#RIP Galina Vishnevskaya, Soprano and Dissident, Dies at 86

Galina Vishnevskaya, Soprano and Dissident, Dies at 86 - NYTimes.com
New York Times
... Soprano and Dissident, Dies at 86. By JONATHAN KANDELL. Published: December 11, 2012. Galina Vishnevskaya, an electrifying soprano of the postwar Soviet Union and later one of its most prominent political dissidents, died on Monday in Moscow.

Sissonville, West Virginia: Explosion

Sissonville, West Virginia: Explosion From Gas Line Burns Interstate 77 And Homes

A Huge Natural Gas Line Explosion Just Lit Up West Virginia [PHOTOS]*
- Business Insider

Pictures - Jackpotjoy's 50-foot duck floats down the River Thames

Pictures - Jackpotjoy's 50-foot duck floats down the River ...
View a slideshow of ‘Jackpotjoy's 50-foot duck floats down the River Thames’ and other National 80s Pop Culture pictures.

50-Foot Duck: Jackpotjoy Duck Floats On River Thames (Photo ...
A 50-foot duck can be seen floating on the River Thames in London on Tuesday, December 11, 2012, international news sites reported that day.

#RIP Dallas' Season 2: TNT Soap Sets Date For J.R. Ewing's On-Screen Funeral

J.R. Ewing funeral airing on 'Dallas' Season 2 following ...
Larry Hagman is dead, but a J.R. Ewing funeral is airing for Dallas Season 2 on TNT. After the veteran actor died from cancer complications over the ...

#UP Donna Summer to be inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Public Enemy, Rush, Heart, Donna Summer to be inducted into Rock and Roll ...
Entertainment Weekly
In a victory for those interested in the teachings of Malcolm X and Ayn Rand (or not!), the new crop of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees includes both hip-hop fire starters Public Enemy and Canadian prog merchants Rush.

#UP 3-mile-wide-asteroid: 4179 Toutatis buzzes Earth; viewable online

3-mile-wide asteroid to buzz planet Earth tonight | Fox News
A giant asteroid will make a flyby of Earth over the next few days, and armchair astronomers can watch the action live on their computers. The near-Earth ...

3-mile-wide-asteroid: 4179 Toutatis buzzes Earth; viewable online
Asteroids in deep space are common. However, a 3-mile-wide-asteroid will buzz by Earth for a period of three days. Beginning Wednesday morning, 4179 ...

WATCH: Fox anchor Tia Ewing dances to Beyonce’s ‘Single Ladies

Fox anchor caught dancing to ‘Single Ladies’ during ...
Dance like no one's looking. That's what Tia Ewing, an anchor for Fox's KTXL affiliate in Sacramento, Calif., was doing at 4:15 a.m. on Friday when she was caught on ...

WATCH: Fox anchor Tia Ewing dances to Beyonce’s ‘Single ...
While most of California was sleeping, Tia Ewing was dancing. The Fox 40 news anchor was caught getting down to Beyonce’s hit “Single Ladies” during a far-from ...

#UP Amy Adams Vanguard Award Win Could Signal Big Things For ‘The Master’

Amy Adams Vanguard Award Win Could Signal Big Things For ‘The Master’
- The Inquisitr
Amy Adams to receive Santa Barbara's Vanguard Award
- Los Angeles Times
Amy Adams puts Chorus before consumers
- Scoop.co.nz

Amy Lou Adams (born August 20, 1974) is an American actress and singer. Adams was born in Vicenza, Italy, to American parents, and began her performing career on ...

Jamie Foxx's 'Django Unchained' Commentary on 'SNL' Under Fire

Django Unchained, Red Tails Among NAACP Nominees
Access Hollywood
Caption Garcelle Beauvais and Yvette Nicole-Brown announce the nominees at the 44th NAACP Image Awards Press Conference at The Paley Center for Media, Beverly Hills, on December 11, 2012

“Flight,” ''Django Unchained,” ''Beasts of the Southern Wild ...

Jamie Foxx's 'Django Unchained' Commentary on 'SNL' Under Fire
WordandFilm.com
Racial panic has hardly abated since the recent presidential election. Apparently there is some right-wing fright over Jamie Foxx's comments about his new film “Django Unchained,” in which - as he gleefully commented during his recent “SNL” appearance ...

#UP Visual Impairment Increasing In US From Macular Degeneration, Diabetic Retinopathy, Glaucoma and Cataracts

Visual Impairment Increasing In US From Macular Degeneration, Diabetic ...
Huffington Post
The number of people who are in the process of losing their sight from conditions such as macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma and cataracts is increasing in the United States, according to a new study in the Journal of the American ...

Lawsuit claims A&E's 'Storage Wars' show is rigged

'Storage Wars' Staged, Fired Star Claims in Lawsuit - Yahoo! TV
"Storage Wars" star David Hester says in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that he was fired after complaining that the reality show is staged. In his lawsuit, Hester contends ...

