American motorcycle daredevil Seth Enslow broke a 10-year-old world record today by sailing through the air on his Harley-Davidson motorcycle for 183.7 feet near Sydney Harbor in Australia. Sky News reports that Enslow actually broke the record twice today. The first time he flew 175 feet, but cameras weren’t ready to record it, so he [...]

By Jason A. Kahl Reading Eagle A Reading man has been indicted on federal charges that he made more than $300,000 over six years by forging the signatures of famous authors on books before selling them to unsuspecting buyers on the auction Web site eBay. Forrest R. Smith III, 47, whose street address was unavailable, [...]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvCZBKxP4TY&feature=player_embedded If you want government handouts all you have to do is contribute handsomely to the winner that makes it into office it seems. The Chicago Way Machine is working its dirty, corrupt, mob style politics well in its new home Washington DC. You can bet this is just the beginning of the truth about [...]

By Mark Memmott Internet chatter had led to speculation that it might be an urban myth — nothing more than clever digital trickery spreading via the Web. But our friend Bob Collins at Minnesota Public Radio assures us he’s seen it with his own eyes: There is a billboard along I-35 near Wyoming, Minn., with [...]

The Kopp-Etchells effect Have you heard anything about the Kopp-Etchells effect?  In fact, the Kopp-Etchells effect is a new name. Reporter and former Green Beret Michael Yon took a series of intriguing photos of glowing rotor blades as a helicopter lands in a military base in Afghanistan. (Pics) The phenomenon,  has no name – and Michael [...]

Here are some recent photos of the LCS 2 (to be USS) Independence. She’s at 43 knots here running at half power. NOTE the absence of a bow wave. Turns tightly, also; allegedly this also was done at 43 knots…and from the look of the small bow wave, she’s still in the turn.

Myths of the American Revolution A noted historian debunks the conventional wisdom about America’s War of Independence By John Ferling Illustration by Joe Ciardiello Smithsonian magazine, January 2010 We think we know the Revolutionary War. After all, the American Revolution and the war that accompanied it not only determined the nation we would become but [...]

Some of the early Mormon Church’s most poignant and embarrassing episodes are recounted in a trove of letters and other original documents sold at auction this week in New York. None of the items, from the descriptions on the auction house Web site, appears to contradict history. But they do illuminate the bitter contention between [...]

Slate may show early colonist efforts to communicate with Indians. With the help of enhanced imagery and an expert in Elizabethan script, archaeologists are beginning to unravel the meaning of mysterious text and images etched into a rare 400-year-old slate tablet discovered this past summer at Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in America. [...]

Chevy Volt: When the juice runs out Drained of its battery power, the Volt finally reveals how it performs when running on gasoline. 40 miles and a question, Can it survive? How well will General Motors’ Chevrolet Volt drive once it gets past its 40 mile all-electric driving range and starts to rely on power [...]