We’re at the beginning of a housing recovery. Everyone is sprinting out of the gates to get into the real estate market. Mortgage loan rates are low. Credit is becoming easier to get. The economy, despite dips here and there, continues on a gradual, upward incline. People are feeling more secure in their jobs. Home sales are up in some ... Read More »
An analysis of a fossil bone suggests Neanderthals may have had the ability to speak, an Australian researcher says. Stephen Wroe of the University of New South Wales, working with an international team, says the researchers were able to determine how the Hyoid bone — a horseshoe shaped structure in the neck — worked in Neanderthals. Wroe said the findings ... Read More »
This wasn’t the resolution that North Carolina had been hoping for, or the resolution it wanted, but at last it has one, at least. The Tar Heels now know, finally, that P.J. Hairston, the junior guard who led the team in scoring last season, will not be back. “Now we know as a team what’s going on, what the final ... Read More »
Sex and the City actress Sarah Jessica Parker has hit out at claims that she is considering having surgery to make her hands look better. Sarah was recently the subject of a tabloid article, which suggested that she was thinking about getting her “witch hands” improved, something which made the actress feel physically ill. Read More »
Canada’s highest court has thrown out the country’s anti-prostitution laws in a victory for sex workers who said a ban on brothels and other measures made their profession more dangerous. But the supreme court ruling, in a case brought by three women in the sex trade, drew criticism from the conservative government and religious leaders. Read More »
After 7+ years as the Daily Show’s “Senior British Correspondent,” John Oliver was given an emotional sendoff during his final episode last night. Jon Stewart apparently tricked him into thinking they were doing a bit on “royal nuts,” and instead pivoted on air into a retrospective of Oliver’s tenure on the show. And Stewart made Oliver’s stiff upper lip get ... Read More »
Actress ROBIN WRIGHT is set to wed boyfriend BEN FOSTER after almost two years of dating, according to a report. The 47 year old officially ended her 14-year marriage to Sean Penn in July, 2010 and began dating Foster, who is 14 years her junior, in early 2011 after meeting on the set of movie drama Rampart. Read More »
I’m convinced that Christmas music carries much of the blame for mistakes like the one that occurred last Sunday at church, when a little girl extolled the virtues of the “Surgeon Mary.” The error went uncorrected. As a kid, I didn’t think Mary was medically trained, but I was confused by a lot of holiday songs. Read More »
A large industrial fire at a federal Superfund site in central Tennessee was about 95 percent contained by Thursday evening, a day and a half after it started, reports The Associated Press. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency On-Scene Coordinator Kevin Eichinger said in a phone interview that officials were continuing to monitor air quality around the site in rural Hickman County, ... Read More »
Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas has hit the 1 million sales in the UK, 19 years after it was first released. According to the Official Charts Company the track crossed the milestone after selling 68,000 copies in 2013. The American singer said: “Thank you to all of my British fans! Love, Mariah.” The track reached number two when ... Read More »
Fearne Cotton was forced to apologise to listeners of her Live Lounge show today after she swore live on air. The Radio 1 presenter was hosting a Christmas party edition of her show when her production team forgot to fade out her microphone while Wizzard’s I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day was playing. Read More »
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