On December 2, 2012, an auction took place at Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills, California. The Michael Jackson collection of items from Tompkins and Bush was auctioned. Dennis Tompkins and Michael Bush were designers, stylists and friends to the legendary King of Pop for numerous years. In fact, Michael Bush released a book last year […]

A pregnant mother almost lost her life due to her unborn baby’s fingernail. Angela Cottom suffered a life-threatening illness when when a nail or hair passed through her bloodstream from her unborn baby. According to Daily Mail on Monday, Jan. 7 Angela slipped into a coma and received 22 blood transfusions as a result of […]

On Friday, April 26 from 10 am to 2 pm, The Tennessee Career Center at Clarksville and Workforce Essentials along with the Clarksville Area Chamber of Commerce will host its annual Spring Job Fair. If you want to be ready for it, here are 8 ways to get ready and shine: #1 Register @ www.jobs4tn.gov. […]

A dog, thought to have been abandoned, narrowly survived a devastating warehouse fire in Houston, Texas, According to Friday’s HLNTV, as firefighters worked to knock down the flames which engulfed the structure earlier this month, the dog, now known as “Rocky,” managed to slip out. Rocky did not escape without injury. A homeless man discovered […]

“You say tomato, I say tomahto…” And in Italian, one says Pomodoro. Any way you say it; tomatoes are an integral ingredient in so many recipes. Especially Italian ones. Packaged tomato sauces and products might seem anathema to most every homegrown foodie. Especially to those who eat from seasonal, market-driven ingredients. Tomatoes in the greater […]

With the Academy Awards bearing down on film fans everywhere, people are catching up as best they can with as many of the nominated films as they can possibly see before the awards ceremony. Available now is a film on DVD and Blu-Ray that is an Academy Award nominee for best documentary and is truly […]

Here are five ways parents and the college-bound can give colleges an incentive to lower their costs and three reasons for the ghost of college present. With this knowledge, families will be able to use college prep to attend college without incurring insurmountable debt. This is the third and final installment of a three-part series […]

The laws of Leviticus provide an insight into the heart and the values of the law giver. So when attempting to give back to God you need to have an understanding of who you are approaching. If you are bringing a tribute to a king and your gift is filthy, soiled and tattered rags, your […]

All of the local and Mainland jazz stars invited to Lihue, Kauai’s St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church’s upcoming jazz festival feel incredibly blessed. They get to be in a part of paradise most only dream of, and worship with the music they know and love so well, jazz. St. Michael’s on Hardy Street […]

For several years, the fishing populous of the Sunshine State has become aware of presence of the dreaded lionfish in regional waters. While the emphasis was previously limited to areas near the Florida Keys, this reality has now directly affected Southwest Florida. Casting into the Gulf of Mexico, only 200 yards from the luxurious shoreline […]

The Northwest Georgia Crime Examiner personally compiles arrest reports that cover Polk, Floyd and Haralson Counties. Listed below is the report for Monday Feb. 4, 2013. The reports are generated from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and again from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. on a daily basis. Unless specified otherwise, all information is obtained […]

Salt Lake City, January 19, 2013. Thousands of Utah citizens from Logan to St. George traveled to Salt Lake City where they stood for hours in 20 degree weather to demonstrate their support for the 2nd Amendment. A festive but determined atmosphere prevailed as the crowd cheered speakers who vowed to resist all attempts to […]

Hosting a dinner party can be a lot of fun, especially in the spring. People are ready, at this time of the year, to get out of their homes after a long fall and winter, especially if you live in the colder, wetter climates. You will have the chance to get together with friends and […]

Grey Poupon stole the night with just a single airing of its Oscar commercial. The upscale mustard brand revived the classic “Pardon me” commercial that first aired more than 30 years ago. Only this one wasn’t nearly as polite as the borrower takes off with the mustard and a chase ensues. It was funny, nostalgic […]

The Dallas Sci-Fi Expo this year brought out a wide array of media and comic book guests. To say there was something for everyone would be an understatement. Whether you are a child of the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, or 2000s, the annual event was determined to satisfy your cravings. 12,000 enthusiasts crowded the Irving Convention […]

