Stone statues in Polynesia's Easter Island may have just been "walked" out of quarry

Easter Island Statues Could Have 'Walked'
Discovery News
The giant stone statues in Polynesia's Easter Island may have just been "walked" out of quarry, according to a controversial new theory on how the monolithic human figures were transported to every corner of the island.

In Depth:Quest For Wonder: Easter Island

Rod Stewart Dishes On Heartbreak, Sex & His Rock; Cocaine Up His Butt

Rod Stewart Dishes On Heartbreak, Sex & His Rock ...
Access Hollywood
Rod Stewart has packed a lot of life into his 67 years and he uncovers it all in his new book, "Rod: The Autobiography." The memoir is filled with page after page of sex, drugs and of course, rock 'n' ...

Rod Stewart Put Cocaine Up His Butt, Did Not ...
Spin
Looking at the fall release schedule and seeing memoirs slated from Pete Townshend and Neil Young, who would have tipped Rod Stewart as being the rock graybeard most likely to produce the best book? ...

Tina Fey Slams Politician Todd Akin's "Legitimate Rape"; grey-faced" men who would have their say on women's reproductive rights

Tina Fey calls out ‘gray-faced men’ talking about ...
The Lookout
The comedian Tina Fey has a serious bone to pick with "grey-faced" men who would have their say on women's reproductive rights. Her comments, surfaced by BuzzFeed, have sparked interest on the Web. In ...

Tina Fey Slams Politician Todd Akin's "Legitimate ...
E! Online
Tina Fey has a bone to pick with politician Todd Akin over his boneheaded comments on "legitimate rape." Speaking at the Center for Reproductive Rights' Inaugural Gala in New...

‘Frankenstorm’ shaping up to slam East Coast; threatens Halloween plans

NOAA to East: Beware of coming 'Frankenstorm' - Yahoo! News
WASHINGTON (AP) — An unusual nasty mix of a hurricane and a winter storm that forecasters are now calling "Frankenstorm" is likely to blast most of the ...

‘Frankenstorm’ shaping up to slam East Coast ...
This monster is being called the “Frankenstorm.” Hurricane Sandy — continuing to head north and lashing the Bahamas tonight with 105 mph winds — could set a ...

'Frankenstorm' threatens Halloween plans - Communities on ...
A Halloween hurricane -- dubbed "Frankenstorm" for its potential monstrous effects -- has communities bracing for the what could be one of the most ...

CNN Removes "Do hormones drive women's votes?" #funny

CNN Retracts Story About Hormonal Women Voters
The Atlantic Wire via Yahoo! News - Oct 24 08:02pm
In a matter of hours, CNN published and removed a story about how hormones influence women voters, one that made claims about how women tend to lean liberal when ovulating because they "feel sexier." ...

Sydney Morning Herald
IF THEY were not angry before, they are now: women - and internet users - have reacted to a CNN story that claimed that women's votes were influenced by their menstrual cycles.

CNN: Hormone story didn’t go through channels [Updated ...
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CNN Removes "Do hormones drive women's votes?" Post
Earlier today, CNN posted an editorial which argued that women's hormones play a significant role in their voting decisions. Needless to say, it provoked strong ...

Simple Aspirin Helps Some Colon Cancer Patients With DNA Defect

Study: Aspirin may help treat some colon cancers Associated Press
Aspirin may treat colon cancer in some patients MSNBC
Aspirin Helps Colon Cancer Patients With DNA Defect Bloomberg

Will Hurricane Sandy be the next “1991 Perfect Storm”?

The 1991 Perfect Storm, also known as the Halloween Nor'easter of 1991, was a nor'easter that absorbed Hurricane Grace and ultimately evolved into a small hurricane ...

Will Hurricane Sandy be the next “Perfect Storm”? FOX 6 Milwaukee
Huge 'Perfect Storm' could impact East Coast The Charlotte Observer
The perfect storm has forecasters spooked KIAH-TV Houston

PHOTOS: Jon Hamm, Jessica Paré show off their beach wear

PHOTOS: Jon Hamm, Jessica Paré show off their ...
New York Post
Trading their “Mad Men” suits for beach wear, Jon Hamm and on-screen wife Jessica Pare were in Hawaii yesterday, shooting an episode of their hit...

