Escape

Alec Soth: Escape Artist

Catherine Despont | Posted 05.02.2012

Catherine Despont

If there is something lonely and frightening in these images, there is also something dream-like and remembered -- something fed by our own fantasies -- the desire for freedom and safety, the desire to provide for oneself.

Making Your Own Magic Kingdom

Daniel Will-Harris | Posted 01.01.2012

Daniel Will-Harris

I suspect, though, that a lot of people go simply because it's beautifully designed, run, and people are nice to them. And, come on, isn't that how the whole world should be: well-designed, well-run, with people nice to each other?

St. Louis Man Escapes Jail Using Homemade Nunchucks

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.20.2011

Long gone are the days of meticulously planned jailbreaks a la "Escape from Alcatraz." There's no need to dig out of jail or swim across freezing w...

New York 'Celebrity' Escape Artist Sentenced

Posted 09.20.2011

A career criminal known for his dramatic escape attempts was sentenced to 28 more years behind bars on Thursday. Ronald Tackman, a convicted New Yo...

WATCH: Tacoma Mall Shooter's Wife: He's Still 'The One'

ABC | Posted 09.14.2011

The young wife of the Washington man who shot and wounded seven in a Tacoma mall in 2005 and orchestrated a deadly failed prison break in June told AB...

Suspect Cuffed To Chair Escapes From Police, With Chair

AP | Posted 11.15.2011

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- If you're in Buffalo and see a man handcuffed to a chair, call police. They'd like the chair back, along with the guy shackled to it....

Artlog's Top Art & Culture Picks

Artlog | Posted 05.25.2011

Artlog

Before the artworld hits its frantic peak, why not delve a bit further afield?

Caregiver Stress: The Other Side of the JetBlue Freak Out

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 11.17.2011

Andrea Chalupa

JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater gave us a meme we couldn't get enough of. Now that the jokes have been exhausted, it's time to focus on an issu...

Pa. Woman Hides in Coffin To Escape From Police

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

MIFFLINTOWN, Pa. — Authorities say a Philadelphia woman hid in a coffin at a central Pennsylvania funeral home to escape custody. Nicole April K...

5 Simple Steps to Getting Back to YOU (VIDEO)

Tara Stiles | Posted 11.17.2011

Tara Stiles

If we can shift our perspective of blowing off steam to get away from ourselves, and our lives to dropping right into them, we can begin to form healthy, sustainable habits.

Manhunt In Maryland: Inmate Pretends To Be Cellmate, Walks Out Of Baltimore Prison

AP | BEN NUCKOLS | Posted 05.25.2011

BALTIMORE — A man serving three life terms conned his way out of a Baltimore prison with help from his cellmate, an extraordinary escape that ra...

Natascha Kampusch, Austrian Kidnap Victim, Revisits Cellar And 3,096-Day Ordeal

TIME | Tristana Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

In a powerful new documentary titled Natascha Kampusch: 3,096 Days' Imprisonment, which was broadcast on the German public television channel ARD on M...

Colorado Mental Health Facilities Insecure: Audit

KDVR | AP | Posted 05.25.2011

DENVER (AP) -- Colorado needs to do a better job of tracking mental patients. That's according to a state audit released Monday examining three of ni...

To Lake, With Love

Julia Moulden | Posted 11.17.2011

Julia Moulden

How do I unwind? My bio says it all, "Julia kayaks as often as possible on Georgian Bay".

Good Grieving

Elizabeth Donoghue | Posted 11.17.2011

Elizabeth Donoghue

I try to honor my mother by my actions. She left her children a note. It says "help each other always." In her honor, I try to be there for my family more than ever.

Elastic Escaper : The Game

www.mochiads.com | MochiAds | Posted 05.25.2011

Imagine the ball hooked on elastic. You control a ball on an elastic string. You must avoid tons of different enemies by moving your mouse around the screen. Try to avoid as more collisions as possible having in mind that you manage another end of string.

Help Paris Hilton: Play the Game!

www.mochiads.com | mochiads | Posted 05.25.2011

Now probably every person knows who Paris Hilton is. She is known for her appearance in a sex tape, her appearance on the television series, for her tongue-in-cheek autobiography, her album "Paris", and her work in modeling. And of cause she is much known for her shocking, antisocial and sometimes scandalous behavior. Some of her tricks even leaded Paris to the jail. Please, help Paris to get out of there!

Volcano Escape: Play the Game

MochiAds.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Everybody knows that volcanoes are very dangerous and unpredictable. And it is very hard to escape the convulsion of nature when it happens. You can try to do this while playing easy and funny game.

In Praise of Fiction -- A Gentle Reminder

Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 11.17.2011

Arthur Rosenfeld

Unlike passive varieties of entertainment, the good novel does not leave us numbed up, dumbed down, mentally impoverished, weakened or intellectually dead.