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• Aug 8, 2011

  Jackie Kennedy Tapes Reveal She Suspected LBJ Was Behind JFK Assasination

  Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis believed that LBJ was behind JFK’s assassination, according to tapes the former first lady recorded just months after her husband’s murder, the Daily Mail has reported.

• Aug 8, 2011

  Chilean Miners Forgotten One Year Later , Now Struggling Through Poverty, Psychological Issues

  Their struggle inspired the world and won the hearts of millions. But that was last year. Now, the 33 Chilean miners who were the focus of the world last year have been all but forgotten.

• Aug 8, 2011

  Polar Bear Attack in Norway Sparks Facebook Debate

  Last week 17-year-old Horatio Chapple was killed by a polar bear while on a youth expedition to the arctic. Since then many have expressed their sympathies, however, on social networking sites many others have expressed outrage.

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  Aug 7, 2011

  45K Verizon Employees Strike, Customers Could be Affected

  Tens of thousands of Verizon workers went on strike today, arguing that the communications giant is trying to stick them with an unfair contract, including drastic cuts to medical benefits, despite showing record profits in recent years. In total reports say that 45,000 Verizon workers took part in the strike.

• Aug 6, 2011

  Jimmy McMillan Evicted from NYC Apartment for 'Too Damn Cheap' Rent

  As President Obama holds $35,000 a plate fundraisers and potential GOP candidate Mitt Romney gets $1 million from mysterious companies, one presidential hopeful is getting evicted from his apartment.

• Aug 6, 2011

  Lucille Ball's 100th Birthday Today as America Honors 'I Love Lucy' Star

  Lucille Ball, the queen of American comedy, is being honored across the country today for what would have been her 100th birthday.

• Aug 6, 2011

  Friends of Killed Teen React to Polar Bear Attack in Norway

  The boy who was killed by a polar bear in Norway was 17-year-old, Horatio Chapple of Eton, England, authorities have reported.

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  Aug 5, 2011

  'Rise of the Planet of the Apes' Expected to be Box Office Smash

  James Franco may finally hit get a box office hit as his new movie, "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," scored $1.25 million in midnight showings.

• Aug 5, 2011

  Sean Avery Arrested for Pushing and Insulting Police

  Sean Avery, the most controversial player in hockey, was arrested early this morning for shoving and taunting a police officer at the New York Ranger's Hollywood Hills home.

• Aug 5, 2011

  Virginia Tech Community Brushes Off Gunman Threat

  After a day of heightened tension across the nation over reports of a gunman roaming the campus, social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter have indicated that it is back to business as usual for students and faculty at Virginia Tech.