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Upgrade Your Life: How to Extend Your Wifi Range
Thu,1 Dec 2011 07:40 PM PST
Upgrade Your Life - If you use a wifi network at home, there are undoubtedly limits to where you can access the signal. You might get a strong connection at the kitchen table, but take your laptop to the living room and you lose the signal. If you're looking to boost your signal a few feet or get a [...] Full Story | Top |
Airline food blamed in death of Miami man
Fri,2 Dec 2011 08:07 AM PST
The Sideshow - Airline food is notoriously unappetizing. But can it kill? That's the claim in a suit recently filed by the wife and daughter of the late Othon Cortes against American Airlines and the contractor that prepared his inflight meal. The two plaintiffs allege that Cortes died after eating a meal on a transatlantic American flight. In their [...] Full Story | Top |
The Web is Bugging Out Over Monstrous Insect Discovery
Fri,2 Dec 2011 08:51 AM PST
Trending Now - "Like" us on Facebook.com/TrendingNow and follow us on Twitter @YahooTrending! If the thought of creepy, crawly things bugs you, you may want to skip to the next story. For those of you brave enough to continue reading, you've been warned. What some are speculating to be the largest insect in the world has been discovered [...] Full Story | Top |
Kentucky church bans interracial marriage
Thu,1 Dec 2011 09:55 AM PST
The Sideshow - A small Kentucky church has chosen to ban marriages and even some worship services for interracial couples. The Gulnare Freewill Baptist Church, located in Pike County, made the vote in response to a longtime member who is engaged to a man whose birthplace is in Zimbabwe. Other pastoral leaders in the area were quick to [...] Full Story | Top |
Video: Pig learns to walk upright on its front legs
Thu,1 Dec 2011 12:11 PM PST
The Sideshow - Below is an incredible video of a pig born without its hind legs that has learned to walk on its front legs. And while that might sound like an arduous and sad struggle, it actually turns out to be pretty amazing--and more than a little inspirational. The pig doesn't just hobble around on its front [...] Full Story | Top |
Military dogs taking Xanax, receiving therapy, for canine PTSD
Thu,1 Dec 2011 02:28 PM PST
The Sideshow - Even the most hardened soldier can escape grievous wounds on the battlefield only to suffer deeply painful psychological traumas after returning home. And unfortunately, the same pattern of psychic trauma seems to apply for the dogs that help provide essential services for military men and women. New York Times reporter James Dao has a heartbreaking [...] Full Story | Top |
85-year-old migrant smuggler gets 2½ years prison
Thu,1 Dec 2011 04:46 PM PST
AP -  An 85-year-old woman who led a female-dominated immigrant smuggling ring was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison Thursday in a case that stands out at a time when larger, more violent organizations along the U.S.-Mexico border have muscled groups like hers aside.
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Why Florida Monopolizes America's Saddest Cities
Fri,2 Dec 2011 01:22 PM PST
Time.com - It seems only yesterday Florida was considered the happiest place in America. A bounty of sun, no state income tax, 700 miles of beaches, Disney World and more new condominiums than speculators could flip. It's no wonder that just five years ago, one thousand new residents arrived each day. But this week, Men's Health magazine tells us the Sunshine State is arguably the saddest place in America. Full Story | Top |
Police: Father fatally shoots 4 kids, wounds wife
Fri,2 Dec 2011 01:17 PM PST
AP -  Laura Gonzalez was happy to be back at work after three weeks away that included a stay at a battered women's shelter. She saw it as the beginning of a new life. One without her husband and the father of her four children, she told co-workers. She wasn't going back to him this time, she said, and left for home.
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Senate approves $662 billion defense bill
Thu,1 Dec 2011 06:33 PM PST
AP -  Ignoring a presidential veto threat, the Democratic-controlled Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a massive, $662 billion defense bill that would require the military to hold suspected terrorists linked to al-Qaida or its affiliates, even those captured on U.S. soil, and detain some indefinitely.
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Teen arrested trying to apply for job by knocking on armored car window
Fri,2 Dec 2011 08:41 AM PST
The Sideshow - Charleston, S.C., teen Kieon Sharp, 18, tried taking the direct approach to landing a new job. Instead, it landed him in jail, on suspicion of armed robbery. Sharp was hoping to find a job with Brinks security. He had already applied for a job with the company but decided he wanted more information about the [...] Full Story | Top |
Why Don't They Like Mitt Romney?
