Grooms Marrying in India Must Prove that they Own a Toilet
A mass marriage ceremony is set to take place in India this week. In the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, they are going to bring together a large group of people for them to be joined in holy matrimony. But, in order for the happy couples to be given the right to marry, there [...]
An icon for breast cancer awareness is no longer with us. Barbara Brenner, who led the Breast Cancer Action group, died at the age of 61. She died at her home in San Francisco. According to her partner, Suzanne Lampert, Brenner died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. She also had breast cancer, which was in believed by [...]
Continue reading …Researchers Tell You How Unhealthy Big Macs Really Are; Even Subway Might be Misleading You
May 24, 2013 3 Comments
Researchers recently took a look at the Big Mac just to see how healthy or unhealthy it actually is. The results might surprise you. Studying 1877 adults and 330 school aged kids, researchers determined that adults take in 836 calories with every order, and kids take in 733 calories. This is a huge number of [...]
Continue reading …Bridge Collapse in Washington Speaks Volumes: We Need to Invest in Infrastructure
May 24, 2013 2 Comments
The US is struggling when it comes to its aging infrastructure, and experts have been making this statement every year for decades. The government isn’t listening or the funds aren’t available, and as a result, bridges keep collapsing and more lives are at risk. Six years after a bridge collapsed in Minneapolis and killed 13 [...]
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A new study shows that teen birth rates have dropped steadily throughout the United States, across all ethnic groups. The biggest drop has been among hispanic teens. All of this comes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The study says that for adolescents between 15 and 19 years old, the birth rate [...]
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We bet you didn’t know this. A judge has just ruled that those old Borders Gift Cards that you might have in your closet aren’t worth a dime. A Manhattan judge made the ruling on Wednesday, ruling that the bankrupt company owes nothing to the consumers who bought the cards. A total of $210 million [...]
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By Yolanda Spivey Kimberly Wilkins, aka Sweet Brown, became famous for an interview she did for a news station after evacuating from her Oklahoma City apartment building that was on fire. Sweet Brown was the laughing stock to many as she described how she awoke to get a “cold pop” and thought someone was “barbequing” [...]
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by Damario Solomon-Simmons, Esq Superstar running back Chris Johnson and other Tennessee Titans’ player’s charities have been hit with allegations of inefficiency, waste, and non-compliance with non-profit law. In an investigative news report by Nashville’s NewsChannel5 entitled, “Questions Raised By Some Titans Players’ Charities,” reporter Jennifer Kraus states that many of the player’s “foundations have [...]
Continue reading …Darrell Padgett: Sixth Circuit Court Makes Crack-to-Powder Law Retroactive to Help Free Thousands of Inmates
May 21, 2013 7 Comments
By: Darrell Padgett In what seemed to be a reading of a civil rights speech, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, in United States v. Blewett, No. 12-5226 (6th Cir. May 17, 2013), rendered a decision therein comparing the abolition of slavery and the eradication of the Jim Crow laws, in [...]
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A new study might make you look at your handbag with a side eye. The study, reported in Medical News Today, says that your little purse that you carry around may not be much different from you carrying a toilet under your arm or putting the plunger near your face. The study, conducted by the [...]
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