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Would you pay $1 million for an electric car?

Croatian carmaker Rimac Auto has announced it will put into production the Concept One electric supercar, a concept vehicle that first made waves at last year's Frankfurt Auto Show. The battery-powered...

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Texas high school yearbook calls special needs students ‘mentally retarded’

A Texas high school confiscated all the copies of this year’s yearbook after two special needs students were incorrectly labeled as “mentally retarded,” according to KDFW-TV in Dallas.

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Man divorces wife after she adopts 550 cats

A man from southern Israel divorced his wife after she adopted 550 cats, according to a Times of Israel story. In his divorce complaint, the man, who was not fond of cats, said the cats constantly...

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Greenpeace releases behind the scenes look at fake Shell Oil video

Update: Greenpeace, the Yes Lab and members of the Occupy Wall Street movement are claiming responsibility to the series of hoaxes on Shell Oil. “This experience shows that a few energized people can...

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Amazing high-speed car crash in New Jersey

New Jersey traffic cameras captured a dramatic crash after a car police say was speeding through an intersection, was struck by an oncoming vehicle and then went airborne.

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Greenpeace unveils billboard in Texas that spoofs Shell ad

Environmentalists who oppose Shell's planned exploratory oil drilling in Arctic waters have taken their campaign to Texas.

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Mutated butterflies found near Fukushima

Researchers found dozens of mutated butterflies near the site of the nuclear accident in Fukushima, prompting officials to say it’s the first sign of damage to the ecosystem. According to NBC News,...

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Samuel L. Jackson’s message to voters: Wake the **** up!

Actor Samuel L. Jackson has a simple message to American voters – wake the [insert your favorite expletive] up!

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Dodge Ram commercial takes cues from YouTube video

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Chrysler’s inspirational video for its new Dodge Ram truck took many of its cues from a little-known YouTube video produced by Farms.com in 2011, according to a Slate...

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Photos reveal new information about surviving suspect

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AP’s Twitter account gets hacked, tweets White House attack

LONDON (AP) — Hackers have compromised the main Twitter account of The Associated Press, sending out an erroneous tweet about an attack at the White House. The tweet, which said that there had been two...

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