Mad Men Stars Jon Hamm, Jessica Pare Show Off ...
US Weekly - 6 hours ago
Turns out Don Draper looks just as dapper out of his suit and tie as he does in them. Mad Men star

Teachers Detained Amid Student Abuse Controversy in China

Li Zhuqing, Chinese Kindergarten Teacher, Accused Of Hitting ...
[Oct 23, 2012] Video, Li Zhuqing, Shanxi Province, Sky Montessori Kindergarten, Abusive Chinese Kindergarten Teacher, Abusive Teachers, Chinese Classroom Abuse, Chinese ...

Teachers Detained Amid Student Abuse Controversy in China ...
Chinese police detained two teachers in China’s coastal Zhejiang province after photos in which the pair appeared to have physically abused students were ...

Outrage after video shows China teacher abusing ...
BEIJING – Parents across China this week were shocked when two separate stories of gross physical abuse against kindergarten-aged children made national ...

Commerical Mortgage Loan Returns Steady in 2Q 2012

Commerical Mortgage Returns Steady in 2Q 2012
Private commercial mortgage loans held by life insurance posted a 1.56 percent total return in second quarter 2012. The gain matched the performance achieved in first quarter, resulting in a 3.14 percent total return over the first six months of 2012, according to the LifeComps Commercial Mortgage Performance Index.

The Lending Circle Examines a New Mortgage Bankers Association Report on Decreasing Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Debt
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) has released details of its report on commercial/multifamily mortgage debt. The report shows an overall drop in the combined debt, but an increase in the multifamily mortgage debt portion of the data.San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) October 24, 2012 The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) has released a recent report that shows commercial/multifamily mortgage debt ...

Katy Perry is voting for President Obama; wore a tight white dress made to look like a pro-Obama ballet

Katy Perry is voting for President Obama and she wants the world to know it. The pop singer wore a tight white dress made to look like a pro-Obama ballet while performing at a concert in Las Vegas. Perry urged the crowd to vote early. "Don't wait. Go tomorrow," she said.

Emanuel Steward, famed boxing trainer, dies at 68 #RIP

Detroit boxing icon Emanuel Steward dies | Other Sports ...
Emanuel Steward, the Godfather of Detroit boxing, is dead at 68, according to friends and heavyweight champ Wladimir Klitschko, whom Steward trained ...

Emanuel Steward, famed boxing trainer, dies at 68 - The ...
DETROIT—Emanuel Steward, the owner of the legendary Kronk Gym and one of boxing's greatest trainers, has died. He was 68. Victoria Kirton, Steward's ...

Stephen A. Smith Says ‘N’ Word On Air; racial slur on 'First Take'

Stephen Anthony Smith (born October 14, 1967) is an American sports journalist, talk show host, and television personality. He currently hosts The Stephen A. Smith ...

Stephen A. Smith denies using racial slur on 'First Take' The Journal News
Stephen A. Smith Denies Saying N-Word, Doesn’t Apologize, and... The Big Lead
Video: Stephen A. Smith Says ‘N’ Word On Air, Claims It... CBS Chicago

Ann Romney Shares Her $137.50 Costco List for the ROmney clan of 30

Twitter / ABC: Ann Romney Shares Her $137.50 ...
Ann Romney Shares Her $137.50 Costco List for 30 (KWP Studios/ABC News) When Ann Romney cooks for the Romney clan, she goes big. “I always start at Costco ...

Romney's Endorsement of Costco Shows Big Business Has No ...
U.S. presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is certainly working to shed his image as a rich Republican who is out of touch with the issues facing the 98 percent of ...

British Army Dog Joins List of Animal War Heroes; receive posthumous award

British army dog joins list of animal war heroes - Yahoo! News
LONDON (AP) — British soldiers and military dogs gathered at a British army barracks Thursday to honor a fallen hero with selfless courage, nerves of ...

British Army Dog Joins List of Animal War Heroes - ABC News
British soldiers and military dogs gathered at a London army barracks Thursday to honor a fallen hero with selfless courage, nerves of steel — and four ...

Army sniffer dog to receive posthumous award - ITV News
Read Army sniffer dog to receive posthumous award latest on ITV News. All the UK news

Powerball® Jackpot Grows to $100 Million for Oct. 27

Powerball® Jackpot Grows to $100 Million WHP CBS 21 Harrisburg
Powerball® Jackpot Grows to $100 Million for Oct. 27 PR Newswire...
Powerball winning numbers for Oct. 24; jackpot increases to $100 million The Flint Journal

NYPD officer, Gilberto Valle, charged in plot to kidnap, cook and eat 100 ... #ghoulish

NYPD officer charged in plot to kidnap, cook and eat 100 ...
NEW YORK — A city police officer was charged today in a ghoulish plot to kidnap and torture women and then cook and eat their body parts. Gilberto Valle sent ...

