In an unbelievable story, tax dollars in the nation’s most populous county are being wasted on a campaign to advise youngsters how to take a potentially lethal illicit drug without overdosing. Officials in Los Angeles County are offering guidelines for safe use of Ecstasy.  The county has plans to distribute fliers at raves held at publicly owned venues.

Expressing concerns over the expanding terror threat, US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen has said Al-Qaeda is trying to get hold of nuclear weapons to wreak havoc across the world particularly in America. Speaking at the Junior Statesman Summer School Programme, Admiral Mullen said the leadership of both Al-Qaeda and the Taliban is desperately trying to acquire nukes to target Western countries. "Terrorist organisations, Al-Qaeda in particular, have been very open and direct about their desire to get a nuclear device and continue to terrorise people in accordance with their strategic approach, killing as many Americans and westerners as they possibly can with a device like that," Admiral Mullen said.

From slave revolts to the civil rights movement  to modern-day America, black history has been rich with activism. Find out more about the following activists, and see if you can guess others who played a role in American history.

 The largest meteorite on earth is Goba, at least one found. It lies in Namibia, near Grotfonteyna on the farm Hoba West Farm. Farmer Jacob Hermanus that Gobu discovered in 1920 and was lucky that this shestidesyatitonny boulder fell on his land 80,000 years ago. During these years the meteorite buried underground, and Jacobus found him stumbling on him his plow. Gobu dug up, but nowhere was taken away, and he lies on a farm gave him a name.

 A total of 38 giant rose sculptures, by US artist Will Ryman, have been installed along a section of Park Avenue in New York, Jan 27, 2011. The flowers, the tallest standing at 25 feet, are made of stainless steel and fiber glass resin.

No matter how cold it gets outside, you'll always find temperatures in the 80s in these indoor water parks, where you can do everything from surfing 35-mph waves to riding a lazy river. Text by Laura Kiniry, Budget Travel.

World's top 10 athletes in 2010

1. Rafael Nadal, tennis, Spain
Following are the world's top 10 athletes for the year of 2010

Barack Obama is not the only president to change his mind. Here's a look at other American leaders who flipped-flopped over policies, scandals & more.

Barack Obama

It's tempting not to negotiate with hostage takers -- unless the hostage gets harmed. Then, people will question the wisdom of that strategy. In this case, the hostage was the American people, and I was not willing to see them get harmed."
I did it, and I regret it, and I regret it."