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Ted Nugent explodes on morning show interview
Fri,4 May 2012 08:56 AM PDT
The Lookout - Ted Nugent lived up to his "Motor City Madman" reputation during a television interview with "CBS Morning News." The rocker, hunter and political activist sat down with Jeff Glor in his first on-camera appearance since being interviewed by the Secret Service for comments about President Barack Obama made during recent a National Rifle Association meeting [...] Full Story | Top |
Best Buy Employee Wrongly 'Outed' Denver Man
Thu,3 May 2012 09:29 AM PDT
ABC News -  A heterosexual man in Denver claims that a Best Buy employee wrongly "outed" him on Facebook after he left his phone for repair. Rich Dewberry said he brought in his mobile device to get fixed and was given a new phone. Shortly afterward, his Facebook...
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13-year-old finds mistake in Metropolitan Museum of Art map
Thu,3 May 2012 02:19 PM PDT
The Sideshow - New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) is one of the world's premier destinations for artistic and historical exhibitions. But this epicenter of worldly culture is not above admitting the occasional mistake. Even when the correction comes from one curious 13-year-old boy. The Hartford Courant reports that 13-year-old Benjamin Lerman Coady found an [...] Full Story | Top |
First-Grader Suspended for Singing 'I'm Sexy and I Know It'
Fri,4 May 2012 10:07 AM PDT
ABC News -  A Colorado elementary school student was suspended from school this week for singing a lyric from a popular LMFAO song, "I'm sexy and I know it." Those six little words from the Los Angeles rap-influenced duo earned first-grader D'Avonte Meadows a three day dismissal from...
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New spray makes you 'instantly drunk,' and only lasts a few seconds
Thu,3 May 2012 04:15 PM PDT
The Sideshow - A French American scientist has invented a new alcohol spray that instantly intoxicates the user. However, the effects are nearly as brief, wearing off in a matter of moments. The spray, WA|HH Quantum Sensations, was created by David Edwards and was unveiled during a recent Paris exhibition. The short-term effects are reportedly due to the [...] Full Story | Top |
Biden Jinxes US-Mexico Relations
Fri,4 May 2012 09:12 AM PDT
Power Players - Politically Foul Politics: it's not a game, exactly. But there are rules, and when you break them you are running….Politically Foul! At a Cinco de Mayo celebration, Vice President Joe Biden was attempting to get festive. But he was without the appropriate equipment. Grabbing a glass of water, he began to make a toast, saying, "It's considered bad luck among the [...] Full Story | Top |
Bear that fell from tree dies after being hit by car
Fri,4 May 2012 08:56 AM PDT
The Sideshow - A young bear that became an Internet sensation after falling from a tree has died after being hit by a car. It was a whirlwind week for the bear, which shot to prominence last week when it climbed into a tree near the University of Colorado campus, then fell to safety after being tranquilized by [...] Full Story | Top |
New Galaxy S III phone is bigger and smarter
Thu,3 May 2012 03:11 PM PDT
Tech It Up! - At a press event in London on Thursday that it described as an "unpacking," Samsung indeed rolled out an impressive array of hardware and software enhancements that the company hopes will help it retain its ranking as the top cell phone maker in the world. Full Story | Top |
Mysterious origin of Solomon Islands' dark-skinned blonds revealed
Fri,4 May 2012 10:50 AM PDT
The Sideshow - Researchers have discovered a single gene that caused inhabitants of the Solomon Islands to have the unique combination of very dark skin and very blond hair. On Thursday, the journal Science reported that a single gene mutation is responsible for the unique pairing. Perhaps most interesting, the findings debunk theories that residents of the Solomon [...] Full Story | Top |
April Jobs Report: What It All Means
Fri,4 May 2012 06:55 AM PDT
Daniel Gross - The April jobs report, released Friday morning, found that the U.S. economy created a disappointing 115,000 jobs for the month. On several levels, the jobs report offered more of the same. Disappointingly weak job trend. The poor job market has been discouraging workers. The household survey, in which BLS calls up people and asks them [...] Full Story | Top |
Grow Your Own Organs
Thu,3 May 2012 10:34 AM PDT
This Could Be Big - There's an 80% chance that in five months Bill Weir will be the first person ever to see his cardiac tissue beating outside his body. Last week Bill visited Dr. Tim Nelson at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota to report on a revolutionary new stem cell treatment that would have sounded like science fiction [...] Full Story | Top |
Prison's 'Cuddly Catz' program pairs felons and felines
Thu,3 May 2012 05:47 PM PDT
The Sideshow - A prison in Washington State has begun testing out a new program, "Cuddly Catz," matching inmates with cats who have been rescued from shelters. The Associated Press reports that inmate Joey Contreras, 28, was transferred from a 40 man dorm into a two-person cell in March. But it's the cell's third occupant, "Princess Natalie," who [...] Full Story | Top |
Obama Campaign's 'Julia' Draws Partisan Debate
Thu,3 May 2012 01:09 PM PDT
ABC OTUS News - She's at the center of the latest round in a partisan, election-year debate about women, health care and the economy. But she – "Julia" – is not real. The Obama campaign says the woman whose life is the subject of an online interactive tool meant... Full Story | Top |
Stop the Lunacy! 5 Mad Myths About the Moon
Fri,4 May 2012 06:51 AM PDT
LiveScience.com -  The biggest full moon of the year will rise Saturday (May 5) as Earth's only satellite swings into its perigee, or closest approach to Earth. This so-called "supermoon" will appear extra big and extra bright.
