Miss America Beauty Pageant 2008 Takes A Different Turn

"This year's 52 Miss America contestants haven't just been getting judged, they've been getting zinged in "Miss America: Reality Check," a four-part reality series leading up to Saturday's 8 p.m. EST crowning on TLC. The series, whose final installment airs Friday, has...

Gadget toilet made for modern kings and queens

"SINGAPORE (Reuters Life!) - Think you deserve a throne? A U.S. plumbing firm has created a luxury toilet equipped with laptop computer and flat-screen TV which it plans to give away in an online sweepstake."

Can Dogs Make You Healthier?

"Scientists claimed on Monday that owning a dog is good for your mental and physical health, more so even than cats. Writing in the British Journal of Health Psychology, Dr. Deborah Wells, a senior lecturer at the Canine Behaviour Centre of Queens University, Belfast, found...

ACTION ALERT: Entire Queens Family Arrested as Intimidation

"For questions, contact: Fahd Ahmed, DRUM (940) 391 -2660 At 5am on the morning of January 9th, 2007, ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) raided the Queens home of and arrested three members (father, mother, and daughter) of the Siraj family, a tight-knit Pakistani...

How to deal with many of the world's troublemakers

"Nobody lives on planet Earth for long without discovering that it's full of troublemakers - people who delight in making life difficult for others. Almost immediately most of us start our interactions with other people as young children, we come across some kid who wants to...

Surveillance Footage Released in Sean Bell Shooting

In case you missed this story, Sean Bell was the unarmed NYC man who was shot on the eve of his wedding day by undercover police in Queens.  Police fired a reported 50 shots into the area, missing a civilian, and Port Authority patrolman before killing Bell in his...

USA Today: 24-Karat Gold Nugget of Baseball History Found

USA Today: 50th Wedding Anniversary brings discovery of a "24-karat nugget of baseball history rare color home movie of Don Larsen's Perfect Game in 1956 World Series" between the New York Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers.

New York Yankee Don Larsen Perfect Game Color 'Zapruder Film' Found From 1956...

Color home movie Zapruder-style film of Don Larsen's Perfect Game from the 1956 World Series found 50 years later. Story is about color 8mm film shot by Saul Terry while on his honeymoon trip to see the New York Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 5 of the...

Five years later, victims of New York jet crash get memorial

"A memorial to the 265 people who died in the second deadliest aviation accident in U-S history will be officially dedicated today. It was five years ago today that American Airlines Flight 587 plunged into a quiet neighborhood in the New York borough of Queens. The plane had...

British Government Tables New Climate Bill

Bowing to pressure from opposition parties and environmental campaigners, the British government will table a new long-term climate change bill for inclusion in next month's Queen's speech. Despite the new initiative, green campaigners remain critical as the new bill is not...