Archive for June, 2009
Many of the passengers on board a Yemenia Air plane that crashed on its way to the Comoros Islands were French – reflecting deep historical ties between the two nations.
More than most African nations, Comoros has struggled to establish a stable government since independence from its former colonial power, France.
French forces took over the [...]
June 30th, 2009 | Posted in Popular Topics Today | No Comments
Good news everyone — George Clooney is alive and well … just like Jeff Goldblum and Natalie Portman. For some reason, some messed up people dropped some seriously evil rumors that Clooney was the latest star to croak this week … and now, we’ve learned the fake stories have caused [...]
June 30th, 2009 | Posted in Popular Topics Today | No Comments
Gaming goddess and G4 TV host Morgan Webb shares some stunning soundtracks to prove game music is not just random bleeps and bloops, but in fact a major part of the emotional experience of playing. Alongside diverse instrumental pieces, the SoCal native plays a favorite ska band from her teenage years and her introduction to [...]
June 30th, 2009 | Posted in Popular Topics Today | No Comments
The Beatles album cover Help and its semaphore message vaulted in the news recently. Here are the details.
The album cover features the group with their arms positioned to spell out a word in flag semaphore. According to cover photographer Robert Freeman, "I had the idea of semaphore spelling out the letters HELP. But when [...]
June 30th, 2009 | Posted in Popular Topics Today | No Comments
Here is the real story from Audrey Ellison:
I’m Audrey Ellison. I was living in Central Florida when young Jessica Lunsford was abducted, raped and murdered by a vile and treacherous sex offender who was living nearby to her.
As a mother of two young boys, my skin crawled as I watched the story unfold on television. [...]
June 30th, 2009 | Posted in Life & Living, Popular Topics Today, Society & Environment | 4 Comments
Boston (DbTechNo) – Millions of shocked fans around the world still can not believe that their beloved Michael Jackson is dead.
The pop icon died last week of a heart attack and since then he has been memorialized in numerous worldly tributes.
Rumors of his death began to flood the internet on Thursday of last week, [...]
June 29th, 2009 | Posted in Popular Topics Today | No Comments
We are fast becoming a society of statues. A curious species who seem to have our collective asses permanently attached to a chair. Or preferably, a couch. We discovered that within a few years many of us will have identical movement patterns and daily activity levels to that of the oak tree. Yep, it appears [...]
June 28th, 2009 | Posted in Popular Topics Today | 2 Comments
Want to lose weight ? First of all, discover why you are fat. Second, treat the problem at the source. Third, see results within weeks, without changing anything in your life.
Why are you fat ? Is it because you eat too much? Because you don’t exercise enough ? You have tried the diets from the [...]
June 28th, 2009 | Posted in Popular Topics Today | No Comments
For more than a decade, Nanette Tarbouni has been the peppy and friendly face behind the increasingly daunting admissions office at Washington University. When she began working there 25 years ago, the school received about 5,000 applications for the freshman class — and accepted more than 70 percent of them. This year, [...]
June 28th, 2009 | Posted in Popular Topics Today | No Comments
Latest news, Michael Jackson’s family gathered at his parents’ suburban Los Angeles home on Saturday to make funeral arrangements for the troubled King of Pop amid reports that they are seeking a second, independent autopsy. Jackson’s body was returned to his family on Friday night after an examination by the Los Angeles County coroner’s [...]
June 28th, 2009 | Posted in Popular Topics Today | No Comments