The assumed censorship of the cigarette on the post office's Bette Davis stamp caused all sorts of uproar. Problem is, the source image didn't have a cigarette in it so it wasn't removed as some thought. However it was altered for PC reasons. The original had Ms Davis wearing a mink coat. picked by bernardblack 1 year ago

Former Democratic Rep. Cynthia McKinney, who was ousted from office last year after a headline-grabbing scuffle with a Capitol Hill police officer, has decided to seek the presidency, as a Green Party candidate. picked by mandolinorange 2 years ago

Music icon Miles Davis has long been revered as a jazz pioneer — but what exactly did he pioneer? To some purists, jazz music can be broken into two distinct eras: Before Miles and After Miles. great article with clips of his music picked by bernardblack 1 year ago

Sadly, veteran actor, Don Davis has passed away. We all loved him as Major General George Hammond, base commander of Stargate Command. He will be missed by all. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

Ziff Davis filed for bankruptcy in the Southern District Court of New York today as part of a debt restructuring plan. The technology publisher said the restructuring agreement was made with an ad hoc group of senior secured note holders. picked by punthe 2 years ago

Craig and Cynthia Coates, both 50, have had their attempts to adopt a 9 year old boy called Anil because a judge believed the pair wanted to exploit him as a servant. picked by pocksucket 3 months ago

The Phone Car is a modified 1975 Volkswagen Beetle made originally to help promote Howard Davis’ telephone company Datel Communications. The car is made to look like a large old phone on wheels. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Doing celebrity impersonations. picked by suebe 3 years ago

Tirrell Davis and Brandon Richmond were today each given a life sentence today for murdering schoolboy Kodjo Yenga by stabbing him through the heart.

There accomplices Yemoh Kurtis, Jamel Bridgeman and Michel Williams were each given 10 years. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

Cynthia Blair-Hoover crashed on the way to Denver when her car went off a cliff. Although the fall left the 52-year-old woman with eleven broken ribs, broken vertebrae, and a punctured lung, she began inching her way towards an old mine by sliding on her back.

For 5 and a half days! picked by Bingo 2 months ago

His mother, Cynthia Teare, brought him to a dozen different doctors but none could figure out what was wrong.

"I'm scared," she said. "I'm frightened and trying not to let him see that I'm frightened. But inside, the biggest thing was we didn't know what it -- what diagnosis it was. Nobody knew what he had. picked by suebe 6 months ago

Cynthia Blair-Hoover survived when her car fell 350 feet down a cliff. That was just the beginning of her ordeal as she then had to survive freezing temperatures, no food, snow, mountain lions (no tigers) and bears. Oh my. picked by pocksucket 2 months ago

It hasn't been easy getting people excited about celebrating the 200th birthday of that tall, gaunt, bearded, Kentucky-bred president who was born in a log cabin and went on to lead his people through a bloody civil war.

No, not Abraham Lincoln. It's that other tall, log cabin-born Kentuckian, Jefferson Davis, whose 200th has turned out to be something of a lost cause. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

William Jackson was a slave in the home of Confederate president Jefferson Davis during the Civil War. It turns out he was also a spy for the Union Army, providing key secrets to the North about the Confederacy. picked by bingo 9 months ago

Cynthia Davis has been taken to task by both Keith Olbermann and Stephen Colbert for writing in a press release that "hunger can be a positive motivator," suggesting that instead of using the state's nutrition program, poor teens should just go out and get a job.

*Yeah. Because unemployment rates in Missouri are so low that they're giving fabulous jobs to anyone who asks!* picked by Aluna 5 months ago

The state Supreme Court upheld the death sentence today of Richard Allen Davis, the repeat felon who became the catalyst for California's "three strikes" law when he kidnapped 12-year-old Polly Klaas from her Petaluma home and strangled her in 1993. picked by bingo 6 months ago

A student group at the University of California, Davis, plans to show a hardcore pornographic movie in a campus lecture hall Thursday night.

*bring your own sock* picked by Bornbad 8 months ago

New contract keeps Late Night going another 4 years. picked by tomphoolry 3 years ago

Police say a 69-year-old woman forced a plane to abort its landing Saturday night when she went onto the runway and fired a gun. picked by kakana 3 months ago

Charges have been certified against a 72-year-old man accused of robbing a Lynchburg bank, who police say changed his mind and tried to give the money back. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago