Browser-maker Opera decided not to have an April's Fool Day prank or hoax. But why? picked by indierockcafe 3 years ago

The hills of Sabden came alive with the sound of opera music as an Italian tenor performed to a rather different audience – a herd of cows.

Marcello Bedoni jetted in from Germany to Cockshotts Farm for the performance to the 50-strong dairy herd in a bid to improve their milk productivity. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti has reportedly died.
Pavarotti was 71. He had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year and underwent further treatment in August 2007. picked by andrewinmelbourne 2 years ago

Former Attorney General John Ashcroft responded angrily on Tuesday to Congressional Democrats who suggested that a no-bid private contract awarded to him by the Justice Department last year amounted to a “backroom, sweetheart deal” that would earn his consulting firm tens of millions of dollars. picked by mahler87 2 years ago

The Royal Opera House has been forced to withdraw one of its posters after a performer who appears naked in the centre of the image claimed it had been unflatteringly distorted.

What, a couple of inches gone! picked by topofall 2 years ago

A lot of guessing on what new feature that Opera is working on that will "reinvent the web". One possibility would offer a wide range of possibilities. picked by 2manyusernames 6 months ago

An opera singer unable to perform due to a rare condition which saw her grow an extra set of ribs is singing for joy after pioneering surgery saved her career. Talented Maria Field, 42, suffered from Cervical Rib, where an extra set of ribs forms above the normal first rib - an anatomical feature normally found in snakes. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago