In this Feb. 13, 2010 file photo, Ion Banner loses control on a giant wave during the first heat of the Mavericks surfing contest in Half Moon Bay, Calif. The cold water and stories high surf at the big, treacherous surf break called Mavericks in Northern California have made it a Mt. Everest-like conquest for some surfers. And like Everest, Mavericks has claimed its share of lives: whether it be

A ferry decorated as a whale leads in the annual Ferry Race during Australia Day celebrations in Sydney, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. (AP-Yonhap)

     DOHA (AFP) - Three-time champions Japan reached the Asian Cupfinal after defeating arch-rivals South Korea 3-0 in a nail-biting penaltyshootout in the semi-finals on Tuesday.   Centre-back Yasuyuki Konno netted the decisive penalty, placing the ballinto the right-hand side of the goal, after Koo Ja-Cheol, Lee Yong-Rae and Hong Jeong-Ho had all failed from 12 yards for South Korea.   Japan led

  (captured from YouTube)A woman who appeared on the American program “My Strange Addiction” shocked audiences when she admitted her bizarre habit of eating sofa stuffing. Adele, 30, from Bradenton started eating bits of couch cushions at the age of 10 and since then has eaten a total of seven couches and two chairs.Adele estimates she has eaten more than 90 kg of couch cushion.According to psycho

 The number of one-man businesses in South Korea sharply expanded in 2010 on the back of the country's rapidly growing mobile content market, data showed Wednesday.   The rise came on the heels of a smartphone boom that hit South Korea last year following the release of Apple Inc.'s iPhone and Samsung Electronics Co.'s Galaxy S smartphone. There are an estimated 7 million smartphone users in the c

(captured from The Sun)A man has spent more than $26,000 to travel across England and America with his six sex dolls. Dave Hockey, 57, has traveled with his girlfriends to Stonehenge, the Grand Canyon and Niagara Falls. Hockey, who is married and from Nova Scotia, Canada, flew “Realdoll” Bianca and “Teddy Babe Deluxe” Carey to Britain for trips to Oxford, Wiltshire and Abergavenny, Wales. Hockey,

Cuddling with your pets in bed may be comforting, but a study shows it can be harmful to your health. A study titled “Zoonoses in the Bedroom,” which will be published in the journal “Emerging Infectious Disease” next month, warns that pet owners risk catching diseases transmitted from domestic animals. Close contact such as kissing and getting licked by your pet may not be a good idea either, USA

American school teacher donates organs to save three livesAn American woman who died after a brain hemorrhage has given new life to three Koreans through life-saving organ donations, a local hospital said Tuesday. Linda Freel, 52, who was a teacher at the International Christian School of Euijeongbu, became the first American to donate organs in Korea. Fourteen years ago she settled here to teach

NASA is planning to hold a teleconference on 3 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 27 (1 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 26 in Washington) to announce new discovery by Hubble Space Telescope.The space agency indicated in a media release that “astronomers have pushed the Hubble Space Telescope to its limits and have seen further back in time than ever before.” The new findings will also be published in the journal Nature. T

As the Internet is abuzz with doomsday theories, including Armageddon in 2012 and frequent UFO apperances, the news on second sun approaching to Earth may strengthen credibility of the theory.  The second biggest star in the constellation Orion may become Earth’s second sun before 2012, news.com.au reported Wednesday.Dr. Brad Carter, senior lecturer of Physics at the University of Southern Queensl

A new money-scented perfume range claims to help wearers become stinking rich. (official website, Liquid Money)A Japanese study showed that the smell of money could significantly increase workers’ productivity -- inspiring his n’ hers scents to help bring the dollars rolling in. “I really feel that people who wear these will feel more confident,” creator McCarthy Patrick, also vice president of sa