Blame Tony Stewart for hitting what the other drivers managed to avoid. Blame Kevin Ward Jr. for deciding to become a pedestrian on a race track. Blame the speedway for using a haunted house’s lighting system. But blame the South?
(AF) Whimsical TV disaster movie “Sharknado 2” reeled in 3.9 million viewers, the Syfy specialty channel said Thursday, one day after the sequel’s broadcast. The followup to last year’s instant cult classic about a freak weather system that rains a
Bolivian President Evo Morales has declared Israel a “terrorist state” as four other Latin American countries have pulled their delegations to Israel. As of Wednesday, Israelis now must obtain a visa before jetting to Bolivia. Beforehand, Israelis were able to
When the first Sharknado film aired last summer on Syfy, it wound up in the eye of Twitterstorm. Folks who don’t normally come together on anything, let alone a popcorn action thriller about a shark-laden tornado decimating L.A., sang its
British Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has announced the findings of the official government report into claims of an attempted Islamist takeover of several schools in the city of Birmingham. The scandal arose after a letter allegedly between two plotters was
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The first trailer for the “Fifty Shades of Grey” movie will be released this week and the original Christian Grey, Charlie Hunnam, says he can’t wait for the finished product. Speaking Sunday at a Fox
According to various media reports, police were called to the Los Angeles home of James Garner Saturday night where the television and screen legend was found dead of natural causes. He was 86. The Emmy winner and 1986 Oscar nominee
Rory McIlroy won $1.66 million for winning the British Open on Sunday, but his father–along with three of his buddies–won over $340,000 for a bet they placed ten years ago on McIlroy to win the British Open by the time
On September 30, 1938, William Langfan, a World War II veteran witnessed the catastrophic consequences of Neville Chamberlain’s appeasement of Adolf Hitler. In a March 2013 interview, Mr. Langfan explains how the Western world, led by President Barack Obama, is
A report into an attempted takeover of Birmingham schools by Islamist extremists has uncovered evidence of “coordinated, deliberate and sustained action to introduce an intolerant and aggressive Islamist ethos into some schools in the city”, according to the Guardian. The
Writers Alex Kurtzman (“Transformers,” “Star Trek,” “Amazing Spider-Man”) and Chris Morgan (“Fast and Furious’ series) will oversee the franchising and reboot of Universal Studios classic monsters, Deadline reports. The idea is to not only revive Dracula, The Frankenstein Monster, The
Australia has become the first country in the world to abolish its hated carbon tax – in fulfillment of an electoral “pledge in blood” by Prime Minister Tony Abbott. The tax was introduced by the Labor-Greens coalition in mid-2012, despite
The American Bar Association will vote on the controversial notion that being and acting LGBT is a human right protected in international law. The resolution will be considered by the ABA House of Delegates at their annual meeting this August
BEIJING (Reuters) – China issued a formal complaint to Britain on Wednesday after Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg met pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong campaigning against Beijing’s tightening control of the former British territory. Hong Kong reverted to Chinese rule
A new report says an alarming number of Disney World employees have been arrested in recent years for alleged child sex offences. Thanks to tactics similar to ones used on TVs To Catch a Predator, law enforcement officials have snared
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro may be facing a mutiny within his own party. After chiding longtime Chavista politicians for expressing a lack of confidence in his leadership, Maduro is now facing mass protests by Marxist groups within the country who
DALLAS, Texas–Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) recently introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives to transform his brother Julian’s mayoral signature education plan Pre-K for SA (San Antonio) into Pre-K for USA. The Pre-K for USA Act would allow
Leading figures from the world of healthcare have written a letter to The Times, calling for a cross-party independent review on how the National Health Service (NHS) is funded. The signatories, including the heads of the Royal College of Physicians
In a press conference Monday, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said he was launching, without the approval of the U.S. Congress, the Excellent Educators for All Initiative, an endeavor that purports to assist states and school districts with support
LOS ANGELES, July 3 (UPI)–Olympic runner and World War II prisoner of war Louis Zamperini has died at 97 from complications due to pneumonia. Zamperini’s life inspired the upcoming collaboration between Angelina Jolie and Joel and Ethan Coen. “[Louis] recently
