Danny Gallagher
The 10 Most Cringeworthy Team Songs in Sports History [VIDEOS]
Athletes carry an aura of invincibility that seems to make their fans think that just because they can jump high, run like lightning or throw a ball the length of a small subdivision, that means they can do just about anything. This leads to the music industry automatically assuming that they can also sing
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No, Sarah Palin’s Documentary Did Not Get an Oscar Nod
The Oscar nominations announced earlier today had some heads turning at the ‘Documentary Feature’ category as a couple of high profile blogs thought that ‘The Undefeated,’ the critically-panned Sarah Palin documentary, picked up a nod. Turns out, it was all a big coincidence.
Want to Know How Words with Friends Helped Save a Man’s Life? [VIDEO]
The popular iPhone game Words with Friends can do just about anything: make people smarter, bring people together, even make Alec Baldwin seem even kookier than he already is. Now, it’s literally saving lives.
5 Things You Didn’t Know About Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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Giving a day of commemoration to one of the world's most instrumental civil rights leaders whose peaceful words and deeds contributed to a whole new understanding of equality and brotherhood seems like a no-brainer. Ma
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RuPaul Wants to Make Sure You Don’t Confuse Him/Her With Ron Paul [VIDEO]
Drag queen RuPaul is marching across New Hampshire (presumably in a pair of stylish yet comfortable matching pumps) to make sure the voters in the latest Republican Presidential primary know that he/she is not Ron Paul.
Paleontologist Who Worked on ‘Jurassic Park’ Wants to Hatch a Real Dinosaur
Extracting DNA from fossilized amber to create a living breathing dinosaur might sound like the work of science fiction, but one paleontologist wants to do it.
Sorry Drivers, Hands-Free Devices Aren’t Safer Options to Cell Phones
In response to the National Transportation Safety Board-proposed ban on cellphones while driving, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers tried to defend hands-free devices. They’re “designed to be used in a way that helps drivers keep their eyes on the road,” they said, but now it looks like this defense doesn’t hold water.
The Newest Dangers to Watch Out for This Season Are Christmas Decorations?
They may look like innocent reflections of the festive holiday season but if you’re not careful, you’ll be seeing a lot more red than green at Christmas.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CSPC) issued an alarming study that found that accidents caused by holiday decorations went from 10,000 cases in 2007 to more than 13,000 in 2010.
What’s TSA’s Newest Flight Hazard? A Handgun-Style Handbag
A teenager’s western-style purse emblazoned with a handgun emblem on the front caught the attention of the Transportation Security Administration.
10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Thanksgiving
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This Thanksgiving, millions of Americans will sit down at the table and gawk over all the goodies they are planning to cram in their gullet. The holiday might seem as familiar as singing “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” during the “Seventh Inning Stretch” or packing a finger in ice that was blown off by a firework on the Fourth of July. However, like all trad
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9 Things You Didn’t Know About Candy Corn
Every year, it hides in some dark, dank corner of even the most raucous Halloween party, waiting for some unknowing fool to stick their hand in its clutches of doom. It entices its prey with colorful designs and the promise of sweet joy, only to fill its victims with a familiar sense of bland, flavorless dread
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