A collection of funny news clips

33 confirmed dead in Virginia Tech shooting

It is now clear that 33 people, including the gunman have died in a fatal shooting spree in at Virgina Tech University. For more details, please follow the links below.

Detailed updates

MSNBC's Report

BBC's Report

CNN's Report

Emails from Bryan Spangler, a computer science student at Virginia Tech regarding the shooting.

http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2007/apr/16/virginia_tech_emails_about_shooting/

Virginia Tech President's message on the main page:

http://vt.edu

Tourists' spacecraft reaches ISS

The first space tourist ever, billionaire Charles Simonyi has successfully reached the International Space Station (ISS) along with two cosmonauts aboard a Russian spacecraft. I wonder if we will ever have space subways where people would be traveling back and forth from earth to the space station and back? Read on here.

NC-17 rated blogs?

I came across this interesting article on BBC on whether blogs containing explicit/suggestive images or content be branded with a content rating or a warning? I personally believe they should, and in fact, a large one at that. Those warnings should be targeted for the adult readers who have developed a sense of conscience, not children.

It is the responsibility of the parents to ensure they monitor the internet activities of their children by installing family filters, or whatever is prudent to ensure they are protected from sexual predators, illicit activities and mature content. Take a look at the article and a poll on BBC's website here.

Two faces of Madonna on Letterman

In the first video shows Madonna notorious interview on the late night show with David Letterman in 1994. Madonna was being arrogant, completely avoiding Letterman's questions and using abusive language despite warnings from Letterman several times.

The second and third clips are are two parts of the same interview, where Madonna appears on Letterman's show in 2007, is in stark contrast with the first one in that, Madonna has three children, and has matured greatly.

Madonna on the Late Night Show in 1994



Madonna on the Late Night Show in 2007

Part 1



Part 2

Mini flying saucer

Image Courtesy: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/

A British ex-hovercraft engineer has designed a fascinating piece of technology: A saucer-helicopter hybrid drone. Read on for more information. A link to a video of the saucer is provided at the bottom of the post.

"My son said it was a bloody silly idea,' said Mr Hatton. "Now I've proved it works, he says sorry, he was wrong."

The 68-year-old has won a contract with the US government for his 3ft-wide contraption, a cross between a hovercraft and a helicopter. It is being considered for surveillance sorties.

"Unlike a helicopter, though, this is aerodynamically neutral and you can bump into walls and not smash the rotor,' said the inventor.

"And, unlike a hovercraft, you can fly it as high as you want."

The dome-shaped object is powered by an electricity-driven propeller on top that pushes air over the outer surfaces, and has controllable flaps.[...]

Video: Watch the flying saucer in action!

Hometown Baghdad - Songs of Pain

An Iraqi movie crew that calls themselves "Hometown Baghdad", attempts to capture and manifest the rage, agony and hardships faced by three Iraqis living in the chaos that surrounds Baghdad in this short clip and others. There are several videos of "Hometown Baghdad" available on Youtube, definitely worth taking a look.

Description of the following video from Youtube:

"In this episode, Adel uses heavy metal to express his rage at the death and destruction surrounding him.

Hometown Baghdad was shot by an all-Iraqi crew and tells the stories of three young people trying to survive in Baghdad.

To view all videos in this series, go to http://www.youtube.com/chattheplanet

Please rate and comment on the videos. And please subscribe to our channel to see more videos in the Hometown Baghdad series. Our brave Iraqi cast and crew risked their lives to make this series. So please help us make sure the world listens by helping us spread the videos. Embed them to your site, email them around, favorite them.

And visit http://hometownbaghdad.com to learn more about the series and to leave comments for the cast members."