No Politics Allowed At NYC 9/11 Tributes [Live Video]
The term 9/11 has come to represent two things: A tragic day in American history that saw nearly 3000 people perish and a talking point for politicians. This year, for the first time since the...
View ArticleApple Sues Polish Grocery Chain A.pl, Claims Copyright Violation
David meet Goliath. Apple on Tuesday filed a copyright lawsuit against Polish grocery chain A.pl, a company Apple claims is copying its logo and brand icons in a direct attempt to confuse customers....
View Article2012 Man Booker Prize Shortlist Announced
The nominees for the Man Booker Prize were announced today in London. The Huffington Post reports that Hilary Mantel’s Bring up the Bodies is currently considered the favorite on the Booker Prize...
View ArticleIs This 9/11 Anniversary Different? Some Say Yes
Commentary — On the 11th 9/11 anniversary, at least here in New York, it feels a bit different … and if you’ve perceived a seismic shift in the feeling of this sad day, it appears it’s not just you....
View ArticleGoDaddy Outage Putting A Hurt On Small Businesses
The GoDaddy outage may have been a statement against the company’s support of legislation viewed as a threat to internet freedom, but the attack is having some unintended side effects with the small...
View ArticleWest Nile Virus Cases Increase, May Get Worse As Climate Warms
The West Nile Virus has affected 1,993 Americans and killed 87 so far this year, a scary statistic that shows the growth of the mosquito-born illness in the US. The CDC believes that the 2012 season’s...
View ArticlePresident Obama Has Trouble With An iPhone, Refers To ‘Made In The USA’ As...
President Barack Obama is considered the smartest guy in the room at least according to the mainstream or elite media. Maybe he is, but he nonetheless had some issues recently while campaigning in...
View ArticleObama Refuses To Meet With Netanyahu During His UN Visit
President Obama has refused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s request for a meeting when the Jewish nation’s leader attends the annual UN conference at the end of September. This marks the...
View Article9/11 Survivor Who ‘Surfed’ Down Debris
Picture yourself inside the North Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11th, eleven years ago. Now picture yourself surviving the sudden collapsing of the tower by somehow “surfing” a wave of...
View ArticleWealth Gap Grows As Household Net Worth Plummets
The U.S. wealth gap in what is being called the “lost decade” for middle-class Americans in the 2000′s, has soared while the median U.S. net worth for households has dived to $57,000 in 2010 from...
View ArticleFormer Professor Pleads Guilty To Killing Colleagues At Faculty Meeting
Amy Bishop, a former professor at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, plead guilty Tuesday to one count of capital murder involving two or more people and three counts of attempted murder. She had...
View ArticleThe Alberts Family Sold Their Home And Belongings To Move Across The Country...
The Alberts family sold their home and nearly all of their belongings and moved 1,400 miles away for a desperately needed new job. The couple and their chidlren had their dreams ripped away when they...
View ArticleWorld’s ‘Oldest’ Man Dies At 122, Credits Longevity To Living Women-,...
A Russian who claimed to be the world’s oldest man recently died at the ripe old alleged age of 122. Magomed Labazanov said he was born before the last tsar Nicholas the Second took the throne in 1890....
View ArticleCoastal Carolina University Cheerleading Coach Arrested For Drunkeness And...
Conway, SC – The head cheerleading coach at Coastal Carolina University was arrested on a host of charges after she allegedly refused to exit her boyfriend’s truck after he ended the relationship....
View ArticleSwallowed Diamond Was A Fake, Police Still Searching For $13,000 Jewel
A strange story just got a little stranger. Earlier this week it was reported that a jewel thief swallowed a 1.5 carat diamond worth $13,000. Well, it turns out that the diamond that Chou Wan swallowed...
View Article‘Amazeballs,’ ‘Frenemy,’ And ‘Bridezilla’ Added To Collins Online English...
The Collins Online English Dictionary has added a few new terms to their database, including such popular words as “amazeballs,” “frenemy,” and “bridezilla.” According to Digital Spy, more than 80...
View ArticleEgypt US Embassy Attack: Why We Should Care And Why We Shouldn’t Apologize...
COMMENTARY | An attack on the US Embassy in Egypt by ultraconservative Islamist protestors today didn’t exactly shock the world, but it should. It inspired an axiomatic apology, but from the wrong...
View ArticleStowaway’s Body Falls Out Of Plane Into London Suburb
The body of a man, who attempted to stowaway in the landing gear of a plane, came crashing down into the middle of a London suburb on Sunday. Newser reports that the stowaway probably got on board the...
View ArticleGay College Football Player Kicked Off Team For Kissing Older Boyfriend
Jamie Kuntz, a freshman linebacker at the North Dakota State College of Sciences in Wahpeton, North Dakota, was kicked off the football team for kissing his older boyfriend during a game over Labor Day...
View ArticleSorry, Girls: Research Says Boys Do Throw Better After All
Boys have been saying since the playground that girls can’t throw, and now they have research to back up that oftentimes wildly offensive claim. In news that is sure to upset many a female softball...
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