Less educated Americans leaving religion behind
August 21, 2011
While religious service attendance has decreased for all white Americans since the early 1970s, the rate of decline has been more than twice as high for those without college degrees compared to those who graduated from college, according to new research to be presented at the 106th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Read more
Holograms reveal brain’s inner workings
August 17, 2011
Like far away galaxies, powerful tools are required to bring the minute inner workings of neurons into focus. Borrowing a technique from materials science, a team of neurobiologists, psychiatrists, and advanced imaging specialists from Switzerland’s EPLF and CHUV report in The Journal of Neuroscience how Digital Holographic Microscopy (DHM) can now be used to observe neuronal activity in real-time and in three dimensions—with up to 50 times greater resolution than ever before. The application has immense potential for testing out new drugs to fight neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Read more
Doris Day releasing a new album after 20 years
August 16, 2011
Doris Day is making a musical comeback, releasing her first album in almost 20 years.
The 87-year-old screen legend, had her first hit record Sentimental Journey in 1945. She went on to become a Hollywood movie star in such film classics as Calamity Jane and The Man Who Knew Too Much and has won both an Oscar and a Grammy. Read more
Mike Myers Signs For ‘Austin Powers 4′ Sequel
August 13, 2011
HitFix reports that star and creator Mike Myers has signed on to a fourth film in the iconic role of Austin Powers, as the groovy, transported 60s-era British secret agent The last Austin Powers film was 2002′s critically maligned but massively successful, “Goldmember,” which co-starred Beyonce and made $296,000,000 at the box office. Meyers made three mega-hit Austin Powers spy spoof flicks in five years before calling it quits. But Meyers movie career has hit some bumps in the road and this will be his first trip back to the starring live-action big screen since his 2008 bomb. No word yet on who will be directing, but one has to imagine that the studio and Myers would be interested in bringing back Jay Roach, who directed all three previous films.
Warrant Singer Jani Lane Dead At 47
August 12, 2011
Jani Lane (born John Kennedy Oswald), the former lead singer of the of 1980s hair-metal band Warrant, has died in Los Angeles. He was 47.
Police report that Lane’s body was found Thursday in a Woodland Hills hotel, but no immediate information on the cause or circumstances of his death. Read more
U.S. set to call for al-Assad to step down as violence mounts in Syria
August 10, 2011
Source: Wikipedia. Author Fabio Rodrigues Pozzebom / ABr
The United States appears to be moving toward issuing an explicit call for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, U.S. government sources have leaked. The news comes after several Arab nations condemned the violence, also prompting the United Nations Security Council to meet again Wednesday, a week after issuing a strong statement condemning the government crackdown on opposition protesters and calling for the violence to stop. Read more
‘Explosive’ Jackie O Confession Tapes Reportedly Set to be Released (False Rumor)
August 8, 2011
It seems that Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis recorded secret confession tapes with the historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr., but asked that they not be released until 50 years after her death, fearing the confessions would have made her family targets for revenge. According to the London Daily Mail they’ve been vaulted since their recording a few months after her husband’s death, and although she died only 17 years ago, her daughter Caroline Kennedy has agreed to release them early and have them aired on a special program on ABC. It is believed she agreed to the release in exchange for the network dropping their $10 million series about the family.
Ted Bundy’s Newly Found DNA Could Help Solve Cold Cases
August 6, 2011
Ted Bundy Mug Shot - 1980
Notorious serial killer Ted Bundy, known for his charm and good looks, confessed to more than 30 murders before he was sent to Florida’s electric chair in 1989, but experts have always believed there were more. The true toll of Bundy’s killing sprees is likely never to be known precisely, but more than two decades after his execution in Florida, a vial of Ted Bundy’s blood has been found in Florida and investigators will use the newly discovered evidence to try to solve cases that went cold decades ago. Read more
‘Credible Lead’ In 40-Year-Old D.B. Cooper Airline Hijacking (Update)
August 1, 2011
One of America’s greatest unsolved crimes in which a hijacker parachuted out of a plane with $200000 ransom money has a credible new lead according to the FBI. Famed hijacker DB Cooper disappeared when he jumped out of a plane over Washington with $200,000 dollars in ransom the night before Thanksgiving, 1971. His fate remains unknown, although law enforcement have previously said they believe he died the night he jumped. Read more
Phoenix Medical Marijuana Superstore Opens
June 2, 2011
A California-based company has opened a medical marijuana growing supply superstore Wednesday in Phoenix called weGrow, selling what you need to grow your own supply. Two other weGrow stores billed as the Walmart of marijuana stores first opened in California. The 21,000 square-foot Phoenix store does not offer marijuana for sale, but does have some 2,000 products for the cultivating of medical marijuana, including hydroponic equipment, grow lights, books and irrigation trays. A doctor is also available at an adjacent clinic to give eligible patients the medical approval needed to apply to state health departments for cards authorizing them to legally grow and use medical marijuana. State law allows qualified patients who live more than 25 miles from a dispensary to grow up to 12 plants for their personal use, and for designated caregiver to grow marijuana for up to five people. The opening of the store was made possible by the approval last fall of medical cannabis by Arizona voters and was supposed to coincide with the first day Arizona would accept applications for medical marijuana users, but the state has gone to federal court over the matter to make sure residents will not be prosecuted for federal crimes.