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On opening day in the NBA, New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton chose a basketball analogy to illustrate how he feels about the second-best start in the 43-year history of the New Orleans Saints.
A Massachusetts couple are accused of hurling coins and safety cones at McDonald's cashiers in Quincy when they didn't get enough french fries.
The Dutch are about to learn how Italian police catch speeders.
When Marlene Wickerink and Janet Chapman decided to retire from the McDonald's restaurant in North Muskegon, more than four decades of experience walked out the door with them.
Over a century after a Yankee Doodle jockey revolutionized how racehorses are ridden, scientists are figuring out why a jockey's posture speeds up the horse.
Lois Easton showed up at Denver International Airport expecting her usual quick trip through airport security. Instead, she was turned away as screening machines were dismantled around her.
Ohio authorities said they believe a woman held up three banks within just over a half-hour. Akron Police Lt. Rick Edwards said based on the surveillance photos, it appears to be the same woman. Police said the first bank was hit at about 3:15 p.m. Monday, the second about a mile away at 3:30, and the third about three blocks farther at 3:50.
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - It’s been quite a while since Paul Walker last strapped himself into a customized high-octane vehicle and sped toward a huge opening weekend. The first time was in 2001’s “The Fast and the Furious” and the last time was six years ago in “2 Fast 2 Furious.” But now the guy who opted out of the third installment, saying that he’d had enough, has happily reunited with his original castmates in “Fast & Furious,” which hits theaters on April 3.
Noise, noise, noise. Crunched metal and shattered glass. More noise. Revving engines. Vin Diesel's giant head. Hot chicks in tight miniskirts. Even more noise. The end.
Roman Catholic bishops in Italy are urging the faithful to go on a high-tech fast for Lent, switching off modern appliances from cars to iPods and abstaining from surfing the Web or text messaging until Easter.
A former jail guard in Arkansas has been sentenced to 28 years in prison for sneaking syringes, marijuana and cell phones to inmates by hiding the items in food.
The government approved a new genetic test for the flu virus Tuesday that will allow labs across the country to identify flu strains within four hours instead of four days.
Microsoft Corp. will use its $1.2 billion purchase of Oslo company Fast Search and Transfer ASA to form key, Norway-based research and development centers for its business search systems, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer announced Tuesday.
Before camera manufacturers one-upped each other with the number of megapixels, they one-upped each other with the zoom range of their lenses. And before that, in the 1960s, the "speed" of the lens, its ability to gather light, was the big selling point.
A special lane to speed prescreened pedestrians across the nation's busiest border crossing opened Tuesday, expanding a service that had been available only to motorists coming from Mexico and Canada.
Burger King Corp. said Tuesday it has parted ways with an employee who was recorded taking a soapy bath in the restaurant's utility sink. The nearly four-minute video, which was posted Thursday on MySpace.com, shows the unidentified employee taking the bath to celebrate his birthday.
A go-fast boat reportedly carrying a crew of four capsized on a Caribbean route used by drug traffickers and one survivor was found clinging to the boat's bow, which was jutting out of the water, U.S. authorities said Monday.
A corrections officer who had been making frequent takeout food deliveries to the county jail was caught sneaking syringes inside tacos and marijuana under chili, authorities said.
Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday it agreed to buy a Norwegian search company for $1.2 billion, aiming to shore up its search technology for businesses against competition from Oracle Corp. and IBM Corp.
Forty years after the legendary on-screen car chase, there's a new Mustang Bullitt ripping up the roadways.
A man who tried to run over a Burger King worker while ordering breakfast had to settle for jail food instead.
A fundamental change in the design of microprocessors is presenting software developers with a challenge — and a huge financial opportunity.
Comcast Corp. Chief Executive Brian Roberts dazzled a cable industry audience Tuesday, showing off for the first time in public new technology that enabled a data download speed of 150 megabits per second, or roughly 25 times faster than today's standard cable modems.
The speedometer climbed higher and higher — and so did my heart rate.
Jereme Tauer Jr. was born at almost 100 mph as his parents hurtled down U.S. Highway 2 in northernmost Wisconsin in a Dodge Neon. His parents, Jereme and Lisa Tauer of Hurley, managed the birth without a doctor, pain medication or even stopping the car.
Ford GPS tech could tell cars when you're going too fastWe like it when GPS is feeding us information, telling us when traffic is causing a problem and indicating when a bridge is out so that we can warm up our voices ahead of all the hootin' and a hollerin' required for our General Lee replica to clear the gap.
Tesla Motors, Being Green Does Not Have To Be Boring
Denver Officer Pulls Weapon for Faster McDonald's ServiceAURORA, Colo. -- A Denver police officer assigned to Denver International Airport was on administrative leave Tuesday after employees at an Aurora McDonald's said he pulled a gun on them when his order wasn't filled fast enough.
