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Woody Allen considers retirement amid talks with Alec Baldwin

Woody Allen told Alec Baldwin during a live interview Tuesday on Instagram that he is mulling ending his movie-making career, saying directing has lost its luster. The two men — each facing significant controversies — steered clear of addressing either the abuse allegations against Allen or the shooting last year… Read More

Ben Affleck’s 10-year-old crashes Lamborghini

Hollywood filmmaker Ben Affleck grabbed headlines this weekend… but not for his role in the movies. Affleck was shopping at a car dealership Sunday, and he watched his 10-year-old son bump a yellow Lamborghini into a white BMW. “Ben was at the dealership to test drive a new car. [Affleck’s… Read More

[Recipe] Watermelon salad perfect for July 4th

For a fast and easy warm-weather salad on the Fourth of July, it doesn’t get better than Watermelon Feta. According to Google Trends, searches for watermelon and feta cheese salads have spiked every July for more than a decade. To taste it is to know why. The distinct and refreshing… Read More

NASA: Give us back our cockroaches

NASA wants its moon dust and cockroaches back. The space agency has asked Boston-based RR Auction to halt the sale of moon dust collected during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission that had subsequently been fed to cockroaches during an experiment to determine if the lunar rock contained any sort of… Read More

New York couple fined for bringing racoon into pet store

A New York man and woman face fines of $500 each after they took a raccoon to a pet store to shop for food and a store worker ratted them out, authorities said. A state Department of Environmental Conservation police officer got an urgent call from the Erie County Department… Read More

Manning surprise rocks college football’s elite teams

The latest Manning quarterback, and the nation’s top recruit for next year’s class, has verbally committed to a future SEC school: Arch Manning tweeted Thursday that he plans to play at Texas. It’s a decision that impacted many of college football’s elite teams. Manning had been heavily recruited by Georgia,… Read More

Massive 18-foot, 215 lbs snake captured in Florida

A team of biologists recently hauled in the heaviest Burmese python ever captured in Florida, officials said. The female python weighed in at 215 pounds (98 kilograms), was nearly 18 feet long (5 meters) and had 122 developing eggs, the Conservancy of Southwest Florida said in a news release. The… Read More

NASA advances moon landing rocket

NASA said Thursday it has finished testing its huge moon rocket and will move it back to the launch pad in late August. A date for the first flight will be set after a leak that popped up during a dress rehearsal is fixed, the space agency said. Earlier this… Read More

[PIC] Archaeologists uncover unique Pompeii find

Archaeologists in Pompeii have discovered the remains of a pregnant tortoise that had sought refuge in the ruins of a home destroyed by an earthquake in 62 AD, only to be covered by volcanic ash and rock when Mount Vesuvius erupted 17 years later. The 14-centimeter long (5.5-inch long) Hermann’s… Read More

Ohio State wins big trademark

Ohio State University has won its fight to trademark the word “The.” The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office approved the university’s request Tuesday. The school says it allows Ohio State to control use of “The” on branded products associated with and sold through athletics and collegiate channels, such as T-shirts,… Read More