Obama to "hangout" on Google Plus
January 27, 2012
How would you dress Rihanna?
Rihanna has found a unique way of getting some new stage outfits.
The musical superstar from Barbados will be hunting for undiscovered design talent in Britain on a new TV show — as yet unnamed — in which she will be the executive producer and the star.
Sky Living HD announced T...
- Posted on January 26, 2012
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Do you want to live on the moon?
Newt Gingrich wants America to establish a colony on the moon. Mitt Romney says it's not worth the enormous cost.
The GOP presidential debate turned to space Thursday night as the candidates were asked about Gingrich's call for developing a permanent lunar presence as a way to invigorate a...
- Posted on January 26, 2012
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Yum? School lunches get more veggies
The first major nutritional overhaul of school meals in more than 15 years means most offerings — including the always popular pizza — will come with less sodium, more whole grains and a wider selection of fruits and vegetables on the side.
"As parents, we try to prepare decent meals, ...
- Posted on January 25, 2012
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Beaver allowed to behave like a beaver
A beaver that has settled in a Maryland city park can stay despite chewing down trees.
Officials in Salisbury say the state Department of Natural Resources has recommended the beaver should be allowed to stay in a creek in the park, where it appeared last fall. It is toppling trees by chew...
- Posted on January 25, 2012
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Paula the penguin pooops on President Pro Tem
A penguin named Paula has poooped on the Kentucky Senate floor.
The African blackfooted penguin had been brought to the chamber Tuesday by Senate President Pro Tem Katie Stine.
The Southgate Republican was presenting her resolution to honor the Newport Aquarium for its stewardship o...
- Posted on January 25, 2012
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Misspelled 'SHCOOL' sign replaced in NYC
An embarrassing misspelling of "school" is gone from the street outside a New York City school building.
Utility workers used heavy machinery to grind up the wrongly placed "H'' and "C'' in the "SHCOOL X-NG" sign on Tuesday.
The correction was made a day after the New York Post repo...
- Posted on January 25, 2012
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Daniel Radcliffe is Harry Potter no more
Daniel Radcliffe has attended a premiere for "The Woman in Black," his first movie role since the final Harry Potter movie was released last year.
Radcliffe, who is known to most movie-goers as the boy wizard Potter, says it felt "very natural" to move away from that character and start th...
- Posted on January 25, 2012
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Uzbekistan cancels Valentine's Day
Authorities in Uzbekistan are, apparently, unwilling to give love a chance.
The Russian news agency RIA-Novosti cited several local media in the Central Asian nation reporting Tuesday that Uzbekistan has canceled concerts and other events for Valentine's Day. Instead, residents in the capi...
- Posted on January 25, 2012
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Spelling counts. No apple for the Big Apple.
Everyone who's ever gone to school should know how to spell "school."
But someone who plastered a school crossing sign on the street in front of a New York City high school got it wrong.
The big white letters in front of Marta Valle High School on the Lower East Side say "SHCOOL X-N...
- Posted on January 25, 2012
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Obama to "hangout" on Google Plus
President Barack Obama plans to "hang out" in a video chat room to answer questions about his State of the Union address, part of a White House effort to test new social networking tools and the latest evidence of the growing intersection of social media and politics.
Google announced Mond...
- Posted on January 23, 2012
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