It's a notion that's often invoked to explain why we've never been visited by extraterrestrials. But there is another possible reason for the celestial silence. Yes, the Great Filter exists, but we've already passed it. Here's what this would mean ...

Today's Ghost of William Penn instruction touts two colonials, “Conrad” Weiser (1696-1760) and John Scarborough (1667-1727). John Scarborough's story runs “very Quaker-like.” Lesson today accounts two men, whose rare knowledge skills relating to ...

There are numerous ways to consider private military and security contractors (PMSC): as a tool in a toolkit, policy option, force multiplier, and even strategic asset. But those are macro ways of looking. Let's try going granular, or micro, and think ...

Naturellement, some New Agers see Bugarach as another likely landing spot for extraterrestrials. And what better day for them to arrive than Dec. 21, 2012? The mayor of Bugarach feared such an invasion of free spirits wanting to be beamed up that he ...

Another new audit of the California Department of Parks and Recreation found yet more mystery money -- this time $3.9 million in a fund for donations which had no assigned purpose. The audit by the state Department of Finance, released Friday, found ...

Craven Vaughn sat beside the hitman in a car parked Thursday outside Wal-Mart on Route 29 in Eaton Twp. He gave the man $3,000 and the names of three psychic mediums he wanted "eliminated." The 32-year-old Towanda man did not want to talk about ...

OMGPD: Tic Tac Causes Crash, a Ghost Car Gets Moved & More Police Oddities. Our weekly roundup of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction. By Karla Vallance; Email the author; 5:00 ...

North Korea Has Arrested an American Citizen for a Mystery Crime North Korean officials have arrested an American citizen, though they have not yet stated what crime the man commit. A Reuters report says the man, Kenneth Bae, who is Korean-American, ...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The Alabama defense is familiar with teams trying to run right at — and through — it. That's a way of life in the SEC. No team in major college football has been more adept at halting running attacks than the Crimson Tide, who ...

The Guardian Of Threshold was released just in time for the holidays on major online retailers such as Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com. A.A. Volt's debut novel is aimed at the young adult fantasy market but also has considerable mass-market appeal.

The mysterious do-gooder told employees he (or she) didn't want anyone to know his identity or how much he was spending, but that he wanted to pay off some layaways to help people, Bob's Sporting Goods president Matt Schlect said Friday.

AUSTIN -- It was a heated clash over a school finance budget passed more than a year ago. A constitutional amendment passed in 2011 allowing the School Land Board (SLB), chaired by Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson, to send money from state ...

Another audit of the California Department of Parks and Recreation found yet more mystery money: $3.9 million in a fund for donations that had no assigned purpose. The audit by the state Department of Finance, released Friday, found the money in the ...

“Katie Holmes may have dived into the New York City dating pool,” reports the New York Daily News. The paper says the “Dead Accounts” star was “spotted with a handsome guy who walked her inside her Chelsea building late Saturday night and lingered ...

What have Metro Edmonton readers been clicking on in 2012? We've complied a list of the most viewed local posts since the launch of the new metronews.ca in March. 4. Hummer driver saves children at Edmonton crosswalk from alleged distracted driver ...

BUFFALO — Most everywhere Lou Billittier turns these days, the Buffalo restaurateur is reminded of the NHL lockout, and its impact on his blue-collar, sports-mad town where Dominik Hasek became a star and the French Connection is still revered.