September 6, 2012 If you had a child with Down Syndrome, how would you feel if the airlines refused to let them board a first-class flight? A family in Southern California family are claiming discrimination.
They were waiting to board a flight from
August 8, 2012 Remember when your mother used to say, "be careful what you put up your nose. It might get stuck there!" Well, that's what happened to 6-year-old Isaak Lasson, who was playing with LEGO toys years ago when, apparently, one found its way into his nose, although he doesn't remember ever having put it there.
July 22, 2012 I've heard of 'destination' weddings, but this is crazy. Jada Miller and Shane Starlin were car shopping at Suzuki of Wichita, but somehow the conversation turned to the topic of marriage. Hit read more to see what happened next.
July 13, 2012 Today, Friday the 13th, is Embrace Your Geekness Day. Nothing screams "geek" like the scientists and researchers at Fermilab, the top particle-physics facility in the United States. However, they recently made a stunning announcement. They say they have almost certainly discovered enough evidence to prove the existence of a Higgs Boson.
Not sure what a Higgs Boson is, I could have read the Wikipedia entry, but I thought it would be more fun to ask around here at the radio station. See what everyone said after the jump.
March 30, 2012 Apparently, this is all the rage in Mexico. Having a bedazzled beetle crawling all over you seems a little creepy to me, but I have to admit that I am not a big consumer of jewelry. Maquech brooches, which consist of live beetles with colorful, sparkly gems glued to their backs are big sellers south of the border.
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:
1801 – The electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr is broken by the House of Representatives, which elected Jefferson president (More info)
1820 – The US Senate passes the Missouri Compromise, an attempt to deal with the dangerously divisive issue of extending slavery into the western territories (More info)
If you have ever traveled to a big city, then you probably are aware of a different kind of feeling that comes with it. Big cities seem colder, less friendly than smaller towns, almost rude at times. Well, you were probably right. According to a ‘Travel + Leisure’ survey of their well-trodden readership, New York City, true to its reputation, is the rudest city in the nation.
January 2, 2012 A 99-year-old Italian man is divorcing his 96-year-old wife because of an affair she had in the 1940s. The couple has been together for 77 years, but when the husband was going through drawers, he found old love letters his wife had received.
He confronted the wife and she admitted she did indeed have an affair,
October 21, 2011 Y2K came and went at the turn of the century with the world remaining intact. December 21, 2012 is still over a year away. But forget all of that, you'd best prepare yourself for today, October 21, 2011. According to Harold Camping, the world will come to an end today.
Camping, an Oakland, California minister, is claiming that based on his research and calculations, human life on earth will come to an abrupt end today.
August 6, 2011 It was a bad week for the stock market. Your 401(k) took a hit. And the E-Trade Baby? Oh, he had a rough week too!
Don't watch if you're easily offended. The swear words are bleeped out of this spoof commercial, but it's still obvious that the language is a bit salty.
Disclaimer out of the way, hit the jump because it's pretty funny.
Niko Alm -- an atheist from Austria -- won the right to sport a strainer as headgear in driver license photo proclaiming that the headgear was part of his religion; Pastafarian. Alm's battle to earn this right lasted almost three years according to BBC News. Read on to discover more of this odd "religion."
