‘The Bachelor’ Lawsuit: Judge Dismisses Television Show’s Discrimination Case
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A federal judge on Monday dismissed a case filed by two black men who claimed ABC's "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette" discriminated against casting participants of color.U.S....
View ArticleComputer Viruses Are ‘Rampant’ On Medical Devices In Hospitals
Computerized hospital equipment is increasingly vulnerable to malware infections, according to participants in a recent government panel. These infections can clog patient-monitoring equipment and...
View ArticleGOP pays to rally black support for Sen. Scott Brown
A Senator Scott Brown, R.-Mass., supporter is paying Obama supporters to support the incumbent in his hard fought race against Elizabeth Warren.The Boston Herald reports that Benjamin Thompson, who is...
View ArticlePolls Say Obama Won Debate, CNN Won’t Admit It
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View ArticleDaydreaming Boosts Creativity, Study Suggests
Permission to daydream, granted.A new study in the journal Psychological Science shows that allowing your mind to wander might actually be good for your creative prowess.Researchers from the University...
View ArticleThe Most Racist Hashtag Of The 2012 Election
In the waning hours of the election, America's worst instincts raise their ugly head in the #VoteWhite hashtag. Thankfully, there don't appear to be that many participants. View Entire List › … Read More
View ArticleMatthew Dowd: The Difference Between Elections and Governing
As we have become a more diverse and heterogeneous country (a good thing), many of the participants on the left and right have become less tolerant of each other (a not-so-good thing). The only way to...
View ArticleObama, Progressives Renew Wary Embrace
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's definitive reelection victory has invited Democrats to imagine a new era of liberalism, in which they are no longer are forced to swallow policy complaints for...
View ArticleObama pressing business and labor on fiscal cliff
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is lobbying business and labor groups to support his plan to avoid an impending fiscal cliff, telling the two sides he remains committed to requiring the...
View ArticleHappiness In Teen Years Linked To Higher Income [STUDY]
By: Trevor Stokes, MyHealthNewsDaily Contributor Published: 11/19/2012 03:07 PM EST on MyHealthNewsDaily Gloomy teens, take heed — your more happy-go-lucky classmates will likely earn more than you,...
View ArticleCharlie Todd: 200 People Are Funnier Than 1
One thing I've learned producing events for Improv Everywhere over the past decade is that if I give our participants creative license, they'll come up with choices that are far better than the ones I...
View ArticleDisney teaches humanoid robot to play catch and juggle
The happiest place on Earth has taught one of its humanoid robotic subordinates (for now) to play catch and juggle with willing human participants in an impressive display of creepy animatronic...
View ArticleHow To Burn More Calories? Choose Your Workout Buddy Wisely, Study Says
Who you choose as a workout buddy could determine how effective your exercise will be. Researchers determined that young women who trained with a teammate they perceived to be a better performer were...
View ArticleOverfishing threatens Pacific tuna
MANILA — Asia-Pacific fishing experts on Sunday warned against depleting tuna stocks, saying the region needs to reduce its catch of the vulnerable bigeye species by 30 percent. Participants at the...
View ArticleData Dump: Are Potential Panelists Scorning Google?
In the past year, Google has been repeatedly criticized on privacy issues. Is that why the search giant seems to be having a hard time finding enough participants for an ambitious new tracking venture?...
View ArticleUS Government Recommends Blocking Popular Websites During Pandemic Flu Outbreak
(Mike Adams) The US government has issued a new report that recommends blocking access to popular websites during a pandemic outbreak in order to preserve internet bandwidth for investors, day traders...
View ArticleThe science behind wanting to squeeze adorable things
You know that thing when you see something so cute that you just want to squeeze it? Well now there's a scientific explanation for your semi-aggressive behavior toward all things adorable!A recent Yale...
View Article‘When The Zombies Come,’ Apocalypse Prep Documentary, Offends ACE Hardware...
Employees at an ACE Hardware store in rural Georgia turned their love of AMC's "The Walking Dead" into a zombie obsession. But their preparations for a zombie apocalypse, captured in a documentary...
View ArticleHarvard Medical School to study health of NFL players
Harvard Medical School announced Tuesday a $100 million grant from the union representing NFL football players for an unprecedented study into the health of participants in the violent sport. The...
View ArticleItalian Prosecutor Implicates Bilderberg Group and CIA for Massacres in Italy...
The Bilderberg Group has now been directly implicated for the murder of Italian activists during the seventies and eighties. … Read More
View ArticleWhat’s a “first time,” anyway?
The story that I typically tell of my “first time” takes place in a hotel room with my longtime high school boyfriend and involves an enthusiastic romp through the entire goddamn Kama Sutra. But months...
View ArticleMindfulness Meditation Boosts Music Engagement, Study Finds
An ancient practice linked with physical and mental benefits -- such as an improved immune system, lower blood pressure and positive brain changes -- could also aid in a more cultural matter: really...
View Article9 Thai couples lock lips for ‘kiss in’ to break 50-hour world record
Nine Thai couples locked lips Tuesday in hope of setting a new record for the world’s longest kiss, but the attempt proved too much for two septuagenarians who dropped out after just one hour. The...
View ArticleWorst NBA Slam Dunk Contest Moments: Chris Andersen, Darrell Armstrong’s...
At its best, the NBA Slam Dunk Contest showcases the power and grace that make fans jones for basketball. At its worst, the NBA Slam Dunk Contest does something else entirely. That something else may...
