Michele Bachmann’s struggling presidential campaign saw her Iowa chairman defect Wednesday to rival Ron Paul’s side, an embarrassing blow that came as some called for her to leave the race to free up her supporters for other candidates. Hours after appearing with Bachmann at an event, state Sen. Kent Sorenson gave his endorsement to the […]
In week 16 against the Atlanta Falcons, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees broke Dan Marino’s long standing record of passing yards in a year of 5,084 with a 9 yard touchdown pass to Darren Sproles with just under 3 minutes left in the fourth quarter of the game. Brees needed 305 yards to break the record entering […]
Apple is planning to use hydrogen cells to produce lighter batteries that could last for weeks. according to patent applications published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The filings that the company submitted seem to have rather bold promises of allowing electronics to run for days or weeks without having to be recharged. According to the Telegraph, hydrogen […]
Jets v Giants, New York v New York. Two teams sharing not only a city but also a stadium. The Jets and Giants have only met 11 times in total since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970 – and perhaps never in a game this significant. Coming into this game at 8-6 and 7-7 respectively, both know […]
The Republican Party of Virginia announced early Saturday that GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich failed to amass the 10,000 signatures needed in order to secure a place on the ballot in the party’s March 6th primary election. Gingrich isn’t the first Republican presidential candidate who failed to qualify for the “Super Tuesday” primary contest – […]
Donald Trump changed his party affiliation from Republican to independent on Thursday “to preserve his right to run for president as an independent after the finale of ‘The Apprentice’ in May,” Trump Special Counsel Michael Cohen said Friday.
NPR’s quiz show “Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me” is making the leap from radio to television. The show debuts Friday evening on BBC America.
ASA’s Kepler mission has discovered the first Earth-size planets orbiting a sun-like star outside our solar system. The planets, called Kepler-20e and Kepler-20f, are too close to their star to be in the so-called habitable zone where liquid water could exist on a planet’s surface, but they are the smallest exoplanets ever confirmed around a star like our sun.
Rabbi Rick Jacobs was installed Sunday as head of the largest Jewish movement on the continent, a ceremony that included cheers, ominous warnings and tearful, pleading prayers for his success.
The Pew Research Center released a new comprehensive demographic report Monday on the size and distribution of the world’s Christian population. The study finds that there are 2.18 billion Christians of all ages in more than 200 countries around the world, representing nearly a third of the estimated 6.9 billion 2010 global population.