It would appear that a 34-year-old woman in Florida has killed her two children and then hung herself from a ceiling fan, committing suicide–this according to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. The two murders and the suicide took place in the family’s home. After receiving a call for help, deputies responded to a house in ... read more »

A deadly germ that has proved to be almost invincible due to its resistance to most antibiotics has been blamed for the death of a seventh person at Maryland’s National Institutes of Health Clinical Center. The death was reported on Friday in the Washington Post.  The victim, a boy from Minnesota, died on September 7th, according ... read more »

A former Illinois high school math teacher from Niles North High School has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor sex charge after encouraging two cheerleaders to play a game of strip poker with him. DuPage County prosecutors said the 30-year-old teacher, Jeffrey Tackes (of Bensenville, Illinois) admitted to sexual exploitation of a child. He was was sentenced to probation along with 250 hours of ... read more »

A 40-year-old woman from Steger,Illinois who allegedly drove over her child on Wednesday evening was booked at the Will County Adult Detention Facility today on two counts of aggravated DUI. Yvette Y. Guerrero-Silva is charged with the class two felony of aggravated DUI leading to the death of another and the class 4 felony of aggravated DUI causing injury ... read more »

Diablo III has been a heavily-anticipated game; maybe that’s why so many gamers have engaged in marathon play sessions since the game was released on May 15. Unfortunately, the obsession with the game has proven fatal for at least one fan. The Australian Associated Press reports that an 18-year old Diablo III player in Taiwan, identified only as Chuang, was recently found ... read more »

After 14 years of hibernation, Furby has returned. This fall, Hasbro will be bringing back one of its most famous toys, this time with new technology (including an app connection) and a robust $60 price tag. The new generation of Furby is supposedly more huggable, with touch sensors hidden by soft fur. It is also designed to be more expressive, with twitching rubbery ... read more »

An incident that allegedly happened in a seventh grade classroom has the parent of a middle school student calling for action. The parent claims that nine male students from Bell Middle School in San Diego were watching pornography on their cell phones during English class and masturbating. The San Diego Unified School District has confirmed ... read more »

Earnest McGee has been charged with one count of first degree murder for killing his mother, according to authorities. The 34-year-old Chicago man allegedly fatally shot hs 62-year-old mother, Aletha McGee in the basement of her home. Authorities reported that McGee said at the bond hearing that his mother was “driving him crazy” and “always ... read more »

Jenny McCarthy, host of the television show ”Love in the Wild”, wanted to get in one last nude pictorial in Playboy magazine before she turned 40 this November,  and it looks like she got her wish. McCarthy, who first posed for Playboy in 1993, is featured in an eight-page layout photographed by Steve Shaw in the magazine’s July/August issue. ... read more »

Air force officials say that their mysterious mini-space shuttle, known as the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, should land this week after having orbited the Earth for more than year. It is supposed to land at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California as early as Wednesday. The unmanned re-usable vehicle measures 29 feet in length and has a 15-foot wingspan, making it look like ... read more »

Despite a week that features an inordinate amount of cannibalistic activity, the CDC would like to assure you that this is not the beginning of the zombie apocalypse they warned us all to prepare for last year. “Zombie apocalypse” is now in the No. 2 spot on Google’s list of  search terms that are trending, ... read more »

The 85th Scripps National Spelling Bee saw it’s youngest competitor in the tournament’s history, a 6-year-old from Lake Ridge, Va., breeze through the first round by correctly spelling the word “Dirigible.” The second round, however, proved to be more challenging. The girl, Lori Anne, was assigned the word “ingluvies,” meaning “the crop of a bird or insect.” She started ... read more »

According to a blog post from her father, Aimee Copeland has spoken her first words since being hospitalized for flesh-eating bacteria. Andy Copeland reportedly posted the following to his blog: “Today…May 27……is AIMEE DAY!!! Sunday, Aimee has finally spoken her first words. I will follow with details tonight.” He also promised to provide more details ... read more »

As summer looms closer and closer, those of us with fair skin have already begun our annual desperate run to find some sunscreen. It’s not easy, either, with sunscreen bottles making claims about being waterproof, long lasting, SPF 9,406, cancer-preventing and whatever else they think will make them stand out on the shelf. Now, to ... read more »

  There are quite a few reasons why it may be unhealthy for a man to cheat on his wife, but most men probably don’t realize that an increased risk of a heart attack is among them. Italian researchers who were studying male monagamy found something surprising–men who have extramarital affairs are more likely to ... read more »