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A woman held up a sign at a Garth Brooks concert in Minneapolis Friday that made the singer stop everything mid-performance to honor his fan.
Teresa Shaw held up a sign during the song "The Dance," that read: "Chemo this morning, Garth tonight. Enjoy the dance," Kare11 reported.
She had needed a break from her breast cancer treatment, and decided to go to Brooks’ concert with her 19-year…
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A suicide bomber, disguised as a student, detonated explosives Monday as students started their day at Government Comprehensive Senior Science Secondary School in Potiskum, Yobe state, northern Nigeria, reports Agence France-Presse. At least 47 people were killed and 79 wounded, police told CNN.
Over 2,000 students had gathered for the school’s weekly assembly when the bomb detonated…
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This rant from the HBO series “The Newsroom,” where the character Will McAvoy (played by Jeff Daniels) argues that America is not the greatest country in the world, has enjoyed resurgence this week.
Will is asked why America is the greatest country in the world. While the other speakers give hackneyed responses, Will pugnaciously responds that America is not the greatest country in the world (…
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Neil deGrasse Tyson, an American astrophysicist and star of "Cosmos," tweeted today:
Stay calm. Just because Republicans took control over the Senate, doesn't mean Global Warming is any less true than before.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) November 7, 2014
Guess he has seen the "sky is falling" hysteria from liberals out there...
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“I think [Sen. Harry Reid (D.-Nev.)] is an absolutely poisonous person in the United States Senate in politics, and the entire country would be much better off, I think the Democrats would be better off, if he were to move on,” said Dana Perino, co-host of Fox’s “The Five,” when asked her opinion on Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.)
Perino was answering whether she thought Reid would transition from…
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“Senate Democrats wanted to avoid votes on contentious issues so they wouldn’t have to take unpopular stands that might cost them reelection,” said Jon Stewart on last night’s The Daily Show. “It’s a well known political maneuver known as the chickensh*t gambit, named of course for Senator Dickless H. Chickens#!t.”
“But if you’re basing your agenda purely on what helps red state Democrats, how…
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It seems media can't wait to report that Dr. Ben Carson officially announced his candidacy for president in 2016 - though there's an hour-long special about him airing this weekend and a PAC to draft the famous pediatric neurosurgeon and author of NY Times bestseller “One Nation.”
ABC News jumped the gun this week, reporting that Carson had announced his candidacy - but, then had to publish a…
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The White House Press Corps burst out laughing at Josh Earnest’s weak attempts to “spin” the election loss at today’s press briefing.
“Would you say that Tuesday night was a big loss for Democrats?” asked American Urban Radio Networks reporter April Ryan.
“Well again, uh, in terms of the sort of punditry… analysis…” Earnest said haltingly.
“No it’s not punditry, it’s a real question. Because…
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“I know you don’t want to read the tea leaves, but it is a fact that your party rejected you in these midterms,” said CNN Senior White House Correspondent Jim Acosta to President Obama at yesterday’s press conference, a statement which caused Obama to laugh bitterly. “By and large, they did not want you out on the campaign trail in these key battleground states. How do you account for that?”…
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A 52-year old Kansas woman awoke at 3:30 a.m. Thursday after hearing a commotion in her home, only to find a 28 year old stranger helping himself to cookie dough from her refrigerator, the Wichita Eagle reported. He’d let himself in through the unlocked back door.
“The suspect told police he believed it to be his aunt’s house and he was hungry,” Lt. James Espinoza said. “So he went to the…