• Man caught smuggling live monitor lizards inside electronics

    A Florida man pleaded guilty to his part in a trafficking scheme in which live water monitor lizards were stuffed into socks and concealed inside electronics to be smuggled from the Philippines to the United States. Akbar Akram, 44, pleaded guilty in Tampa federal court Wednesday to one count of wildlife trafficking in violation of […]

  • HOME & GARDEN
    Stranded In Airport For 7 Months, Syrian Man Is Granted Asylum In Canada

      Hassan al-Kontar, 37, left his home in Syria for the United Arab Emirates in 2006. For seven months, Hassan al-Kontar was trapped in air-conditioned purgatory. Stranded in Terminal 2 at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, he slept under stairwells and lived off leftover chicken-and-rice dinners from AirAsia flights. He documented his daily life in video […]

  • Manitowoc homeless man claims to work at Menards, asks to use store computers

    MANITOWOC – A homeless man was arrested early Sunday morning at Menards after pretending to be an employee and tried to access the store computers. A report from Manitowoc Police Department said Jazzmar A. Turner, 23, entered the store, 5120 Calumet Ave., at about 6:30 a.m. from an employee entrance, and said he was a worker “from the […]

  • HOME & GARDEN
    She sheds: The new man caves

    When her artistic pursuits grew larger than her living room could hold, Katie Locke looked to her backyard in Bradley for the solution. “I have been an artist since I can remember, and I’ve always worked on the dining room table — or a TV tray,” Locke said. “Every artist dreams of a space to […]

  • NEWS
    The man who built his plane using YouTube videos

    For three years, car mechanic Paen Long stayed up long after his wife went to bed each night, spending countless hours watching videos on YouTube. But these weren’t the viral clips or pop music videos that most people while away hours on. Mr Long, who lives on the side of a highway in Cambodia’s rural […]

  • NEWS
    Drunk Men Allegedly Thrash Man, Molest Wife In Delhi Restaurant’s Loo

    The matter is being probed and CCTV footage of the restaurant is being examined to identify the accused. (Representational Image) NEW DELHI:  A surgeon from Gangaram hospital was allegedly thrashed and his wife molested by three men after he objected to their drinking in washroom of a restaurant in posh Rajouri Garden in west Delhi. […]

  • CLOTHING
    Russell Wilson’s New Clothing Brand Wants to Make You a Good Man

    “We’re going to change a culture through fashion.” That’s Russell Wilson talking about Good Man Brand, his new men’s lifestyle label launching, well, right now. After an appearance and Q&A at Nordstrom’s downtown Seattle flagship today (check out @gq_magazine on Snapchat for an inside look), the Seahawks QB is getting the word out about his […]