A plane towing a banner, "Will you marry me," turned into a plea, "Will you help me?" after the pilot had to ditch into Rhode Island's Block Island Sound.
The pilot, Mark Simmons, owner of Simmons Aviation, based in Pawcatuck, Connecticut, was pulled out of the water by a passing boater, who notified the Coast Guard of the rescue after Simmons' plane experienced engine troubles.
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Plane towing marriage proposal banner crashes
Friday, July 27, 2012
Dr. Oz's top trending superfoods, plus his recipe for Turkish walnuts
Last month, I had the opportunity to talk with Dr. Mehmet Oz at the Food for Your Whole Life health symposium in New York City. He shared his top trending superfoods and why we should be eating more of them.
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Tornado hunter Greg Johnson captures twisters in Saskatchewan
He saw three touch town in 20 minutes near Regina
Another round of severe storms blasted through Saskatchewan Tuesday, and Tornado hunter Greg Johnson was there to catch a lot of the action.
"We spotted three tornadoes in a 20-minute span," he wrote on his blog Tuesday. "The first tornado touched down and stayed down for about eight minutes and tore through a farm yard. Several building were destroyed but fortunately the house was spared and no one was injured."
RAW VIDEO: Tornado Hunter
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Huge haboob dust storm sweeps through Arizona
Amazing photos and videos captured by people close to the event
Photo by Jon G. on TwitterA massive dust storm blew through the greater Phoenix, Ariz., area engulfing everything in a dark cloud late Saturday afternoon. This storm, known as a haboob, was estimated by the National Weather Service to be about 600 metres high.
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
How much would it cost to be the Batman?
Warner Bros.
If Batman and Iron Man have proven anything, it's that being a superhero without superpowers is an expensive venture! Luckily both Bruce Wayne and Tony Stark are billionaires in their respective comic book universes, so the costs associated with being a masked crime fighter are really quite negligible. What's a few hundred thousand dollars for Bat-equipment when you and your company spend millions a day?
Monday, July 23, 2012
10 weirdest restaurants in the U.S.
Novelty and theme restaurants seem to be more common outside the U.S., especially in Asia, but we’ve uncovered 20 unusual dining experiences right here in the USA, serving cuisines from the aggressively unhealthy to whimsical works of art. Some meals come with shows and some with surprises; some of the restaurants transport diners to another time, and one to another planet.It’s a rare diner who will want to experience all of these restaurants, but read on to see how many appeal and how many appall.
Friday, July 20, 2012
Beyoncé’s Newest Look: Long Box Braids!
[Photo: © ACE]A new mom deserves a new look, and Beyoncé stepped out with an entirely new hairdo this week! The singer, who has favored long flowy hair for over a decade, was spotted Wednesday morning with long box braids wrapped up in a massive bun.
It's been long time since she's looked like this (she briefly had braids in 1999 while in Destiny's Child).
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
'Sweet Valley High' Twins and More Classic Young Adult Characters All Grown Up
The Sweet Life, a new e-serial that imagines the Sweet Valley High twins at 30.Vampires and post-apocalyptic gladiators are the new teenagers of young adult fiction. But in the '70s and '80s the original heroes were just regular kids with hormonal drama. Weren't we all?
Monday, July 16, 2012
Fairy-tail Doggie Wedding Sets World Record | Photo Gallery
Photo by: AP Images"Maid of honor" Wendy Diamond, an animal expert and author who founded the Animal Fair media empire, is already in the Guinness Book. Diamond's previous pooch, a Maltese named Lucky, scored a Guinness berth in November of 2011 as the dog most photographed with celebrities (the famous names included Barbara Walters, Betty White, Kristen Stewart, and Kanye) -- a campaign on Diamond's part to get shelters to stop euthanizing ...
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Five facts about Brad and Angelina’s twins on their 4th birthday
Vivienne Jolie-Pitt (Splash News)
Who could have imagined, back when Angelia Jolie and Brad Pitt first started up a romance after meeting on the set of 2005 movie "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," that all things Brangelina (especially their brood of six) would continue to fascinate the world seven years later. The most recent additions to the family are their mixed-gender twins — daughter Vivienne and Knox — who turn 4 on July 12. In honor of the mini-milestone, here are five facts about the two tykes you might not have known.
via ca.omg.yahoo.com
Thursday, July 12, 2012
How a Couple Lives in a 240-square-foot Apartment
Two people share this tiny, 240-square-foot apartment in Brooklyn, N.Y. (Photo: Erin Boyle / Readingmytealeave …While most people dream of having more space and complain about being overwhelmed by clutter, one Brooklyn couple has found a way to live comfortably in just 240 square feet -- a space smaller than a one-car garage.
Related: NYC asks developers to test out tiny "micro-unit" apartments
Writer and photographer Erin Boyle, 28, and her fiance, biologist James Casey, 30, share a 240-square-foot apartment in Brooklyn Heights, which they described to the New York Post as "dungeon-esque."
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Man makes final house payment in pennies
Derek McLean photo/courtesy MetroWestDailyNews.comApparently all that loose change collecting in the couch cushions pays off: A Massachusetts man who vowed to pay his last mortgage payment in pennies made good on the pledge.
Thirty-five years after purchasing the house, one Thomas Daigle and his wife, Sandra, walked into Milford Federal Savings and Loan Association--after alerting the bank to their plan--with 62,000 pennies in two steel crates weighing approximately 400 pounds apiece.
Friday, July 6, 2012
Black Widow Spiders May Have Met Their Match
Black widow spiders seem to be universally feared. But who's scared of a brown widow? The black widow should be quaking all eight of its boots, a new study suggests. In the United States, there's a new widow in town. The brown widow. And scientists say it may be taking over some native western black widow territory.
That may be good news in one sense: Brown widow spider bites are less toxic than those of black widows, researchers say.
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
New Particle at World's Largest Atom Smasher is Likely Higgs Boson
Physicists are more than 99 percent sure that they've found a new elementary particle that is likely the long-sought Higgs boson.
Evidence for the new particle was reported today (July 4) by scientists from the world's largest atom smasher, the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland. Researchers reported they'd seen a particle weighing roughly 125 times the mass of the proton, with a level of certainty that all but seals the deal it's the Higgs boson.
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
First Look at Naomi Watts’ Princess Diana Makeover
Naomi Watts bears an uncanny resemblance to the late Princess Diana (SplashNews/AP Images)
Naomi Watts has been transformed into Princess Diana.
The first photos from the set of "Caught in Flight" — a movie focusing on the last two years of the life of Diana, Princess of Wales, including her romance with heart surgeon Hasnat Khan — show British-born, Australian-raised Watts looking eerily similar to the royal, who died in a tragic car crash in 1997.
Monday, July 2, 2012
You, too, can be like Larry Ellison and buy your own island
By Lou Carlozo
CHICAGO (Reuters) - You don't have to be Larry Ellison to own an island.
You may not have the $500 million to $600 million it probably cost the Oracle CEO, one of the world's richest men, to buy Hawaii's sixth-largest island, Lanai, recently.
But call a friendly island broker and you'll find that around the globe, there are hundreds of rocky, sandy, grassy or coral islands on sale at any time. They can be everything from idyllic to uninhabitable, within spitting distance of a major city or many hundreds of miles from anything, with their own airport or inaccessible by anything but a canoe.
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