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| NASA video shows 3 years of the Sun’s activity in 3 minutes Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 05:36 PM PDT NASA's Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) has been taking a picture of the Sun every 12 seconds for the past three years from the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). And now, they have released a time-lapse video showing all of those pictures compiled into one 3-minute clip. "In the three years since it first provided images of [...] Full Story | Top |
| Artists create 20-foot dinosaur from (many) balloons Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 04:43 PM PDT Can't make it to see "Jurassic Park" in 3-D? The artists at airigami have you covered. With some help from volunteers and school children, the airigami group headed by Larry Moss has created a 20-foot-tall dinosaur from balloons. The effort took days, but in the above video you can watch from beginning to end in [...] Full Story | Top |
| Nearly half of young Christians support legalizing pot, survey says Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 02:56 PM PDT A recent poll showing that a slim majority of Americans now support the legalization of marijuana made national headlines. And now, the pro-pot movement appears to have taken another step forward, with a survey showing that nearly half of all young Christians in the U.S. also favor legalizing cannabis. In the poll, 45 percent of [...] Full Story | Top |
| 5-year-old Mensa member learned to read while using the toilet Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 12:29 PM PDT He's one of the youngest members of Mensa, but a 5-year-old boy from Collinsville, Ill., earned his stripes in a pretty conventional manner: learning to read on the toilet. "He started reading when he was 18 months old," Rob Dorman told the Suburban Journal about his son, Gus, whom he found perusing a paper in [...] Full Story | Top |
| Boston bombing survivor Heather Abbott: Amputation was ‘best-case scenario’ Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 12:17 PM PDT An incredibly poised and positive Boston Marathon bombing survivor, Heather Abbott, told reporters Thursday she's "overwhelmed" by the outpouring of support she's received after having her leg amputated below the knee. Abbott was injured by one of the shrapnel-packed bombs set off in the attack, which wounded more than 200 and killed three people. At [...] Full Story | Top |
| Laura Bush: The 9/11 exhibit at new Bush museum brings her, George W. Bush to tears Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 12:16 PM PDT Top Line Talking to ABC's Diane Sawyer during a special tour of the newly opened George W. Bush Library, former First Lady Laura Bush says she and her husband have both been brought to tears by the new 9/11 exhibit at the museum. "It's very hard to walk through and it's hard to watch this," [...] Full Story | Top |
| Obama tells Texas victims, ‘You are not forgotten’ Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 11:20 AM PDT President Barack Obama on Thursday afternoon told those affected by last week's fire and deadly explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant that even though the world has been focused on the twin bombings at the Boston Marathon, prayers and support are with the victims of Texas' tragedy. Though the "eyes of the world may have [...] Full Story | Top |
| Boston Marathon bombings unlikely to affect gun control, immigration reform going forward Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 10:20 AM PDT BOTTOM LINE New information is coming to light every day in the on-going investigation into the bombings at the Boston Marathon on April 15th. But there are still a lot of unanswered questions about the tragic event, including whether it could have been prevented, and what sort of lasting impact, if any, will it have [...] Full Story | Top |
| Fired TV anchor who dropped f-bomb becomes Web star Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 10:13 AM PDT A local news anchor's disastrous first moments on the job have turned him into a Web sensation and an unlikely media star. After being fired for dropping an f-bomb on his first seconds out as the weekend co-anchor at the NBC station in Bismarck, N.D., A.J. Clemente was cooked. The unfortunate rookie was looking down [...] Full Story | Top |
| Obama and predecessors mark opening of George W. Bush library Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 09:55 AM PDT Click image to see more photos. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) DALLAS—President Barack Obama praised his predecessor George W. Bush as a "good man" who should be commended for his resolve in trying to keep the country safe after the 9/11 attacks, and for his foresight in leading the fight for immigration reform. Obama's remarks came as [...] Full Story | Top |
| U.S.: Syrian regime may have used chemical weapons against rebels Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 09:46 AM PDT The U.S. on Thursday accused Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime of having used chemical weapons, specifically the deadly nerve agent sarin, against rebels seeking to topple him. But top officials, citing the flawed intelligence that led to the invasion of Iraq, said Washington needs to build what one called an "airtight" case before escalating America's [...] Full Story | Top |
| For immigration bill authors, it’s pathway to citizenship or bust Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 08:15 AM PDT The lead authors of the Senate immigration reform bill are dug in on the question of whether the final product must include a "pathway to citizenship" for many of the 11 million immigrants living in the U.S. illegally. The bill will die if it does not include such a pathway, Republican Sen. John McCain of [...] Full Story | Top |
| Tsarnaev questioned for 16 hours before he was read Miranda rights Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 06:55 AM PDT Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon with his older brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was questioned for 16 hours by authorities before being read his Miranda rights, the AP reports today. Tsarnaev, a 19-year-old college student, confessed his role in the crime during the questioning in his hospital room, but that confession may not be [...] Full Story | Top |
| Barbara Bush says Jeb Bush shouldn’t run for president Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 06:31 AM PDT DALLAS—Just hours before her son George W. Bush formally opens his presidential library here, former first lady Barbara Bush dismissed talk of a presidential run by another son, Jeb, in 2016. In an interview with NBC's 'Today" show, Barbara Bush said she believed Jeb, a former Florida governor, was "the best qualified" to seek the [...] Full Story | Top |
| From president to painter, George W. Bush’s artistic pursuits surprise even his friends Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 06:02 AM PDT DALLAS—Even among his friends, George W. Bush always has been known as the man who can't sit still—a guy so fidgety he could barely make it through the long ceremonies he was required to attend as president. So it was to some a surprise when an email began making the rounds among Bush's friends and [...] Full Story | Top |
| As new library opens, Bush hopes for a reassessment of his legacy Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 04:11 AM PDT DALLAS—More than four years after George W. Bush left the White House, there seems to be one word the former president has adopted to describe how he feels about the decisions he made in office: "comfortable." Bush has repeatedly used the word in interview after interview over the last several days as he returned to [...] Full Story | Top |
| Listen to world’s first recording of Alexander Graham Bell’s voice Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 03:23 AM PDT Researchers have discovered the world's first voice mail: an audio recording of Alexander Graham Bell made on April 15, 1885, using a mixture of cardboard and wax. The Smithsonian Magazine has posted the audio recording, in which the inventor of the telephone announces, "In witness whereof—hear my voice, Alexander Graham Bell." Listen to the audio [...] Full Story | Top |
| Thursday in politics: Dedication ceremonies for the George W. Bush Presidential Center, and more Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 03:10 AM PDT The dedication ceremonies for the George W. Bush Presidential Center take place Thursday in Dallas, Texas. The attendees include President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, former presidents and first ladies Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush, and Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and [...] Full Story | Top |
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