The 12th Annual Winter X Games kicked off in Aspen, Colorado on January 25th. This three-day event, that features snowboarding, extreme Skiing and Snowmobile Racing is filled with thrilling action....

Attention mums and dads! Your grocery shopping time may be cut in half thanks to these new smart carts. Developed by Media Carts using technology provided by Microsoft, these carts are currently being tested in Shop-Rite stores nationwide and are expected to show up at a supermarket near you during the second half of this year....

10-year old Diego Martinez, felt like most of you did this past week! - He did not want to go back to school after the Christmas break. Instead of coming up with the usual excuses of headache or tummy ache, he decided to do something more creative.....................

No your eyes are not deceiving you! Those are four little piglets "disguised" as tigers, sleeping soundly on their mama a 6-year old Bengal tiger, called Sai Mai. Apparently, this is not the first time Sai Mai has raised piglets - she has been doing it since she was two-years old....

In case you are like most of us and couldn't get tickets to the "Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus - Best of both Worlds Concert", here is your chance to view a 3-D movie version in theatres....

Much like the TV show "Lost", eleven Russian fishermen were shipwrecked (in the show it's an air crash) in a remote region in Russia. The fishermen spent three months here before finally being rescued on January 5th....

This greedy python in Brisbane, Australia mistook four golf balls for eggs and quickly devoured them. The golf balls had been left in the chicken coop by the owners to try encourage the hens to lay more eggs....

Mark Zilvitis and his father Brian were skiing down a double black diamond slope at The Canyons Ski Resort in Park City, Utah when an avalanche hit them. Both father and son got buried in the deep snow. While Brian was able to pull himself out, there was no sign of Mark....

While most of us sit back and relax after a big Christmas meal, residents of Peru like to work it off with a friendly fist fight. The traditional festival known as Takanakuy or 'fighter' starts with dancing and a religious procession....

Ever wonder how a movie like "Transformers" is made? Check out this fascinating video and hear the filmmakers talk about how the film "transformed" from the computer screen to the big screen....

Happy Holidays from the first family and their dogs, Barney and Miss Beazley. Check out this fun holiday video from the White House....

Toy WIshes Magazine publishes an annual list predicting the hottest toys of the year. For the last several years, they have been pretty accurate. This year's top ten predictions are.................

Last week, we brought you Europe's largest Christmas tree. This week we bring you what has officially been declared by the Guinness Book of World Records as the "World's largest floating Christmas tree."...

Talk about snail mail! A card mailed on December 23rd, 1914 from Alabama took 93 years to travel to what should have been a 750 mile journey to its final destination in Oberlin Ohio....

As you prepare your Christmas shopping list, don't forget your pet! Increasingly it seems people in the US and around the world are adding their dogs or cats to their Christmas lists and not just for any stuffed animal picked up at the grocery or pharmacy, but for high-end gifts from exclusive stores....

Was the ball in or not? Did the referee make a mistake? A lot of times these are crucial questions asked in soccer matches where the outcome may well depend on a judgment call by a referee. Now this intelligent soccer ball from Adidas promises to take the guessing out of the decision....

This week we bring you another science experiment that can be performed at home. Not only is the experiment easy and fun to do, it also demonstrates how the earth's weather patterns work....

Europe's tallest Christmas tree lit up the skies in Porto, Portugal, amongst a stunning fireworks display. Thousands of people came to witness the lighting of this amazing tree, which is 76 meters (about 230 feet) high and illuminated with over three million lights....

The world's oldest Rolls Royce was manufactured in 1904 and is the fourth Rolls Royce off the assembly line (fourth one to be built). It is a convertible with a 10-horsepower engine and is still running!...

Japan's twelfth Robo-One championship match, where two-legged robots poke at each other, throw balloons and even sing to try win the world championship, took place on Saturday, December 2nd....

It is that time of the year when we decorate our homes, trees and . . . ourselves? Check out this fun video on what the folks over in Hong Kong are decorating....

Can't decide on a pet? How about a python? That's what seven-year-old Cambodian resident Koun Samang has, and they are inseparable!...

Four years ago, on her way to get a cup of coffee, New York resident Elizabeth Gibson spotted an interesting looking painting in the garbage pile....

Next time you snatch a toy from your baby brother's or sister's hand be careful. They can tell the difference between good and mean!...