A series of scientists from Harvard came to this conclusion after checking out the health of TV addicts from 1970 to 2011. After viewing the statistics they found several major health risks.
Congress will grill Big Oil executives at what is likely to be a contentious hearing on Capitol Hill today amid widespread anger over high gas prices.
The Senate Finance Committee, chaired by Montana Democrat Max Baucus, is poised to question Chevron's John Watson, Shell's Marvin Odum, BP's Lamar McKay, ConocoPhillips' James Mulva, and Exxon's Rex Tillerson...
An Alaska high school choir was up in arms after the principal banned a song for graduation because it was written by a gay rocker. Wasilla principal Dwight Probasco banned the 1975 Queen hit "Bohemian Rhapsody" from a graduation ceremony after complaints from parents about the sexual orientation of songwriter and lead singer of Queen, Freddie Mercury.
The Daily Mail reports that a cat called Smokey Holds the world record for "loudest cat." Smokey's purrs have been clocked at over 92 decibels, equal to the engine of a Boeing 737's jet engine. The average cat, in comparison, packs a 25 decibel purr.
Human Rights Watch stated Thursday that witnesses said that the four reporters were in a car Tuesday a few miles outside of Brega, the scene of intense fighting recently, when they were stopped by pro-government forces and taken away. The driver was released, and the car destroyed...
The Rev. Grant Storms, the Christian fundamentalist known for his bullhorn protests of the Southern Decadence festival in the French Quarter, was arrested on a charge of masturbating at a Metairie park Friday afternoon.
Wednesday, Feb 16, 2011
They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but a controversy erupting in Texas involving a teenage beauty queen is putting that old saying to the test.