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Concerned that sartorial scofflaws may be sullying the "professional image" of the United States, the U.S. State Department has introduced a diplomatic dress code, according to an internal memorandum.
The Alaska state fire marshal has put a freeze on construction of an ice hotel near Fairbanks, but the man behind the subarctic architecture is still chipping away.
What would you do if you were home alone and heard the sound of a baby crying outside? Would you take a look to see what's going on? Or would you heed the warning and stay inside?
It's the call every military family fears. A central Kentucky mother was told her son, based at Ft. Campbell, might have been killed in Iraq. The national American Red Cross is now looking into a phony phone call.
Urban legend, indeed rural legend, claims that Thanksgiving — the year's festival of overeating — is the busiest day of the year for plumbers. The garbage-disposal abuse and housefuls of guests making free with the bathroom lead inevitably to expensive plumbing disasters.
Of all the accomplishments in the annals of technology, Fred Cohen's contribution is undeniably unique: He introduced the term "virus" to the lexicon of computers.
