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In the wake of the double-slam of a tsunami and a massive earthquake, Japan faces a third near-disaster of Chernobyl proportions.  At the Tokyo Electric Plant’s nuclear power station in Fukushima, disaster is waiting as three nuclear reactors have been damaged and are ready to blow.  However, not all is lost.  A group of some […]

Hiromitsu Shinkawa and his wife had survived the massive earthquake that rocked Japan, and they escaped from the wreckage of their home relatively unscathed.  That’s a stroke of good luck under normal circumstances, but not when you consider what happened to Japan.  While they were picking up the rubble of their home, the city of […]

Attention math fans, make sure you stop by your local bakery and pick up a piece of pie, or a whole pie to share amongst your friends.  Why is that?  Well, it’s Pi Day, of course!  Every March 14, or 3/14, is Pi Day, a celebration of math by math nerds.  For those that aren’t […]

March is the second-greatest month for sports fans, aside from October.  Why, you might ask?  Well, the NBA and NHL are in full swing, baseball is warming up, and of course, the NCAA Tournament brackets get announced.  It’s college basketball season, and the NCAA Tournament lineup has been released for 2011.  The top four seeds […]

One of the fun things about a birthday party is that it’s not just the birthday boy or girl who gets all the goodies.  Yes, they get the lion’s share of fun, but they share it with everyone else.  I mean, the best part of a birthday is cake and ice cream, and everyone gets […]

Chalk up another victim for conservative political activist James O’Keefe, rabble-rouser supreme.  O’Keefe is the guy who you may remember from the downfall of ACORN, the federally-funded housing organization that O’Keefe tricked into giving aid money to a supposed pimp for a house of prostitution, and now he’s taking on National Public Radio.  NPR, that […]

From a natural born killer to a mama grizzly, Julianne Moore is proving that, at age 50, she’s still got a lot of great work ahead of her.  The actress, who recently starred alongside Annette Benning in The Kids Are All Right, is turning her attention to the political arena, and she’s focusing on a […]

Spider-Man has gone from a teenage superhero to one of the most popular and iconic characters in comic book history.  He’s literally gone from nothing to the centerpiece of Marvel, thanks to his iconic mask and costume and crime-fighting prowess.  The debut of Spider-Man in Amazing Fantasy #15 was one of the book’s highest sellers […]

Bass player Mike Starr, one of the founding members of the seminal grunge band Alice In Chains, has battled drug addiction and demons for the last few years.  He was a fixture on both Celebrity Rehab and Sober House, two VH1 reality shows in which addiction medicine specialist Dr. Drew Pinsky attempted to help various […]

As we’ve established, Google loves any excuse to make a new logo doodle.  Today’s excuse?  International Women’s Day.  However, Google is doing way more than simply creating a Doodle for women’s rights, they’re actually organizing and hosting a series of International Women’s Day events and rallies.  You can find Google’s International Women’s Day events here. […]

The Heart Attack Grill, an unusual restaurant in Chandler, Arizona, was famous for two things.  First of all, it had some of the worst food imaginable, in terms of health content.  We’re talking burgers that weigh in at several pounds, with multiple massive patties and globs of deliciously unhealthy condiments on top.  Second of all, […]

There are quality control problems, and then there are pest control problems.  Mazda’s cars run fine, but there’s a little spider problem that’s required Mazda to issue a recall on 2009 and 2010 Mazda6 sedans.  Some 52,000 Mazda6 sedans were recalled due to a spider infestation in the fuel tank.  Apparently, spiders really love to […]