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In spite of all the difficulties, it appears Apple’s App Store is here to stay, piracy or not.  A British game designer named Oli Christie became the milestone man after his company, Neon Studios, developed the one-billionth app in Apple’s App Store catalog.  Apple’s ten-billionth app is a game called Paper Glider that Oli Christie […]

Most of the time, when disaster strikes or severe weather happens, people pull together.  Neighbors help neighbors; strangers help strangers.  Disaster brings out the best in most people, but not three teenagers in Kansas City, Missouri.  The three teens, a 16-year-old, 17-year-old, and 18-year-old Darion O. Page, went out in the snow not to help, […]

That image is a cute little lighthouse called the West Breakwater Light.  It’s on the shores of Lake Erie in the picturesque town of Fairport Harbor, Ohio.  It’s northeast of Cleveland, far enough from the city to have this kind of pretty scenery, but right now the town is a ghost town.  All 3,200 residents of […]

Betelgeuse is the second-brightest star in the constellation Orion, and the ninth-brightest star in the night sky, but it’s about to get a whole lot brighter.  In fact, when Betelgeuse goes supernova, Earth may be getting a second sun for up to a fortnight.  That means there may be 24 hours of daylight for up […]

It’s the most wonderful time of the year for Hollywood; awards season is in full effect.  Thankfully, if you need an antidote for the back-patting and attaboys, consider checking out the 2011 Razzie Awards, which honor the worst crimes against cinema of the year 2010.  Here’s the best of the worst of 2010 in the […]

In a real-life version of Assault On Precinct 13, a shotgun-wielding maniac stormed the Detroit Police Department’s Northwestern District and shot four police officers before being shot and killed by the police.  Insane, isn’t it?  Apparently, this gunman, armed with a pistol-grip shotgun, just walked into the precinct and just started gunning down cops, according […]

For those not in America, the Super Bowl (the championship game of the National Football League) is a big deal.  It determines some networks’ entire programming schedule, gets record ratings, and even the Super Bowl ads are a big deal.  Everyone watches it, and that’s not hyperbole.  In a pair of tightly-contested games that nearly […]

While on his way from his bus stop to his home in Rakkestad, Norway, middle-schooler Walter Eikrem had the kind of encounter that no one ever wants.  He rounded the corner and came face to face with a pack of wolves in the distance.  Fortunately for young Walter, he had a plan.  A plan and […]

Gena is the star of the Dnipropetrovsk Oceanarium in Kiev, Ukraine, but not just because he’s an awesome crocodile.  Gena is an awesome crocodile, don’t get me wrong, but he’s shot to fame not for what he is, but for what he’s done.  Gena the crocodile ate a cell phone and has been ringing off […]

“Because of the dog’s behaviour, he [the postman] believes your mail cannot be delivered safely and in the circumstances I have instructed him not to deliver mail to your address,” said a letter from the Royal Mail to Peggy’s owner, 49-year-old Kathleen Joyce.  The dog in question isn’t some kind of blood-crazed attack dog, but […]

When it comes to dealing with Somalian pirates, no country is taking a stronger stand against piracy than South Korea.  While most companies who get attacked by pirates pay the ransom to get their crew and ships returned, South Korea turns to its military first and negotiates second.  South Korean special forces stormed the hijacked […]

When it comes to accomplishing things in California, you need to go big or go home.  That goes double for the United States Air Force, apparently.  The USAF launched the largest rocket ever launches from the West Coast when it fired off a massive Delta-4 Heavy rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base.  Of course, the […]

It’s one of the biggest series of arrests in New York state history and the result of thousands of hours of work by law enforcement officials, spearheaded by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.  Over 100 mobsters from the Colombo and Gambino crime families were arrested in the largest arrest of mobsters in New York state […]