Facebook Threat Against South Carolina Governor Lands Man Behind Bars
Nathan Shafer, angered by the arrest of 19 Occupy Columbia protesters made a threat against South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley on Facebook and that threat landed the protester in jail. In his post...
View ArticleChevron Banned From Drilling After Oil Spill
The Brazilian government has banned Chevron from off-shore drilling practices after investigating the company’s oil spill off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. The spill occurred at a Transocean drilling...
View ArticleFormer Chicago First Lady Maggie Daley Dead at 68
Former Chicago first lady Maggie Daley has passed away after a long battle with breast cancer, she was 68-years-old. The wife of former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, Maggie was diagnosed with the...
View ArticleNew York’s State Bug Returns After 30 Year Absence
The Nine-Spotted Lady Bug has long been the state bug of New York but officials nearly changed that fact recently after the little creatures were nowhere to be found for nearly 30 years. Now the New...
View ArticleWhite House Christmas Tree Arrives the Day After Thanksgiving [Video]
It’s officially Christmas time at the White House. President Obama and his family didn’t waste any time after Thanksgiving to get their Christmas tree. The 18-and-a-half-foot balsam fir tree from...
View ArticlePeople Of Walmart Unite! $2 Waffle Makers Lead To Black Friday Riot
Seriously people? Has America become so fat and obsessed with waffles that a Walmart riot is necessary when attempting to buy a $2 waffle maker. A frenzy broke out in a Walmart near Little Rock,...
View ArticleFrederik Meijer, Billionare Grocery Magnate, Dies at 91
Fred Meijer, the billionaire and chairman emeritus of supermarket giant, Meijer Inc. , died Friday morning, according to a statement released by his family. He was 91. According to a report by the...
View ArticleSmall Business Saturday Gets a Social Media Push, Are You Supporting Indie...
Sandwiched in between Black Friday and Cyber Monday is the relatively new Small Business Saturday, a shopping day which essentially does what it says on the tin. While unlikely to receive nationwide...
View ArticleWalmart Pepper Sprayer Turns Herself In, Shoppers Breathe Collective Sigh of...
Okay, America, you can take a deep breath. The great criminal mastermind of the 2011 holiday season- a woman that pepper sprayed twenty people at a California Walmart in a video game buying frenzy...
View ArticleLynn Margulis, prominent evolutionary biologist, dies at 73
Lynn Margulis, a prominent figure in the study of evolutionary biology, died this past Tuesday at her home in Amherst, Massachusetts, The New York Times reports. She was 73. Her son, Dorion Sagan, told...
View ArticleBlack Friday Passes With Record Number Of Sales
Retailers looking to get out of the red this past Thursday and Friday were generally in luck. A study of the weekends sales show that a record number of goods were purchased during the busiest shopping...
View ArticleWorst Job Hunting Cities In American Revealed
While taking in the sun and surf of both Miami and Los Angeles might make living in those areas worth the overcrowding and high cost of living for many residents it can also be hard to etch out a...
View ArticleNewt Gingrich Receives Major Newspaper Endorsement In New Hampshire
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is currently the GOP front runner in many presidential primary polls and now the Republican leader has received the endorsement of a major New Hampshire newspaper....
View Article30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rates Dip Below 4%
The cost of a 30-year fixed mortgage rate has reached 4% or lower for a fourth straight week but those cheap rates have failed to boost home sales. According to national insurer Freddie Mac the cost of...
View ArticleColin Powell Says Tea Party Candidate Can’t Win Presidency
Former secretary of state Colin Powell said on Sunday that any candidates receiving the endorsement of the Tea Party will fail to win the presidency in 2012. According to Powell: ”The Tea Party point...
View ArticleKen Russell Dies, Aged 84
British film director Ken Russell has died in his sleep, aged 84. Russell’s storied life began in 1927 in the British port town of Southampton, as the son of a shoe shop owner. His violent father often...
View ArticleCyber Monday: All the Deals in One Place!
Now that we have the internet, the Black Friday phenomenon is so puzzling because we all know Cyber Monday exists. If you’re one of the clever multitudes that avoided waffle maker riots on Thursday...
View ArticleCyber Monday 2011 Deals: Is Today the Best Day to Shop?
If you’re feeling a bit pressured to spend, spend spend as the Cyber Monday deals filter across your Facebook and Twitter feeds, today is not the only day to save on your biggest Christmas and holiday...
View ArticleBarney Frank Will Not Seek Re-Election in 2012, Press Conference at 1PM
Massachusetts Democratic Rep. Barney Frank will announce later today that he will not seek re-election in 2012, it is expected. Frank is a staunch and unabashed liberal voice in the house, and has...
View ArticleObese Ohio Child Placed in Foster Care For Being Overweight
A few months back, comments made by Dr. David Ludwig in the Journal of the American Medical Association as to the level of appropriate state intervention into childhood obesity sparked heated national...
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