A group of U.S. Marines at Camp Pendleton in Afghanistan posed for a photograph with a flag bearing the Nazi "SS runes" symbol in the form of two lightning bolts. The photograph was posted to a website called Knights Armament Blog last May 2011.
While cell phones were once used to call 911 to report a crime or an accident, it is now popular to simply stand around and film what is happening so it can be posted on the Internet and shown to the world.
Brooklyn -
You would think that these days, technology would make it easy for everyone with talent to be a star. With a video recorder at your fingertips, you can create a variety of film shorts and upload them to your favorite Internet sites in the blink of an eye.
A man named Jamie Mantzel recently posted to YouTube a video titled "Sneak Peak Greatest Toy in the Universe," showing a demonstration of his new six-legged spider-like robot toy invention. The video clip has gone viral online with about 800,000 views.
Sydney -
The rise of online freelance writing has created a very strange dichotomy. On the one hand there are huge numbers of extremely low paid jobs. On the other hand, writing rates at the top scale are rising exponentially.
Beijing -
Most Canadian natural resources sector are set to become a primary target for Chinese manufacturers by mid 2012 following China’s extended economic interest in the country’s resources.
Prosperity -
Imagine living day in and out not knowing you were dead?
That's what Arthur Livingston recently discovered. In Oct. the Prosperity, S.C. man tried to obtain a loan from a mortgage company. It was at that time he learned he had been declared "dead."
Toronto -
A win is a win.
In a season like the one the Toronto Raptors are currently mired in, the team needs to pick up W’s any way it can. Especially, since the team is without its leading scorer Andrea Bargnani and now guard Jerryd Bayless.
As more MPs indicate their oppostion to the latest austerity measures, Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos warns that, should the package not be approved on Sunday, the nation would be sent down "an unknown and dangerous path".