Cat lovers beware. Lilies – all kinds of lilies – are deadly poison to their furry friends. The Australian RSPCA says all parts of the lily plant are toxic to cats, so licking the leaves or breathing in the pollen can cause acute kidney failure and death. RSPCA chief veterinarian...

I’m constantly amazed what lengths some people will go to, to be acceptable to society. Consider Aly Michalka for example. A young blonde, super thin LA starlet who, for whatever reason thought that her life would be better with breast implants. The site, Awful Plastic Surgery points out: this is another...

 Simon Kearney, author of a publication titled “Emails, computers making Aussie workers dumb”  makes some interesting observations.   According to a report by the Australian Industry Group (AIG), the use of email and computers in workplaces has created a new literacy problem in Australia’s workforce, affecting otherwise skilled and educated workers,...

In what can only sound alarms for a lot of school children out there, a father of a 12 year old boy has been given a two month suspended sentence for assaulting his son. Apparently the young child returned a school report that was not to the fathers liking, so his...

Colin Belle, a friendly man of West Indian origin, has claimed in a complaint to authorities in Darwin that bouncers at various clubs victimized him because he talks to too many women. Security employed at a venue called Shennanigans Irish Bar in Darwin’s CBD claimed he was a trouble maker...

Ever had one of those days that nothing seems to go right? Wondered why you ever got out of bed some days? That is probably what Ginger McGuire thought when it was discovered that airline staff  failed to spot her snoozing for more than three hours after her flight touched down at Philadelphia International...

Frogs forced the closure of a key northern greek highway for two hours recently. Apparently, they numbered something akin to biblical plague proportions. Thessaloniki traffic police chief Giorgos Thanoglou said  “millions” of the amphibians covered the tarmac today near the town of Langadas, some 19km east of Thessaloniki. There was a carpet of...

What can only be described as a really fishy story, five armed robbers hijacked a truck carrying red caviar in St Petersburg, Russia. The guard and driver were dumped in a city suburb before the criminals made their getaway. Five unidentified men armed with pistols attacked the driver and the guard of the...

The things you see riding the number 53 bus. Passengers had a front seat to the action when a woman stopped traffic near the Houses of Parliament yesterday by removing all her clothes and climbing on to a black cab for a five-minute naked yoga protest. Being naked guarranteed some exposure anyway. She...