2012 Solar Eclipse Creates Ring Of Fire [Photos + Video]
Sky-watchers got a rare and spectacular treat last night as an annular eclipse created a ring of fire in the sky. The event, which could be seen from Japan to Texas, dazzled millions of onlookers...
View ArticleAMC Theaters Purchased By Chinese Conglomerate
U.S. owned AMC Theaters is being sold to Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group Co. for $2.6 billion, marking the largest China takeover of an American company to date. According to the Dalian Wanda...
View ArticleGold Prices Plummet As Investors Liquidate Commodity, Looks Elsewhere For...
The Commodities market hasn’t been very nice to investors in the last several months and that feeling has been realized the most in the Gold sector where futures have caused gold to tumble by...
View Article4 Tons Of Marijuana Pulled From Ocean In California
Harbor Patrol agents in California on Sunday afternoon had their work cut out for themselves after they began receiving calls from concerned boater who noticed large bales of marijuana floating off the...
View ArticleRyanair Predicts Declining Earnings In 2012
Ryanair Holdings Plc is predicting that 2012 earnings will be no the decline as the European economy continues to slow and increasing fares fail to make up for the ever increasing cost of jet-fuel. Net...
View ArticleHoughton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Files For Bankruptcy, Claims $3 Billion...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing has published some of the most famous works in modern history from Mark Twain to J.R.R. Tolkien and now the company has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in order to...
View ArticleMt. Everest Deaths: Four Climbers Die On Mount Everest, One Still Missing
Authorities in Nepal have confirmed that four climbers from Germany, South Korea, China and Canada have died and a fifth remains missing after their group hit bad weather while descending from the peak...
View ArticleDharun Ravi Sentenced To 30 Days In Jail
Rutgers student Dharun Ravi was sentenced to 30 days in jail today for his involvement in the death of Tyler Clementi. The Associated Press reports that Ravi will begin his sentence at Middlesex...
View ArticleSpaceX Set For Launch Tuesday Morning
SpaceX was planning on launching the first commercial flight to the International Space Station last weekend but an engine problem forced the company to abort the mission. Engineers have fixed the...
View ArticleCornel West Says Obama Only Concerned With His Legacy
Princeton Professor Cornel West had some harsh words for President Obama in an interview with the Financial Times. West told the Times that, “[Barack Obama] is obsessed with being on Mount Rushmore. I...
View ArticleCongress Officially Dumber, Study Finds, Republicans in Particular Showing...
If you feel that Congress has gotten dumber in recent memory, you might be inclined to think it’s just present dissatisfaction at the direction of the country, blatant obstructionism, or failure of our...
View ArticleLindsey Graham: Jeb Bush Best Pick For Romney’s Running Mate
Lindsey Graham, the Republican senator from South Carolina, believes that Jeb Bush would be the best GOP VP candidate, and would most likely put Mitt Romney in the winning spot in the November...
View ArticleMan Survives Niagara Falls Jump, Authorities Believe Intentional
A man has survived the 180 foot drop over Niagara Falls on Monday in what authorities believe may have been a suicide attempt. CBS News reports that the man, believed to be in his 40s, climbed over a...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Pastor Calls For Extermination of ‘Queers & Homosexuals’ (VIDEO)
A North Carolina pastor outlined a disturbingly specific plan to rid the world of “queers and homosexuals” in a sermon earlier this month, the video of which has been making rounds in the blogosphere...
View ArticleObama Goes On Offensive About Mitt Romney and Bain Capital
President Obama, speaking at the NATO Summit in Chicago on Monday, doubled down on his recent criticism of Mitt Romney and his time as CEO of Bain Capital. Obama had to say something after Newark, New...
View ArticleJessica Barba Bullying Project: Long Island Teen Suspended For YouTube Video
Jessica Barba’s bullying project garnered a lot of attention from YouTube viewers and Facebook users, which ultimately led to the teen’s suspension from school under threats of further suspension and...
View ArticleSeagate Gaining Control Of LaCei SA For $186 Million
Seagate Technology is attempting to take control of LaCie SA for €146 million ($186 million) in cash. The move would allow the hard drive maker to gain better access to channels in Europe and Japan...
View ArticleDeath To Internet! Then To America! As Al Qaeda Calls For ‘Electronic Jihad’
Al Qaeda is turning its attention partially away from bombings and other forms of killing to focus on what one al Qaeda oeprate calls an “electronic jihad” against the United States. The operative...
View ArticleInvestors Sue Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg and Banks Over IPO
Facebook does not seem so invincible at the moment. Shareholders in the Social Networking giant announced they are filing a lawsuit against the company, majority shareholder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg...
View ArticlePennsylvania Lawmakers Attempting To Defund Planned Parenthood
If Pennsylvania State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) has his way Planned Parenthood will lose state funding in the near future. Metcalfe will introduce the Whole Woman’s Health Funding Priority Act on...
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