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| ‘Vadering’ is taking the web by Force Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 12:46 PM PDT Who amongst us hasn't daydreamed about performing the infamous "Vader Choke" on someone? In the Star Wars saga, Darth Vader uses his Force abilities to strangle another person (usually one of his inept colleagues) into submission. And now, "Vadering" has become the day's most popular Internet meme, with thousands of social media users creating their [...] Full Story | Top |
| Sequestration: Obama to return 5 percent of pay Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 12:40 PM PDT President Barack Obama will pay back 5 percent of his annual government salary to the U.S. Treasury. It's a move meant to signal solidarity with federal workers facing furloughs because of automatic spending cuts known as sequestration, the White House said Wednesday. Obama makes $400,000 in presidential pay (though, thanks in part to book royalties, [...] Full Story | Top |
| Can Modem Lights Warn of Danger? Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 12:34 PM PDT Your modem and router lights are blinking all the time – even when you know that no one is using the Internet. Is that a warning that something's wrong? Full Story | Top |
| U.S. puts $5 million bounty on Joseph Kony Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 11:43 AM PDT One day after Uganda suspended its hunt for Lord's Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony, hampering the search for the notoriously brutal warlord, the U.S. on Wednesday offered up to $5 million for information leading to his arrest or conviction. The State Department said it would also pay for similar help in catching two of Kony's [...] Full Story | Top |
| Kayakers paddle alongside erupting volcano (VIDEO) Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 11:04 AM PDT In the new "Star Trek" movie, Spock traverses an active volcano. It looks like pretty heralding stuff, but still, it's only a movie—and three real-life adventurers have done it for real. According to the video above, posted by Barcroft TV, three documentary adventurers paddled their kayaks alongside an active volcano—even stepping out for a hike [...] Full Story | Top |
| Obama heads to San Francisco for fundraising swing Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 10:38 AM PDT President Barack Obama was headed West Wednesday to deliver a speech in Denver promoting gun control measures. But in the evening, Obama shifts to fundraising. The president is scheduled to attend two fundraisers in San Francisco for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), which assists Democrats running for the House. Both events will have limited [...] Full Story | Top |
| Video: Footage shows Florida sinkhole the morning after Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 09:44 AM PDT A newly released video offers a stomach-churning look at the 60-foot sinkhole that swallowed a man in his sleep earlier this year. Jeff Bush was killed when the sinkhole opened up underneath his bed in Seffner, Fla. Though no video could properly illustrate the terror Bush must have felt, the footage does give viewers an [...] Full Story | Top |
| Poll: Most Americans want stricter gun laws Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 08:51 AM PDT A majority of Americans say they want stricter gun laws, including a ban on assault weapons and tougher background checks, a new poll released Wednesday shows. According to the survey of 1,219 adults conducted by Marist College for MSNBC's "Morning Joe," 60 percent said the laws covering the sale of firearms should be more strict, [...] Full Story | Top |
| The same-sex marriage Senate endorsement tracker Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 08:47 AM PDT The cascade of senators announcing or clarifying their support for same-sex marriage in the past two weeks has somewhat obscured the fact that more than half of the Democrats in the Senate backed the policy before it became fashionable. By the time Vice President Joe Biden abruptly announced his own support for the policy on [...] Full Story | Top |
| Where in the world is it safe to travel? Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 07:03 AM PDT Reports of brutal rapes of foreign tourists in India and Brazil in recent months have rocked the international travel industry. According to data cited by The Atlantic, visitors to India have dropped 25 percent since December's fatal gang-rape of a young woman on a bus in the capital of New Delhi, and 35 percent among [...] Full Story | Top |
| America’s North Korea response: It’s all about Kim Jong Un Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 05:21 AM PDT OK, it's not "all" about the tightly closed Stalinist regime's 30-year-old supreme leader and noted Dennis Rodman pal. There are allies like South Korea to reassure, global markets to calm, and rivals and foes to impress. But President Barack Obama's muscular response to North Korea's escalating saber-rattling—a response that has included ordering nuclear-capable bomber flights [...] Full Story | Top |
| Gay couples, employers could face legal maze if Supreme Court strikes down DOMA Wednesday, Apr 03, 2013 05:20 AM PDT If, as many legal experts predict, the Defense of Marriage Act is struck down by the Supreme Court, advocates behind the decadeslong movement for gay rights will have won a major victory. But the decision could also create a dense legal maze for gay and lesbian married couples, one that would surely lead to more [...] Full Story | Top |
| Woman claims she smelled God during near-death experience Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 03:12 PM PDT A guest on Tuesday's edition of "Fox and Friends" claims she smelled God during a recent near-death experience. "I saw an immense brightness. A brightness I could feel, touch, taste, hear, smell that infused me." Not like I had five senses but more like I had 500 senses," Crystal McVea, author of a new e-book, [...] Full Story | Top |
| Obama and former presidents to attend George W. Bush’s library dedication Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 03:07 PM PDT President Barack Obama will join his four predecessors at the dedication ceremony for former President George W. Bush's presidential library later this month in Dallas. First reported by Time Magazine, Obama will appear with Bush and the three other living former presidents—Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton—who are all confirmed to attend the [...] Full Story | Top |
| Cat who loves high school to be honored with art show Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 02:42 PM PDT The official mascot for Westbrook High School is the Blue Blaze. But the school near Portland, Me., might want to think about switching to the Kitty Cats. OK, that won't have rivals quaking under the Friday night lights, but the name would be appropriate. After all, Simba, a cat, has been roaming the halls of [...] Full Story | Top |
| Jumpy the dog skateboards and jumps off walls in this amazing stunt video Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 02:00 PM PDT Just as the name of his new video states, Jumpy is one "badass dog," performing 20 incredible stunts in this 1-minute clip. The Australian border collie walks through a series of traffic cones on his front paws, leaps through the air into his trainer's arms and even a number of stunts on a skateboard that [...] Full Story | Top |
| Scientists reportedly discover gate to hell Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 01:39 PM PDT It sounds like something out of a horror movie. But Italian scientists say that the "Gate to Hell" is the real deal—poisonous vapors and all. The announcement of the finding of the ruins of Pluto's Gate (Plutonium in Latin) at an archeology conference in Turkey last month, was recently reported by Discovery News. Francesco D'Andria, [...] Full Story | Top |
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