Former Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner, age 33, has seemingly declared war. He seems to be gearing it towards particular LA Police Officers’ and their families according to a manifesto, which he allegedly posted to the Internet that speaks of his having been fired in 2008, from the Los Angeles Police Department. The former […]

Tonight your part of the American audience entitled to choose the best in film, TV and music. Finally. you have the final say that matters as to which entertainers you feel are #1. Thanks to the People’s Choice Awards tried and proven to be the only major awards show where fans pick the categories, nominees […]

Amazon.com has promised to make a paid app free every day in the Amazon Appstore, and today’s app is Magic Puzzles: Seasons. Magic Puzzles: Seasons not available in Google Play, but interestingly enough, is in Barnes and Noble’s store for the Nook, priced at $2.99; it is normally priced at $2.99 at the Amazon Appstore. […]

There will be lots of fun stuff to do this week from HamBingo to HomeMade Pizza to a Spa Day and Sexy Black to a Puppy Mill protest – all on the Chicago Pet Scene. Through February Cook County is offering a $40 rebate for all county residents for spay and neuter services for their […]

The Bay Area’s Kingpin Trio — Robert Guerrero, Nonito Donaire and Andre Ward — has been making a lot of news this month, even though none is signed for a fight at this writing. The three of them were easy to connect to the month’s most notable fight, Mikey Garcia’s surprisingly easy destruction of WBO […]

Here are a few of the animal adoption events in and around metro Atlanta this weekend: Friday Forgotten Friends Friday at DeKalb County Animal ControlTime: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Location: 845 Camp Road, Decatur, GA 30032All animals who have been at the Shelter for 3 months or more will be available for adoption at a […]

Fifteen different sources provide fifteen different answers for the number of people taking psychotropic drugs. Stating that 100 million prescriptions for these medications are written yearly may be underestimating the true number. President Obama proposes to check the psychiatric history of all potential gun purchasers. Since 20% of the nation’s population takes psychotropic drugs, will […]

The GRAMMY Award is not just an award given to the best and brightest stars in the musical and entertainment world, but, it has been a lifestyle making its way into our lives in enriching ways through charity causes, young adult programs, education and so much more. On January 30, 2013, THE GRAMMY FOUNDATION® named […]

resurrection Out of all the titles from the entire history of video games, none has been a target to more controversy and polarization than the fighting game Mortal Kombat. It burst onto the gaming scene and broke down several walls that no other game had done before to the point where it has been blamed […]

One of the wonderful things about this area of Northwest Arkansas is the myriad of fun things to see and do within a 30-minute drive of downtown Bentonville. To start at Part 1, click here. A Wealth of Northwest Arkansas History During one of our day trippin’ adventures in and around Bentonville we headed east […]

Kenni Shaw speaks out after being misinformed, mislead, lied to, profile, revictimized by the Baltimore City States Attorney Office, Baltimore City Police Department, and Baltimore City Housing. The Baltimore City Police Department placed me in protective custody after Marcus Evans sent messages trying to intimidate me. I met Reggie Scriber from Baltimore City Housing along […]

Tax season opens today, and three independent tax preparers represented by the Institute for Justice (IJ) have filed a response in federal court to the IRS’s last-ditch attempt to impose an unlawful licensing scheme on tax preparers. The agency asked the court to lift an injunction entered against it on January 18 after it lost […]

Interview with drummer Phil Ehart There are many words that can be used in describing the musical attributes for classic rock music legends KANSAS. Words like profound, intricate, symphonic, epic, spiritual, progressive, and hard rock. The bands classification may even be considered a genre within a genre, or some sort of a musical enigma. Kansas […]

A nation born from violence is highly unlikely to change; violence is in it’s DNA. Put another way, “Violence is as American as cherry pie.” US culture is rife with hypocrisy. There is no part of it untainted. Whether the topic is the Catholic Corporation’s highest level cover up of priests’ sexual abuse of children […]

Hi! I was recently visiting the Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge for the first time. I took the trail to Pine Beach, which is an amazing, pristine site unlike any other that I know of. I noticed on the signs going into the trail that they forbade looking for “artifacts”. When I was out there […]

#1: Wayne LaPierre Wayne LaPierre might not be as paranoid as Glenn Beck, as hateful as Ann Coulter, or as hostile to reality as Rush Limbaugh, but on all three accounts, he comes close. What really makes LaPierre so reprehensible — so dangerous — is that, unlike the three aforementioned court jesters, LaPierre is the […]

