Brothers Blow Up House Celebrating Lottery Win In Kansas
Two Kansas brothers were lucky -- then, not so lucky -- and then fortunate again, after they both survived an explosion that destroyed their house.Two brothers who were celebrating a $75,000 winning...
View ArticleRamzi Yousef, 1993 World Trade Center Bombing Culprit, Sues To Get Out Of...
First, Ramzi Yousef declared war on the United States government, vowing to wage jihad with bombs. Now, the convicted ringleader of the 1993 attack on the World Trade Center has taken his fight to the...
View ArticleTeen shot dead 'by gunmen aiming for someone else' hours after her sister...
An 18-year-old Chicago woman was killed the same day her sister had sat on the stage behind President Barack Obama, listening to him push for gun control legislation.Janay Mcfarlane was shot once in...
View ArticleGermans can’t see meteorite videos due to copyright dispute over background...
Last week, when the world was watching Russian meteorite videos on YouTube, Germans weren’t.As a result of an ongoing dispute between Google (YouTube's parent company) and GEMA, the primary German...
View Article2 out of every 3 Americans lost Fourth Amendment protections to DHS
Two out of every three people reading this could have your electronic devices searched, without there being any reasonable suspicion, because the Department of Homeland Security has decided that such...
View ArticleWhy we're addicted to junk food
It’s far from an accident that you’re addicted to chips—or soda or pre-made lunch packs or probably any other processed-food you can think of, explains a very un-sugar-coated New York Times Magazine...
View Article7 nutrient deficiencies that can make you sick
Today’s average restaurant meal is more than four times larger than in the 1950s, and according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), adults are, on average, 26 pounds heavier....
View ArticleThe truth about fish oil
In the United States, sales of fish oil, commonly sold as the nutritional supplement omega-3 fatty acids, reach about $1 billion a year. Touted for its ability to do just about everything but leap tall...
View ArticleResearchers have discovered a stunning new process that takes the energy from...
When a team of Ohio State students worked around the clock for nine days straight recently, they weren't pulling the typical college "all-nighters."Instead, they were reaching a milestone in clean coal...
View Article'I don't want to go to Disney World anymore': Parents' fury as TSA agents...
For most families, especially ones with small children, a trip to Disney World is a positive experience. The children get to see the characters they’ve enjoyed watching in cartoons and movies, and...
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KFC worker fired after posting disturbing photo of herself pretending to lick...
Another day, another lesson on things you should not share on social media. A KFC employee was fired after posting a photo on Facebook of her licking (or getting really close to licking) a tub of...
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The racist note that prompted nurse to sue hospital after they let father...
A Michigan hospital is under fire after a lawsuit claims it fulfilled a father’s request to have no black nurses look after his baby in the neonatal intensive care unit last fall.A black nurse sued...
View ArticleQuebec language police claim Italian restaurant menu has 'too much Italian'
Quebec's language watchdog is backtracking after demanding a chic Montreal Italian restaurant change its menu because Italian words such as "pasta" were too predominant.The Office québécois de la...
View ArticleWant to be a billionaire? Go to school here
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has its hedge-fund quants, the University of Southern California has its movie moguls. But if you really want your child to be a billionaire, you might want to...
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Wealthiest U.S. Presidents Ever
The net worth of the presidents varies widely. George Washington amassed over half a billion in today’s dollars, while other presidents went bankrupt. The fortunes of America’s presidents are often...
View Article15 Ways to Keep Food Safe
First, organic baby spinach was recalled (again!) in 39 states due to possible E coli. contamination. And then, Kellogg's recalled 36,000 boxes of Special K Red Berries cereal due to concerns over...
View Article10 Ways to Sneak in a Workout
In a perfect world, we'd all have at least an hour a day to devote to our fitness. But in the real world, 24 hours a day doesn't seem like nearly enough time to fit in work, school, and family. Stop...
View ArticleNatural Ways to Reverse Heart Disease
With health care costs rising to stratospheric levels, more and more people are turning to so-called “alternative therapies” to deal with a variety of ailments, from heart disease to...
View Article5 Ways to Soothe Sore Muscles
Aches and pains can be a huge deterrent to people just starting a workout program – why would you want to subject yourself to such pain, on purpose?! Of course, it’s important not to give up, because...
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Chinese activist asks Internet users: What does your river look like?
Deng Fei, a renowned Chinese journalist and social activist, is conducting an interesting survey over Sina Weibo, China’s equivalent of Twitter. He’s asked a simple question: “What is the river like in...
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