If Toyota has it’s way, there may be no human drivers in the future. Toyota is investing $50 million with Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in hopes of gaining an edge in an accelerating race to make cars totally self-driven. The financial commitment announced Friday by the… Read More
MUST SEE – The dramatic firefighter photos lighting up social media
Beautiful but tragic photos of the out-of-control fires in the West are taking social media by storm. Washington firefighter Stephanie Preheim is an example of how new technology is giving civilians a first-hand glimpse into the dangers. Preheim had only just arrived at the storage facility she was assigned to… Read More
Cecil the Lion’s hunter returns from hiding
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota dentist who experienced a global backlash after killing Cecil the lion is expected to return to work after more than a month out of the public eye. Walter Palmer was named in late July as the hunter who killed Cecil. In following days, he… Read More
WATCH – Muslims, in 1958, laughing at the idea of imposing hijab on women
It’s amazing how quickly the world can change. Watch Gamal Abd el Nasser, the President of Egypt from 1956 until 1970, give a speech to a laughing audience on the Muslim Brotherhood’s idea of imposing hijab on women in their country. A hijab is a veil that symbolizes modesty and women… Read More
Classic Disney star dies
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dean Jones, whose boyish good looks and all-American manner made him Disney’s favorite young actor for such lighthearted films as “That Darn Cat!” and “The Love Bug,” has died of complications of Parkinson’s disease. He was 84. He died Monday in Los Angeles, Jones’ publicist Richard… Read More
Moron crashes car, then huffs cleaning product… Right in front of a cop
TOPSHAM, Maine (AP) — Police say a Maine man crashed his SUV into a guardrail on an interstate and then inhaled computer keyboard cleaner in front of the officer who pulled him over. Topsham Sgt. Robert Ramsay tells the Portland Press Herald that 44-year-old John Yates was arrested Monday night… Read More
The naughty “Big Foot” sightings
KENNEBUNK, Maine (AP) — Authorities have nabbed a man who’s accused of spray-painting images of Sasquatch on public property. Police in the picturesque coastal town didn’t find the graffiti featuring Bigfoot all that amusing and charged 36-year-old Freeman Hatch with criminal mischief and possession of drugs. He’s due in court… Read More
NH pulling bartending manuals for having dirty drink names?
Don’t use quirky drink names when ordering at the bar, says Big Brother, or you could hurt someones feelings. New Hampshire has pulled hundreds of bartending guides from state-run liquor stores after workers complained that the drink manuals contained sexually explicit and derogatory drink names such as “stripper mom.” The… Read More
Judge issues HUGE ruling against the NFL. League vows to fight.
Sorry, Goodell. A federal judge let the air out of “Deflategate” Thursday, erasing New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady’s four-game suspension for a controversy the NFL claimed threatened football’s integrity. U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman criticized NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell for dispensing “his own brand of industrial justice.” Berman… Read More
JAPAN SURRENDERS! Celebrations from Wednesday’s 70th anniversary
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — U.S. officials and veterans gathered on a decommissioned battleship in Pearl Harbor on Wednesday to mark the 70th anniversary of World War II’s end. “It was not about retribution. Like today’s ceremony, it was an acknowledgement that the shared losses of World War II vastly… Read More