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Russian meteor blast had force of 300-kiloton nuclear warhead
Russian meteor blast had force of 300-kiloton nuclear warhead (+video) (via The Christian Science Monitor) The meteor that exploded over the Ural Mountains in Russia Friday now appears to have been a small asteroid clearly unrelated to 2012 DA14, which flitted past Earth Friday afternoon. Initially, the Russian Academy of…
Anti-gay preacher Bradlee Dean stopped from speaking at Florida high school
A Florida high school barred controversial preacher Bradlee Dean from speaking on campus, reported Talking Points Memo. He was invited by a student school group. According to an attorney for Dean and his organization, the principal of the school in Boca Raton, Fla., held concerns over dean’s anti-gay stance and…
Newspaper misprint leads people seeking subscriptions to phone sex hotline
The Sacramento Bee made a small but critical mistake when it printed the wrong phone number for people to call to order a newspaper subscription. The phone number — off by a single digit — instead led people to a phone sex hotline, reported FOX40. “Welcome to America’s hottest hotline,”…
CNN shoots down ‘New York Times’ by taking Tesla road trip: ‘It wasn’t that hard’
CNN took on The New York Times‘ scathing review of Tesla’s Model S by driving the same route with no problems and determining that the trip “wasn’t that hard.” Electric car manufacturer Tesla and The New York Times‘ John M. Broder have been at war for the last week after…
Hundreds hurt in rare Russian meteor strike
A meteor strike in central Russia on Friday that left hundreds of people injured is the biggest known human toll from a space rock, a British expert said. But the impact has no connection with a flyby by an asteroid later Friday, according to Robert Massey, deputy executive secretary of…
Bill Nye: Asteroid DA14 ‘could kill a lot of people’ if it hit Earth
Bill Nye, the CEO of the Planetary Society, admitted Thursday night that the recently discovered 2012 DA14 asteroid would kill a lot of people if it struck Earth. “An asteroid like this could kill a lot of people,” he told The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur. “This one is one…
California lawmaker: Require all porn actors to wear condoms
California State Assemblymember Isadore Hall, a Democrat, introduced legislation on Thursday that would require porn actors to wear condoms in every movie produced in the state. “Let’s face it, it is completely reasonable for adult film actors to give their co-workers some love without giving them something else,” Hall said…
Sheriff denies cabin intentionally burnt down with Chris Dorner inside
San Bernardino Sheriff John McMahon on Wednesday denied that California police had intentionally set a cabin on fire with fugitive ex-LAPD officer Christopher Dorner inside. “I can tell you that it was not on purpose, we did not intentionally burn down that cabin to get Mr. Dorner out,” he said…
Physicist Lawrence Krauss rips creationists: It is like the Taliban
Physicist Lawrence Krauss on Tuesday defended calling the teaching creationism a form of child abuse, saying that withholding education was harmful. Krauss acknowledged on The David Pakman Show that teaching creationism to children was not on the same level as sexual abuse, but insisted it should still be considered abusive…
Kentucky pastor calls on Tennessee to return his venomous snakes
A Kentucky pastor says that the state of Tennessee was wrong to confiscate five poisonous snakes that were intended for worship services and he wants them back. Pastor Gregory Coots, who goes by the name Jamie, told WYMT that he was on his way back from purchasing the snakes in…
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