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Peyton and Eli Manning Rap About Their Football Fantasy

David Smothers August 11, 2014

The Manning brothers are back with more football. And fantasy. Mostly fantasy. As a followup to 2013’s “Football on Your Phone” video, Peyton and Eli promote DirecTV NFL Sunday Ticket’s new Fantasy Zone channel with a bizarre rap video. If fantasy football also included space travel, a pegasus and footlong sandwiches, count us in. [via… Continue Reading »

HACKERS

Report: There’s a New Chinese Hacker Army Attacking the U.S.

David Smothers June 10, 2014

A report by security company CrowdStrike claims that a new Shanghai-based cyberattack unit, with links to the People’s Liberation Army in China, has been hacking the U.S.. The group—codenamed “Putter Panda” because it often preys on golf-playing conference attendees—is believed to have been in existence since 2007. Over the past seven years, it’s claimed the… Continue Reading »

NEWS

Shots outside Capitol, Police Say 1 injury

David Smothers October 3, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) — A police officer was reported injured after gunshots at the U.S. Capitol, police said Thursday. They locked down the entire complex, at least temporarily derailing debate over how to end a government shutdown. The shooting unfolded after police chased a black car up Constitution Avenue toward the Capitol, said tourist Edmund Ofori-Attah,… Continue Reading »

NEWS

UPDATE: Texas man ID’d as shooter in Navy Yard attack that killed 12

David Smothers September 16, 2013

A gunman suspected in the killing of at least eleven people at a Navy building in Washington Monday morning has been identified as Aaron Alexis, 34, of Texas, Fox News has learned, and police were searching for a second possible suspect in the attack. Police were initially operating under the theory that the gunman had… Continue Reading »

NEWS

BREAKING NEWS: At least 10 shot, ‘multiple fatalities’ at DC Navy Yard

David Smothers September 16, 2013

DEVELOPING: At least 10 people have been shot — with multiple fatalities — at a Navy building in Washington, U.S. Navy authorities said Monday. A Navy official said two shooters were “down” following reports of shots fired at around 8:20 a.m. at the Naval Sea Systems Command headquarters in southeast Washington. There are conflicting reports… Continue Reading »

NEWS, WORLD

Can Kenya’s Hidden Aquifer Prevent a Water War?

David Smothers September 14, 2013

This week’s jaw-dropping news that a massive aquifer has been discovered beneath Kenya conjured up all sorts of visions of the desert instantly greening like a Chia Pet. But it’s not as easy as digging a well—the aquifer opens up a whole other set of political and environmental issues that face the African nation. News… Continue Reading »

FACTS

Why People Think Friday the 13th Is Unlucky

David Smothers September 13, 2013

Being wary of Friday the 13th is much more than a quaint superstition observed by a few uneducated people in distant, unreachable towns and hamlets. In the United States alone, it is estimated that between 17 and 21 million people dread that date to the extent that it can be officially classified as a phobia…. Continue Reading »

NEWS, UNIVERSE

NASA Spacecraft Embarks on Historic Journey Into Interstellar Space

David Smothers September 12, 2013

Voyager 1 Entering Interstellar Space This artist’s concept depicts NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft entering interstellar space, or the space between stars. Interstellar space is dominated by the plasma, or ionized gas, that was ejected by the death of nearby giant stars millions of years ago. The environment inside our solar bubble is dominated… Continue Reading »

NEWS

Barack Obama’s Answer to Putin’s Op-Ed

David Smothers September 12, 2013

By Barack Obama Imagine my surprise when I opened the New York Times and read Vladimir Putin’s Op-ed. I didn’t know what I was reading for a few minutes. Sometime’s my Chief of Staff will put The Onion in front of me just to shake things up so it took me a moment… Continue Reading »

NEWS

9/11 Anniversary A Time Of Commemoration, Reflection

David Smothers September 11, 2013

A nation that just stepped back from the brink of conflict with Syria paused Wednesday to honor and reflect on the nearly 3,000 victims of 9/11, the day terrorist attacks spurred two other long-running conflicts in the Middle East. In New York, hundreds of friends and families of the victims stood silently — many holding… Continue Reading »