An e-mail urging folks to boycott companies that import gas from Saudi Arabia has its facts wrong. Read the full story.

"Mommy ... it hurts!" Those words struck fear into the heart of Kevin Archer's mother ... but that fear was nothing compared to the horror she felt the next day when she found her son dead of a heroin overdose. The child had been playing in a McDonald's ball pit when a heroin-filled syringe had pierced his bottom, sending the deadly drug coursing through his veins.

It's a horrifying tale ... but it isn't real.

Russia doesn't have enough cash to hold up its end of the ISS bargain, namely lofting Soyez capsules to act as life-boats. That could end permanent habitation on the station. Read the full story.

Distrubances in Venus' deadly atmosphere may be caused by airborne microbes. Read the full story.

Critics of Atlas Shrugged say Ayn Rand didn't anticipate today's corrupt, coffer-looting CEOs. To that I say two words: James Taggert. Read the full story.

A Unix guru switches to OS X. Read the full story.

The latest Unreal Tournament is definitely coming to the Mac ... we just don't know when. Read the full story.

Besieged at every turn, told their the epitome of evil, more and more businessmen are turning to Ayn Rand's epic for a philosophy that embraces capitalism and rational self-interest. Read the full story.

An e-mail claiming that a new patriotic Pepsi soda can had the words "Under God" striken from its design is a hoax.

Uncle Bear explains why placing a cup of hot coffee between you legs is a bad idea. Read the full story.