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Once upon a time, Alex Rodriguez was a sure-fire Hall of Fame player.  He broke the 600 home run barrier, looked to be baseball’s all-time home run king, and was supposed to wash away the stain of Barry Bonds and all the other steroid cheats.  After all, A-Rod has always been a power hitter and […]

University of California-San Diego engineering student Daniel Chong will likely never smoke pot (real or synthetic) again.  That’s the offense that landed him in trouble with the authorities in the first place, but it’s what the authorities did to him in jail that has people outraged.  Daniel Chong was locked in a DEA holding cell […]

It was a lovely day on the farm of 44-year-old Kristen Beauregard and her boyfriend.  Kristen was outside with their two Shetland ponies, getting Chip the horse some much-needed exercise.  She’d seen a lot of bees near their home, but it was nothing to be too worried about, until it turned out to be something […]

In 2011, Dominique Strauss-Kahn was forced out of his position as chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF; no, not Peter Grave’s Impossible Mission Force) after a maid in a New York City hotel room accused him of sexual assault.  Nothing ever came of that investigation, but where there’s smoke, there is usually fire.  In this […]

When it comes to natural things that can have a big impact on our lives, there’s nothing quite like the moon.  After all, the word lunatic comes from lunar, the full moon brings out all the crazies, once in a blue moon is something very rare, and there’s even the recently-invented super moon to contend […]

It seems like ages since he was announced, and it seemed to take him forever to get here, but the Royal Wedding has yielded an adorable Royal Baby boy.  Now a day after his public debut, we’re finally getting an official announcement of his name.   The Royal Baby’s full name is His Royal Highness […]

Looks like Kate Middleton lied to the world.  When the Duchess of Cambridge nearly let slip that she was going to have a daughter, the world jumped on it as news of the future Queen of England and monarch of Great Britain.  As it turns out, Prince William and Princess Catherine really didn’t know the […]

Prince William and Kate Middleton went through a very long, very public courtship before they finally tied the knot.  After that, the wait was on for the inevitable announcement.  The world, it seems, wants a royal baby, and when said baby was finally announced, it seemed like the waiting just got worse for the royalists […]

The economy seems to be on the upswing.  Recent job reports are good, interest rates on home loans are rising, home stock is down… things are looking brighter in America, but as it turns out, one major American city isn’t seeing a return to prosperity.  That would be the long-suffering city of Detroit, Michigan.  Detroit […]

Apple has had some issues with their iPhones over the years.  From Antennagate to the exploding iPhone, Apple’s had some design problems with their signature smartphone since the device debuted in the marketplace.  Now, there’s another potential flaw with their iPhones that may have cost an innocent woman her life.  Ma Ailun, a 23-year-old air […]

The Apollo 11 mission was one of the world’s most important achievements.  For the first time, man displayed the ability to leave the boundaries of planet Earth and land on the surface of a solar neighbor.  In this case, it was only the Moon, but that’s still an achievement the likes of which the world […]

There’s nothing more important than a good night’s sleep.  When you get some sleep, your entire world changes.  The world is happier, health improves, outlook brightens, and things are generally awesome, even if you’re in a galaxy far far away.  However, when you don’t get a good night’s sleep, it can have a detrimental effect. […]

It’s taken generations for a British man to reach the upper levels of men’s tennis, but now that he’s hear, Andy Murray is not going anywhere anytime soon.  He was already a historic winner in the eyes of Britain, thanks to making a Wimbledon final last year, winning a gold medal at the London Olympics, […]

When it comes to competitive eating, Joey “Jaws” Chestnut is the man.  For the past six years, he has been the man dominating the competition at the annual Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island, New York.  Last year, he set a new record by eating 68 hot dogs […]