Tax season is in full swing! As you prepare to file taxes (especially if you’re rolling solo and DIY-ing it), it’s a good idea to brush up on the basics. Miranda Marquit of Planting Money Seeds dropped into Block Talk today to give you a refresher on the 5 most common tax deductions. One of the ways you can reduce …

A Germantown, Md., mother and another woman accused of killing two toddlers and trying to kill two other children believed that they were releasing demonic spirits that had possessed the siblings, Montgomery County police said Saturday.

Actress Julia Roberts narrowly missed being hit by barricade at the Screen Actors Guild Awards The Pretty Woman star narrowly missed being hit by a falling barricade as eager fans crushed to catch a glimpse of her. Julia Roberts was walking down the red carpet greeting fans when in all the excitement the barrier toppled over – yikes! Video shows …

Aliens on Moon? A mysterious triangular wedge-shaped object which looks somewhat like an alien ‘spaceship’ has been spotted on the Moon by Google maps. The controversial images appear to show the object with a row of seven light dots along the edge, and many UFO sites have reportedly likened the object to an alien spaceship.

New Jersey’s pigskin-picking camel has died just weeks before the Super Bowl. Princess, a fixture at the Popcorn Park Zoo in Lacey Township for 10 years, gained fame for picking winners in football games.

Former Massachusetts governor and two-time Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is no stranger to the camera. But director Greg Whiteley, who followed the Romney family for roughly six years and through two campaigns to create his documentary film “Mitt,” is confident that very few people know the real man behind the headlines. “Most people that will come and see this …

The statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro has sustained a broken finger from lightning that struck it, informed world agencies Saturday. A heavy electric rainstorm raged over the major Brazilian city on Thursday, causing power cuts for many households. The world famous Jesus statue, rising over a 700 m hill above Rio was damaged by another storm …

The endangered snow leopard has been spotted, for the first time in Uzbekistan. Better, a camera trap snapped not one but two elusive cats roaming the wild in Gissar Nature Reserve — a protected part of the Pamir Mountains, showed images released by conservation groups Panthera and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). In Uzbekistan, the cats had previously been confirmed …

Nina Agdal is the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue’s rookie of the year for 2012. A South Beach resident for the past 1 1/2 years, the Denmark native has become one of the world’s top bikini and lingerie models. Her first public appearance since winning the SI title was at last weekend’s Ludus Athletics Model Beach Volleyball Tournament in South Beach, …

NBC and Time Inc. have announced a new partnership to host a two-hour TV special to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit franchise. Fans will be able to tune in on February 3rd at 9 p.m. ET/PT to catch Sports Illustrated Swimsuit: 50 Years of Beautiful.

Last year when we did the list of the top 10 biotech IPOs of 2012, we were lucky to have 10. Actually, there were 11, and that looked pretty good compared to the lean and hungry years of 2008 to 2011. Only one of the companies had to be excluded. This year, the top 10 list is far more … …