Authorities say the body of an Iraq war veteran suspected in the slaying of a Mount Rainier National Park ranger was believed to have been found dead. He apparently died after trudging into chest-deep snow while trying to elude snow-shoe wearing SWAT team members and other police who were on his trail. Twenty-four-year-old Benjamin Colton […]
Several large publicly trading technology companies in Asia have seen a drop in share value today following the announcement of the death of Kim Jong-il, North Korea’s leader. Smartphone giant Samsung saw a drop of 3.6 percent in large cap stocks. Stocks in LG Electronics also dropped 4.7 percent, and LG Display fell 5.3 percent […]
Facebook and Google tell a court in India they have complied with an order to remove "objectionable" material, amid ongoing legal moves on censorship. […]
Party leaders in Greece are to resume crisis talks on new austerity measures demanded by EU leaders in return for funds needed to avoid defaulting on its debts. […]
If my family cant afford the muffins or the seat is broke, why does the government get to spend my hard earned money to do it? These promising politicians keep talking about borrowing more money putting us more in debt to put more money in our pockets, then if all that is NOT smoke blowing, then stop over taxing us so you can have it better than you need it to be.
Common a $2 muffin tastes just as good as a $16, do some shopping around like I do.
Will we rewrite our understanding of the laws of the Universe?
A meeting at Cern, the world’s largest physics lab, has addressed results that suggest subatomic particles have gone faster than the speed of light.
The team has published its work so other scientists can determine if the approach contains any mistakes.
If it does not, one of the pillars of modern science will come tumbling down.
Antonio Ereditato added “words of caution” to his Cern presentation because of the “potentially great impact on physics” of the result.
The speed of light is widely held to be the Universe’s ultimate speed limit, and much of modern physics – as laid out in part by Albert Einstein in his theory of special relativity – depends on the idea that nothing can exceed it.
Thousands of experiments have been undertaken to measure it ever more precisely, and no result has ever spotted a particle breaking the limit. – MORE
This is why the death penalty is so sketchy. I still have doubts, many many still have doubts, and I feel that if ONE person anywhere still have doubts, then the execution should not have taken place. Too many prisoners are found innocent after 30yrs of incarceration. Now if Troy is found innocent, there is nothing anyone can do for him, I’m sorry is not going to cut it.
The execution followed the U.S. Supreme Court’s rejection of a stay, allowing the state to proceed. Davis was declared dead at 11:08 p.m. ET.
Until the very end, Davis maintained his innocence.
After he was strapped to the death gurney, he lifted his head to address the family of the slain officer.
He told the family of Mark MacPhail that he was not responsible for the officer’s death and did not have a gun at the time, according to execution witnesses.
Troy Davis’ execution was delayed tonight as the Supreme Court weighed arguments by Davis’ legal team and the state of Georgia over whether he deserves a stay.
At 7:05 p.m. tonight, five minutes after his scheduled death, Davis’ supporters erupted in cheers, hugs and tears outside the jail in Jackson, Ga., as supporters believed Davis had been saved from the death penalty. But the Supreme Court only granted a temporary reprieve as it considers the decision.
The Supreme Court could decide at any time tonight or in the next seven days whether to go through with his execution, according to local TV station 11Alive.
That’s the day when NASA scientists expect a plummeting six-ton satellite will fall to Earth. But beyond that, it’s still anybody’s guess where, exactly.
NASA’s doomed Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite — UARS — will break into pieces, and NASA put the chances that somebody somewhere will get hurt at just 1-in-3,200.
As far as anyone knows, falling space debris has never injured anyone. Nor has significant property damage been reported. That’s because most of the planet is covered in water and there are vast regions of empty land.
If you do come across what you suspect is a satellite piece, NASA doesn’t want you to pick it up. The space agency says there are no toxic chemicals present, but there could be sharp edges. Also, it’s government property. It’s against the law to keep it as a souvenir or sell it on eBay. NASA’s advice is to report it to the police.
Do you live in the “strike zone?”
The strike zone straddles all points between latitudes 57 degrees north and 57 degrees south. That’s as far north as Edmonton and Alberta, Canada, and Aberdeen, Scotland, and as far south as Cape Horn, the southernmost tip of South America. Every continent but Antarctica is in the crosshairs.
I had to say what? when I saw this flavor posted. SNL skit with Baldwin was really funny, but Ben and Jerry’s ice cream one who caters to children wasn’t so cute. Very distasteful.
One Million Moms. The conservative organization, an offshoot of American Family Association, has called for a boycott of the newest Ben & Jerry’s flavor because they find it offensive.
“The vulgar new flavor has turned something as innocent as ice cream into something repulsive,” the group posted on its website. “Not exactly what you want a child asking for at the supermarket.”
The flavor is named after the classic Alec Baldwin sketch on “Saturday Night Live,” in which he plays a bakery owner named Pete Schweddy. The most famous line (and the one most often repeated by drunk frat boys) is his end note: “No one can resist my Schweddy Balls.”
