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With every passing day, the United States military grows more and more inclusive.  First, “don’t ask don’t tell” was repealed, then uniformed servicemembers were allowed to march in gay pride parades.  Now, the hundreds of thousands of combat positions once closed to women are now going to be opened up for females.  The Department of […]

Super Bowl XXXVII was one of the strangest football games in NFL history.  On one side, you had the Oakland Raiders, led by former Jon Gruden assistant coach Bill Callahan.  On the other side you had the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, led by former Oakland Raiders coach Jon Gruden.  The year before, Gruden was traded by […]

One of the most common preventative medications in the world is aspirin.  If you have a headache or , pop some aspirin and you’ll start feeling better almost right away.  If you have heart problems, you’ll definitely find yourself taking regular low-dose aspirin treatments.  However, protecting your heart might cost you your eyes.  According to […]

Petter Kverneng, a 20-year-old man from Norway, has had a crush on Cathrine Johansen since they were high school students together.  Two years after graduation, that crush has not gone away.  In fact, it’s intensified, but Petter has come up with a way to get that crush turned into a real relationship.  The bet is […]

Fans of personal liberty and not being humiliated, like noted libertarian and former Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura, have a reason to celebrate today.  The Transportation Security Administration, who oversees airport security in the United States via public groping and hair-picks, has announced a plan to remove controversial backscatter imaging machines, aka the naked scanners, from […]

It’s a huge coup for Oprah Winfrey and her struggling OWN cable television network:  an interview with the most controversial athlete in recent memory.  Everyone’s talking about Lance Armstrong, and it’s got nothing to do with his Tour de France titles or his hundreds of milions of dollars raised for cancer research.  It’s all about […]

Senior linebacker and Notre Dame Fighting Irish linebacker Manti Te’o had a stellar season this year.  As the emotional and physical leader of one of the nation’s top defenses, Te’o finished second in the Heisman Trophy race to Johnny Football and took Notre Dame to the national championship game.  Not too shabby, right?  Well, it […]

If you’re a Facebook user, it’s a good time to check your privacy settings, as the company has been tinkering under the hood and preparing to monetize your massive collection of personal information.  Facebook is entering the search realm starting today.  Facebook calls its new search technology graph search, because it searches what Mark Zuckerberg […]

There’s nothing quite like a good pat on the back, and last night Hollywood gathered to give itself a big pat on the back, via the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.  That’s the organization that gives out the Golden Globes, and the show attracted a full slate of interested and interesting celebrities, and featured some very […]

When Seth MacFarlane takes the stage at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, California, on February 24 to host the 2013 Academy Awards, he’ll have a big slate of movies, stars, and awards to work his way through.  The nominees for the 85th Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Awards have been released, and the […]

In the 75 years in which the Baseball Writers of America gathered to decide who was worthy of entry into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, only one time previously did the writers not elect someone into the Hall.  With the rise of players with numbers tainted by performance-enhancing drugs, the BBWA […]

The more things change, the more they stay the same.  In 2010, Alabama won a national championship.  In 2012, Alabama won a second national championship.  In 2013, Alabama caps  yet another season by winning a national championship.  Despite being ranked behind the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, the Crimson Tide and coach Nick Saban have proven […]

A league in turmoil has reached some sort of calming agreement.  After roughly 10 months of no progress, the National Hockey League and the National Hockey League Players’ Association seem to have some to some agreement on how to move forward and have agreed to a tentative labor deal stretching out for the next 8 […]

The Food and Drug Administration oversees a whole lot of safety regulations and regulatory bodies.  They consider genetically-modified foods, the ingredients in consumer products, and (of course) the safety of the nation’s supply of prescription drugs.  Basically, it’s an enormous safety mechanism that is mostly dedicated to keeping people safe in the event of illnesses, […]