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| Woman claims she smelled God during near-death experience Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 03:12 PM PDT A guest on Tuesday's edition of "Fox and Friends" claims she smelled God during a recent near-death experience. "I saw an immense brightness. A brightness I could feel, touch, taste, hear, smell that infused me." Not like I had five senses but more like I had 500 senses," Crystal McVea, author of a new e-book, [...] Full Story | Top |
| Obama and former presidents to attend George W. Bush’s library dedication Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 03:07 PM PDT President Barack Obama will join his four predecessors at the dedication ceremony for former President George W. Bush's presidential library later this month in Dallas. First reported by Time Magazine, Obama will appear with Bush and the three other living former presidents—Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton—who are all confirmed to attend the [...] Full Story | Top |
| Cat who loves high school to be honored with art show Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 02:42 PM PDT The official mascot for Westbrook High School is the Blue Blaze. But the school near Portland, Me., might want to think about switching to the Kitty Cats. OK, that won't have rivals quaking under the Friday night lights, but the name would be appropriate. After all, Simba, a cat, has been roaming the halls of [...] Full Story | Top |
| Jumpy the dog skateboards and jumps off walls in this amazing stunt video Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 02:00 PM PDT Just as the name of his new video states, Jumpy is one "badass dog," performing 20 incredible stunts in this 1-minute clip. The Australian border collie walks through a series of traffic cones on his front paws, leaps through the air into his trainer's arms and even a number of stunts on a skateboard that [...] Full Story | Top |
| Scientists reportedly discover gate to hell Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 01:39 PM PDT It sounds like something out of a horror movie. But Italian scientists say that the "Gate to Hell" is the real deal—poisonous vapors and all. The announcement of the finding of the ruins of Pluto's Gate (Plutonium in Latin) at an archeology conference in Turkey last month, was recently reported by Discovery News. Francesco D'Andria, [...] Full Story | Top |
| Michelle Obama calls new film on first black MLB player Jackie Robinson a must-see Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 12:51 PM PDT First lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday praised "42," the biographical film about Jackie Robinson, the first black Major League Baseball player, and said she plans to make sure her daughters watch the film. "We think that everybody in this country needs to watch this movie," Obama said at a White House student workshop about the [...] Full Story | Top |
| Poll: 13 percent of American voters think President Obama is the Antichrist Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 12:43 PM PDT Seven percent of American voters believe the moon landing was faked, 6 percent say Osama bin Laden is still alive, and 13 percent think President Barack Obama is the Antichrist. This is according to a new poll from Public Policy Polling, which recently conducted a survey on 20 "widespread and/or infamous" conspiracy theories. According to [...] Full Story | Top |
| 3-D printer and Kinect combine to make creepy masks Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 12:38 PM PDT This ought to freak out the squares. A new software program called Collagene works with a 3-D printer and Microsoft's Kinect video game motion controller to create creepy/cool facial masks. The masks, which are made from Windform materials, are designed to perfectly fit an individual's face. The Kinect acts as a facial scanner. The project [...] Full Story | Top |
| Associated Press drops ‘illegal immigrant’ from stylebook Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 12:23 PM PDT The Associated Press announced today that it will no longer use the term "illegal immigrant" to describe people who are living in the country illegally. "The Stylebook no longer sanctions the term 'illegal immigrant' or the use of 'illegal' to describe a person," AP Executive Editor Kathleen Carroll wrote. "Instead, it tells users that 'illegal' [...] Full Story | Top |
| Obama to travel to Connecticut Monday to discuss gun violence Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 11:14 AM PDT President Barack Obama will travel to the University of Hartford in Connecticut April 8 as part of his effort to publicly pressure Congress to pass legislation he believes will reduce gun violence. "He will continue to ask the American people to join him in calling on Congress to pass common-sense legislation to reduce gun violence," [...] Full Story | Top |
| I want my MTV: Museum exhibit celebrates the art of the music video Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 10:50 AM PDT MTV may be best known these days for its soapy reality shows featuring teenage moms and drunken partygoers at the "Jersey Shore." But long before the world had even heard of a pint-size princess named Snooki, the cable channel was wholly devoted to music videos—airing them nearly 24 hours a day when MTV first launched [...] Full Story | Top |
| What’s that smell? Dreadful odor in Texas forces folks indoors Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 09:48 AM PDT Skunks ain't got nothing on this stench. A north Texas town is under attack by an invisible enemy as ruthless as it is odorous. CBS 11 News reports that in Boyd, Texas, many residents are staying indoors to avoid an overpowering stench. Don Dixon said, "I thought maybe it was a neighbor's dead cow, dead [...] Full Story | Top |
| Burglar on crutches wanted for string of robberies Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 09:44 AM PDT Police in Oklahoma City are searching for a man they say burglarized three homes—at least one of them while on crutches. According to Oklahoma City's News 9, police say 28-year-old Ernest Sarabia hobbled up to the door of one home and pried it open. Once inside, he stuffed jewelry and electronics into a backpack before [...] Full Story | Top |
| Big support for Keystone, mixed climate change views: Pew poll Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 09:28 AM PDT President Barack Obama will please 66 percent of Americans while riling his liberal base if he approves the Keystone XL pipeline opposed by environmentalists but backed by the oil industry, according to a new poll out Tuesday from the nonpartisan Pew Research Center. And the survey got a mixed message from the public on climate [...] Full Story | Top |
| Mark Kirk becomes second Senate Republican to support same-sex marriage Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 09:10 AM PDT Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois on Tuesday became the second Republican senator to voice support for same-sex marriage. Kirk, who suffered a severe stroke last year and returned to the chamber in January, said "government has no place in the middle" of two people in love, regardless of gender. "When I climbed the Capitol steps [...] Full Story | Top |
| Spike in law enforcement assassinations raises fears Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 08:56 AM PDT The Easter weekend assassination of a Texas prosecutor highlights a growing concern about targeted attacks on law enforcement authorities. It's a fear one Texas police officer shared with Yahoo News. He and his family spent the past holiday season essentially in hiding after learning his name was inked on a white supremacist gang's hit list. [...] Full Story | Top |
| Facing pressure, senators line up to change position on same-sex marriage Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 08:11 AM PDT After years of opposing redefining marriage to include unions between same-sex couples, a number of senators—most recently Illinois Republican Sen. Mark Kirk—have announced that they now support gay marriage. Kirk, only the second Republican in the chamber to declare his support after Ohio Republican Sen. Rob Portman did so last month, said Tuesday that he [...] Full Story | Top |
| Air pollution linked to 1.2M deaths in China in 2010 Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 07:42 AM PDT More than 1.2 million people died prematurely in China in 2010 as a result of outdoor air pollution, a new analysis of scientific data shows. The summary—released Sunday in Beijing and first published by the Lancet, a British medical journal—is based on 2010's Global Burden of Disease Study and was reported on by The New [...] Full Story | Top |
| White House defends brain research initiative’s $100 million price tag Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 06:24 AM PDT UPDATED 3:31 p.m. ET The cost of President Barack Obama's new $100 million BRAIN Initiative (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) announced Tuesday is far outweighed by the benefits gained, the White House argued later in the day. The initiative—a subject the president first referenced during his State of the Union address in January—would support [...] Full Story | Top |
| Airline to charge passengers by body weight Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 06:04 AM PDT Some airlines are beginning to charge obese customers for extra seats, but Samoa Air appears to be the first to adopt a "pay as you weigh" pricing plan. The airline's price-per-kilogram will vary depending on the flight, from as little as $1 per kilogram to as much as $4.16, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. In [...] Full Story | Top |
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