The massive volcano that lurks under Yellowstone National Park took a “breath” recently, causing miles of earth to rise dramatically, scientists tell National Geographic . From 2004 to 2010, parts of the 925-square-mile caldera have swelled as much as 10 inches, most likely pushed up by a magma pocket four to…
Continue reading …It’s her show’s final season, she’s just back from Australia, and suddenly she’s got a big surprise: Oprah has a long-lost half-sister! What a fortunate coincidence for the queen of talk, writes Lisa de Moraes in the Washington Post . This despite the fact that Oprah met her sister months ago,…
Continue reading …Scientists at Nestle are working on food to fool our stomachs. They’re studying the “gut brain”—which tells us when we’re hungry and when we’re full—in an effort to develop products that will keep us feeling full longer and thus reduce overeating, the Wall Street Journal reports. The “gut…
Continue reading …Good news for Rahm Emanuel in the Chicago mayor’s race: The Illinois Supreme Court has halted the Chicago board of elections from printing any mayoral ballots without Emanuel’s name on them. The high court is still determining whether to consider an appeal filed by Emanuel after a state appeals court…
Continue reading …Riot police in Cairo are using tear gas, water cannons, and batons to try to disperse massive protests. Thousands are marching in what activists have called a “ day of revolt ,” inspired by the protests that took down Tunisia’s government. Tens of thousands committed to the protest on Facebook, and a…
Continue reading …Keith Olbermann once included Bret Stephens on one of his “Worst Person in the World” lists, so you’d think the conservative columnist would be dancing on his talk show’s grave. But he’s not, mostly because he doesn’t buy into the post-Arizona claptrap about civil discourse. “America does better when its…
Continue reading …Don’t feel guilty if you’re not planning to watch the State of the Union speech tonight—hardly anyone is, writes David Graham in Newsweek . And even those who do watch won’t remember much about it. “What used to be a must-see for the country is watched by a shrinking audience….
Continue reading …A Chicago man who wore a Green Bay Packers tie to work yesterday was sacked for it, the Tribune reports. John Stone, a salesman at a Chevrolet dealership, says he donned the tie in honor of his grandmother, a Packers fan who was buried on Friday. His boss told him…
Continue reading …Jesse Ventura doesn’t want the TSA getting too intimate with “the Body.” The wrestler-turned-governor-turned-conspiracy-peddler has filed a lawsuit complaining that the full-body scanners and pat-downs passengers are subjected to at airports constitute unreasonable search and seizure, the AP reports. The searches are “warrantless and suspicionless,” the lawsuit says, and constitute…
Continue reading …The Scottish government wants you to be able to enjoy a delightful mixture of sheep organs in the comforts of your American home: It’s urging the US to lift a 40-year-old ban on haggis imports. The sale of sheep’s lungs, a vital part of the national dish, has been banned…
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