FDA warns companies marketing cold and cough medicine with hydrocodone for kids

Hydrocodone hasn't been safety-tested for children under six, but some cough syrups are marketed to children as young as two, the FDA said.

"Companies marketing these unapproved products have not demonstrated the safety and efficacy of these drugs," director of the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, said.

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Caught on Tape: McDonalds Workers Sprayed

McDonald's employees get sprayed with a chemical by a car full of customers at a South Florida drive-through, with the incident caught on surveillance tape.

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Raw Video: 'Scream' Robber Strikes Gas Station

A surveillance camera captures a man robbing a Florida gas station in a mask made famous by the 'Scream' movie series.

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Watch two headed Turtle Video

Watch a video of a rare two-headed turtle has arrived at a reptile centre in the US.

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Legendary aeroplane Concorde sold off in pieces

Items from the supersonic airliner Concorde go on sale Friday afternoon at Toulouse in southwest France where the legendary aircraft was built. The auction will last four days and 1 000 parts of the plane will be on offer, including navigation instruments.

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Tom Cruise Building Bunker To Hide From Aliens?

Tom Cruise says the star is spending more than $10 million to construct a bunker under his house in Telluride, Colo., in preparation for an extra-terrestrial attack.

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Maggie Q promotes PETA wearing almost nothing

Actress Maggie Q - following in the footsteps of Alicia Silverstone - is bearing almost all - to give a boost to the animal rights group PETA.

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Mike Tyson Pleads Guilty In Arizona Drug Case

Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson pleaded guilty Monday to charges of drug possession and driving under the influence stemming from a traffic stop last year.

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Man sues Yahoo and Google over their names

A man in has filed a lawsuit claiming Yahoo and Google stole their names from Tanzanian tribes. An he claims he is a member of both tribes.

The lawsuit states that Google was taken from the Gogo tribe, and Yahoo from the Yao tribe. The claim is asking for $10,000 be paid to each tribe member for the past three generations.

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RAW VIDEO: Ahmadinejad Speaks At Columbia University

Iran president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks at Columbia University in Manhattan.

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Halo 3 Hype Builds for Tuesday Release

According to Microsoft, more than 10,000 stores in the US will open their doors at midnight next Tuesday, the first day 'Halo 3' will be on sale. The midnight mayhem includes four major events in New York, Los Angeles, Seattle and Miami.

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Van Halen reunite

Van Halen announced additional California dates for their reunion tour...

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9-Year-Old Genius Starts College

A nine-year-old boy attended his first university lecture in Hong Kong on Tuesday. But March Boedihardjo said he was already bored with his classes.


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Man pronounced dead wakes

Hospital workers fill out the wrong form and send a live man to the morgue..

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Naked Man Holds Up Mini Mart

This video captures a man in custody who held up a mini mart wearing nothing. He said he did it because he was bored

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Alicia Silverstone naked in PETA TV Ad

Alicia Silverstone appears naked in a television ad promoting vegetarianism and the animal rights group, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

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Thai Plane Crash Video

Sunday's tragic plane crash in Phuket, Thailand. The crash, which occurred after a Thai MD-82 flown by a discount carrier attempted to land during a heavy storm on the resort island, left 89 dead.

A majority of the casualties were tourists from across the globe.

An amateur video from World Picture Network shows the immediate aftermath of the plane crash.

The video comes from a survivor of the wreck and shows the first moments after the plane went down.

Our thoughts are with the families.

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NY Times to offer TimesSelect free of charge

The New York Times announced that it willoffer TimesSelect subscription service free of charge, which had kept older articles and its roster of op-ed writers in a pay-to-view area of its website, opting instead to open its archives to potential advertising revenue.

The TimesSelect service cost users $7.95 per month or $49.95 per year.

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Lulu sues Hulu

NBC, News Corp are being sued today by Lulu.com for trademark infringement after the announcement of the video site’s official name, “Hulu“. The claim was filed in a US District Court in Raleigh, NC.

Lulu alleges that Hulu (http://www.hulu.com), as a result of their recent name and Internet domain announcements, have intentionally attempted to create confusion in the marketplace. Hulu, in name, as a mark and in their business as a digital content distribution platform, represents a definitive encroachment.

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Popcorn linked to "popcorn lung" disease

An ingredient in microwave popcorn, which gives it a distinctive buttery aroma, has been linked to a rare lung disease called "popcorn lung".

The disease was named like that because it was found in popcorn plant workers exposed to a flavoring ingredient called diacetyl. Diacetyl is a natural substance heated in a factory setting to give microwave popcorn its buttery taste.

Recently a man, who consumed large amounts of popcorn, was diagnosed with "popcorn lung".


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KickApps Enables Web Video on iPhone

KickApps Corp., which provides white-label, hosted social networking capabilities to corporate Web sites, announced Monday that any video uploaded to its sites is now viewable on the Apple Inc. iPhone mobile device.

The company said that the latest version of its social networking platform, introduced Monday, automatically converts all uploaded videos to the format that can be read by Apple's Safari web browser.

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