Beware: It’s April Fools’ Day

by Mike Krumboltz

April 1 is the only day of the year when deceit and pranks are not just tolerated, but encouraged. Interest in the “holiday” is palpable in the Yahoo! Search box. Web lookups for “best april fools day pranks,” “how to trick a friend,” and “funny april fools day tricks” are all making more noise than an overinflated whoopee cushion.

But if you ask us, the most interesting prank-related query is this: April Fools’ Day history. Would-be Allen Funts clearly want to know why everybody is allowed to lie to each other on the first day of April. Here’s the scoop…

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Bill O’Reilly Helps Albert Snyder After Westboro Baptist Church Stained Memory Of Slain Marine Son

From across America, the rich and poor are rising to help Albert Snyder battle a bizarre church that has stained the memory of his hero Marine son.

The Room

Five webcasts will be available here on 30 March, starting from 8:30am (Central European Summer Time – CEST). The main webcast will include live footage from the control rooms for the LHC accelerator and all four LHC experiments and coverage of the press…

PS3 Update 321

Sony’s PS3 will be getting an update on April 1, 2010 that could affect its appeal to gamers, especially those who favor its compatibility with Linux and other OS. According to an announcement on Playstation Blog delivered by Sony’s Patrick Seybold, the upcoming…

Sea Creature Surfaces, Chaos Ensues

by Mike Krumboltz

Think sharks are scary? They’re downright cuddly compared to the Bathynomus giganteus, a very terrifying (and very real) sea creature that recently surfaced from the deep.

See Flickr photos of the creature. (Warning: May give you nightmares.)

So, what the heck is it? According to an article from Fox News, the Bathynomus giganteus (henceforth known as “Bart”) is a type of giant isopod, “a large crustacean that dwells in deep Atlantic and Pacific waters.” It passes the time by feeding on “dead whales, fish, and squid.”

Ol’ Bart attached itself to a submarine that was explo

Susan Anton

On Saturday, September 8, I attended the World Premiere of “Middle of Nowhere” at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival.

Here are some pictures I shot at the exciting Q&A which followed the screening, at which director John Stockwell was joined…

Diddy Dirty Money

Yo, I’m a Diddy backer. I really am. Dude knows how to sell, especially himself. But this Last Train to Paris/Dirty Money thing has me confused. So Diddy has a new album coming called “Last Train to Paris“. It was supposed to come out this…

President Obama Signs New Education Reform Act

Image Via CBS.com

On March 30, 2010 at the Alexandria campus of Northern Virginia Community College, President Obama signed into effect the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. This act was “two major victories that will improve the lives of our people for generations to come,” said President Obama.

This education act will save taxpayers almost $70 billion by removing banks’ abilities to act as middlemen in the student loan process. Instead, this money will be moved into the Pell Grant program to help fund community colleges and colleges that have been historically black col

Nicki Minaj Massive Attack Video

Yesterday I brought you the exclusive and today I present to you the video for the first single from Nicki Minaj. The video features cameos from Birdman aka Baby and Amber Rose as well as Sean Garret on the hook.

How We Help China

If we fail to demonstrate that democracy works, the Chinese win.

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