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Fox News host: ‘Bayonets’ zinger means Obama has ‘gone native’

Fox News host Megyn Kelly on Tueday said that President Barack Obama may have “gone native” when he mocked Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney by pointing out that the U.S. military no longer used as many “horses and bayonets.” During the third 2012 presidential debate, Romney had criticized Obama because…

Adorable tiny echidna puggle to be raised in captivity

A tiny echidna puggle is being hand-fed by a staffer at the Taronga Wildlife Hospital of western Australia after being found on a walking trail. The short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) is a relative of the platypus, according to the San Diego Zoo’s Animalbytes website.  They’re also known as spiny ant-eaters, even…

Japanese engineer creates wheelchair that can walk up stairs

An engineer at Japan’s Chiba Institute of Technology has designed a new robotic wheelchair with the amazing capability to climb stairs. In a demonstration video, lead engineer Shuro Nakajima shows off the device’s capabilities, easily overcoming curbs and flights of stairs simply by pushing a joystick. “Each of the four…

Watch live: Romney and Ryan campaign in Nevada

Gov. Mitt Romney and Congressman Paul Ryan attend a campaign event in Henderson, Nevada. Watch live, broadcast on NBC News on Oct. 23. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…

MSNBC host shuts down Romney surrogate: ‘I fact checked the apology tour… it didn’t happen’

Former Sen. Jim Talent (R-MO), an adviser to Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, was forced to modify his talking points on Tuesday after MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell said she had fact checked the claim that President Barack Obama went on an “apology tour” and determined “it just didn’t happen.” Mitchell…

NASA tracks X-class solar flare many times larger than Earth

The sun burped on Monday, triggering a spectacular eruption many times larger than Earth that NASA cameras were fortunately able to track in exquisite detail. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory said the flare, recorded just after 11 p.m. EST, was the seventh “X-class” solar flare recorded this year. It hit a…

‘Fantasy Slut League’ discovered at California high school

The administration at a northern California high school notified parents of a “Fantasy Slut League” catering to athletes following an internal investigation. KPIX-TV reported Monday that Principal Rich Kitchens alerted parents about the league’s existence in a letter last week. “It has been reported that students on some of our…

Animaniacs remixes every country mentioned in presidential debate

The comedy website Jest mixed the tune “Yakko’s World” from Animaniacs with every country mentioned in the third 2012 presidential debate into a convenient video that runs less than 2 minutes. Watch this video from Jest, broadcast Oct. 23, 2012.…

Jill Stein criticizes U.S. ‘slave-like mentality toward Israel’

Green Party candidate Dr. Jill Stein blasted both major-party candidates for having a “slave-like” mentality toward Israel during an alternative debate between herself and Justice Party candidate Rocky Anderson on Monday. “This slave-like mentality toward Israel is absolutely unjustified,” Stein said. “We need to start raising the bar for Israel…

John Kerry calls Romney the ‘Wikipedia candidate’

In the wake of Monday night’s third and final presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Republican nominee former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA), Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry (D) dinged Romney on the apparent shallowness of his foreign policy knowledge, calling him “the Wikipedia candidate.” “You played Mitt Romney in the…