With the price of corn rising, some ranchers have turned to an unconventional feed for their cattle: candy—the chocolatey kind. Joseph Watson mixes second-hand candy with an ethanol by-product and mineral nutrient mix to create a healthy, balanced feed for his cattle. The packaged candy comes from companies at a discounted rate because it’s not fit for human consumption, but the mix seems to work for cows. "It has a higher ratio of fat than actually feeding straight corn," Watson e... Read More
A bunch of Republican congressmen got drunk in Israel, took some—if not all—of their clothes off, and went for a late-night swim in the Sea of Galilee. There is a joke here, and it is the previous sentence. Last August, during a fact-finding trip funded by the American Israel Educational Foundation, a number of congressmen, GOP officials, and family members went for a late-night swim in the Christian holy site, according to a report on an FBI probe (really, FBI?) into the incident.... Read More
Japanese activists sparked protests in China and Taiwan on Sunday when they raised their country's flag on a disputed island in the East China Sea. The 10 protestors from the Hong Kong-based group Ganbare Nippon, five of whom are members of Tokyo's metropolitan assembly, swam ashore on Uotsuri Island, an uninhabited island just over one and a half square miles in size. Chinese protestors responded to the news with rallies in the streets, in which Japanese-made cars, including police cars, were... Read More
After a brutal storm blew in Sunday night, open-water swimmer Diana Nyad is again moving toward her goal of becoming the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage. This marks Nyad's fourth attempt at the 103-mile swim, which she is scheduled to complete Tuesday. Nyad's 50-person crew is doing their best to adminster to the swimmer, who has suffered jellyfish stings on her neck and face, in addition to contending with Sunday's storm. “The first night we had a rough ni... Read More
Two hikers were rescued by rangers in Rocky Mountain National Park after mistakenly climbing a technical route on Longs Peak and becoming stuck on a ledge. The unnamed men set out to climb the standard Keyhole Route, but veered off course when they followed the lights of headlamps of a group of climbers on the steep east face. The two ended up running into a Colorado Mountain School guide roping up at the bottom of the peak's Diamond face and asking him if the 5.10 route he was about to start ... Read More
