Taking good care of your electronics batteries can pay off. The financial rewards of longer lasting batteries are obvious: You won’t be forced to render a perfectly good gadget obsolete before its time or have to shell out money for a replacement battery. It’s also better for the planet since disposing of electronic waste is […]
Phones In Remote Washington
This remote outpost in the rugged Cascades is so cut off from the outside world that it has no roads leading to town and little telephone service. The 80-or-so locals relish the isolation and pristine beauty and sell it as an escape to tourists. So when a telephone company attempted to install basic service for […]
Build Credit History With A Secured Visa
For individuals with no credit or those who have experienced a negative credit event like divorce or foreclosure, establishing credit history can be a real challenge. Without proper credit, everything from a car loan to an apartment or even a job can be denied. When faced with problem credit, many people rely on prepaid cards […]
Chupacabra ‘sightings’ in Texas create stir
A barn in Hood County, Texas, has become ground zero in the hunt for the chupacabra. Earlier this week, animal control officer Frank Hackett shot and killed what was unquestionably one of the ugliest creatures to ever walk the planet. That much we know. What’s less clear is whether or not the departed creature was […]
Biggest Fattest Wedding Complaints
One year I went to a remarkable wedding — the bride was radiant, the groom gallant, the vows tear-inducing and the setting idyllic. The only problem? I was starving. Over the duration of the five-hour affair, I was only able to wrangle a few mini-squash blossoms and chicken skewers from the elusive caterers. Yet this was […]
Simon Cowell era comes to close on American Idol
Simon Cowell was a man of few words as an “American Idol” judge, but they were choice. What he said helped turn a singing contest into a pop-culture force that dominates TV, even in its ninth season and with sliding viewership — and whose future is clouded by his departure after Wednesday’s season finale. Cowell […]
WikiLeaks website blocked behind Chinese firewall
China, one of the biggest Internet policers, took no chances with the latest online sensation and blocked the WikiLeaks website Wednesday amid potentially embarrassing claims made in leaked U.S. diplomatic memos posted there. Attempts to access wikileaks.org and cablegate.wikileaks.org were met with a notice saying the connection had been reset, or were diverted the user […]
Like Elvis, Jackson Was A King Who Died Young
NEW YORK – Michael Jackson didn’t want to be just a superstar. Like the Beatles, he wanted to be the biggest, the king. He wanted to topple the reigning man with the crown, Elvis. In life and in death, there was Elvis. “It’s just so weird. He even married Elvis’ daughter,” said author-music critic Greil […]