12 Days of Holiday Gifts that Suck

They were late coming but good research into sucky matters are never done, are they?  Two editors went around asking everyone, including themselves, what's the absolutely most horrendous gift they could ever...

Dog squad goes undercover in poo war

WARNING, dog lovers: the plain-clothes poo police are watching.   " After an increase in complaints, undercover City of Sydney rangers will be pinging careless dog owners a $275 on-the-spot fine for...

The politics of dog poo

Dogs (and raccoons) were deliberately poisoned recently in Toronto's High Park. Nobody knows why. " The police never found the person who poisoned a dog at my neighbourhood park a summer or so ago. City dogs...

Dog turd footprints lead to arrest

This DUI poo stepper is about to see his life go down the crapper."DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -- Dog isn't this man's best friend. Josue Herrios-Coronilla, 18, drove his black Camaro on the wrong side of the road Wednesday...

Paper from Poo and Xerox

"People tend to use a lot of paper, we can do a lot by lessening how much paper we use. Currently we can buy 100% post-consumer paper and print double-sided. But what if we can go one step further? Recycled paper mixed with a slurry of sheep poo can make more paper! The...

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