Clearly there is a double entendre here, but is it really worth protesting vanilla ice cream with rum and fudge-covered malt balls? After all, Trix may be for kids, but rum ice cream is for the rest of us.
“We’ve been hearing from many fans. It appeals to those who love our irreverent sense of humor,” Ben & Jerry’s spokesperson Sean Greenwood told Gannett News Service. “If you watch the skit, it’s a lot easier to get the joke,” he said.
Well, One Million Moms watched the skit (they give a play-by-play in their call to action), and they are still not amused. They are asking for people to write to Ben & Jerry’s and ask them to refrain from producing another batch of what’s currently a popular flavor.
They also cite their disdain for the special addition of Chubby Hubby called Hubby Hubby, created in 2009 to celebrate the start of legalized gay marriage. “It seems that offending customers has become an annual tradition for Ben & Jerry’s,” One Million Moms writes.
A hospital spokeswoman told the Associated Press that a male patient had died overnight at Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center. At least 70 people were injured in the crash on Friday.
News of the death came as investigators turned their attention to pilot Jimmy Leeward, who may have been unconscious when his World War II-era P-51 Mustang smashed into a crowd of spectators, killing him and nine others.
Leeward was traveling at 500 miles per hour when he crashed, killing fans seated in the VIP seats on the tarmac. Leeward, 74, of Ocala, Fla., was a veteran stuntman.
Witnesses said that as the P-51 Mustang Galloping Ghost rounded the final clubhouse turn, something dropped off the tail of the plane, and that that may have been what caused the problem.
In one of the final photos taken before the crash, half of a sliver piece of metal — crucial for the aircraft to maintain balance — appeared to be missing. Investigators said that they recovered a damaged “elevator trim tab” among the debris. – MORE
FOX Sports’ Jay Glazer said, “Peyton Manning took a private jet to Europe to get stem cell therapy on his neck.” That therapy is not yet approved in the United States.
Peyton Manning underwent a third neck surgery prior to the beginning of the season. The Colts brought in veteran quarterback Kerry Collins to fill in, while Peyton tries to regain his health and get back on the field this season.
Him and many others are traveling abroad for stem cell therapy. Its turning into a ‘Have’s’ treatment and the ‘Have not’s’ will go without until the U.S allows the use of stem cells.
Regulate HOW stem cells are retrieved and let the research go forward! Or the U.S. will be loosing more money to countries and doctors that need it here.
Seems our country has been more busy policing and creating laws for stupid than to create a ones for those who need them.
Texas Rep. Ron Paul won a California straw poll, the state Republican Party announced in a statement Saturday night.
A total of 833 ballots were cast during the straw poll, the statement said.
Paul won with 44.9% of the votes, Texas Gov. Rick Perry came in second with 29.3% of the votes, and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney came in third with 8.8% of the votes.
The California Republican Party, associated members and registered guests were allowed to vote in the straw poll, according to the statement.
Paul was scheduled to give speeches in Los Angeles on Saturday, including the keynote at the Republican Liberty Caucus of California.
He has gained momentum in the race for the White House in recent weeks, according to the latest CNN/ORC International Poll. Among current GOP candidates, Paul placed third in the poll with 13%, following Romney in second place with 21% and Perry in first with 32%.
His win came the same day he celebrated Constitution Day with another one of his “money bomb” fundraisers.
The online event attempts to raise a large sum of cash in 24 hours, a tactic that’s proved successful in the past for Paul.
Casey Anthony’s mother, Cindy Anthony, suggested a series of possible medical problems from gran mal seizures to a brain tumor to postpartum schizophrenia to explain what may have led to 2-year-old Caylee’s death and her daughter’s callous behavior.
Cindy and George Anthony, grandparents of Caylee, appeared in their first interview in over a year on the “Dr. Phil” Show today. During the first part of the two part interview, the couple described to Phil McGraw their marital troubles and Casey Anthony’s behavior before and after Caylee went missing.
Casey Anthony was acquitted of daughter Caylee’s murder and released from the Orange County Jail on July 17.
“I’m not making excuses for her. I want to find out what’s wrong with Casey. I know that there’s something wrong,” Cindy Anthony said.
Casey Anthony’s mother asked rhetorically how could “this caring young person who cared about everybody, loved kids and then all of a sudden something tragically happens to Caylee and Casey completely goes off the deep end?”
Casey Anthony’s Mother Suggests Medical Reasons for Daughter’s Behavior
Cindy Anthony said that her daughter’s bizarre behavior during the time that Caylee was missing might be the result of gran mal seizures. During the time that Caylee was dead and was yet to be reported missing, the young mom partied at clubs, got a tattoo that read “Bella Vita” and spun a web of lies about her daughter’s whereabouts. – MORE
Drivers are being warned of black ice and some schools are closed, after the nation deals with the snow that fell across much of Britain at the weekend. […]
