Best Companies for Job Growth

Best Companies like the Scooter Store and DreamWorks notched some impressive job growth last year and are showing no signs of slowing down. 1. Scooter Store The Scooter Store Job growth: 51% U.S. employees: 2,173 2010 Best Companies rank: 38 Not to be confused with those zippy little rides for kids, the Scooter Store specializes […]

Michael Lynche exits “American Idol”

Michael “Big Mike” Lynche was voted off “American Idol” on Wednesday as the singing show whittled down to three the number of aspiring pop stars vying for the coveted title and a shot at stardom. Lynche, a personal trainer who won hearts when his wife gave birth to their first child during early audition rounds, […]

See a furious waterfall — without water

View from top of de-watered Niagara Falls A view from the top of the de-watered Niagara Falls in 1969 in New York. Unearthed after 41 years by American Russ Glasson, they were taken by his mother and father in law and show when the famous waterfall was turned off for almost six months. For six […]

Diff’rent Strokes Dana Plato

Dana Plato Dana Plato led quite an interesting life, full of dizzying heights and shattering lows. She came to fame as a child star but found out soon enough that early fame often has its own pitfalls. Best known as Kimberly Drummond, the older sister on TV’s “Diff’rent Strokes,” Dana went through a lot while […]

Unusual outcome for men switched at birth

Two years back, Dimas Aliprandi and Elton Plaster didn’t know of each other’s existence. Then they learned they had been accidentally switched at birth more than 20 years ago. The discovery didn’t bring bitterness or recrimination. Rather, it led to the creation of a bigger family. Today, the two 25-year-olds are living and working together […]

Dumbest Things You Do With Your Money

Brad Klontz knows all about the dumb things that smart people do with their money: He’s a smart guy (with a doctorate in psychology) who lost half of his assets in the technology stock bubble. A financial psychologist, Klontz says that when it comes to money smarts, size matters: The logical part of your brain […]

Real Madrid Want To Win Against Barcelona

Florentino Perez: Real Madrid Want To Win Against Barcelona The supremo hopes for an exciting contest – and one that his side will ultimately win… Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has vowed that his side will travel to the Camp Nou to battle Barcelona with the intention of winning the match, and stressed that the […]