andrea @ June 25, 2009 # One Comment
We all know too well about how our politicians are finding themselves mixed up with “call girls” recently, their aides or random women in Argentina, which leads to them ruining their marriages and making themselves look like total pervs. It happens every day here in the U.S., and we get it from all media forums. […]
andrea @ June 16, 2009 # One Comment
Microsoft’s new search engine, Bing, seems to have its act in order with travel, local and health information. Let’s not forget to mention its new snazzy site layout, which definitely caters to a sleek, younger Web user. It’s self-described as a “decision engine,” designed to give searchers more options to narrow down their search. According […]
andrea @ June 15, 2009 # No Comment Yet
South Africa recently got a new president named Jacob Zuma. If you know anything about President Zuma, then you know he’s had his fair share of legal issues and just plain issues. Zuma was part of the South African Communist Party in the early 1960s and was convicted of conspiring to overthrow the government. (Ironic. […]
andrea @ June 15, 2009 # One Comment
Employed or unemployed, it’s probably safe to say that we’re all having a tough time financially. People are picking up more and more jobs, if they’re lucky, because one just isn’t enough anymore. According to USA Today, people who are currently employed are still doing worse than any time prior. Oh, except during the Great […]
andrea @ June 14, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Tornadoes have provided for some great cinema magic (i.e. “The Wizard of Oz”) but have also provided for many deaths and serious devastation. Severe weather investigators have been trying for years to determine what causes twisters to form. Luckily for them, on June 6, a tornado in Wyoming became the most documented twister of all […]
andrea @ June 12, 2009 # No Comment Yet
In headline news today, Americans found out that a beloved television singing sensation is gay. Apparently this is comes as a shock, that someone, a person, can be homosexual. You’d think that people, especially the mass media, would be able to accept when someone is gay. What’s even more impressive is that we make a […]
andrea @ June 5, 2009 # 2 Comments
There’s no doubt that the way Americans get their news is changing. When free news is available on television, the Internet and even on our phones, why would anyone spend money to read it in an actual paper? Newspaper companies realize that print media is decreasing quickly, as digital media rushes to take its place. […]
andrea @ June 3, 2009 # 3 Comments
They may be balding, going deaf or living in a nursing home, but they need some lovin’, and according to a recent study, they’re getting it, too. A study reported in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that people remain sexually active well into their 70s. Regardless of the lack of libido and the […]
andrea @ June 2, 2009 # 3 Comments
As if you needed another reason to not be obese, here is yet another. A recent study analyzed nearly 4,000 children in a study called “Prevention and Incidence of Asthma and Mite Allergy” (PIAMA). The study followed these children over a span of eight years and found that those with obese mothers were more likely […]
andrea @ June 1, 2009 # 3 Comments
“My braces made me do it!” As children, and definitely teenagers, we had our token excuses. My favorites were “I don’t remember” and “I don’t know.” I wasn’t stupid, I just didn’t want to deal with anyone asking me anything. After reading about the 31-year-old Boulder, Colo. man who was accused of slashing tires, my […]