NYPD Officer Arrested by FBI for Plotting to 'Kidnap, Cook ...
Few details have been released so far, but here is what is known: FBI agents arrested a 28-year-old NYPD officer from Queens yesterday, and charged him with ...

Gilberto Valle is accused of plotting to kidnap and cook

Presidential Polls: Latest Gallup Poll Reports Mitt Romney Still Leads; Electoral College Demystified...

Latest Presidential Polls: No Bump For Obama After Winning Third Debate, Race Remains Tight The Inquisitr
Mendte – Why Do You Trust Polls? KPLR 11 St. Louis

Candidates Essentially Tied Nationwide, Obama Holds Electoral College Advantage From the big east/west states of California, Pennsylvania, and New York ... While the GOP controls the mid-west and southern states. Thus, a few swing states decide the presidential election outcome.

Presidential Polls: Latest Gallup Poll October 25, 2012 ...
Gallup Presidential polls conducted by Gallup showed that US President Barack Obama has narrowed down the lead of Mitt Romney ...

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Scottish brewer unveils the world's strongest beer; Brewmeister's Armageddon; It's called rubbing alcohol

Scottish brewer unveils the world's strongest beer | Fox News
Brewmeister Brewery has produced the world's strongest beer with a 65 percent ABV.Brewmeister A Scottish brewery claims to have produced the world's ...

The World's Strongest Beer, Brewmeister's Armageddon ...
Paging the Guinness World Records. A Scottish brewery claims it has produced the world's strongest beer, Brewmeister's Armageddon, with an ABV of 65 ...

A rare ladybug discovered in Montana has the unique ability of hiding its head in its neck

Rare Ladybug Discovered In Montana Can Hide Its ...
The Inquisitr
A rare ladybug discovered in Montana has the unique ability of hiding its head in its neck. The new bug, named “Winton’s Ladybird Beetle,” represents an entirely new genus of ladybugs. The ...

Rare "Headless'' ladybug discovered in the US
Straits Times
October 25, 2012 12:04 PM SALMON (Idaho) - Sleepy Hollow has its headless horseman and now Montana has a headless ladybug.

Kendall College School of Business will offer its bachelor's degree courses online

David Stern stepping down as NBA commissioner; Adam Silver to replace him

David Stern reportedly will retire in Feb. 2014; Adam Silver to replace him Sports Illustrated
Sources: David Stern stepping down as NBA commissioner in 2014 Yahoo! Sports
David Stern retiring in 2014, Adam Silver to replace him Seattle Times

Chinese city to ban plastic surgery for minors; medical lawyer Zhao Yin

Chinese city to ban plastic surgery for minors
New York Daily News
"If approved, the regulation will be the first rule that has addressed the issue of plastic surgery for under-18s in China," medical lawyer Zhao Yin told the state-run China Daily newspaper on Wednesday, adding that she hoped the laws would be rolled ...

See 'Teen Mom' Star Farrah Abraham's Face After Plastic Surgery

See 'Teen Mom' Star Farrah Abraham's Face After Plastic Surgery
The Daily Blabber
She must have hated it a lot, since the face surgery reportedly set her back $16,000. Add that to the $5,000 she spent on her breast implants, and we're talking about $21,000 on cosmetic surgeries alone. That's a hefty chunk of Abraham's Teen Mom salary.

Likud and Yisrael Beiteinu Join Forces in Israel Election

Likud and Yisrael Beiteinu Join Forces
The Jewish Press
In a move that took everyone by surprise, including their own senior party members, Avigdor Liberman's Yisrael Beiteinu party and the Benajmin Netanyahu's Likud have joined forces ahead of the upcoming elections, and will be running as a joint list.

Christina Applegate -- Fiance Threatened on Twitter ... 'I Am Going to Kill You'

Christina Applegate Is Clueless About the Terrible Twos
People Magazine
She has worked hard for her success in the spotlight, but when it comes to Christina Applegate's love life, the actress admits romance seemed to arrive on its own.

