Santa and his helpers hit the ski slopes to spread some holiday cheer on Sunday. All told, a mob of 150 right jolly ol’ elves hopped on skis and snowboards for the 16th annual Skiing Santas event at Sunday River ski resort in Maine. The event serves as a festive… Read More
Avast! World’s largest sunken treasure discovered… worth BILLIONS
Colombian President Juan Manual Santos on Saturday hailed the discovery of a Spanish galleon that went down off the South American nation’s coast more than 300 years ago with what may be the world’s largest sunken treasure. At a news conference, Santos said the exact location of the galleon San… Read More
Venezuelan voters SHOCKINGLY reject socialists in landslide victory
Venezuela’s opposition won control of the National Assembly by a landslide, stunning the ruling party and altering the balance of power 17 years after the late Hugo Chavez kicked off the nation’s socialist revolution. The opposition coalition won at least 99 seats in the incoming 167-seat legislature, electoral authorities announced… Read More
Forgotten vets found, honored, and laid to rest the right way
The cremated remains of 14 war veterans and the spouses of seven other service members have been laid to rest years after their deaths. Thanks to the Missing in America Project, they were remembered Saturday before their burial at the South Florida National Cemetery in Lake Worth. The Sun Sentinel reports… Read More
Jimmy Carter announces he is cancer-free
Former president Jimmy Carter revealed that his latest brain scan showed no signs of cancer four months after he had announced that melanoma had spread to his brain and that he was putting himself “in the hands of God.” Carter first announced the news at the small church where he… Read More
Missing cat returned home… after 8 years!
A California cat that was missing for more than eight years has been reunited with her family thanks to a man who took her to an animal shelter. Marin Humane Society spokeswoman Lisa Bloch said Sunday that Rick Benson had been feeding the orange tabby near his shop in Novato… Read More
“Santa is on his way”… to outer space!
A U.S. shipment of much-needed groceries and other astronaut supplies rocketed toward the International Space Station for the first time in months Sunday, reigniting NASA’s commercial delivery service. If the Orbital ATK capsule arrives at the space station Wednesday as planned, it will represent the first U.S. delivery since spring…. Read More
Mom, accused of burying newborn alive, arrested
Authorities have arrested the mother of a baby who was buried alive near a Southern California bike path. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Sgt. Bob Boese said Sunday the woman was arrested late last week. He declined to release the woman’s identity, citing the ongoing nature of the investigation. Boese said… Read More
America remembers: The Pearl Harbor attack
It started at 7:48 a.m. Hawaiian time on December 7th, 1941 – the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. Now, 74 years later, the United States still remembers the fateful event that led to America’s entrance into World War II — and its ultimate victory. On the island, the National Park… Read More
Texans challenge Supreme Court on important voter rights issue
Don’t mess with Texas. A new voters rights case is heading to the Supreme Court over the constitutional requirement to make electoral districts roughly equal in population. Two voters in Texas are asking the court, in arguments set for Tuesday, to order a drastic change in the way Texas and… Read More