Authorities in Shanghai have ordered schoolchildren indoors and halted all construction as China’s financial hub suffered one its worst bouts of air pollution. isibility was reduced to a few dozen metres, while flights were delayed and the city’s spectacular skyline was obscured. The financial district was shrouded in a yellow haze, and noticeably fewer people walked the city’s streets. Vehicle …

A Hermitage, TN couple left a McDonald’s drive-thru with a bag containing thousands of dollars instead of the breakfast they had ordered. According to Nashville’s NewsChannel 5, an employee working at the drive-thru unknowingly gave them the bag of money that was supposed to be deposited at the bank, mistaking it for a completed drive-thru order.

Porsha Stewart is truly a single woman now that her divorce from Kordell Stewart has been finalized. After months of messiness, Porsha’s sudden and shocking split from Kordell has been wrapped up. TMZ.com reports that Porsha and Kordell’s divorce has been finalized, effectively ending their two-and-a-half year marriage. The former NFL player’s lawyer, Shiel Edlin, said that Kordell is “very …

Just days after Paul Walker’s death, a California jewelry store employee is telling the world about Walker’s secret act of kindness toward a soldier. More than a decade ago, Walker was browsing in a high-end jewelry store in Santa Barbara when he overheard a conversation between a soldier who’d just returned from a deployment to Iraq and his fiancee. The …

Paris Hilton says sh is disgusted with writers of “that stupid fake tweet”. Soon after news broke of the death of Nelson Mandela a tweet allegedly written by Paris emerged on Twitter account @DeletedTweets. Sure enough, a supposed Tweet in which Hilton allegedly credited Mandela with the “I Have a Dream” speech was quickly exposed as a fake.

The South African anti-apartheid activist died Thursday at his home after a lengthy illness, said South African President Jacob Zuma. “He passed peacefully,” said Mr. Zuma in a state address. “This is a moment of our deepest sorrow. Our nation has lost its greatest son.” Mandela has being treated for the past three months in a Pretoria hospital for a …

For all of modern history, a small, carnivorous South American mammal in the raccoon family has evaded the scientific community. Untold thousands of these red, furry creatures scampered through the trees of the Andean cloud forests, but they did so at night, hidden by dense fog. Nearly two dozen preserved samples—mostly skulls or furs— were mislabeled in museum collections across …

1,200 years ago the ancient Egyptian city of Heracleion disappeared beneath the Mediterranean. Founded around 8th century BC, well before the foundation of Alexandria in 331 BC, it is believed Heracleion served as the obligatory port of entry to Egypt for all ships coming from the Greek world. Prior to its discovery in 2000 by archaeologist Franck Goddio and the …

Universal Studios released “A Tribute to Paul Walker” on YouTube Wednesday. The video showcases Walker’s memorable scenes from “Fast and Furious” and has since received more than one million views. Fans remembering the actor, who died in a Saturday car crash, left more than 9,000 comments on the tribute.

There’s no such thing as a free lunch, or free electricity. That’s the lesson Kaveh Kamooneh, the owner of a Nissan Leaf electric car, is learning after spending 15 hours in jail for plugging his car into a public school’s outlet without asking. Kamooneh was picking his son up from tennis practice at Chamblee Middle School in Chamblee, Ga., when …

Rapper LIL’ KIM has recruited MILEY CYRUS for her upcoming mixtape, Hard Core 2K13. The collection of new music from the hip-hop star was originally scheduled to be released on Friday (29Nov13), but Lil’ Kim took to Twitter.com that same day to apologize for the delay.