Shauna Wright
Weekend Box Office – ‘The Hunger Games’ Continues to Kill It In Sales
Continuing its quest for world domination, ‘The Hunger Games’ earned another $21.5 million this weekend and marked its fourth straight week atop the box office charts.
Are Nice People Born That Way?
Are kindness and generosity learned behaviors, or are they genetic?
A new study says it could be a little of both, largely dependent on how we view the world.
This Day in History for April 15 – Titanic Sinks and More
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:
1912 – After hitting an iceberg, the RMS Titanic sinks at 2:20 a.m., killing 1,517 people (More info)
1923 – Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes (More info)
Celebrity Birthdays for April 13 – Al Green, Max Weinberg and More
Here’s a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today:
Al Green
Age: 66
Occupation: Singer and Songwriter
Known For: Pioneering modern soul music with classic songs like ‘I’m Still In Love With You,’ ‘Love and Happiness’ and ‘Let’s Stay Together,’ a tragic 1974 incident with a girlfriend that caused him to turn to become a minister and found a church in Memphis, and being ranked among Rol
Tip of a Lifetime! Police Let Waitress Keep Drug-Scented $12,000 She Found on Table
Doing the right thing often has its own rewards — but you may need to get a lawyer, first. That’s what one Minnesota waitress learned the hard way.
Did Author Morgan Robertson Predict the Sinking of the Titanic in His Book, ‘Futility’?
You know the story: a supposedly unsinkable ship hits an iceberg and meets a tragic end, killing most of the passengers on board. But it wasn’t the the Titanic — it was actually a fictional ship called the Titan, written about in a book published 14 years before the famed Titanic set sail on its doomed voyage.
Celebrity Birthdays for April 12 – David Letterman, Vince Gill and More
Here’s a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today:
David Letterman
Age: 65
Occupation: Comedian, Writer and Talk Show Host
Known For: Hosting ‘Late Night with David Letterman’ on NBC and later ‘Late Show with David Letterman’ on CBS, having the longest late-night hosting career in American history, his Worldwide Pants production company, and providing a textbook example of the right w
This Day in History for April 12 – Civil War Begins and More
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:
1861 – The Civil War begins with Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, SC (More info)
1945 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies while in office (More info)
Wannabe Special Agent Sues FBI After He’s Rejected Over a Pushup
Most jobs don’t have physical fitness tests, but the FBI does — and one man who was denied a position as a special agent for doing 29 pushups instead of the required 30 is now suing the agency for gender discrimination.
New Movie Releases — ‘The Cabin in the Woods,’ ‘Lockout’ and ‘The Three Stooges’ [VIDEOS]
Horror, action or comedy? Pick your poison, because all three genres will be represented in the movies opening in wide release this weekend.
Which Airline Ranks Worst in Customer Satisfaction?
Last year, airlines in the US posted their highest profits in more than a decade — but all that money sure didn’t buy a lot of customer satisfaction.
Who Got Rich When Facebook Bought Instagram? — Dollars and Sense
News broke on Monday that Facebook had acquired the popular photo-sharing service Instagram for the princely sum of $1 billion in cash and stock.
It’s the biggest purchase in the history of the world’s largest social network, and it made new multimillionaires of Instagram’s chief executive and the company’s handful of employees.