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First Man on the Moon Neil Armstrong Dead at Age 82
The first person to set foot on the Earth’s moon, Neil Armstrong passed away today (Aug. 25) due to complications resulting from cardiovascular procedures. He was 82.
National/World News
National/World News
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5 Things We Loved To Hate About The Olympics
August 13, 2012 The Olympics may be over, but our jealousy isn't!. Let's face it: We're all for American pride, but seriously? Olympians have it made! Don't tell me you don't question why your parents never kept paying for those swimming lessons when you were five.
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It’s Nice to Dream, But the Olympics Won’t Work in Buffalo [POLL]
August 10, 2012 Can you imagine Ryan Lochte walking down Main Street or Gabby Douglas flipping her way past the ships at the Outer Harbor?
Apparently, Toronto Councilor James Pasternak can.
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Mississippi County Proposes Law Banning Saggy Pants — Is It Fair? [POLL]
In Hinds County, MS — home of Jackson, the state’s capital — the unemployment rate is a staggering 9.1 percent, and more than a fifth of the county’s residents live below the poverty line.
But according to some local government officials, more people there would be able to get a job if they’d just pull their darned pants up, so they want to enact a law banning saggy pants.
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Check Out an Amazing Panoramic Photo of Mars
The internet has been having a lot of fun with the Mars Curiosity Rover landing. There were a whole bunch of memes. And, of course, there’s mohawk guy Bobak Ferdowsi, who’s successfully bridged the gap between geek and punk.
But the real fun is going to begin when we start to getting hold of more of the photos and videos Curiosity is going to beam back to earth.
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Eight Badminton Players Disqualified from the Olympics for Intentionally Losing Matches
We have all heard of boxers throwing a fight to make a big payday with the bookies, but now it appears as if badminton players are involved in the same racket — and it’s getting them tossed out of the Olympics.
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New Survey Reveals Employees Can’t Help But Check In with Work While on Vacation
While a break away from the daily grind should be all about kicking back and relaxing, a new survey suggests that most hardworking Americans do not seem to understand the concept of a vacation.
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Is Your Boss Suffering From a Superiority Complex? — Here’s a Test to Find Out for Sure
Those people who think their boss is the greatest thing since sliced bread are undoubtedly in the minority — it is unnatural to like your boss, and most do not because the majority thinks that these fearless leaders seem to suffer from a high powered superiority complex.
Now, there just might be some scientific evidence to back that up.
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Who’s Lazier — Men or Women? [POLL]
Earlier this month, we learned that women have edged ahead of men in terms of average IQ.
But if the fairer sex wants to use their extra smarts to take over the world they’re probably going to have to get off the couch first.
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Christian Bale Visits Colorado Shooting Victims [PHOTOS]
In the Dark Knight Rises there's a point where Batman tells Commissioner Gordon that we can all be heroes, even if it's just putting a warm coat over a boy's shoulder. Yesterday, Bale did something similar when he visited the surviving victims of the theater shooting in Colorado.
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5 Schools That Couldn’t Avoid the Dreaded ‘Death Penalty’
Penn State got hit with severe sanctions by the NCAA on Monday morning, including a $60 million fine, a four-year football postseason ban and a vacation of all wins dating back to 1998.
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