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Dogs have been man’s closest companion throughout history.  Wherever there are humans, there are dogs right there alongside them.  However, the date at which man first domesticated his canine pals is up for debate.  However, we can get a good idea of when dogs were domesticated in the US thanks to a dog skeleton uncovered […]

When it comes to getting around walls, especially prison walls, there are two ways to get through them.  You can go around them, under them, or over them.  However, going around them involves passing security screenings and going under them requires engineering.  Going over the walls, however?  You just need wings.  Drug smugglers looking to […]

For more than 60 years, a secretive man in a black hat with a white scarf would visit the grave of Edgar Allan Poe on the anniversary of his birth.  The Poe Toaster, as the person was known, would leave roses and a half-finished bottle of cognac for the long-dead horror master Poe, then disappear […]

On August 4, 1987, Joy White took her daughter Carlina to the hospital in Harlem because her baby girl had a high fever.  Little did she know that would be the last time she saw her daughter as a child.  For all of her life, Carlina Renae White was raised by a woman who wasn’t […]

Those of you looking for information on Christopher Nolan’s next film in the Batman cycle, The Dark Knight Rises, need to look on further.  The casting news is filtering in and the news is good.  The next film in the Batman saga will feature two of Batman’s best-known villains, played by two of Hollywood’s hottest […]

Apple’s business is good.  Yesterday, the company announced a staggering $26.7 billion in revenue and $6 billion in profit.  That would mean that the last quarter of 2010 was the most profitable quarter in Apple’s vaunted history.  What fueled Apple’s meteoric profits in the face of Steve Jobs’ ill health, you might ask?  Why, smartphones […]

Much like when Amazon bought Woot and pumped resources into the retailer, Amazon’s recent investment of $175 million in online coupon store Living Social has prompted Amazon to kick a little extra business Living Social’s way in the form of a discount.  Living Social is selling a $20 Amazon gift card for $10. Click here […]

The long-rumored merger of Comcast and NBC has taken quite a long time to make it through the process, but it’s finally happened.  The Federal Communications Commission and the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division have officially approved of the merger between NBC Universal and Comcast, creating one of the largest media empires in memory.  Of course, […]

An hour before the beginning of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade in Spokane, Washington, sharp-eyed city employees spotted an abandoned backpack sitting along the parade route.  As it turns out, those employees stopped a potentially deadly terrorist situation.  Someone had left a functioning bomb in a Swiss Army backpack along the route of […]

One of the best-kept secrets of the art world is the real name of a British graffiti artist known as Banksy.  Far from a simple tagger, Banksy is a pop culture phenomenon because he or she can do with spray cans what most people can’t do with a full paint set and all the technical […]

It’s amazing how far the mighty have fallen.  A few years ago, In 2000, Joe Lieberman was the Democratic Party’s nominee for the position of Vice President of the United States alongside Al Gore.  In 2006, he resigned from the Democratic Party after losing his party’s nomination for Senate to a nominee backed by the […]

It’s got to be wonderful to have a steady job for most of your adult life, and Regis Philbin has been one of the lucky ones.  Philbin has been on television every day for the last 28 years as co-host of the incredibly popular morning show Live! with Regis and Kelly (and before that, Live […]

In England, when it comes to the production of royal wedding memorabilia, the tradition is to put the man’s initials first.  When Charles married Diana, the royal wedding monogram was CD.  When Prince William marries Catherine “Kate” Middleton on April 29, the initials will be a bit different.  Souvenirs for Kate and William’s wedding will be […]

If you were looking to pick up some Facebook stock from Goldman Sachs and you live inside the United States, too bad.  Goldman will not be offering Facebook stock to its US-based customers in an attempt to avoid legal entanglements with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Goldman’s more prominent US customers are not pleased by this development, […]

If you’re having trouble finding friends, blame your DNA.  According to scientists, our DNA contains markers that apparently help foster the bonds of friendship.  Could your circle of acquaintances be determined by your genetic disposition?  Perhaps so. Using two independent studies, the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health and the Framingham Heart Study, scientists have […]