Well. I guess the biggest difference is something to do with the taste.

http://www.fieldandstream.com/blogs/conservationist/2012/01/texas-faced-...

Apparently it is OK to drain pigs directly into the waterways. That'll do, Texas.

Coming soon to a European city near you: folding cars.

CLIP

Apparently the bar to be mayor is pretty high in East Haven. I'm not responsive for facepalm-related injuries which may come from viewing.

"Google said Tuesday it will require users to allow the company to follow their activities across e-mail, search, YouTube and other services, a radical shift in strategy that is expected to invite greater scrutiny of its privacy and competitive practices."

I'm not sure what they were thinking when they designed this lingerie. nsfw?

Hey kids, when you're partying this weekend, don't inject bath salts into your arm, or you might get infected with flesh-eating bacteria, and they might have to amputate your whole arm.

Uhhhhh...

"North Korea is punishing citizens who didn’t cry during the orchestrated public mourning over the death of Kim Jong Il, sentencing them to six months in a labor-training camp, according to a report."

Former British soldier, after being blinded by a roadside bomb in Basra, is still able to play Worlds of Warcraft thanks to his dedicated guildmates.

LEGO develops special legos for girls.

As a commenter on the article said, "I'm confused, LEGO already had a girls' line. It was called LEGO."

"On Jan. 2, over 300 employees at a Foxconn plan in Wuhan, China threatened to throw themselves off a building in a mass suicide."

S&F says: This isn't shocking for a company in China, if you want to spend about an hour listening to an incredible fucking This American Life about Shenzhen, China, click here. For extra hypocrisy points, listen to it on your iPhone, like I did. :D