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Newt Gingrich Still Thinks Mitt Romney Lied During Campaign
Thu,3 May 2012 06:25 PM PDT
ABC OTUS News - Former Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said Mitt Romney "said things that weren't true," over the course of the campaign. Shown a new ad from the Obama campaign during an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer Thursday - a clip reel of Gingrich's slams on Romney during the... Full Story | Top |
Military commanders warned to get troops in line
Fri,4 May 2012 12:59 AM PDT
Associated Press -  From tasteless photos to urinating on dead insurgents, bad behavior by U.S. troops in Afghanistan has hampered America's war effort over the past year, triggering a broad new campaign by defense leaders to improve discipline in the ranks.
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Book Names Iconic Times Square Kissing Couple From World War II
Wed,2 May 2012 02:57 PM PDT
ABC News -  Two authors claim they have figured out the identities of the sailor and nurse seen kissing in the iconic 1945 LIFE magazine photograph from the end of World War II. In "The Kissing Sailor," co-authors George Galdorisi of Coronada, Calif. and Lawrence Verria of Bristol,...
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Al-Qaida letter about Fox News: 'Let her die in her anger'
Thu,3 May 2012 08:45 AM PDT
The Cutline - In a letter outlining al-Qaida's media strategy ahead of the tenth anniversary of 9/11, the terror group's top spokesman expressed disdain for Fox News. "From the professional point of view, they are all on one level—except [Fox News] channel which falls into the abyss as you know, and lacks neutrality too," al-Qaida spokesman Adam Gadahn [...] Full Story | Top |
Kent State survivors seek new probe of 1970 shootings
Fri,4 May 2012 07:53 AM PDT
Reuters -  Survivors of the shooting of 13 students by the Ohio National Guard during an anti-war demonstration at Kent State University in 1970 called on Thursday for a new probe into the incident that came to define U.S. divisions over the Vietnam War. Four students were killed and nine wounded in the shootings on May 4, 1970 that followed days of demonstrations on the campus after disclosures of a U.S.-led invasion of Cambodia that signaled a widening of the war in Southeast Asia. ...
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China says dissident may apply to study in U.S.
Fri,4 May 2012 03:16 PM PDT
Reuters -  BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Friday that blind dissident Chen Guangcheng could apply to study abroad, a move praised by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and suggesting an end may be near to a diplomatic standoff between Beijing and Washington. But rights activists sounded a note of caution, saying Beijing could move slowly on granting Chen permission to leave out of fear that appearing soft might embolden other challengers to Communist Party rule before a power handover late this year. ...
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Hiring slows, spells trouble for economy, Obama
Fri,4 May 2012 02:34 PM PDT
Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Employers cut back on hiring in April and more people stopped looking for work, troubling signs for President Barack Obama whose re-election prospects could hinge on his handling of the economy. Employers added 115,000 workers to payrolls last month, the Labor Department said on Friday. It was the third straight month in which hiring had slowed, intensifying fears the U.S. recovery is losing momentum. Even a slight drop in the unemployment rate to 8.1 percent had a dark tone because the fall was due entirely to people dropping out of the workforce. ...
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New French accusations: Strauss-Kahn in Washington
Fri,4 May 2012 02:38 PM PDT
Associated Press -  French investigators are studying accusations that Dominique Strauss-Kahn may have been involved in a rape during a sex party in a Washington hotel in 2010 while he was chief of the International Monetary Fund, a judicial official said Friday.
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Only 115,000 jobs added in April; unemployment rate dips to 8.1 percent
Fri,4 May 2012 05:33 AM PDT
The Lookout - Only 115,000 jobs were added to the economy in April, according to the Labor Department, while the unemployment rate dipped slightly to 8.1 percent. The slight drop in the unemployment rate is due to the nearly 350,000 unemployed people who gave up looking for work last month and dropped out of the labor force entirely. At [...] Full Story | Top |
Mensa welcomes two-year-old into its ranks, second toddler this year
Wed,2 May 2012 06:30 PM PDT
The Sideshow - Mensa must be looking for young blood: The high-IQ society has for the second time this year welcomed a member who is just two years old. The Victoria Times Colonist reports that Anthony Popa Urria is the youngest Canadian ever admitted into Mensa and has an estimated IQ of 154. The toddler can recite the [...] Full Story | Top |
3 agents shot, injured in SF Bay area incident
Thu,3 May 2012 07:21 PM PDT
Associated Press -  Three Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were shot and injured Thursday while serving "high-risk" warrants during an early morning sweep of San Francisco Bay area gang members, authorities said.
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Pottery donated to Goodwill may be 1,000-year-old Native American artifact
Thu,3 May 2012 10:03 AM PDT
The Sideshow - A piece of pottery given to Goodwill by an anonymous donor may in fact be a prehistoric artifact taken from a Native American burial site in Oklahoma. The Buffalo News reports that the mysterious piece of pottery traveled through Goodwill's internal distribution system before arriving in New York. Employees at Goodwill had no knowledge of [...] Full Story | Top |
The Origin of Mysterious, Dark-Skinned Blonds Discovered
Thu,3 May 2012 11:12 AM PDT
LiveScience.com -  Residents of the Solomon Islands in the Pacific have some of the darkest skin seen outside of Africa. They also have the highest occurrence of blond hair seen in any population outside of Europe. Now, researchers have found the single gene that explains these fair tresses.
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