Rove Rap Rattles Bloggers, YouTubers

The Rove Rap (a musical improv scene performed at the Radio and Television Correspondents Dinner, which was hosted by comedians Brad Sherwood and Colin Mochrie) is everywhere...and it's drawing everything from...

Starving for Sanjaya

American Idol contestant Sanjaya Malakar still hasn't been kicked off the show. No matter how many hunger strikes have been proclaimed and threats of "no shaving until he is gone" have been shouted, he is still...

Iraqi militia leader calls for mass demonstration

Al-Sadr, a Shiite cleric, has been one of the most vocal opponents to the US's presence in Iraq. His call for protest was dated March 14, but was only released today. The announcement comes on the heels of a car...

French runner dies in Morocco's Sand Marathon

One of the most fierce running competitions in the world -- the Marathon des Sables or Marathon of the Sands in Morocco has claimed a life of a 49 year-old French runner. Bernard Juke was found in his tent by his...

If sharks were baby seals, our oceans could be saved

The shark population is diminishing, and has been on a steady decline since 1970, if not before. This is largely due to the popularity of shark meat and fins, which has in recent years spread to North America in a...

Burberry clothing factory closes

After 60 years of production, Burberry's Treorchy plant has closed and displaced over 300 workers. Celebrities had campaigned to keep the factory open but in the end it just wasn't enough for the commercially not...

Bataan Memorial Death March reenacts WWII POW strife

Bataan is a region of the Philippines in which battles between American/Philippine forces and Japanese soldiers took place during WWII. After a formal surrender on April 9, 1942, the Japanese found themselves in...

Canadian seal hunt scaled back

This announcement--which reduces this year's quota for seal hunters by one quarter--will likely draw a lot of ire from environmentalists and activists, who were looking for the hunt to be canceled altogether. "The...

Bono gets knighthood, but don't call him Sir

Bono has accepted an honorary knighthood in Dublin from British Ambassador David Reddaway. The U2 singer's new title is Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. Although you won't be...

Twitter your newspaper?

The buzz on Twitter just keeps growing louder and more forceful--this week the Financial Times even took a run at analyzing the phenomenon. Now, newspaper publishers are reportedly looking at the Twitter model as...

Parakeet paradise in a one bedroom apartment

A Seattle man's love for his parakeets might have gone a bit too far, after animal rescue workers found over 110 parakeets in his one bedroom apartment.  Neighbours say the noise from the birds could be heard...

Why the iPhone will never work, according to PC Magazine

Engadget is reporting that John Dvorak, a well-known cranky columnist for PC Magazine, is predicting that Apple's iPhone will be a bust. Now, I'm a PC user myself, but this seems like one of those "I'm a Mac/I'm a...

Fire in a Chicago High-Rise

Firefighters have now extinguished a fire that started in a downtown Chicago apartment building. No injuries are reported.   "A fire on the roof of the Heller International Building at 500 W. Monroe St....

Beefing up sperm counts

Growth promoters in beef that were consumed during pregnancy could be to blame for their son's low sperm count later in life, a study suggests. The study of men living in the U.S. revealed that those whose...

Plastic grocery bags banned in San Francisco

San Fransisco will become the first U.S. city to ban plastic grocery bags. The mayor is expected to sign the ban after the law approved it 10-1. The petroleum based plastic bags are blamed for littering streets...