Is Your City An Elegant Grid Or A Sprawling Chaotic Mess?
If you hate driving in your city, the following charts may help explain why.Vizual Statstix's Seth Kadish has cooked up some really cool charts showing the grid orientation — or lack thereof — of major...
View ArticleWoman Who Lost Both Legs After Being Crushed By Subway Finds Incredible...
Teena Katz is a New Yorker, and she knows waiting for the subway can be frustrating.So when NYPD officers found her pinned to the subway tracks on the day after Christmas, her legs completely severed...
View ArticleA Massive Building Fire Is Raging Near Downtown Houston
An apartment building that's under construction caught fire in the Montrose neighborhood near downtown Houston on Tuesday.Traffic in west Houston is at a standstill, according to KHOU 11.There are no...
View ArticleThere Will Be A Massive Legal Battle Over Missing Malaysia Flight 370
With the Malaysian government's announcement that Flight 370 tragically crashed in the southern Indian Ocean, the victims' families may finally find some amount of closure.In addition to dealing with...
View ArticlePilot Lands A Twisting Turboprop Plane In Terrible Weather [VIDEO]
A YouTube video from March 23 shows a pilot landing a Dash 8 turboprop plane during terrible weather conditions on the island of Flores in the Azores.The plane, which is seen pitching and being twisted...
View ArticleI Spent A Week With The Sporty New Lexus IS 350, And It Was Insanely Fun
Earlier this month, Lexus gave me the opportunity to borrow its sporty new IS 350 AWD for a week. I didn't know what to expect when I was offered the F-Sport package for the car. My only recent...
View ArticleThe 10 Most Traffic-Clogged Cities In The US
Those of us who are condemned to lengthy daily commutes can take solace in the fact that we are not alone.In a recent study, Texas A&M's Transportation Institute found that the average commuter...
View ArticleTerrifying 61-Car Pile-Up Shuts Down Minnesota Highway [VIDEO]
A massive 61-car pile-up in snowy conditions shut down a Minnesota highway yesterday, the local StarTribune reports. Drivers were left shaken as cars careened into each other near the Mendota Bridge on...
View ArticleFrench Satellite Photos Show 122 Pieces Of Possible Debris In Search Area Of...
Malaysia Transportation Minister Hishammuddin bin Hussein has announced that 122 pieces of "potential objects" have been spotted by a French Airbus satellite in the search area for missing Malaysia...
View ArticleVideo Shows Runaway Chicago 'L' Train Riding Up Escalator At O'Hare Airport
On Monday morning a Chicago 'L' train derailed, crashing into and riding up an escalator at O'Hare Airport.Everyone walked away, some with minor injuries. The local CTA union has acknowledged the...
View ArticleWhy Uber Is So Much Better In New Jersey Than It Is In New York
There is an interesting conversation going around in Hudson County, New Jersey, right now to do with real estate, house prices and Uber, the ride-sharing and limousine app.In pubs, restaurants and...
View ArticleHere's Why Investigators Think They May Have Finally Found Wreckage From The...
International investigators are battling notoriously rough conditions as they search one of the most remote parts of the world for debris from missing Malaysia Flight 370.The Soufan Group, a U.S....
View ArticleNissan Recalls Nearly 1 Million Vehicles Over Faulty Airbag
Japanese automaker Nissan is recalling nearly a million of its vehicles in North America over a defect that could cause the front passenger airbag not to deploy in an accident.The company did not...
View ArticleGorgeous Foreign Cars That Used To Be Illegal In The US
This post originally appeared on Details.com.For years, the United States deemed these foreign cars off-limits. Because they were never here in the first place, they didn't conform to our safety and...
View ArticleThe Pentagon Is Airlifting This Deep Diving Sub To Australia To Help Hunt For...
As the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 becomes more focused following the discovery of debris, the Pentagon is planning on sending a Bluefin-21 submarine to aid in any possible search...
View ArticleWatch As Jay Leno Takes Home The First McLaren P1 In The US
McLaren of Beverly Hills confirmed today that Jay Leno has taken delivery of the first privately owned McLaren P1 hypercar in the U.S..Finished in volcano yellow, Leno's groundbreaking $1.4 million P1...
View ArticleThai Satellite Images Show 300 Objects In Malaysia Jet Search Zone
BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai satellite has detected 300 floating objects in the southern Indian Ocean where an international search is under way for a missing Malaysian jet liner, Thailand's Geo...
View Article2014: The 10 Best Airports In The World
Skytrax has released the results of its annual World Airport Awards and, once again, Singapore's Changi Airport has taken the top spot.It's no surprise that Changi came out on top again. The...
View ArticleHere's Why Singapore's Shockingly Nice Airport Just Won Best In The World Again
Singapore's Changi Airport was just named the world's best airport in 2014 by the World Airport Awards. This is the second year that Changi took the top spot in Skytrax's World Airport Awards, the most...
View ArticleValuation Expert Damodaran Thinks Tesla Is Worth Nearly Half Its Current...
Late last year, NYU finance professor Aswath Damodaran valued Tesla at $67. The stock was trading at about $170 then. Now, Damodaran has revisited the stock in a new blog post, and is valuing it...
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