View ArticleSurvey: Microsoft is now cooler than it was just a few years ago
Microsoft’s efforts to revamp their image appear to be paying dividends. A recent poll from Reuters / Ipsos shows that nearly half of all participants think Redmond is cooler now that it was just a...
View ArticleAre Republican brains different?
A brain scan study recently revealed that Democrats and Republican process and understand risk in different ways, with Democrats more attuned to their emotions and those of others, while Republicans...
View ArticleImmigrants say North Carolina’s plan to mark driver’s licenses ‘stigmatizes’...
Immigrants rights advocates are criticizing North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory’s (R) plan to mark driver’s licenses for two-year visa recipients with the phrase “NO LEGAL STATUS.” The Charlotte Observer...
View ArticleCaltech physicist slams government on marijuana research
Late last week, in a speech at a medical marijuana conference flagged by Think Progress, Caltech theoretical physicist John H. Schwartz blasted the federal government's treatment of marijuana research....
View ArticleTop 5 moments of Rand Paul’s filibuster
It was a long, hard slog for viewers and participants in the filibuster of the vote to confirm new CIA chief John Brennan, most notably for Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), who, we are sad to say, found time to...
View ArticleAlaska sled dog race half way through
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View ArticleRiot police confront protesters in Brooklyn
Riot police are reportedly on their way, as participants in themarch are said to be throwing bottles and rocks at police cars andproperty.Brooklynites on Twitter report that police are following...
View ArticleStudy: Your Facebook “likes” might be overexposing you
In a study published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers analyzed the "likes" of nearly 60,000 American Facebook users to infer their personality and behavior...
View ArticleMan commits suicide in front of children during gun safety class
A 50-year-old man shot and killed himself in front of a group of people, including children, who were attending a gun safety class Sunday in Bellevue, Washington, according to The Seattle...
View ArticleGiving Syrian opposition seats at Arab League is ‘illegal, indefensible’ –...
“In terms of international law, decisions on Syria made by the [Arab] League are unlawful and indefensible, since the government of the Syrian Arab Republic remains the legal representative of the UN...
View ArticleAustralia to ditch interbank rate-setting panel over Libor scandal
The Australian Financial Markets Association suggests turning to an electronic system. This will allow the AFMA which oversees Australia's bank bill swap reference rate (BBSW) to bypass the panel and...
View ArticleResearch: Men twice as likely as women to underestimate their weight
Men are more than twice as likely as women to underestimate their weight, finds a project with 300,000 participants Millions of men may be putting their health at risk by not realising they’re...
View Article“The Real World” or The Reality TV World?
The 28th season of "The Real World,” this one set Portland, began on MTV last night. The latest iteration of the show is exactly as you would expect: seven attractive strangers getting drunk in a house...
View ArticleWhat if all the bitcoin exchanges were shut down?
This is an important question because of the implied outcome of the current trend by governments to shut down - or prevent the creation of - bitcoin exchanges.The mining of bitcoin would continue but...
View ArticleGerman Labor Day rioting: Firecrackers and water cannons unleashed (PHOTOS,...
Berlin and Hamburg were the scenes of massive demonstrations on Wednesday. In the capital, around 9,000 people, some of them masked, marched the streets as some 7,000 officers were on stand-by.As...
View ArticlePriests lead Orthodox anti-gays in violent Tbilisi clashes with rights...
The first sanctioned anti-homophobic rally in Georgia organized by Identity NGO activists had to be moved to a public garden on Tbilisi’s Freedom Square after a 10,000-strong Orthodox crowd gathered...
View ArticleYes they can: Women breadwinners for 40% of American households
The study by the Pew Research Center shows more women are coping as sole providers for their children, raising children without fathers or simply out-earning their husbands or partners. The research...
View ArticleBBQ, Music and Guns: Peaceful Open Carry Rally in Central Texas Sends Message...
That's part of my rights as a human - to be able to survive and protect my family from all who would try to take those rights from me... … Read More
View ArticleBilderberg Agenda Revealed
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View Article‘Blockupy’ protest hits Frankfurt: LIVE UPDATES
11:00 GMT: The 'Blockupy' march kicks off in Frankfurt. At least 3,000 were expected to attend the protest. Witnesses' estimates on the number of participants vary from 1,000 to 5,000. #Blockupy...
View ArticleAnnual cycling event takes dramatic turn
A female cyclist was seriously injured in Vätternrundan, the world's largest recreational cycling event in which thousands of participants race around Sweden's second biggest lake. … Read More
View Article‘1984 not instruction manual’: Thousands protest NSA spying across US
Major US cities taking part in the protests included New York, Washington, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Seattle, Memphis and Miami. London and Munich also hosted demonstrations. 1984 was not meant to...
View ArticleWorldwide corruption on the rise as public trust plummets – report
The Global Corruption Barometer 2013, conducted by the Berlin-based anti-corruption watchdog, is a sampling of over 114,000 opinions of people from 107 countries. The survey asked participants about...
View ArticleWill it work? German email companies adopt new encryption to foil NSA
The "E-mail made in Germany" project has been set up in the wake of US surveillance revelations made by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. National Security Agency documents show that the agency...
View ArticleChange of faith: Why young Brits turn from Christianity to Islam
Public mosque services attract thousands of British Muslims, but when you check out a church, there are hardly a dozen participants at Sunday morning worship, RT’s Polly Boiko reports from London....
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Sevastopol protesters storm Ukrainian Navy base in Crimea
The protesters have hoisted the flags of Russia and St. Andrew’s flag, the Russian Navy Ensign, according to Interfax news agency People have been protesting outside the HQ since 08:00GMT. Several...
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