Subway Inn to Close After 77 Years in Midtown Manhattan | Jonathan LaMantia

Photographer: Roger Gaess/Getty Images Jul 25, 2014 (Bloomberg) -- Subway Inn, the New York City institution that clung to its dive-bar roots even as its Upper East Side neighborhood sprouted steel-a ...

Viking calendar predicts the world will end Saturday | Elizabeth Weise

The Norse god Heimdalir blows the mythical Gjallerhorn to warn that Ragnarok, the Twilight of the Gods and the end of the world, is coming.(Photo: Jorvik Viking Festival) Feb. 20, 2014 (USA Today) -- ...

Kung fu nuns teach cosmic energy to CERN scientists | Robert Evans

Nov. 16, 2012 -- GENEVA (Reuters) -- A dozen kung fu nuns from an Asian Buddhist order displayed their martial arts prowess to bemused scientists at CERN this week as their spiritual leader explained ...

Polish coffin-maker uses nude models to sell wares | Reuters

Nov. 2, 2012 -- WARSAW (Reuters) -- A Polish firm that makes coffins has angered the Catholic church by trying to drum up business with a calendar depicting topless models posing next to its caskets. ...

Rat-eating plant discovered in Philippines (Chris Irvine)

Rat-eating plant: The team of botanists, led by British experts Stewart McPherson and Alastair Robinson, found the plant on Mount Victoria in the Philippines June 7, 2011 (Telegraph) -- A carnivorous ...

Marijuana smoke odor in car not enough for police action? (Reuters)

Apr. 20 2011 -- BOSTON (Reuters) - The smell of marijuana smoke is no longer enough reason for police to order someone out of a car, now that pot has been decriminalized in Massachusetts, the state's ...

Deaf dog gets sign language training (Kevin Murphy)

Feb. 9, 2011 -- KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - A dog who couldn't hear has learned some sign language thanks to inmates at a U.S. prison and children at a school for the deaf. Inmates at a Missour ...