Cuba Turns Good Friday Into A National Holiday
Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Cuba on Saturday and in celebration of his arrival Cuban President Raul Castro agreed to turn Good Friday into a national holiday, at least for this year. Speaking about...
View ArticleTrayvon Martin: Expert Says Screams On 911 Call Were Not George Zimmerman’s
George Zimmerman claims that he shot Trayvon Martin in self defense. The neighborhood watchman says that he was attacked by Martin and only shot him as a last result. But two forensic experts have come...
View ArticlePalm Sunday: Pope Benedict Starts Holy Week With Mass At St. Peter’s Square
Pope Benedict XVI returned to Rome after a week-long visit to Mexico and Cuba to start the Catholic Church’s Holy Week celebration with a Palm Sunday Mass at St. Peter’s Square. The Pope’s message of...
View ArticleMortgage Rates May Have Bottomed Out As Investors Flee US Treasury Bonds
If you’re still waiting for mortgage rates to plummet even further than they have since the mortgage meltdown you may have missed that bottom. After falling to the lowest point below 4 percent in...
View ArticleTom Schaar, 12-Year-Old Skater, Lands World’s First 1080 [Video]
Tony Hawk didn’t do it. Bob Burnquist didn’t do it. Tom Schaar, a 12-year-old from California, is the first skater to land the 1080. GrindTV reports that Schaar became one of just a handful of skaters...
View ArticleOctomom Receiving Death Threats For Going On Welfare
Nadya Suleman, better known to millions of people as Octomom recently decided to put herself and her family on welfare and that decision has led to death threats from the internet’s less than friendly...
View ArticleTaylor Swift CMA Entertainer Of The Year Award [Video]
Taylor Swift has, for the second year in a row, was awarded the coveted entertainer of the year award at the 47th annual Academy of Country Music Awards held Sunday in Las Vegas, Nevada. After being...
View ArticleMelanoma Cases On The Rise, Young Women At Greatest Risk
Melanoma cases have increased sixfold in the last forty years according to a new report that also found women were most at risk. The Mayo Clinic study, published in the April issue of Mayo Clinic...
View ArticleKaty Perry To Perform Alongside Bollywood Stars In First India Gig
Katy Perry will play her first ever concert in India on Tuesday, April 3, as part of the opening ceremony for cricket’s big-money Indian Premier League. The 27-year-old singer, who went through a...
View ArticleNovak Djokovic Clinches Sony Ericsson Open Title
Novak Djokovic has added yet another gong to his groaning trophy shelf. The Serb star rolled over Scot Andy Murray in successive sets to clinch his third Sony Ericsson Open title Sunday. He held every...
View ArticleWhitney Houston Clothes And Jewelry Fetch $80,000 At Auction
A selection of Whitney Houston’s clothes and jewelry has fetched $80,000 at a Los Angeles auction, just seven weeks after the singer’s death. The Beverly Hills auction took place a few blocks from...
View ArticleTop Obama Campaign Contributor Accused Of $650K Fraud
Barack Obama’s top campaign contributor, Abake Assongba, has been accused of impersonating a bank official in addition to defrauding a businessman. This news comes at a time when Obama’s re-election...
View Article1940 US Census Data Released Today After 72 Years
A lot has changed since the 1940 US Census, as data is expected to reveal as it is newly released this morning. Held in confidence for 72 years (considered at the time to be sufficiently indicative of...
View ArticleMaryland Woman Won’t Share Lottery Winnings With Coworkers
A Maryland McDonalds is the center of a Mega Millions controversy. Workers at the fast-food joint who pooled their cash for tickets are livid that one of the workers bought a ticket separately and has...
View ArticleGas Prices Rise Again, President Obama Fires Back at Critics on Issue
So, a few weeks ago analysts and think tanks were predicting that gas prices had essentially leveled out for the time being, barring any oil-related catastrophes changing the game in the interim. And...
View ArticlePope John Paul II Anniversary: John Hancock Donates $1 Million To Catholic...
In honor of the anniversary of the Blessed Pope John Paul II’s death, John Hancock Financial has pledged $1 million over the next five years to the Campaign for Catholic Schools. Jim Boyle, president...
View ArticleUbaldo Jimenez Beams Troy Tulowitzki, Starts MLB’s First Bench Clearing Brawl...
Indian’s pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez wasted no time before going after his former teammate Troy Tulowitzki. When the Rockies’ shortstop stepped up to his first at bat of the game, Ubaldo hurled a fast boy...
View ArticleFebrile Seizure Risk Not Linked to MMRV Vaccine Booster in New Study
A new study examining the link between the Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella vaccination (MMRV) booster in 4 to 6 year old children found no link between the shot and febrile seizures. Febrile...
View ArticleRussian Plane Crash: Passenger Jet Crashes in Siberia, Killing 31 of 43...
Moscow — Russian emergency officials say at least 31 people were killed when a passenger plane crashed and erupted into flames in an oil-producing region of Siberia on Monday. ABC News reports the...
View ArticleSun Young Yoo Wins After I.K. Kim Misses Two-Foot Putt
I.K. Kim could have clinched the Kraft Nabisco Championship by making a two-foot putt on the 18th hole. But Kim missed and was forced to go into a tie-breaking playoff with Sun Young Yoo. Yoo birdied...
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