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From the get-go, AMC’s “The Walking Dead” has been able to do no wrong. It’s set ratings records, been made into a video game, and has inspired a host of other fun things. Last month, we learned that the cast would be picking up new members, including “Supernatural” veteran Lauren Cohan. And with last week’s [...]

Amy Winehouse, singer of the infamous track ‘”Rehab”, was found dead in her North London apartment today by emergency services. London Ambulance Services tried to revive her, but were unsuccessful. It’s still too early for officials to diagnose the cause of her death, but given her past issues with alcohol and other drugs, it is [...]

Lauren Cohan as Bela Talbot on “Supernatural”   Most people wouldn’t recognize the name Lauren Cohan, but fans of CW’s “Supernatural” will certainly recognize her face. Cohan is probably best known for her role as the self-serving thief Bela Talbot, who frequently annoyed the Winchester brothers in her quest for acquiring all things antique and [...]

In a very bizarre twist to the classic Oedipal complex, a Florida man has been arrested for forcing his mother to stay in his room and watch movies with him—at ax-point. Robert Tuttle, age 22, of Englewood, was arrested Thursday morning after threatening to kill his mother and attacking her with the ax. Tuttle’s mother, [...]

The idea of babies created solely within a laboratory has been fodder for science fiction stories and religious nightmares for years but now, thanks to research coming out of Japan, such children may be one step closer to a reality. The research team at Yokohama City University was able to successfully develop sperm from fragments [...]

Sign up with Dish Network and receive a free gun? It sounds like a carefully crafted punchline to a “red state” joke, but when you live in Hamilton, Montana, it’s no laughing matter—it’s a money-maker. Steve Strand, the owner of the local Radio Shack, has been offering his potential satellite television customers this peculiar perk [...]

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know just how hot zombies are right now. Movies and books have had a cult following for years, but with the success of AMC’s television adaptation of “The Walking Dead,” geeks have officially hit the mainstream. The walking dead are turning up on tee shirts, on greeting [...]

For as long as there have been iPhones, there’s been a desire to hack the OS and enable the device to download material not available in the app store. But now, right on the heels of Verizon adding the iPhone to its catalog, it seems Apple has had enough of the practice. Now Apple has [...]

Most scientists agree that man’s dream of setting foot on Mars is probably at least 20 years off. The technology just isn’t there yet. In fact, President Obama made an announcement last month, stating that it may be the 2030s before man even orbits the planet. But a small international crew of space cadets isn’t [...]

If bears breaking into cars to steal beer wasn’t bad enough, now we’ve got deer breaking into apartments. Over the weekend a deer burst through the window of an apartment in Eagan, Minnesota and wound up trapped in the bathroom. According to police officers who responded to the call Saturday morning, the animal was bleeding [...]

The website reads: “Flowers wilt. Chocolates met. Roaches are forever.” No, that’s not a reference to the recent infestation of bedbugs in New York City. Nor to the city’s winter battle with garbage. It’s the Bronx Zoo’s unique take on Valentine’s Day: for a $10 donation, the zoo will allow lovers to name Madagascar hissing [...]

In a financial statement released Wednesday, Activision Publishing announced that it will discontinue development on its popular Guitar Hero game and completely disband the business unit devoted to the game. The statement cited “continued declines in the music genre” as the reasoning behind the decision, despite high ratings for Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock and [...]