Castle: “You know I still remember when Alexis was born they handed me this tiny person, all bundled up. She just stared up at me, and when I looked down at here, this feeling hit me like I had been struck by lightning. It was love that instant, instant inexplicable love you can only feel […]

Flash! Beerpulse has just checked into Three Floyds’ website (how’s that for attribution) and found that the date for Dark Lord Day is Saturday, April 27. They also have a post of the new label for this year’s massive Russian Imperial Stout. No ticket sales have been announced, and once again, rumors are that the […]

As I have said before in previous articles, making a difference doesn’t have to be complicated. It’s the little things that we do for others that can make a difference in their lives. When it comes to helping Animal Shelters, there are many little things that we can do to help. Fostering, adopting, volunteering, and […]

What is Borage Oil-GLA-Gamma Linolenic Acid and how can it help you blast your belly fat fast? Now we may know why the Mediterranean diet is the best diet for you. Enter borage a plant that is found all over the Middle East and the Mediterranean region of the world. Borage (Borago officinalis) is an […]

Measuring where people are listening and discovering music: – Song chart: Bruno Mars closes out 2012 atop the Ultimate Song Chart again this week with “Locked Out Of Heaven” sitting at #1 for its 3rd consecutive week. Helping to further increase his profile, the first single from Unorthodox Jukebox is also enjoying an identical rank […]

The No. 8 Michigan State Spartans spanked the No. 4 Michigan Wolverines, 75-52, to retain their lead in the race for the Big Ten basketball crown. Spartan coach Tom Izzo had his team primed for Tuesday night’s showdown and the game reminded me of the pregame speech Notre Dame head coach Dan Devine gave near […]

I have already posted a list of events happening in the Vero Beach and surrounding areas this weekend. With a little bit more searching I have found even more events happening in the Martin and St. Lucie County areas. There is everything from guided hikes, parades, arts and crafts and much more! Let’s take a […]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new use of Gleevec (imatinib) to treat children newly diagnosed with Philadelphia chromosome positive (Ph+) acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Gleevec was granted accelerated approval in 2001 to treat patients with blast crisis, accelerated phase or chronic phase Ph+ chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) that have failed interferon-alpha […]

What was reported by multiple media outlets on Sunday night has been confirmed by the NBA via The Sacramento Bee. The Sacramento Kings have finally struck a deal to move to Seattle. The Maloofs, majority owners of the Kings, released a statement regarding the sale: The Maloof family announced today that an executed purchase and […]

The movie with the quirky name and its star with an equally quirky moniker were tossed into the running for top honors when nominations for the 85th Academy Awards were revealed Thursday. Beasts of the Southern Wild, a small independent film barely grossing more than 11.2 million in its initial release, is up for best […]

The wild men of underground movie making and originators of the Experimentally Ill Film Festival intend to become the wild men of underground radio. Yeah, Hollie and O’Toole will take to the airwaves, well the bandwidth to do an Internet radio show on Sundays from at 4:30 p.m. The Boston Film Industry Examiner is happy […]

In this age of supernatural and paranormal fiction, there are scores of lone gunmen, wizards and warriors fighting against the forces of evil. At the same time, the bookstores are full of modern thriller with special op agents fighting against evil terrorists intent on mass bloodshed. Not content with having his special force soldiers fight […]

Editorial I can almost hear the anti-gun nuts Al Rokering in their skivvie drawers by just looking at the picture of the weapon I posted (lower left). Downright scary, isn’t it? Huh… what? You say that isn’t an assault rifle? But it simply must be. It just looks so darn mean and scary. Yup, mean […]

Today at the El Capitan Theater in Hollywood, California, Disney finally let the cat out of the bag. Apparently that bag is a big bag full of toys. On hand to play Santa Claus were Disney and Pixar creative head, John Lasseter and Disney Interactive’s John Pleasants. Disney Interactive and Avalanche Software have teamed up […]

The Rangers farm club is suddenly a very dangerous team in the Eastern Conference playoff race. The Whale has taken a soft part of their schedule and captured 16 out of 20 points. They are 7-1-1-1 over their last ten games. Their seventh win came last night in an edgy 2-1 overtime win against the […]

