Dow Jones sets a record by moving at least 400 points for four consecutive days.

The Pentagon releases names of the 38 people who were in the military transport helicopter shot down by the Taliban last Saturday.

Cleveland serial killer sentenced to the death penalty.

The Guardian thinks Republican debate was a snoozefest, Al Jazeera calls it hard-hitting.

A twelve-year-old rescued off the coast of Washington spent approximately 15 minutes under water and is alive and speaking.

Why we don't stand up and fight back in the U.S.

London teen who predicted riots predicts more.

Security forces open fire on Syrian protestors; killed 11 earlier.

Hawaiian boy catches rare and weird-looking blanket octopus.

The Oatmeal's Minor Differences Part 4, including how American accents sound to the British.

Did you feel like you vacationed in Hell last night, or at the very least had a front row seat on the set of Terminator 2: Judgment Day? Me too. That Arizona fire has scorched nearly 350 square miles so far.

A devastating heat wave including “oppressive humidity” is heading east ...

... While Hawaii gets a smattering of summer snow.

Obama’s not too popular with the college crowd anymore.

A “voodoo mom” has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for bypassing doll, burning daughter.

Okay, okay, now I’m totally convinced the world is ending. Mexican drug gangs are building heavily armored tanks a la Mad Max.

The drug wars get even creepier with these bodies hanging from a bridge in Monterrey.

Singapore is going to pass Las Vegas as the world’s second-largest gambling center this year.

The Boston Bruins obliterated the Vancouver Canucks 8-1 last night in the Stanley Cup Finals, probably prompted by this vicious hit on Nathan Horton.

I’ve gotten some strange things before, but never anything like condom-stuffed acorns.

I always referred to them as “moon walks,” but watch this “bounce house” go airborne with kids inside.

Red light cameras are back on. Again.