Highly Cited:Christina Applegate -- Fiance Threatened on Twitter ... 'I Am Going to Kill You'

'Up All Night' Season 2: Will Arnett And Christina Applegate Talk What's To ...
Huffington Post
But despite a freshman season that featured at least three major shifts in direction, it still managed to be a warm-hearted, frequently funny series about a young couple (Christina Applegate and Will Arnett) dealing with the trials and tribulations of ...

College Board study: Year in college now averages $17,860; Govt Overspending, High Student Loans, No Jobs on Graduation

College Board study: Year in college now averages $17860 San Jose Mercury News
But the numbers could also signal an inflection point where several unsustainable trends in costs, borrowing, and student aid at last begin to break, though it's too soon to say for sure, said report co-author Sandy Baum of the College Board and George ...

New College Board Head Makes Underserved Top Priority Education Week News
The new president of the College Board launched his tenure yesterday with a call to use the organization's clout to help historically underserved students reach their potential and find ways for all students to immerse themselves in academic “work ...

Longest Airplane Flights: Qantas to fly world's longest 747 route; Singapore Airlines Flight 21

5 Shortest and Longest Airplane Flights - Airline Tickets ...
But what’s worse, a 19-hour flight from the other side of the world or ... to the west coast, Singapore Airlines also operates the second-longest flight. With a route that ...

Qantas to fly world's longest 747 route - The Age - Business ...
Qantas to fly world's longest 747 route ... non-stop from Sydney to Dallas, Texas, the longest 747 route in the world. In 2002-03, the airline ...

Singapore Airlines Flight 21 - Wikipedia
Singapore Airlines Flight 21 is the longest regularly scheduled non-stop flight in the world. ... However, the actual flight paths deviate from the ideal route via ...

Rolling Stones surprise Paris with $20 gig; Fly to France, Now

Rolling Stones surprise Paris with $20 gig | Reuters
PARIS (Reuters) - The Rolling Stones will perform a short warm-up gig in Paris later on Thursday for a few hundred fans and announced on Twitter that they ...

Rolling Stones surprise Paris with $20 tickets for concert ...
You really can’t get no satisfaction if you're buying tickets for the upcoming Rolling Stones anniversary tour. Well, unless you have tons of money to spare or you ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Tiger Woods back in Asia at CIMB Classic 2012

Tiger Woods back in Asia, preparing for next stage - ESPN
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Tiger Woods has already rated 2012 as a good year. He won't consider it a great year, because it's missing one essential ...

Golf: Tiger Woods regains confidence, sees more major titles ...
Tiger Woods has already rated 2012 as a good year. He won't consider it a great year, because it's missing one essential ingredient -- a major win -- but ...

Tiger Woods at CIMB Classic 2012: Day 1 Highlights, Analysis ...
On Day 1 at the CIMB Classic, Tiger Woods beat the heat, owned the back nine and currently trails the leader, Troy Matteson, by three strokes. Not a bad way to open ...

Jennie Garth Goes on a Date With Jason Clark!

Jennie Garth Goes on a Date With Jason Clark!
US Weekly
Jennie Garth and her date leave Katsuya Restaurant on October 21, 2012 in Hollywood, California. Credit: HEDO/AKM-GSI

Jennie Garth Spotted on a Date With Jason Clark
AceShowbiz
The Kelly Taylor of '90210' is caught on camera spending time together with Clark at the W Hollywood, looking 'super cute' with 'just the two of them alone.'

Emanuel Steward Dies -- Legendary Boxing Trainer Dead at 68 #RIP

Detroit boxing icon Emanuel Steward dies | Other Sports ...
Emanuel Steward, the Godfather of Detroit boxing, is dead at 68, according to friends and heavyweight champ Wladimir Klitschko, whom Steward trained ...

Emanuel Steward Dies -- Legendary Boxing Trainer Dead at 68 ...
Emanuel Steward-- one of the most famous trainers in the history of boxing -- passed away this morning ... this according to Steward's friends. Steward ...

President Obama zings Donald Trump over $5 million offer; bad blood goes way to childhood together in Kenya

Obama zings Trump over $5 million offer
The president tells Jay Leno the bad blood with mogul goes way, way back — to their "childhood" together in Kenya.

Breast cancer updates: Geographic links analysed; A simple blood test; Male breast cancer

Breast cancer: Geographic links analysed
Breast cancer is about twice as likely in New Zealand women than in those living closer to the equator, an Australian study has found.The Westmead Breast Cancer Institute study, to be presented at a conference in Sydney tonight,...