On Tuesday, July 1, the 17th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong to the sovereignty of the People’s Republic of China, some 500,000 residents of what since 1997 is the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) marched through the
The kidnapping and murder of Israeli teenagers Gilad Shaar, Naftali Frenkel, and Eyal Yifrach has put an end to Palestinian statehood as a viable diplomatic option in the foreseeable future, regardless of the insistence by the Obama administration that negotiations will
In part two of Fox News Channel’s “The Kelly File” anchor Megyn Kelly’s interview with Weather Underground ringleader Bill Ayers, Ayers discussed his relationship with President Barack Obama, which in 2008 became a campaign issue for Obama. Ayers downplayed that
America: Imagine the World Without Her, conservative author Dinesh D’Souza’s follow up to his smash 2012 documentary, 2016: Obama’s America, doesn’t really live up to its title–not after the first few minutes anyway. The Lionsgate docudrama begins with a musing on what
The news over the weekend that the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) had declared as Caliph of the universal Muslim Ummah its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has shaken the Middle East (and the wider Muslim world). In classic
HONG KONG (AP) — Tens of thousands of Hong Kong residents marched Tuesday through the streets of the former British colony to push for greater democracy in a rally fueled by anger over Beijing’s recent warning that it holds the
Details of the government’s “grand plan” to merge National Insurance (NI) and Income Tax were briefed out this weekend. Yesterday, Downing Street played down the speculation, with the Prime Minister’s Official Spokesperson telling journalists the reports were “entirely news to
Michael Bay Rules Hollywood Action director/producer Michael Bay rules Hollywood right now. The 4th chapter of his “Transformers” franchise grossed nearly $100 million its opening weekend — the biggest opener so far all year. Worldwide, “Age of Extinction” added another
1. Vegetarianism is evil I have nothing against vegetarians. What bothers me is the evangelical militancy of their creed. Over the weekend, for example, it emerged that a sinister cabal of vegans has gone to war on cheeseburgers. If only
DALLAS, Texas–There was hardly a seat in the house when the Texas gubernatorial candidates talked public education at the Texas Classroom Teachers Association (TCTA) convention in Fort Worth on June 26, 2014, FOX-4 DFW reported. They spoke in split shifts:
On June 26 President Obama held a Minnesota town hall in which he outlined his continued push for “basic, common sense” gun control which includes “background checks so you can’t just walk into a store and buy a semi-automatic.” WhiteHouse.gov
Like Cuba, socialist Venezuela often boasts of its free socialized medical system, with President Nicolás Maduro announcing in March the introduction of 60,000 new doctors to the Venezuelan medical force. For Venezuelans with medical needs, however, finding health care, or
UK media coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict typically imputes good faith to Palestinians – operating under the premise that most truly want a peaceful resolution with the Jewish State. However, what if this assumption is misplaced? How would media coverage
From The Economist: For years after the return of Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty in 1997, China’s leaders surprised the world by adhering scrupulously to Hong Kong’s unusual political set-up of “one country, two systems”. Under the terms of the
WASHINGTON, June 20 (UPI) — Economic sanctions by the United States against Uganda are the latest measures in global protest against Uganda’s harsh anti-homosexuality laws. The White House announced the sanctions Thursday, calling Uganda’s laws “counter to universal human rights.”
John Kerry occasionally graced the Fenway Faithful with his presence in the lower box seats during his time as a United States senator from Massachusetts. Now that Kerry serves as secretary of state, he confesses that small talk with big
The United States must respect the “universal rights” of the tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors illegally entering the country, according to the Salvadoran ambassador to the United States. “We understand the concern of the U.S. government about the issue
Tory Member of Parliament for Windsor Adam Afriyie has revealed that Britain’s immigration figures may be off the mark by around 250,000 over the course of this parliament, due to margin of error allowances made by the Office for National
During a June 17 CNN townhall, Hillary Clinton said she wants to implement an assault weapons ban and “high capacity” magazine ban to keep people from entering school property “with an automatic weapon” to “murder innocent children, students, teachers.” In
A November ballot measure put up by San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour has restaurant owners in the city determined that they will have to raise their prices as a result. Some
