Knapp's News 4/29/12
Check out a list of items selected by George Knapp including his KLAS-TV report on tonight's guest, Frank Cullotta (pictured).

Check out a list of items selected by George Knapp including his KLAS-TV report on tonight's guest, Frank Cullotta (pictured).
A look at 'pink slime,' called a "safe product" by USDA.
A Russian family recorded footage of a crow apparently using the lid of a jar to 'snowboard' down a snow-covered rooftop.
Check out some of the items that have recently caught George Knapp's attention, including a breathtaking image of the Omega Nebula, a piece by Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin on space exploration, an article on the possibility of masking events by distorting light, and a listing of the top UFO stories from last year.
Mobile phone footage of passengers aboard a subway train in Germany suddenly gripped by unexplainable fits of laughter has become an Internet sensation, racking up over a million views on YouTube.
Two teenagers astounded rescuers by surviving a 900-ft fall down the edge of a mountain in Switzerland. The death-defying tumble down the precipice literally folded their vehicle in half.
Yvonne Darnell of Burgess Hill in West Sussex, UK, was surprised to find a strange carrot growing in her vegetable garden.
Chinese villagers feared a visitor from another world had landed in their village when they saw a malnourished monkey stealing cucumbers
Check out some of the items that have recently caught George Knapp's attention, including video footage of unknown aerial lights in the skies over Hawaii, an opinion piece at The Washington Post on the radicalization of Pakistan’s military, and an article on North Korea's latest round of nuclear tests.
Check out some of the items that have recently captured George Knapp's attention, including this photo by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope of a glowing emerald nebula reminiscent of the ring wielded by the superhero Green Lantern.
Pilots from around North America are gathering in Alaska to compete in the Short Takeoff and Landing (STOL) competition at the Valdez Fly-In & Air Show.
AOL Travel has posted a photo gallery of some creepy abandoned castles and chateaux, including one called Chateau de Noisy in Celles, Belgium.
We've dug through the vaults of the old Coast to Coast AM website, and now happily present to you the best of our listener submitted images from 2004. View the gallery of 100 photos.
Swiss pilot Yves Rossy, also known as Jetman, made aviation history yet again by performing two aerial loops in the skies over Switzerland with a new version of his winged jet-pack.
The gang at Coast to Coast AM would like to wish Imaginative Worlds a happy 6th anniversary. Thanks for your support!
A group of teenagers, who gained online notoriety for their amazing long-range basketball shots, have demonstrated their unbelievable skills for a television crew at a stadium in Perth, Australia.
Two Navy pilots have been grounded after apparently dipping their helicopters into Lake Tahoe.
For most Americans, it’s difficult to imagine true poverty. The kind that brings into question every meal, the shirt on your back or the shoes on your feet. The kind that causes you to give up hope for tomorrow in order to survive just one more day...
The United States Bullion Depository, commonly referred to as Fort Knox, is considered among the most secure facilities in the world...
Chinese pianist Liu Wei, who lost both of his arms in a childhood accident, has learned to play piano with his toes...
A dog has been reunited with his owner after being blown into the sky by a "Wizard of Oz" like storm. Lucky, as he is now known, was swept up by a strong wind still in his dog house, and later found 20 miles away, shaken but okay. More at Orange.co.uk.
Jonathan Trappe became the first person to drift across the English Channel using helium balloons. The 36-year-old daredevil made the 22-mile crossing in a chair attached to a bundle of 54 colorful, industrial-strength balloons. Once over France, Trappe cut away a few of the balloons in order to descend...
5 roller coaster riders in England got more than they bargained for when their car got stuck upside down, and they were left dangling 50 ft. above the ground before being rescued...
Undertakers Kenneth McKenzie and Todd Harra provided this artwork depicting one of the stories featured in their book, Mortuary Confidential. According to the account, an undertaker new to the neighborhood receives a bereavement turkey on Thanksgiving from a helpful neighbor who thinks there has been a death at the house.
Much to the neighbor's chagrin, the undertaker informs her that she is on call, hence the hearse in front of the house. Adding to the confusion, the undertaker's boyfriend, a police officer, and their friend, a CSI, are both on call and over for dinner as well. More illustrations at wtoddharra.com.
Alain Robert, the free climber known as the French "Spiderman," has scaled a 36-story building in Paris.
Regular C2C guest, Christian Wilde, who's helped our listeners with his up-to-date reports on stem cell research & heart health, is an avid participant in St. Patty's Day events. As a tribute to him and St. Patrick's Day...
We received the following statement from Sean David Morton:
The news today, that I had to hear in a phone call from a reporter, about the SEC filing a CIVIL action against my wife and I in a New York Federal court, has come as a total shock and a complete surprise. It also shows how brazen and desperate the SEC is, in putting out a PRESS RELEASE and announcing it to the global media, before we were even notified. They are going after PSYCHICS now who predict the markets?
A team of confectioners have constructed a 33 ft long replica of China's Great Wall entirely out of chocolate for the World Chocolate Wonderland exhibition later this month. The wall contains thousands of dark chocolate building bricks held together with white chocolate mortar. The show also includes 560 chocolate Terracotta Warriors. Video and additional details at The Telegraph.
Keep progress on Santa as NORAD tracks his journey around the globe...
'Alpha' of Imaginative Worlds writes in to announce the 5th Anniversary of the paranormal- and supernatural-themed forum. Congratulations on another milestone and thanks for supporting C2C...