Yesterday, a Boeing 747-400 cargo plane flying on behalf of US Mobility Command fell to the ground and erupted into flames after somehow stalling in mid-air only moments after takeoff. The crash occurred at the Bagram Air Base’s runway 03 at 2:30 pm local time. The image below shows the aircraft’s approximate final position. Note how close it is to the runway.

After only two weeks since its release, Twitter’s new music app appears to be failing. The much anticipated Twitter #music launched at number five on all iOS charts. As of this morning, it had fallen to 127. That’s one below Bike Race Free. Not a great start for what is advertised as “A fresh approach to finding new music…” So why is the new app already headed the way of […]

For the last forty years the Wilcox County School Board in Rochelle, Georgia, has abstained from officially endorsing the Wilcox County High School prom. Therefore, the parents stepped in and hosted the event for their children. This generally resulted in two separate, segregated proms. Over the weekend, ABC reported that the students attending Wilcox County High School finally had their first integrated prom. This great milestone is definitely worth celebrating… FORTY YEARS AGO!

A New Hampshire man is considering a lawsuit - against a carnival. Henry Gribbohm claims he spent his life savings ($2,600) attempting to win an XBox Kinect. Instead, he walks away with a stuffed banana (complete with dreads, of course.) If Mr. Gribbohm can’t get his money back, it’ll probably be Peanut Butter Jelly Time for at least a couple of months. ReactionLOL (0) It’s a Trappp! (0) Bias (0) Losing (0) Fail (0) Winning (0) […]

The glass slipper fits! Director Sir Kenneth Branagh has chosen Downton Abbey actress Lily James to star in Disney’s forthcoming live-action version of Cinderella. Branagh’s choice of the 24-year-old James ends a bit of fairy-tale drama for the Disney project. Mark Romanek was originally slated to direct the film and Harry Potter star Emma Watson was supposed to play the title role, but Romanek left citing “creative differences,” according to […]

Looking for a quick and easy way to weird your friends out? Check out FaceSwap, a new iPhone app from Iddiction, Inc. that allows you to switch your friends faces in photos instantly! Mashable reports: “Using Face detecting technology the app is able to find all of the faces in a photo, crop them, and swap them instantly. Once FaceSwap does its initial swap, you can pinch and zoom to […]