Over the last 20 years much has been written about the Star Wars Galaxy in comic books and novels, not to mention three movies and a television series. These stories have greatly expanded the original universe we all know and love. But what about the characters we fell in love with in the first place? […]

Reactions are mixed. Some feel that it’s really no big deal that Beyonce skipped out on actually singing The Anthem. However, it does matter to National Anthem snobs and to Senator Chuck Schumer who invited her to sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the Inauguration. Beyonce singing the Anthem live at the Super Bowl press conference […]

There were not many empty chairs at February’s Al Hazzard TU monthly chapter meeting. The reasons: 1) Artie Loomis, and 2) a TU chapter of eager fly fishermen. Loomis, an employee of the Cortland Line Company and accomplished local fly angler, gave a presentation profiling central NY fly fishing opportunities. And it was a presentation […]

Melissa Seitz, a Bellbrook resident, is excited to introduce her first children’s book, “Stewie Meets New Friends.” Inspired by her three year-old son, Brody, she brought to life a wonderful story of a little speedboat that moved to a new lake. Moving to a new neighborhood is not always easy, especially for a little one […]

Hollywood is about as far from the Vatican as you can get, as far as morals are concerned. While some stars are known for atypical religious behavior, like born-again Kirk Cameron who left stardom behind, found Jesus and became an ardent evangelist and fighter of evolution; or Tom Cruise, the walking incarnation of Scientology. The […]

TODAY’S FUN LINKS:Record Arctic Ice Growth In 2012-2013 | Real ScienceNine people killed, as freak hailstorm rains ice boulders on Indian villagesFields of fire: 4 volcanoes now erupting simultaneously in Kamchatka WEATHER HAZARDS (During The Next 24 Hours) SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK(potential for tornadoes, damaging winds, and large hail within the next 24 hours) Some Thunderstorms […]

On Wednesday, the Marion County Health Department in Indianapolis announced that visitors will not be allowed in local hospitals if they have any influenza-like illness, fever or cough. They also said that visitors under 18 will not be allowed unless special arrangements are made, and that the only visitors allowed will be the patient’s immediate […]

A November 19, 2012 LA Times article, “An ethics debate over embryos on the cheap” reported a new inexpensive method of human reproduction, “by creating a single batch of embryos from one egg donor and one sperm donor, then divvying it up among several patients have.” They have no genetic connection to their children, and […]

February is almost here…and a fine bubbles-worthy month it is! We can toast to the most famous groundhog of all seeing (or not seeing) his shadow on the second. This year, on February third, the XLVIIth Superbowl winners and their fans will pop a cork to celebrate, while the XLVIIth runner-ups might pop a cork […]

The Wayne State University Maggie Allesee Department of Theatre and Dance has announced its 2013-2014 season, showcasing a mix of both classic and modern plays. In addition to a traditional Hilberry or Bonstelle subscription package, there are new packages focused on offering value and convenience for busy theatre patrons. Tickets go on sale this Friday, […]

The Seahawks’ Pro Bowl contingent this year was set up largely because of moves made in the 2009 and 2010 drafts — and, like it or not, former general manager Tim Ruskell gets some credit for it. In the 2009 draft, Ruskell had the misfortune of being the guy who picked “the safest player in […]

House Rabbit Society (HRS), an international nonprofit animal rescue and education organization, along with Petfinder are celebrating rabbits during February which has been designated as “Adopt-a-Rescued-Rabbit Month.” This year’s theme is “warm your heart, warm your home, adopt a rescued rabbit.” Rabbits are intelligent, social animals who need plenty of love and affection. They make […]

The Kansas City Chiefs announced Friday that the club and general manager Scott Pioli have mutually agreed to part ways. “After several productive conversations, we made the difficult decision to part ways with Scott Pioli and allow him to pursue other opportunities,” Chiefs Chairman and CEO Clark Hunt said on the team’s web site. “Scott […]

Chicago’s reputation as America’s murder capital is a bad rap. Yes, 506 murders were committed there last year, but the city possesses another kind of exclusivity – an unrivaled relationship with Pablo Picasso. Some cities are art cities and some are wannabe’s that don’t know the difference. Chicago is an authentic art city devoid of […]