Carolina woman was arrested after authorities discovered she called 911 at least 100 times in the past seven years to get rides into Charleston.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-04-29 00:54:152016-04-11 11:22:34South Carolina Woman Accused of Using Ambulance as Taxi – at Least 100 Times
“We eat a lot of green beans, we do, we did. Nobody wants anymore now.” Find out about what turned up at this family’s dinner table.
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D.C. Man Won’t Face Gun Charges for Shooting Pit Bull Attacking Boy
/6 Comments/in Featured, The Offbeat /by Andrea NobleAuthorities last week made an agreement not to prosecute a Northwest D.C. man who used his unregistered handgun to kill a pit bull in order to stop it from mauling a child in his neighborhood.
Michelle Obama Expands Anti-Obesity Campaign to Museums
/6 Comments/in Featured, The Offbeat /by News EditorFirst Lady Michelle Obama has expanded her anti-obesity campaign to museums, enlisting them to offer “healthy food options,” and change their menus.
So Much for Evolution: Scientists Say People are Getting Dumber
/6 Comments/in Featured, The Offbeat /by Josh PetersonThe average intelligence level of a Victorian-era person was higher than a modern-era person, a European research team posits in a report published last week in the journal Intelligence.
Bear Attacks Man, Man Fights Back (+video)
/0 Comments/in Featured, The Offbeat /by Bill MistonGerre Ninnemann says he’s lucky to be alive. He had to fight off a black bear Monday afternoon at his cabin in Silver Cliff in Marinette County.
Electrical Brain Boost Can Make You Better at Math
/2 Comments/in Featured, The Offbeat /by Richard GrayStimulating the brain with rapid pulses of electricity can improve your ability to perform mental arithmetic for up to six months, a new study has shown.
The Unbelievable Video Showing the Moment a Hunter Snatches a Bird Out of the Air with His Bare Hands
/0 Comments/in Featured, The Offbeat /by Jonathon M. SeidlWhat do you get when you combine guns, hunting, NFL quarterback Colt McCoy and a one-in-a-million-type feat? A viral video for sure.
Man, 75, Accused of Running Prostitution Ring in New Jersey Senior Housing Complex (+video)
/1 Comment/in Featured, The Offbeat /by Marc SantiaA 75-year-old resident of a New Jersey senior citizen housing complex is suspected of running a prostitution ring that employed some elderly residents as sex workers.
Outrage as KISS Player Mouths Off on Muslims
/112 Comments/in Featured, The Offbeat /by AAPKISS bass player Gene Simmons has caused an uproar among Australia’s Muslim community by launching an attack on Islamic culture while in Melbourne.
Explosives-Sniffing Dog Bites Woman at Airport (+video)
/0 Comments/in Featured, The Offbeat /by Rhonda CookA Rome woman said Friday an explosives-detection dog working the baggage claim area at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport bit her, unprovoked.
Mystery Plane Flying Over Metropolitan Boston; Is it Sampling for WMD’s?
/0 Comments/in Featured, The Offbeat /by Bill ShieldsA plane has been flying almost full-time over Metropolitan Boston. No state or local officials are being told what it’s doing. Some think it could be sampling the air for WMD’s.
In Hours, Thieves Took $45 Million in Massive, Internationally Coordinated A.T.M. Scheme
/0 Comments/in Featured, The Offbeat /by Marc SantoraIt was a brazen bank heist, but a 21st-century version in which the criminals never wore ski masks, threatened a teller or set foot in a vault.
Fidel Castro May be America’s Most Famous Illegal Immigrant
/0 Comments/in Featured, The Offbeat /by Jamie WeinsteinAmong the least important questions raised by the current immigration debate is this: Who is America’s most famous illegal immigrant to have sneaked across the Mexican border?
Man Arrested After Trying To Return Pipe Bomb At Gun Buyback
/0 Comments/in Featured, The Offbeat /by CBS LAA man was arrested during the city’s sixth gun buyback event over the weekend after showing up at a drop-off location with a homemade pipe bomb.
World’s First 3D Printable Gun Successfully Fired
/0 Comments/in Featured, The Offbeat /by News EditorThe world’s first 3D printable gun was successfully fired with a video released this past weekend. The creators have promised to release the downloadable instructions this week.
Man Bites Dog, Saves Wife (+video)
/0 Comments/in Featured, The Offbeat /by inquisitr.comSometimes you have to fight fire with fire. Or, at least bite with bite. A man in Grimes, Iowa, saved his wife from a dog attack by using some animal tactics of his own.
Facebook Causes ‘Psychotic Episodes and Delusions’, Claims Study
/0 Comments/in Featured, The Offbeat /by VICTORIA WOOLLASTONIsraeli scientists find Facebook can not only cause ‘hurt and betrayal,” but far more serious side effects.
Chinese Caught Selling Rat Meat as Lamb
/0 Comments/in Featured, The Offbeat /by Chris BuckleyEven for China’s scandal-numbed diners, inured to endless outrages about food hazards, news that the lamb simmering in the pot may actually be rat tested new depths of disgust.
How Porn Links and Ben Bernanke Snuck Into Bitcoin’s Code
/0 Comments/in Featured, The Offbeat /by Steve Hargreaves and Stacy CowleyHere’s a little-known quirk of cyber currency Bitcoin: there are coded messages hidden in the ledger that track bitcoin transactions. And sometimes they include some pretty nasty stuff.
Mayor Bloomberg Launches Vegetarian-Only Public School
/0 Comments/in Featured, The Offbeat /by Cheryl K. ChumleyBlocked by the courts from banning big sodas in the Big Apple, Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration has zeroed in on another target in a quest for healthier lifestyles: Meat.
Man Grabs Shotgun From Armed Robber in New Orleans (+video)
/0 Comments/in Featured, The Offbeat /by The TelegraphA stickup on a New Orleans street caught on surveillance video turned into a chase when the intended victim grabbed the shotgun pointed at his face and ran after the former gunman.
Discovery News: Six Inch ‘Space Alien’ Remains Turn Out to be Human
/0 Comments/in The Offbeat /by Jeanna BrynerA teensy skeleton with a squashed alien-like head may have earthly origins, but the remains, found in the Atacama Desert a decade ago, do make for quite a medical mystery.
Wow! Monster Hurricane on Saturn Spied by NASA Spacecraft
/1 Comment/in Featured, The Offbeat /by Mike WallSpectacular new images from a NASA spacecraft orbiting Saturn have captured the most detailed views ever of an enormous hurricane churning around the ringed planet’s north pole.
Lawsuit Exposes NYC Church's Two Billion Dollar Assets
/1 Comment/in Featured, The Offbeat /by Sharon OttermanThere has never been any doubt that Trinity Church is wealthy. But the extent of its wealth has long been a mystery; guessed at by many, known by few.
South Carolina Woman Accused of Using Ambulance as Taxi – at Least 100 Times
/0 Comments/in Featured, The Offbeat /by Fox NewsA South Carolina woman was arrested after authorities discovered she called 911 at least 100 times in the past seven years to get rides into Charleston.
Family Makes Unexpected Find in Can of Green Beans (+video)
/4 Comments/in Featured, The Offbeat /by Judi Lykowski“We eat a lot of green beans, we do, we did. Nobody wants anymore now.” Find out about what turned up at this family’s dinner table.