Publicly humiliate neighbors into behaving

A new website called Rottenneighbor.com allows disgruntled homeowners to post anonymous, nasty comments about neighbours, and then catalogue them on a big Google map of the neighborhood. The idea is to "Help...

Call Him "Big Dog" McCain :: MAXINE

" UPDATED With Camera Transfer Video Of Statement - John McCain was just tapped with a gift of a nickname by Mitt Romney. In an exclusive interview with Hannity and Colmes taped earlier today (and verbally...

Colorado Mountain Pine Beetle Devastation

How widespread is the pine beetle problem? Colorado is in major forest fire danger this summer and beyond. This infestation has been going on since 1996 in Colorado (and British Columbia). It's just starting to...

Bark Cured His Bite: Magnolia Trees Could Make Bad Breath A thing Of The Past

 This is cool: ""Magnolia bark could take the edge off bad breath much more effectively than mints alone, US researchers say. The extract, already used in the treatment of various disorders, may also be...

5,000 Year Old Chewing Gum Unearthed :: Oblate Spheroid

"Yes, that’s right, 5K year old chewing gum and not a chair or counter underside in sight. It turns out that Neolithic people (c. 4000-5000 BC) found that by chewing this stuff, cob of Birch tree bark, when...

Student dig unearths ancient gum

"A 5,000-year-old piece of chewing gum has been discovered by an archaeology student from the University of Derby. Sarah Pickin, 23, found the lump of birch bark tar while on a dig in western Finland. Neolithic...

Urban Myth -> Baaaaad Dog: Sheep Sold as Poodles in (Fake) Scam

UPDATE: This actually isn't true; it's an urban myth that seems to have evolved from the "Mexican Poodle legend, in which tourists bought giant rats, having been told that they were special poodles. We at NP began...