Five-Legged Pig Born in China

The "five-legged" pig appears to have an extra limb protruding from its chest.   It is not known if its name is Jake the Peg...   " A five-legged pig? Surely someone must be telling porkies…? ...

Yahoo Music Offers Refunds for Taking Music

Well, it looks like those people who bought and use Yahoo's online music service won't be completely screwed - Yahoo is offering a refund. While this doesn't quite answer the question of what will happen to legally-owned music they've already paid for on the service and want...

Who says they’re not the Devil Rays anymore?

Seldom attended, widely reject, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays were looking for a change and if they couldn’t buy a world series like the Yankees or have a fan base like the Sox maybe a name change would help Tampa...

Turkey mediate Syria, Israel peace talks

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCertainly a step in the right direction where Turkey long considered a buffer and ally of Western Nations is to mediate Peace talks with long time foes Syria and...

$38 million deal reached in Minnesota bridge collapse

A deal has been reached to compensate victims of the Interstate 35 bridge collapse that killed 13 people in Minneapolis last year. " State Sen. Ron Latz and state Rep. Ryan Winkler told CNN Radio that the deal...

Has D.B. Cooper's Parachute Been Found?

Update: For whatever reason, the time stamp on the NowPublic annotation is running about 45 minutes ahead of actual time here (US C.D.T.)  The mysterious in-flight disappearance of 1971 plane hijacker Dan,...

'Caesar's Super Glue' still sticking around - 2,000 years later

"Hamburg, Germany - The Ancient Romans developed a strong adhesive glue which is still holding helmets, shields and other battle gear together 2,000 years later, according to archaeologists in Germany."

The real worst ever money mistakes

"Every now and then life throws you an opportunity to take what you will, it breaks the security cameras, it puts you in charge of the inventory, or it shows you the edge of a wallet sticking out of a coat on a bed at a party. If you choose to not take advantage riskless...

Beatles online soon says Sir Paul

"The Beatles' music should be available online next year, Sir Paul McCartney has told a US music website. "It's down to fine-tuning, but I'm pretty sure it'll be happening next year, 2008," he told Billboard.com. The Fab Four are one of the last major acts to withhold their...

Pete Doherty Caught On Movie Shooting Heroin

"Pete Doherty has been caught injecting heroin on film, just hours after claiming he was drugs free. The Babyshambles rocker is shown in the footage - shot on a mobile phone at his Wiltshire home on Friday - 'cooking up' the class A drug in a spoon before filling up a needle...

Police dispersal orders 'just a sticking plaster'

" CONTROVERSIAL police powers aimed at tackling anti-social behaviour merely shift problems to nearby areas and act only as a "sticking plaster" for deeper social problems, research carried out in Sheffield claimed today. Dispersal orders, which allow police to break up...

80 of the most dangerous geeks in the world

I recently met with a group of philanthropists and investors who are looking for a billion dollar project that was worth funding.  This group might just have one:"Here’s 80 of the most dangerous geeks in the world. Otherwise known as attendees at the Linux Kernel...

Cuba: Tension Rising Miami Impatient

This a report compiled from info here in Miami at the street level."Our friends at Babalu are sticking by their guns that Fidel is dead. We here at Cyber ink are hearing that he is on life support. The MSM which...

Space Hotel Set For 2012 Opening

    I have been telling people since I was a kid that before I die I would be able to go into outer space for a weekend getaway. Of course I was met with the usual blank stare that a backwoods, east...

Netflix Is Out in More Ways Than One

Motley Fool earlier today reported that the category-busting movie-rental supplier NetFlix is having its share of problems. Not only is its share price having some difficulties, but its website crashed last night and has still not recovered (as of publication time of this...

closeSign in to NowPublic

is reporting from