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Daniel Scott Lasky and his wife Sharon loved the sea.  They’d leave their home in Hickory, North Carolina, and head on down to Florida when they could to soak up the sun and take in some waves.  When Daniel died after a long battle with Lou Gehrig’s disease (or ALS), he knew what he wanted [...]

If you’re looking to enhance your mind, then you might consider turning to one of the strangest genres for that sort of thing:  the first person shooter (FPS) video game.  According to a study published in Current Biology, research shows that people who play shooter games have 25 percent faster decision making time than those [...]

Boeing has a long and storied tradition of space flight.  They’re a NASA partner in an unmanned space flight initiative, and now Boeing is entering the tourism industry.  Move over Virgin Galactic and Richard Branson, Boeing has partnered with Space Adventures (the private firm that sets up tourist space flights with the Russian space agency) [...]

I have a problem with a lot of reality shows.  Either it’s a show I get in from the very beginning, like last year’s America’s Got Talent, or it’s a show I just never get into and can never watch, like American Idol.  This year, I skipped most of America’s Got Talent, but that’s mostly [...]

Are you a Twitter user?  If you’re like me, you maintain multiple twitter accounts (including @popfi) so you’ve likely got several tabs open at the same time or, like an increasing number of Twitterers, you use some third-party software to manage all the streaming information like Tweetdeck or Tweetie.  Soon, at least for the standard user, [...]

Harry Potter fans are breathing a little bit easier.  Before, on the theme roller coaster “Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey,” a central attraction at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter section of the movie-themed Universal Orlando Resort, certain patrons had to be refused use of the roller coaster.  There was a limit on just [...]

The tag line of the ad reads, “Immaculately conceived,” but to offended Roman Catholics, a controversial print advertisement is no gift from God, but an exercise in sacrilege.  The advertisement at the center of the controversy is an ad for Antonio Frederici ice cream which features a pregnant nun enjoying the frozen confection.  Complaints poured [...]

Dr. Red Alinsod was, at one point, a well-respected military doctor affectionately called the Combat Gynecologist by his colleagues as George Air Force Base in California and Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada.  Now, he’s being called the defendant in a lawsuit brought upon him by one of his patients.  Apparently, Dr. Alinsod went above [...]

You’d think that in a world where millions of people go to bed hungry, a person who was able to grow a lot of food would be praised, not punished.  However, Georgia farmer Steve Miller is being sued by Dekalb County for growing too many vegetables, among other things.  County officials say Miller has been [...]

There are over 60 reasons for which a person can be barred entry from the United States, and British teenager Luke Angel discovered at least one of them.  While drinking and watching a TV program about September 11, something stirred in Angel and he rushed to his laptop, drunk-writing an email to the President of [...]

Fair warning:  when you criticize the music of Brandin Hochstrasser, you’d better be prepared to run in the moments after your criticism.  Hochstrasser, a street musician who goes by the handle Bongo Jesus, was playing his guitar on the streets of Madison, Wisconsin, when a passer-by helpfully informed him that he wasn’t very good at [...]

Oh Starbucks, must you be so sneaky?  The company, known for its variety of coffee offerings and known as the company that made coffee into a world-wide business, has gotten some flack over its newer, simplified drive-through menus.  At 11,000 Starbucks drive-through locations in the United States, the Tall (12oz) coffee size has been removed [...]

The Internet is a wild and woolly wonderland full of information, entertainment, infotainment, and all sorts of things that may or may not be appropriate for human consumption.  If you’re a person with religious morals and values, odds are you’ve got Google’s SafeSearch on, but what if you wanted to make sure you had the [...]