World

Afghan Citizens Flee Villages Ahead Of Military Operation

Afghanistan (ChattahBox) – A major military operation is set to begin in the heavily insurgent-populated town of Marjah, leading to many civilians and their families fleeing the area to avoid being caught in the crossfire.

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Technology

Boring Classes Hurting Video Game Industry, Official Says

UK (ChattahBox) – A top figure in the video game industry has accused university courses in computer science for the drop in talent within the industry.

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Entertainment

Anne Hathaway Ditches Catholic Church for Gay Brother

(ChattahBox)—-Actress Anne Hathaway, known for her roles in “The Princess Diaries,” and “The Devil Wears Prada,” appears on the cover of the latest issue of British GQ magazine scantily clad in lingerie. And an in-depth interview inside the magazine reveals that Hathaway and her entire family left the Catholic Church, after her older brother announced that he was gay. Hathaway was not about to continue worshiping at a church that does not accept homosexuality. Read more »

US News

Fox News: Palin’s Palm Reading ‘Folksy’ Master Plan

(ChattahBox)—As reported over the weekend, during a question and answer session after Sarah Palin’s Tea Party Convention speech, with pre-screened, very basic policy questions, Palin was caught sneaking a peak at crib notes scribbled on her left hand. And the notes were hardly the secret code to tea party dogma, but were broad themes that Palin has been parroting for over a year. Why the half-term governor of Alaska would not only need to write something like energy and tax cuts on her hand, but would also need to look at them, before responding to questions, has been attributed to Palin’s lack of intelligence, stupidity, or as Hardball’s Chris Mathews put it, Palin’s “balloon head.” You can take your pick.

But the dim-witted folks at Fox and Friends came up with their own explanations for Palin’s use of a cheating technique reserved to eight-graders taking a math test. And according to Gretchen Carlson’s explanation, it was a master plan to draw a “folksy” counterpoint to President Obama’s use of a teleprompter. Read more »