Fri,2 Dec 2011 12:56 PM PST
Time.com - Mitt Romney isn't having a very good week. He gave a testy interview to Fox News. Newt Gingrich is surging–and actually shows signs of uniting the conservative anti-Romney vote. Full Story | Top |
Afghan woman, jailed for being raped, wins pardon
Thu,1 Dec 2011 10:05 PM PST
Reuters - KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan has pardoned a woman who was raped by a family member but then jailed for adultery, a statement from the presidential palace has said, in a case that highlights deep concerns about women's rights in the country. It remained unclear whether the 21-year-old-woman, known as Gulnaz, would still have to marry the man who attacked her, her cousin's husband, after an earlier release offer which stipulated they must marry. ... Full Story | Top |
Florida teen detained by TSA for design on her purse
Fri,2 Dec 2011 02:18 PM PST
The Sideshow - It's not unusual for 17-year-old to find themselves in hot water with the fashion police. But on a flight from Virginia to Florida, Vanessa Gibbs found herself detained by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) over the appearance of her purse. And just to be clear, it wasn't the content inside the purse that the TSA [...] Full Story | Top |
Oklahoma teacher who photographed kids in lingerie arrested
Fri,2 Dec 2011 01:13 PM PST
Reuters - OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - A third-grade teacher who resigned this week after parents accused her of dressing their daughters in lingerie and photographing them at a Christmas party was arrested on Thursday. Kimberly Crain, 47, was arrested at her home in Shawnee, Oklahoma, and will face charges of manufacture of child pornography and lewd acts with a child, said District Attorney Richard Smothermon. He said she will be arraigned Friday and that he plans to request $1 million bail. ... Full Story | Top |
Al-Qaida claims it's holding American aid worker seized in Pakistan
Thu,1 Dec 2011 01:45 PM PST
The Envoy - Al-Qaida is holding an American aid worker who was kidnapped in Pakistan last August, the terrorist group's leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has claimed in a video posted on the Internet, according to the SITE terrorism research group, which monitors jihadi websites. "Just as the Americans detain all whom they suspect of links to al-Qaida and the [...] Full Story | Top |
Apple's Siri irks abortion rights advocates
Thu,1 Dec 2011 03:11 PM PST
Reuters -  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc is facing its first major controversy over well-received voice software Siri, as the cutting-edge iPhone search service ran afoul of abortion rights advocates. Siri - one of the most popular features of Apple's new iPhone 4S - drew the ire of bloggers and the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League when it could not locate abortion clinics when asked. ...
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Man is accidentally shot by his own dog
Wed,30 Nov 2011 02:16 PM PST
The Sideshow - Dogs are man's best friend. Except, you know, when they're shooting a gun at you. And strangely enough, that's what really happened to a hapless dog owner in Brigham City, Utah. The man in question--a 46-year-old hunting enthusiast who is not named in local news reports on the incident--got a behind-full of birdshot courtesy of [...] Full Story | Top |
Student questions Michele Bachmann on gay rights
Thu,1 Dec 2011 02:00 PM PST
The Upshot - On Wednesday, presidential candidate Michele Bachmann held a town hall meeting at the Pizza Ranch in Waverly, Iowa. The highlight of the evening came when a high school student in attendance raised her hand and asked Bachmann what she would do to support and protect the gay community. Bachmann responded that all Americans should and [...] Full Story | Top |
Dentist Threatens to Sue Patient for Negative Yelp Review
Thu,1 Dec 2011 05:17 AM PST
ABC News - Robert Lee went into Dr. Stacy Makhnevich's New York dentist office for a sore tooth, but the year that followed turned into what one Public Citizen senior lawyer called an "unconscionable practice." The controversy began in 2010, when Lee went into Makhnevich's office for a... Full Story | Top |
FDR warned of Pearl Harbor attack days in advance
Thu,1 Dec 2011 08:40 AM PST
The Sideshow - A new book reports that two days before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that officially brought the United States into World War II, President Roosevelt was warned about such a possible attack in a memo from naval intelligence. U.S. News' Paul Bedard writes more about the story: In the newly revealed 20-page memo from [...] Full Story | Top |
'Don't Say Gay' Eighth Grader PSA Goes Viral
Thu,1 Dec 2011 12:56 PM PST
ABC News Blogs - A half-minute Don't Say Gay PSA has gone viral after YouTube user playahata646 and his little brother demonstrated a funny and pithy way to discourage people from using the phrase. "In 8th grade we had a PSA project. ( Public Service Announcement) Don't Say Gay.... Full Story | Top |
Unemployment rate falls to lowest since March 2009
Fri,2 Dec 2011 10:08 AM PST
AP -  Small businesses and startups that were skittish about the economy this summer started hiring in bigger numbers this fall, helping drive the unemployment rate down to 8.6 percent in November, the lowest in two and a half years.
