When Snapchat turned down Facebook's $3-billion buyout, most people thought they were crazy. Many even thought a start-up phone app with no revenue couldn't even last more than a couple years. They were all wrong.
Snapchat launched in 2011 as a smartphone app that let users send photos and videos that would only last a few seconds. It is now estimated...
#5 Spits on 'Beliebers'
Justin Bieber was photographed hawking spit over the side of a hotel balcony over the faces of hundreds of loyal fans who were gathered below in hopes of catching a glimpse of him. In the same series of extremely bad PR shots, he was then photographed cracking up with his friends and pointing down at the poor...
A new budget deal has just been passed in North Carolina that will include 7% pay raise for North Carolina teachers, on average.
The $21.3 billion budget would mean that each teacher would see an average a raise of about $3,500 per year. The plan also includes provisions to boost early-career teacher pay by 14 percent over the next two years to $35,000.
It will...
The mother of a 15-month-old son who just died from heat exhaustion after the father left him locked in a car with the windows rolled up on a hot summer day has just extended the ultimate forgiveness.
Lindsey Rogers-Seitz remarked that her husband, Kyle Seitz was extremely distraught after bringing their son to a hospital. She told him that she loves...
Snakes are obviously not always predictable, but the chances of being bit by a snake can certainly be minimized by following the wisdom that snake handlers have learned over the years.
#1 Always check a crevice with a stick - not your hand. Snakes are pure evil, and they love to hang out in the dark. Holes, a hollow log, or...
Whether they want to admit it or not, most people love cuddling with heavier-set people, it seems we were wired with a deep desire to be cushioned by fat.
UK artist Gigi Barker decided to take this desire to a whole new level. She has just released a new line of furniture that looks, feels, and smells like human skin (with plenty of 'cushion'...
#1 Mozilla's logo was a red t-rex - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_(mascot)
#2 The image depicts why the T-Rex would not be able to connect to the internet: its arms are so short that its head would smash into the ground before it would be able to reach low enough to grab the icon.
#3 The dinosaur was there because, without internet, we may as well...
Washington DC's handgun ban has just been struck down by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Scullin, who ruled that the Second Amendment gives people the right to carry a gun outside the home for self-defense, and that includes residents of the DC area.
The recent lawsuit challenged Washington's ban on carrying handguns outside of homes was filed in 2009, shortly after the city...
This weekend, dozens of baseball legends will be descending on Cooperstown, coming from around the world, to what many experts consider one of the most significant Hall of Fame inductions in the history of baseball. In addition to the new inductions, the Baseball Hall of Fame itself will be celebrating its 75th anniversary.
Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, Don Mattingly, Lee...
Surfers and surfing fans from around the world have been pouring in to what many affectionately call "Surf City U.S.A", the city of Huntington Beach, part of the LA metro region.
The festivities kick off tomorrow morning (7/26) where thousands of people are expected to converge for the nine-day competition.
The event has been significantly scaled back after violent riots broke out last year.
Dozens of...