A seventh-grader in California said she sent her Hello Kitty doll into near space in a fake rocket attached to a weather balloon for her school project. Lauren Rojas, a 13-year old from Antioch, said she wanted to test the effects of altitude on the balloon‘s air pressure and temperature. To record the journey, she attached cameras to the rocket and then fastened it to the balloon.Hello Kitty went along for the ride in the rocket just for fun, the New York Daily News reported. “I liked her ever

An Iraq war veteran believed to be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder has been charged with killing a former Navy SEAL whose exploits in the same conflict were detailed in a best-selling book.Chris Kyle, who wrote “American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History,” and a second man were shot dead at a firing range in Glen Rose, Texas on Saturday.Kyle, 38, was credited with more than 150 confirmed kills during a decorated decade-long service career

A famous restaurant in Taiwan has been revealed to be serving leftover dishes to mainland tourist groups.The action came to light after a 14-minute video, taken by a former employee of the Baishawan restaurant in Taitung county, emerged showing leftovers being served, in an attempt to cut costs according to a report on www.chinanews.com.The report estimated more than 10,000 tourists had eaten the leftovers. The restaurant owner first denied the accusation, but later admitted it, blaming the deci

 The Applebee's waitress who posted a photo of a customer receipt on which a pastor divinely stiffed her server in the name of God has been fired after the picture went viral online."I give God 10% why do you get 18?" the customer--revealed later as Pastor Alois Bell of St. Louis--wrote, scratching out the automatic large party gratuity and writing in "0." She also signed her name with the word "pastor."Chelsea Welch, the waitress who posted picture on the Atheism page on Reddit under the name g

Turkish security forces arrested the late al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden‘s son-in-law, Suleiman Abu Gheith, in Ankara, Turkish media agencies reported.The United States’ Central Intelligence Agency tipped off Turkish authorities to Gheith‘s whereabouts, Afghanistan’s Khaama Press reported Saturday.The CIA told the Turkish National Intelligence Organization Gheith, a former al-Qaida leader, entered Turkey on a false passport, Turkey‘s Daily Milliyet reported.Gheith allegedly fled Afghanistan to

A Chicago-area man has been charged with running a “sex trafficking house of horrors” where women were forced to work as prostitutes.Charges were announced Friday against Keith Williams, 52, of Schiller Park, Ill., Roman Kurek, 49, who allegedly drove Williams‘ victims to work, and Sylvia Topolewski, 37, who allegedly kept the other women in line while working as a prostitute herself, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.Bail was set at $650,000 for Williams and $350,000 for Kurek and Topolewski. All

Animal activists in Britain say almost 200 birds have washed ashore covered in a waxy oil, likely from an oil spill off the country‘s southern coast.Staff at the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals center in West Hatch say they have taken in about 170 live birds covered in the oily substance since Tuesday, The Daily Telegraph reported.“It is like a silicone sealer. The best way I can think to describe it is ’sticky Vaseline,‘” said RSPCA deputy chief inspector John Pollock.Vol