Beaver dams have been demolished, burbling fountains silenced, and the drinking water in one southern town has taken on the light brownish color of sweet tea. Though water shortages have yet to drastically change most people’s lifestyles, southerners are beginning to realize that they’ll need to save their drinking supplies… Read More
70’s TV detective dies at 71
Ron Glass, the handsome, prolific character actor best known for his role as the gregarious, sometimes sardonic detective Ron Harris in the long-running cop comedy “Barney Miller,” has died at age 71. Glass died Friday of respiratory failure, his agent, Jeffrey Leavett, told The Associated Press on Saturday. “Ron was… Read More
War on Christmas! Arsonists burn down Christmas tradition
Sweden’s Christmas Goat — a giant decorative goat made of straw and wood — didn’t last long on its 50th anniversary. The straw goat, an annual Yuletide tradition in the city of Gavle since 1966, went up in flames just hours after it was inaugurated on Sunday. Arsonists just cannot… Read More
U.S. Army officially evicting pipeline protesters
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has set an early December deadline for American Indians and others to leave an encampment in North Dakota where they’ve been entrenched for months protesting the Dakota Access pipeline. Tribes including the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux are fighting the Dakota Access project… Read More
Cyber Monday under siege from early bird offers
Cyber Monday may be in danger of losing its online sales title. The Monday after Thanksgiving is traditionally the busiest online shopping day of the year, but stores are releasing internet deals earlier, stretching them through the week, as well as making them available in stores. Shoppers looking for discounts… Read More
America’s beloved mom dies at 82
Florence Henderson, who went from Broadway star to become one of America’s most beloved television moms in “The Brady Bunch,” has died. She was 82. Henderson died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Thursday night, a day after she was hospitalized, said her publicist, David Brokaw. Henderson had… Read More
Putin grants citizenship and passport to WHICH American celebrity!?
President Vladimir Putin has given a Russian passport to U.S. action film star Steven Seagal, calling it a sign of a thaw in relations with the United States. The 64-year old actor has been a regular visitor to Russia in recent years and has accompanied Putin to several martial arts… Read More
Cops put down suspected murderer in Baton Rouge shootout
An official in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, says a man who fatally shot a woman and ran over two bystanders with his car before crashing into an ambulance has died following a shootout with sheriff’s deputies. Maj. Bryan White, chief of detectives for the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Department, tells… Read More
Clinton empire on verge of collapse!?
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is trying her best to fade into the background – but her scandals remain front-and-center, and new evidence continues to emerge that the family charity was actually a massive pay-to-play scheme. The Clintons have insisted that the charity is completely separate from the family’s… Read More
Some of our FAVORITE Black Friday deals
Thanksgiving is over, and Christmas shopping has begun. Black Friday is finally here and with so many stores offering great deals, it’s hard to know how to best stretch your dollar. Adobe Digital Insights predicts that this year will be the biggest Black Friday yet, with sales exceeding $3 billion…. Read More