The most popular game app in the world, Flappy Bird, has created such a ruckus in the life of its inventor, Nguyen Ha Dong, that the 29-year-old has decided to remove the game from public sale. A craze of recent interest in the title propelled it to #1 in the world,...
An independent team, CARE, has been named by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer to head the complete overhaul of the Arizona child welfare agency and to focus on the goal of child safety. After the November revelation that 6,500 neglect cases had been overlooked and...
We have met the enemy and he is – us? With each new revelation about the domestic surveillance efforts of the National Security Agency, it’s becoming clear to many Americans that the data thieves they have to worry about aren’t terrorists half a world away – but their...
A New Jersey State Appeals court reinstates Robert Dukin’s whistleblower lawsuit against Mount Olive School District. After the Superior Court dismissed the case for insufficient evidence that Dukin’s 2010 dismissal was due to his whisle-blowing, the Appeals...
Stanford Researchers have unlocked the portion of DNA responsible for peanut allergies. After conducting experiments dedicated to building immunity through feeding small doses of peanuts to individuals over a long period of time, the research team was able to...
The Federal Government has petitioned the Supreme Court to reverse the Appeals court decision in favor of Robert MacLean, a former air marshal fired in 2006 for leaking information to MSNBC. Mr. MacLean was fired by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA)...
Super Bowl XLVIII is this weekend, February 2, 2014, and whether you are a football fan, music fan or just enjoy watching the commercials, this year’s Super Bowl line-up has something for everyone. The Denver Broncos (15-3) and Seattle Seahawks (15-3) will face off at...
A Texas Judge ruled last Friday to allow Marlise Munoz to be removed from life support after a two-month battle with the John Peter Smith Hospital. Marlise Munoz was declared brain dead November 28, 2013, after collapsing in her kitchen due to a blood clot. Even after...
The push to raise minimum wages is not going away anytime soon. In fact, like it or not, Democrats in at least 30 states are pushing hard in state legislatures to introduce bills that would increase the least a low-earner can make. Even in Republican-controlled...
It’s been 20 years since the nutrition labels on the back of food products have changed, and the Food and Drug Administration thinks it’s time for an update. A lot has changed related to nutritional knowledge over the past two decades and the agency wants labels...
