Ri-Man the Adorable Medical Robot

The designer's site promises "RI-MAN will become an invaluable partner robot."

Sumo wrestlers compete at making babies cry

It's an annual tradition. More here, here, and here

Wired's Gallery of the Lamest Tech Mascots

Inlcuding the Creative Suite Jester, used to demonstrate the illustration capabilities of Adobe's Creative Suite 3. See the characters here.

The A-Team To Reunite on TV To Contact Hannibal's Ghost

"The former stars of 1980s action series THE A-TEAM will reunite for a reality TV programme, in which they will attempt to contact their deceased co-star GEORGE PEPPARD. Actors Dirk Benedict, Mr T and Dwight Schultz will appear on a special edition of British paranormal show MOST HAUNTED later this year"

The strange history of racist spokescharacters

Article and slide-show

The Roman Catholic Church has effectively buried the concept of limbo

the place where centuries of tradition and teaching held that babies who die without baptism went.

Bed with springs for legs