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Sohaib Athar was vacationing in the mountains outside of Abbottabad, Pakistan, late Sunday night when he heard the sounds of helicopters closing in. The IT consultant had his laptop with him, so he began live-tweeting what we now know were U.S. special forces descending upon Osama bin Laden's hideout. "Uh oh, now I'm the guy who liveblogged the Osama raid without knowing it," Athar conc

The world was brought to a standstill late Sunday evening when President Barack Obama confirmed that terrorist leader Osama bin Laden had been killed by U.S. operatives in Pakistan. Americans quickly gathered to celebrate outside the White House, and before you knew it, New Yorkers were gathering in Times Square and at Ground Zero, as well...

It's well known that Brits will bet on anything, and with less than 24 hours until the wedding, there is no shortage of ways to lose a few quid. Bookies are taking wagers on the color of Kate Middleton's dress (odds-on it'll be white), whether the marriage will survive 10 years (happily, the money says "yes"), and whether the bride's vows will include a promise to obey (don't bet on it)

Since 2007, astronomers at the SETI Institute in Northern California have been scanning the great beyond for signs of alien life. However, due to a decrease in the funding the institute receives from NASA and other government sources, the institute will have to shut down the powerful bank of 42 radio dishes that it uses to target unexplored planets.

Journalist Karl Grossman says, "President Barack Obama's support this week for the construction of more nuclear power plants in the United States, amid the ongoing nuclear power plant disaster in Japan, must be considered as among the most wrongheaded and irrational positions ever taken by a U...

I don't usually blog about politics and/or my political views. For one thing, we get enough of that on the mainstream media and besides, I believe I am right and correct in my views and as long as I'm happy believing what I believe, all's well...

A local Florida teacher took discipline to a whole new (read: bizarre) level last week when she reportedly taped her chatty student's mouth shut with packing tape. 13-year-old seventh grader Jazlyn Freel claims the incident took place during a routine science class. "She asked me to stop talking, and then a couple minutes went by, and I started to talk again, and she came to me and put it on

My special guest at 4:30 this afternoon on the Puffman Show will be Tim Belton. Tim's an architect in Wyoming who says he's been able to recognize many veterans' reluctance to share their feelings.One out of every 3 combat vets will struggle with feelings of isolation, thoughts of suicide, interpersonal conflicts or a host of other mental health problems according to statistics...

That's what my 4:30 guest this afternoon is trying to tell me. She's Ann Eller, a school teacher, nurse practitioner, Medevac nurse, White House volunteer, mother and grandmother. Ann's written a new book, "Dragon In The Sky; Prophecy from the Stars." Forget about the world ending on May 21st.

This from the Associated Press: "UNDATED (AP) - Scammers already are trying to take advantage of the outpouring of compassion  following Japan's earthquake and tsunami disaster. Let it be a warning for the charity-minded to be on the lookout for phony aid appeals. FBI spokeswoman Jenny Shearer says one fraudulent scheme involves an e-mail claiming to be from the British Red Cross and see

If you've got $3,600 to spare and don't mind folks gawking at you from behind the wheel, it might be time to invest in a "YikeBike." Conceived as a faster and lighter alternative to the Segway, the YikeBike is a foldable electric bicycle that was ranked by Time Magazine as one of the best inventions of 2009. It looks kind of like a unicycle with a training wheel, but its inventors say it

Acting on tips from informants, soldiers in Colombia have seized a 99-foot fully submersible submarine that was intended to be used for drug smuggling. The fiberglass boat had enough room for eight tons of drugs and a crew of six, and enough power to make the eight-or- nine-day trip from Columbia to Mexico totally underwater. It hasn’t been uncommon for Colombian authorities to catch narco-traffic