In the midst of a crippling economic crisis that has left more than five million citizens unemployed—leaving a staggering 52% percent of people under 25 out of work—Spain's government is looking to change both culture and time in order to reverse the financial decline.

A man is in a coma this afternoon after ingesting a weed cake with his friends for his birthday. Though it is unclear if the weed cake was purely responsible for his comatose state, or if there were other foul issues afoot, nine of his friends were also taken into care for similar symptoms, an "irregular heartbeat"…

An unidentified man who could have proudly responded "yes" to the question "is that a $2 million check in your pocket" is probably very unhappy today after having that check stolen from him on the subway.

A five-month-old baby boy was killed on Wednesday night at the Alicante-Elche Airport in Alicante, Spain after his mother, identified as American, placed the baby’s carrier on a baggage belt for oversized luggage.

In a scene from straight out of a sitcom (or a horrible recession with no end in sight), a judge in Spain has ordered a feuding couple to partition their apartment right down the middle, in an attempt to stop the couple from incessantly fighting.

The decomposing corpse of a bizarre creature that recently washed ashore in Spain has local wondering what the hell it could be: A sea monster? A dragon? Falkor from The Neverending Story?

It's been almost exactly one year since octogenarian Spanish widow Cecilia Giménez took it upon herself to destroy an 80-year-old Jesus fresco painted on the wall of her local church — and what a year it's been.

The driver of the train that collided into a wall last Wednesday in Spain, killing 79 people, was on the phone and reading a document at the time of the impact. The train swerved off the track while it was traveling at 95 miles per hour, which is nearly twice the 50 mph speed limit. The train's driver had previously …

Moments after being dragged from the wreckage, the driver of the train that derailed in northwest Spain on Wednesday, killing 78, told his rescuers "I have fucked it up. I want to die."

One of the two men at the helm of the Spanish train that derailed yesterday reportedly posted photos of his train's speedometer on Facebook to boast about going as fast as he could go.

The violent derailing of a passenger train in northwest Spain last night killed at least 78 and injured more than 140. Video of the accident shows the first several cars of the train lurching onto their sides at high speed as it exits a curve:

In a creative twist on the old "dog poop on the porch" gag, one small town has been scooping up abandoned canine excrement and shipping it back to the dog owners who failed to pick it up.

Little is known about this video apart from the fact that its provenance is said to be Málaga's Palma-Palmilla district. One thing that is certain is that I'd like to submit this footage—with its frustration, violence, and triumphant denouement—to the Oscars as a short commentary on Spain's persistent financial woes.

Celebrated Spanish Architect Santiago Calatrava (whose WTC PATH station is interminably under-construction and insanely over-budget), has now been asked by a Spanish winery to fix a leaky roof, after his Ysios winery, with its miraculous undulating roof, has failed to keep out rain.

Spain is in the midst of prolonged and devastating financial crisis. Its economy lost roughly 800,000 jobs last year, more than half of under-25-year-olds are unemployed, and the total unemployment rate is at 26% and growing. So you can imagine how bleak and hopeless people waiting (and working) in one of their…