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How Republicans are being taught to talk about Occupy Wall Street
Thu,1 Dec 2011 05:37 AM PST
The Ticket - ORLANDO, Fla. -- The Republican Governors Association met this week in Florida to give GOP state executives a chance to rejuvenate, strategize and team-build. But during a plenary session on Wednesday, one question kept coming up: How can Republicans do a better job of talking about Occupy Wall Street? "I'm so scared of this anti-Wall [...] Full Story | Top |
Honda Recalls 304,000 Cars Globally Over Air Bag Concerns
Fri,2 Dec 2011 10:22 AM PST
ABC News Blogs -  Honda Motor Co. announced today it has recalled 304,000 vehicles globally because they may contain defective air bags. The global recall affects some of Honda and Acura's most popular models, including the Accord, Civic, Odyssey and Pilot, over concerns that the vehicles' air bags...
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Cain says he will 'clarify' next steps with Saturday announcement
Fri,2 Dec 2011 12:59 PM PST
ABC News -  With his chances for winning the GOP nomination sliding by the day, Herman Cain's team today launched a "Women for Cain" campaign, chaired by his wife Gloria, in what appears to be a last-ditch effort to salvage his candidacy. Unlike other candidates' spouses, Cain's wife...
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Your Smartphone Is Spying on You
Wed,30 Nov 2011 12:53 PM PST
The Atlantic Wire - An Android developer recently discovered a clandestine application called Carrier IQ built into most smartphones that doesn't just track your location; it secretly records your keystrokes, and there's nothing you can do about it. Is it time to put on a tinfoil hat? That depends on how you feel about privacy.Related: Facebook and Google Join Forces to Oppose Privacy Bill Full Story | Top |
Icon of US military now in Iraqi hands
Fri,2 Dec 2011 10:49 AM PST
AP -  Inside palace walls built by Saddam Hussein, U.S. generals plotted the war's course, tracked the mounting death toll and swore in new American citizens under gaudy glass chandeliers.
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Flying squirrels invade hospital emergency room for second time in two weeks
Thu,1 Dec 2011 01:03 PM PST
The Sideshow - Most people spend their time in the hospital plotting their escape. It turns out that squirrels aren't all that different. At around 10 pm on Tuesday night, a flying squirrel managed to trap itself inside the emergency room at New Jersey's Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. Now an ordinary squirrel in this position might just hide [...] Full Story | Top |
U.S. jobless rate drops to 2-1/2 year low
Fri,2 Dec 2011 02:46 PM PST
Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. unemployment rate tumbled to a 2-1/2 year low in November, even though the pace of hiring remained too slow to suggest a significant acceleration in the labor market recovery. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 120,000 jobs, the Labor Department said on Friday, and the jobless rate dropped to 8.6 percent, the lowest since March 2009, from 9 percent in October. It was the biggest monthly decline since January. ...
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Can Republicans Steal Obama's Thunder on Payroll Tax Cut?
Fri,2 Dec 2011 03:01 AM PST
ABC News - President Obama has spent the past few weeks trying to shame Republicans for their reluctance to embrace a payroll tax cut extension for workers. Now Republicans are trying to turn the tables. Conceding that the tax break will ultimately pass the Congress with bipartisan support – last... Full Story | Top |
Jon Huntsman will skip presidential debate moderated by Donald Trump
Fri,2 Dec 2011 12:10 PM PST
The Ticket - The conservative news magazine Newsmax announced Friday that it would co-sponsor a Republican presidential debate moderated by media personality and real estate tycoon Donald Trump on Dec. 27th in Des Moines, Ia., but they may have trouble convincing candidates to show up. Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman is the first to send his regrets. "We [...] Full Story | Top |
Why Republicans Embrace Simpletons and How it Hurts America
Wed,30 Nov 2011 11:25 AM PST
Forbes -  "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen, and philosophers and divines." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson (Self-Reliance) Since I report on American education, including the intellectual lassitude of American voters, foreign observers routinely ask me: Why Do Republicans Gleefully Embrace Idiots as Presidential Candidates? The question naturally begs a larger question: How can a country, with the world's highest national GDP, and absurdly complex systems regulating everything from credit default swaps to nuclear missile safety, possibly allow onto its national stage men and women of such transparently inferior intellect? The easy answer is that there has always been a long, pathetic history of anti-intellectual paranoia in American politics, as Richard Hofstadter documented in his book Anti-Intellectualism in American Life (1963). It is like kudzu. You just can't kill it. No matter how advanced the U.S. becomes in technology, biomedicine, and weaponry, it not only attracts, but promotes, under the rubric of equal opportunity, a confederacy of dunces as Presidential candidates.
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