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Jihadists cut down 150-year-old oak in Syria
Jihadists cut down a 150-year-old oak tree in Atme, on Syria’s border with Turkey, after they accused locals of worshipping it, a pro-jihadist source said. “Thank God almighty, the tree… aged more than...
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French prime minister puts wine up for auction
After a path-breaking wine auction by the French presidential palace of some of the best bottles from its cellar, the prime minister will follow suit in December, the Drouot auction house said Friday....
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Massive gamma-ray burst has scientists’ theories ‘going down the drain’
Scientists witness massive gamma-ray burst, don’t understand it (via The Christian Science Monitor) This image shows an artist’s rendering on how a gamma-ray burst occurs with a massive star collapsing...
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Dick Dynasty V: Making up is hard to do
Wyoming arriviste Liz Cheney, whom you may know by one of her WWE Raw fighting names (Baby Dick or Princess Snarlyface or Daddy’s Little Deferment or Not The Lesbian One, Yeah Her, That One) has had a...
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Forensics expert says ‘original files’ are missing from security cameras at...
At least an hour of footage is missing from each of the four surveillance cameras at Kendrick Johnson’s high school, and the original footage showing how the Georgia teenager died might be gone, CNN...
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United Nations: 1.5 million Filipino children face malnutrition after typhoon
The United Nations warned Friday that 1.5 million children are at risk of malnutrition in typhoon-ravaged areas of the Philippines and called for greater efforts to provide food and water. A UN appeal...
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Serbia’s financial crisis forces it out of Eurovision singing contest
Cash-strapped Serbia, winner of the 2007 Eurovision song contest, will abstain from next year’s glitzy competition because of the high costs involved, Serbian state television said Friday. “This...
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Author Henry Giroux tells Bill Moyers: Modern politics turns people into ‘the...
In explaining the title of his latest book, author and scholar Henry Giroux told Bill Moyers on Friday that modern politics are sapping democracy of its vitality, and citizens of their souls. “It turns...
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Twitter toughens encryption to thwart online snooping
Twitter on Friday announced it has toughened the encryption of traffic at the globally popular one-to-many messaging service to thwart online snooping. Twitter followed in the footsteps of Google and...
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Argentina to slap steep taxes on luxury imports
The Argentine government said Friday it will slap stiff tax increases on luxury cars, boats and planes, in its latest bid to staunch a flight of hard currency. “We will send a bill to Congress to...
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Prince Harry lands in Antarctica ahead of South Pole charity trek
Britain’s Prince Harry arrived in Antarctica on Friday ahead of a grueling trek to the South Pole with injured troops. The 29-year-old royal landed at Novo airbase, near the coast of the frozen...
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Alan Grayson and Ed Schultz rip Issa’s anti-Obamacare events: ‘They’re smear...
Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) and MSNBC host Ed Schultz teed off on Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) on Friday for what they referred to as a “traveling circus” supposedly focusing on the problems with the...
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Holiday job market off to strongest start in 14 years
Holiday hiring picks up, could lead to full-time jobs (via The Christian Science Monitor) Shopper Roxanna Garcia, center, waits in line to pay for her over a $1,000.00 gifts at the Target store in...
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John Kerry flies to Geneva to try to seal Iran nuclear deal
Final few sticking points believed to be dwindling as officials note ‘a strong will to find common ground’ John Kerry and William Hague were due to arrive in Geneva on Saturday morning to join other...
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Meet the dinosaur that could bully a T-Rex
Here’s a dinosaur that scared even the tyrannosaurs (via The Christian Science Monitor) Paleontologists say that Siats might be the second largest North American carnivorous dinosaur ever discovered....
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Texas Board of Education holds up biology book over evolution debate
The Texas Board of Education voted on Thursday to nominate a three-person expert panel to determine whether a prospective biology text contains “errors” as relates to the theory of evolution, the...
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Dan Savage tells Bill Maher: The Cheneys need a Dick to settle a feud between...
Columnist and author Dan Savage lambasted both Liz and Mary Cheney during an interview with Real Time host Bill Maher on Friday, noting the irony of their arch Republican father Dick Cheney being...
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National emergency: New mass graves in Mexico dredge up plight of missing
Amid Mexico’s continuous drug conflict, the recent discovery of dozens of bodies in mass graves has led some to describe the plight of the country’s disappeared as a national emergency. At least 54...
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Pakistan charges doctor who helped CIA find Osama bin Laden with murder
Authorities in northwest Pakistan have charged the doctor who helped the CIA find Osama bin Laden with murder and fraud, officials and a defence lawyer said Saturday. “A murder and fraud case was...
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