On Monday, Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler approved a state ballot initiative to legalize and regulate the use of marijuana. Voters will now decide if the measure becomes law. According to Care2.com, in January, proponents of the initiative submitted more than 160,000 signatures to Gessler. However, after review, the petition fell about 3,000 signatures […]
A Virginia law limiting handgun purchases to one per month was repealed Tuesday, over the opposition of gun control supporters and survivors of victims in the Virginia Tech massacre. Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell signed the bill into law after meeting with families of people killed or injured in the April 2007 shooting rampage at Virginia […]
Teachers need to be more careful than ever these days. One instructor at Balderas Elementary in Fresno, Calif., learned this lesson first-hand as three fifth grade students were expelled Saturday for attempting to poison their teacher. According to Fresno TV station CBS47, two boys and one girl attempted to feed their teacher rat poison in […]
Candice and David Knox met at a seminar 20 years ago, and have been married for 13 years. But they only spend about half the year together – the rest of their time is spent working apart. Now the couple jokes they have to go through airport security just to date. Candice Knox, 43, lives […]
The man who battered and bruised Rihanna 3 years ago can now be heard on her new sexually charged “Birthday Cake” remix, released Monday. Chris Brown raps about wanting to “f**k” her and “give it to her in the worst way,” in the unedited version of the song. Listeners can also hear Rihanna’s vocals featured […]
Princess Mary of Denmark shared an awkward moment with the ‘First Gentleman’ of Finland, Pentti Arajarvi, when she appeared to catch him staring at her cleavage during a gala dinner. The moment was caught on video. In the first few seconds, Arajarvi appears to stare at Princess Mary’s cleavage as she sits next to him […]
Two weeks ago, it was widely reported that actress Halle Berry had become engaged to her actor/boyfriend Olivier Martinez. Then came news that she filed court documents requesting permission to relocate to France with her new fiance, and 3-year-old daughter Nahla. Only one problem: She’s still involved in a bitter custody battle with her ex-boyfriend […]
How would you like your teenager to earn his/her own money? Not by having a job, but for simply going to school. These days, it pays to get an education – literally! Dohn Community High School in Ohio is throwing money at its sizable truancy problem. Starting next week, seniors who have perfect attendance, show […]
After hearing actor Morgan Freeman call Black History Month “ridiculous” on a television news show a few years ago, New York filmmaker Shukree Hassan Tilghman set out to challenge the February tradition, reports Reuters. His resulting documentary, “More Than a Month,” premieres Thursday night on public broadcasting’s “Independent Lens” film series. It also is being […]
Students at a college in Pennsylvania can now buy Plan B – the so-called “morning-after pill” – as easily as they buy sodas or a bag of chips, reports KTLA. The emergency contraceptive is now available in vending machines at Shippensburg University. Students pay $25 for one dose at a vending machine inside the health […]
People who are dating, or married, or in a relationship find themselves in a mandatory situation every February 14th. So you go about the obligations as a matter of course, buying the Hallmark cards or flowers or chocolates or Mylar balloons or kisses. You make the dinner date at the restaurant that will be packed […]
Talk Show Co-Host Sherri Shepherd got teary-eyed when the topic of abortion came up on Wednesday’s edition of ‘The View’. Shepherd got emotional and fought back tears while sharing her experience with abortion in an extremely intense debate. During ‘Hot Topics’, the ladies discussed a Texas law that requires women to have a sonogram before […]