Lawsuit claims A&E's 'Storage Wars' show is rigged - The ...
LOS ANGELES—Some of the valuables found hidden in abandoned lockers on A&E's "Storage Wars" have been added by producers to deceive viewers, a former ...

Hoax nurse Jacintha Saldanha left a suicide note

Hoax nurse Jacintha Saldanha left a ‘suicide note’ as ...
The nurse who apparently took her own life after she was duped by a hoax call made to the hospital treating the Duchess of Cambridge left a 'suicide note' for her ...

Nurse left suicide note: Was Kate Middleton hoax the only ...
Jacintha Saldanha, the nurse who killed herself after passing a hoax phone call through to Kate Middleton’s hospital floor, left a suicide note.

#oxymoron Secret military mini-shuttle cleared for launch

Mini shuttle to launch on secret mission today
A small spacecraft is scheduled to launch on a secret mission from the Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday. The mini shuttle will lift off on an Atlas Five rocket. The ...

Secret military mini-shuttle cleared for launch | Video ...
A secret military mini-shuttle is scheduled to launch Tuesday afternoon from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Air Force and United Launch Alliance confirmed.

Ian McKellen: 'The Hobbit' Star Reveals He's Battling Prostrate Cancer

Ian McKellen Reveals He Has Prostate Cancer
Ian McKellen says he has prostate cancer in a new interview with the U.K.'s Daily Mirror. "I've had prostate cancer for six or seven years," he tells the magazine ...

Ian McKellen Cancer: 'The Hobbit' Star Reveals He's Battling ...
Sir Ian McKellen is battling prostate cancer. The 73-year-old "The Hobbit" star opened up to The Daily Mirror about his diagnosis, and also revealed that ...

Nearly 1 million Australians suffer from binge-eating disorder, report finds

The battle against bingeing
The Independent
Annemarie Louw, the unit head at the eating disorder treatment centre, Montrose Manor, says: "Binges lead to feelings of guilt about losing control, and the individual wakes up the following day thinking they should starve themselves as punishment or ...

Nearly 1 million Australians suffer from eating disorder, report finds
GlobalPost
The total social and economic cost of eating disorders including anorexia, bulimia, obesity and binge-eating was put at almost $73 billion this year, a widely cited report by Deloitte Access Economics found.

#UP CoCo Austin Apologizes to Ice-T for Racy Pictures With Another Man: "I Disrespected My Husband"

CoCo Austin Apologizes to Ice-T for Racy Pictures With Another Man: "I Disrespected My Husband" Us Weekly

Ice-T Disrespected: CoCo Austin Apologizes For Racy Photos
CoCo Austin said Ice-T was essentially disrespected by the naughty photos she took with another man, according to US Weekly.

200 Miles of Mississippi River Could Shut Down

200 Miles of Mississippi River Could Shut Down
Video - Business and politicians are very concerned about the falling water levels on the Mississippi River and the impact it could have on surrounding states.

Mississippi on the brink of total shut down due to record ...
America’s record-breaking drought is drying up the Mississippi River, which is vital for commercial travel. If the country’s largest river system continues to ...

Coast Guard: Mississippi River Won’t Shut Down « CBS St. Louis

#UP Evidence Noah's Biblical Flood Happened, Says Robert Ballard

Evidence Noah's Biblical Flood Happened, Says Robert Ballard
The story of Noah's Ark and the Great Flood is one of the most famous from the Bible, and now an acclaimed underwater archaeologist thinks he has found proof that the ...

The great Flood: the story from the Bible
This can best be recognized when we scrutinize the Biblical Flood Story and reconstruct the original text. Throughout the Biblical book of Genesis ...

#UP Meredith Vieira Says Goodbye to TODAY; Returns To 'General Hospital'

Meredith Vieira Returns To 'General Hospital'
Meredith Vieira is a soap opera star! Who knew? We didn't! But we like it. Vieira will return to "General Hospital" this month and revive her role as ...

With Tears, Meredith Vieira Says Goodbye to 'TODAY ...
Meredith Vieira signed off from 'TODAY' for the last time Wednesday morning after five years on the job. The co-host of the NBC program decided in April to ...

#UP Obamacare fee of $63 per person to begin in 2014

Obamacare Pre-Existing Condition Fee To Cost Companies $63 ...
WASHINGTON -- Your medical plan is facing an unexpected expense, so you probably are, too. It's a new, $63-per-head fee to cushion the cost of covering ...

Obamacare fee of $63 per person to begin in 2014 - Washington ...
Your medical plan is facing an unexpected expense, so you probably are, too. It’s a new, $63-per-head fee to cushion the cost of covering people with pre ...

Hillary Clinton cancels Middle East trip because of ill health

Clinton cancels Middle East trip because of ill health ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has canceled her trip to Morocco this week for a meeting on the future of Syria's opposition because of a ...

Hillary Clinton is ill and sends replacement on trip to ...
Monday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton cancelled a trip to Morocco because she has been feeling ill; her office said that Clinton has a stomach virus ...