MAKING STRIDES: Male breast cancer survivor speaks out
Continuing our commitment to Making Strides Against Breast Cancer... male breast cancer is a rare condition, accounting for only about 1 percent of all breast cancers. But it still happens and the diagnosis, treatment and prognosis are the same for men as for women. ...
WPEC CBS12 West Palm Beach

A simple blood test: Genetic mutations and breast cancer
When you’re diagnosed with breast cancer at a young age, you have a lot of questions. The biggest question is why. Why did this happen to me now, when I am only 30 years old? A simple blood test answered the question for me

Barnes & Noble: PIN pads hacked in 63 stores

Barnes & Noble Discloses Credit Card Readers Hacked In 63 Stores
[Oct 23, 2012] Barnes & Noble on Tuesday advised customers to be on the lookout for identity theft after the bookseller said hackers stole credit card data from 63 of its ...

Barnes & Noble: PIN pads hacked in 63 stores - CBS News
NEW YORK Barnes & Noble Inc. said Tuesday that devices used by customers to swipe credit and debit cards have been tampered with in 63 of its stores in ...

Swedish Princess Madeleine and her New York Banker boyfriend Chris O'Neill have been engaged

Swedish Princess Engaged to New York Banker - ABC News
Swedish Princess Engaged to American ... Princess Madeleine of Sweden attends the Gabrielle's Angel Foundation for Cancer Research "Angel Ball" honors ...

Report: Swedish princess engaged to US boyfriend - Businessweek
STOCKHOLM (AP) — A Swedish newspaper says Princess Madeleine and her American boyfriend Chris O'Neill have been engaged. The 30-year-old Madeleine is the ...

Carrie Reichert, Prince Harry's Alleged Vegas Party Pal

Model 'Who had drunken fumble with Prince Harry' ...
Daily Mail
Carrie Reichert, 40, from Mississippi, makes the astonishing claim that Harry’s minders and British spooks may have demanded she was arrested for bouncing cheques in 2004 and thrown in jail to keep ...

Prince Harry: Alleged Vegas Party Pal, Carrie ...
The Inquisitr
Prince Harry’s Las Vegas model pal is claiming that the British Secret Service tossed her in jail for a month, just hours after the gave an interview about her alleged romp with the Royal. Carrie ...

'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'; Peter Jackson, New Zealand; three epic fantasy films

The Hobbit is an upcoming film series consisting of three epic fantasy - adventure films directed, co-written and produced by Peter Jackson and based on J. R. R ...

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Set Visit - IGN
IGN was honored to spend two days on the New Zealand set of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey last May where we observed filming and chatted with the cast ...

'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey' is Peter Jackson's ...
Peter Jackson says the running time for “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” will be about 2 hours and 40 minutes.

Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose shows up on Jimmy Kimmel Live

Axl Rose shows up on time, gives Jimmy Kimmel ...
Entertainment Weekly
Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose broke a long streak last night — sitting down for his first live television

Watch Axl Rose Semi-Endorse Obama in First Live TV ...
Spin
Axl Rose looked jolly last night, in his first live broadcast TV interview in more than 20 years . And not just because the eponymous host of Jimmy Kimmel Live! compared the Guns N' Roses frontman to ...

Colin Powell endorses Obama again

Colin Powell endorses Obama again
11:23AM EDT October 25. 2012 - Colin Powell, the secretary of State for President George W. Bush, endorsed President Obama for re-election Thursday. Powell ...

Colin Powell Endorses President Obama - ABC News
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell has backed President Obama for a second term in the White House. “I voted for him in 2008, and I plan to stick with him in ...

Ronda Rousey to be UFC's first female fighter

Ronda Rousey in the UFC is understandably tempting Reno Gazette-Journal
Melissa Segura: Ronda Rousey set to become first female fighter in... Sports Illustrated
Rousey to be UFC's first female fighter Sports Illustrated

Pablo Sandoval's three home runs boost San Francisco Giants in World Series; Go Kung Fu Panda!

Pablo Sandoval: Where the Giants got 'Kung Fu Panda' and other nicknames Christian Science Monitor
With Three Mighty Swings, Pablo Sandoval Announces Presence New York Times
Pablo Sandoval's three home runs boost San Francisco Giants in World Series The Journal News