Cat cafe to open in Paris

Cat cafe to open in Paris, Parisian cafés were once known for the great writers and philosophers who’ve sat out on picturesque terraces lingering over espressos, crafting theory and literature. Now, thanks to a young entrepreneur, the Parisian café may become better known for something entirely different: cats.

Feline-loving Frenchwoman Margaux Gandelon is creating a refuge for stressed and busy urbanites with Le Café des Chats, a cat café. A concept popularized in Japan, cat cafés or “neko cafés” as they’re known there, allow customers to sip on tea or coffee while petting cats, and the idea has recently spread to Western metropolises like London, Vienna and now, Paris.

Miles Ambridge left out of class photo

Miles Ambridge left out of class photo, The little boy who was cruelly left off to the side of his second-grade class photo has had it retaken.

Miles Ambridges' original class photo showed the little boy, who has disabilities, sitting in his wheelchair and isolated from the group.

September 11 increased smoking

September 11 increased smoking, A million former smokers in the US took up the habit again after 9/11, new research has shown.

They were driven back to tobacco by stress, experts believe.

Returning smokers accounted for a "significant" 2.3 per cent rise in smoking rates across the US in the wake of the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington DC on September 11, 2001.

New electronics withstand body fluid

New electronics withstand body fluid,  Electronics and bodily fluids don't mix well. But new technology enables electronic devices to function in direct contact with tissues inside the body. The technology could allow scientists to make sensors that detect the early stages of organ transplant rejection, or create artificial nerves, researchers say.

Farmer markets marijuana fed pork

Farmer markets marijuana fed pork, The possibilities when it comes to marketing meat made from marijuana-fed animals are close to endless, but the man who came up with the idea has decided to simply call them “Pot Pigs.”

William von Scheneidau, owner and founder of BB Ranch in Seattle, didn’t come up with the idea to feed pigs and other animals weed while sitting around a bong in the basement with his buddies.

Justin Bieber graduated high school for mom

Justin Bieber graduated high school for mom,  He may have the world at his feet and millions in the bank but it seems Justin Bieber would do anything for his beloved mother.

The pop star has just graduated from high school and despite having more creative than academic plans for his future, the teenager revealed he did it all for his doting parent.

Shark attacks at Surfside

A shark attacked a teenager Monday afternoon as he swam in waist-deep water at Surfside Beach, along Texas's Gulf coast, local police said.

The 15-year-old started beating the shark with both hands after it had bitten his lower left leg, according to Surfside Assistant Police Chief Gregg Bisso. The shark then bit the teen on the left hand. Kids from his church group, who were in the water with him, came to his aid after he'd been bitten, Bisso said. A Surfside police officer was at scene at the time and helped bandage the teen.