Man Pulled Over For Going Too Slow: 58 in a 65Erik Bonstrom considers himself a safe driver. So imagine his surprise when he was stopped along Route 50 Tuesday evening in Prince George's County, Md., -- for going too slow. A man who considers himself a safe driver is protesting a ticket he got for driving too slow.
No matter what fast food chains tells you, their secret recipes aren't really secrets..
would you like 1,000 calories with that?It's about time people stop living in denial...fast food is bad for you....period.
Alcohol's Good for You? Some Scientists Doubt It"The moderate drinkers tend to do everything right — they exercise, they don't smoke, they eat right and they drink moderately," said Kaye Middleton Fillmore, a retired sociologist from the University of California, San Francisco, who has criticized the research.
New Library 2-5 Times Faster Than JQuery, YUI, MooTools & PrototypeA tiny new Javascript library, "RightJS" from Nikolay Nemshilov, is 2-5 times faster than all the popular alternatives.
24 Solid State Drives Open ALL of Microsoft Office In .5 Seconds - Geeky VideoWarning: This clip is a piece of Samsung marketing material.Warning 2: It's actually pretty fracking amazing, and it might change your view of computers.
How to Fast (tips)Uh-oh, its that crazy 'fasting' thing again! Just kidding, but seriously, here are some tips to help people get started on a fast. I suggest you do a fair bit of research before you give it a shot (if you even want to!).
Benefits of FastingFasting. Sounds like something for Buddhist monks, crazy Yogis, or weird long-haired hippie type fellows doesn't it? As gnarly as it may seem, a properly conducted fast can yield many health benefits, and, for many people, increase energy and awareness!
race car drivers and bad boys !!!!!Bad Boys can be fun-exciting for awhile, but then- you just have to let them go, they are fun to play with- but they might be thinking sugar Momma, couger,etc. Ask any woman., we want them to be honest -Have you ever had a Bad- Boy that you dated, shared time with, etc.
PC(USA) - Presbyterian News Service - Upcoming fast focuses on war, hunger and recovery in SudanPresbyterians are rediscovering a spiritual practice usually reserved for Lent to pray, study an figure out how to act in response to the global food crisis. The upcoming 40-hour fast, starting on Feb. 27 focuses on Sudan and the issues of war, hunger and recovery.
Why does McDonald Fries taste so good?Have you ever wondered what goes into your tasty McDonald fries?
Caffeine Poisoning Calls Pour In To CentersConvenience stores are packed with products to give consumers a quick boost of caffeine. The stimulant comes in all forms -- from drinks to pills to sprays -- and is available at almost all locations.
8 Hacks To Make Firefox Even FasterHere are 8 ways to hack your firefox to make it ridiculously fast.
U.S. Cruise Ship Nearly Hijacked by Pirates, 1000 AboardPirates chased and shot at a U.S. cruise liner with more than 1,000 people on board but failed to hijack the vessel as it sailed along a corridor patrolled by international warships, a maritime official said Tuesday.
Rocket woman builds 300mph jet car in her back gardenSpeed demon Carolynne Campbell has built a 300mph rocket car in her back garden that goes from 0-100mph in less than half a second. The fearsome motor is 10 times more powerful than Lewis Hamilton's F1 car.
To eat or not to eat...PARIS (AFP) -- Luxury resorts from Thailand to Germany to California are offering a range of detox fasting programmes aimed at weight loss and well-being, but the "health" factor remains open to question.
For those of you who might not know what a quesadilla is, it is a grilled, stuffed tortilla. It's that simple. You can put anything you want in them.
Tibetans hold 'fast for peace'Thousands of Tibetans have staged a symbolic 12-hour "fast for peace", joined by the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, from his hospital bed in Mumbai, India.
Jamaica's Usain Bolt Does What Not Even Carl Lewis CouldUsain Bolt of Jamaica broke the world record by winning the 200 meters in 19.30 seconds Wednesday night, becoming the first man since Carl Lewis in 1984 to sweep the 100 and 200 gold medals at an Olympics.
Swimming - Sports - Olympics - smh.com.auWHEN Michael Phelps left the pool after his 200m individual medley victory yesterday, complete with a now customary world record, only the collective might of the Chinese, American and German teams had bettered his tally of six gold medals at these Games.
I'm writing this article because the two existing articles are so flooded with comments from MSNBC (most of which say pretty much the same thing) that it's almost impossible to follow a discussion over there. If you're unfamiliar with the story, you can read it here.
One-year ban on new fast-food restaurants in South L.A.A proposal that would place at least a one-year moratorium on new fast-food restaurants in a broad swath of neighborhoods, mostly in South Los Angeles, won unanimous support from a Los Angeles City Council committee Tuesday.
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