Epic Forklift Crash In Moscow Ruins Estimated $150,000 Of Vodka, Cognac (VIDEO)
A fork lift driver in Moscow was sampling too much of his own product when he drunkenly plowed his vehicle into the stock shelves of vodka and cognac in the storeroom where he worked. The result was a spectacular crash in which $150,000 worth of liquor rained down around him. Amazingly, he escaped with nothing but a leg injury. We doubt he can say the same for his job. WATCH: Send us tips! Write us at tv@huffingtonpost.com if you see any newsworthy or notable TV moments. Read more about our...

Open Post: Hosted By A Forklift Crash: VIDEO
Since today's running theme seems to be BOOZE (as usual), here's a clip out of Moscow that has been making the rounds. A forklift drivers lost his footing and accidentially crashed into a pile of boxes causing a gigantic avalanche. What makes this extremely tragic is that the boxes were filled with sweet, beautiful VODKA! It really looks like we're witnessing the world ending. If vodka went extinct, the human race would go exctinct. Think about it. Vodka + Humans = Unprotected Sexy Times =...

Moscow could have started WW3 over Berlin Wall - Gorbachev
By Guy Faulconbridge Moscow (Reuters) - The Kremlin could have started World War Three in 1989 had it used Troops to crush the demonstrations that preceded the fall of the Berlin Wall, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said on Tuesday. Gorbachev is hailed in the West for ignoring hardliners who advised him to guarantee the Soviet Union's future by crushing a growing wave of dissent in Eastern Bloc countries which led to the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989. When asked by a...

'Mission to Moscow' inspires TCM series created by Self-Styled Siren and me
I've been promising some big news about "Mission to Moscow'' for a while, and here it is. Below is a Press release about "Shadows of Russia,'' a series that will air on TCM in January. The series was

Moscow Police Prevents Massive Invasion of Alien Leeches: PHOTO
One of Moscow Law Enforcement agencies discovered an underground laboratory where harmful leeches were grown. According to Yevgeny Gildeev, head of the Information and PR division of the regional Department of Internal Affairs, the leeches were brought from abroad and sold as medicinal ones. BREAKING NEWS British Council poisons relations between Russia and Britain Transsexual Miss World Crowned More... The leech empire was destroyed in Lyubertsy - a town

Beyonce Hits Moscow & Readies “Video Phone” Vid: PHOTO
Beyonce was spotted in Moscow this weekend in a full out white fur coat and a metallic mini dress: She hit up the theater to see a performance of Swan Lake .

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Dolph Lundgren Filmed 'Command Performance' In Bulgaria, Despite Russian Inspiration
Dolph Lundgren may have been inspired to write his new direct-to-DVD film, " Command Performace ," by events in Moscow, but he had to move the production down to Bulgaria, given its modern Terrorism subject matter. The veteran action hero, who directed, stars and co-wrote (with Steve Latshaw) the movie, couldn't find a way to film it all in Russia, but he still wants to release it in the country where it all began. "I got the idea from a concert that Madonna gave for [former] Russian President...

Russia hopes nuclear ship will fly humans to Mars - Yahoo! News
Moscow – Russia should build a new nuclear-powered spaceship for prospective manned missions to Mars and other planets, the nation's space chief said Thursday. Anatoly Perminov first proposed building the ship at a government meeting Wednesday but didn't explain its purpose. President Dmitry Medvedev backed the project and urged the government to find the money. In remarks posted Thursday on his agency's Web site, Perminov said the nuclear spaceship should be used for human flights to...

Forklift Fail Leads To Extreme Accident in Warehouse (Video)
No matter how bad you picture the following video of a forklift accident in a warehouse to be, believe me, it's worse. In one simple swoop, a wayfaring forklift knocks over $150,000 worth of vodka in a warehouse in Moscow. Oops? What would we laugh at on the Internet if it weren't for security cameras catching things like this on the daily? Video below.

MySpace's Future: Online Slum for Depression Refugees [Things We Actually Like]
It's hard to imagine much of a future for MySpace. Which is probably why it took a science fiction author to do so: Bruce Sterling says the flagging social network is an ideal shantytown for the nihilistic unemployed. Compelling! Sterling's seemingly meandering and occasionally infuriating talk at the annual Reboot digital culture conference in Copenhagen, Denmark this year attracted some notice , originally, but deserves a wider hearing, if only for his contextualization of Steve Jobs and...

Hunger in America: Half of Our Kids on Food Stamps: PHOTO
November 3, 2009 (ChattahBox)—A new study finds that nearly half of all American children will need to use the federal food stamp program to eat at some point in their childhood, with the number much higher for African American children, at a startling 90 percent. And the current Recession with persistently high Unemployment rates, will cause the numbers of children on food stamps to rise even higher, say researchers. The researchers, Mark R. Rank, PhD of the George Warren Brown School of...

Matthew Broderick: Independent spirit: PHOTO
Matthew Broderick doesn't mind doing the Red Carpet thing, but don't expect him to get all gussied up. In real life, the 47-year-old acts like the indie star he sometimes is. Broderick popped into town Sunday to pick up a career achievement award and help pal, director Josh Goldin , promote Wonderful World at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival. In the indie (picked up by Magnolia Pictures) Broderick plays a depressed, unemployed copy editor who goes through positive life changes...

Attorney: Texas lottery considers clerk accused of stealing $1M ticket to be the winner
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - An attorney for a man who lost out on a $1 million jackpot says the Texas Lottery Commission still considers the store clerk who allegedly stole the ticket to be the winner. Willis Willis lost out on the jackpot when the clerk allegedly cashed in his winning lottery ticket and disappeared. Willis' lawyer, Sean E. Brown, says commission attorneys told the 67-year-old unemployed man Monday that the clerk is considered the winner because he signed the back of the lottery...

