"L.A. teen embarking on crazy around-the-world voyage

Exploration. It's one of the founding tenets of advanced Western society, but the furthest us coddled modern people ever get is, say, a cab around a big city, or a flight to a safe, sanitized European tourist trap. Few of us still foster that pinnacle of human curiosity. Most of us just stay put.

Not Los Angeles-area 16-year old Zac Sunderland. On May 31, the high school sailor is taking human exploration to an admirable and frightening level, as he......"

"TOKYO (May 30) - A homeless woman who sneaked into a man's house and lived undetected in his closet for a year was arrested in Japan after he became suspicious when food mysteriously began disappearing.

Police found the 58-year-old woman Thursday hiding in the top compartment of the man's closet and arrested her for trespassing, police spokesman Hiroki Itakura from southern Kasuya town said Friday...."

"How much would you pay for one of Bill Cosby's old sweaters?

Three of Dr. Heathcliff Huxtable's distinctive Cosby Show sweaters are being auctioned off on eBay's Giving Works charity listing, beginning June 2. Bids start at $5,000, and the proceeds will go to Hello Friend/Ennis William Cosby Foundation, which Cosby established after the murder of his son, Ennis, in 1997.

It's a good cause, but that's a steep price for an old sweater. So we consulted Kevin F...."