Jacksonville's economy likely to recover before other Florida cities, but when?
Real Estate data aggregator Metrostody says while Jacksonville is poised to recover sooner than other areas of the state, the city's climbing Unemployment and 3.7 percent job loss rate keep a recovery on the horizon. Anthony Crocco, director of Metrostudy's North and Central Florida divisions, said in a release today that because the Jacksonville metropolitan area got a much lighter boost from the housing boom of 2004-06, its continuing fall back to earth will be less prolonged than in...

North Korea heralds 'remarkable achievements' in nuclear program
Multimedia Moscow, November 3 (RIA Novosti) - North Korea said on Tuesday it had finished the reprocessing of spent Nuclear Fuel rods and claimed "remarkable achievements" in weaponizing Plutonium extracted from them. The statement, reported by South Korea's Yonhap agency, comes after recent hints by the communist state that it would be prepared to return to six-party talks on its Nuclear program in exchange for economic and diplomatic incentives. Yonhap quoted the North's official Korean...

Billionaire Prokhorov may buy pricey Brooklyn penthouse - paper
Multimedia New YORK, November 3 (RIA Novosti) - The owners of Brooklyn's priciest penthouses are hoping Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov will snap up at least one of them, The New York Post reported on Tuesday. The 2.06-meter-tall Prokhorov is set to buy the New Jersey Nets basketball team. As a major shareholder in Norilsk Nickel, he funded the Euroleague champions CSKA Moscow, before selling his stake in the metals giant last year. "Banking on the Moscow mogul wanting a Brooklyn bachelor...

Oksana Grigorieva-Mel Gibson Baby News Confirmed, Mother Thrilled: PHOTO
The arrival of the first child for Oksana Grigorieva and Mel Gibson (the actor's eight overall) has now been confirmed, and is bringing joy halfway around the world. Contacted in Moscow, Lyudmilla Chernukha, mother of Gibson's girlfriend, who delivered their daughter, Lucia, Friday, last week tells People, "I'm delighted!" Picture of Oksana Grigorieva-Mel Gibson Baby News Confirmed, Mother Thrilled [source:TheHollywoodGossip.com] And a little relieved. Chernukha admits the Pregnancy was made...

Britain and Russia Shake Hands, but Prefer Not to Look Each Other in the Eyes: PHOTO
British Foreign Secretary David Miliband visited Moscow on November 2 to conduct negotiations with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov. It is Mr. Miliband’s first visit to Moscow in five years. The relations between Russia and Britain have been worsening steadily during the recent years. Therefore, many observers referred to Miliband’s talks with Russia’s Lavrov as a “reset of relations.” BREAKING NEWS America declines into Marxism Transsexual Miss World Crowned More... Inde

attention: this is a Queen Creole post: PHOTO
Current mood: nervous Current music: Mariah Carey - Betcha Gon Know attention: this is a Queen Creole post Beyonce was spotted enjoying a night out in Moscow watching "The Swan Lake" Ballet performance. Bey did not get tickets for the VIP box but sat in the audience among other people. source YES, she is wearing fur. Who gon check her, boo?

Oksana Grigorieva-Mel Gibson Baby News Confirmed, Mother Thrilled: PHOTO
The arrival of the first child for Oksana Grigorieva and Mel Gibson (the actor's eight overall) has now been confirmed, and is bringing joy halfway around the world. Contacted in Moscow, Lyudmilla Chernukha , mother of Gibson's girlfriend, who delivered their daughter, Lucia, Friday, last week tells People , "I'm delighted!" And a little relieved. Chernukha admits the Pregnancy was made difficult for her daughter a pianist and singer, by all the intense celebrity gossip attention. "I'm very...

Iran's leader says U.S. policy unchanged, queries nuclear deal
Moscow, November 3 (RIA Novosti) - Iran's supreme leader said on Tuesday the U.S. approach to Iran was at odds with the slogan of bringing "change" to its policy, casting doubt on a UN-sponsored Nuclear Fuel deal . "Iran will not be fooled by the superficial conciliatory tone of the United States," Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a speech to students, Press TV reported. His remarks, made on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the seizure of U.S. Embassy in Tehran by Islamist students, suggest...

The Associated Press: Ex-US diplomat: Russia balks at zero nuke talks
Moscow — Russia is not ready to agree to a proposed new round of arms control talks that were to begin after a deal is reached on extending the START 1 nuclear treaty, a U.S. nuclear expert said Tuesday. The comments by former U.S. diplomat Richard Burt came after discussions in Moscow between Russian foreign ministry officials and representatives of Global Zero, a nongovernment nuclear disarmament group that includes more than 200 political leaders and Military officials from around the...

Slain Russian businessman's driver 'grave'
Moscow, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- The driver for a Russian-Israeli businessman who was gunned down in a Moscow attack is in grave condition, medical sources said. Pyotr Tumanov was seriously hurt when unidentified gunmen drove up to his parked Mercedes Monday and opened fire on his passenger, businessman Shabtai von Kalmanovich, who was killed instantly. An unnamed Hospital source told RIA Novosti Tuesday that Tumanov was in intensive care and that security in the ward had been tightened. The Russian...

Attorney: Texas lottery considers clerk accused of stealing $1M ticket to be the winner
AUSTIN, TEXAS — An attorney for a man who lost out on a $1 million jackpot says the Texas Lottery Commission still considers the store clerk who allegedly stole the ticket to be the winner. Willis Willis lost out on the jackpot when the clerk allegedly cashed in his winning lottery ticket and disappeared. Willis' lawyer, Sean E. Brown, says commission attorneys told the 67-year-old unemployed man Monday that the clerk is considered the winner because he signed the back of the lottery...