And The Richest Member Of Congress Is …

The Hill, a political news site, unveiled its annual list of the 50 richest lawmakers on Tuesday. Rep. Michael McCaul, a Republican from Texas, held on to the top slot with a cool $290.5 million. “McCaul remains in the stratosphere of the very richest members of Congress,” said The Hill, noting that...

Nicki Minaj Joins ‘American Idol’ Cast as Judge

Rapper Nicki Minaj is joining songstress Mariah Carey as the newest judge of American Idol. Multiple sources say Minaj has yet to sign off on the deal, but is expected to be in the judges seat when Season 12 premieres this winter. Other judges reportedly up for consideration are singer Nick Jonas...

They nailed it! Fans pay artistic tribute to Olympics

img alt="Gabriela Medina even painted her toes to match! "I love supporting and cheering on my team," said the Wesley Chapel, Florida, resident. Medina likes to create nail art for various holidays, and says, "you have to have a steady hand." Appropriately, the college student aspires...

Why Olympians bite their medals

It's a familiar pose by now: Fresh-faced Olympian grins while pretending to take a bite from the hard-won gold medal hanging around his neck.But why do athletes feign chomping on their prized medallions, anyway?Most likely to satisfy the pose-hungry media, says David Wallechinsky, president of the...

Stressed-out men find heavier women attractive

The studyEighty-one heterosexual, white men, aged 18 to 42, were put into two groups. The first group took the Trier Social Stress Test, which increased stress levels by asking participants to take on the role of a job applicant in front of a hiring committee. The second group was sent to a room to...

Jennifer Aniston engaged to actor Justin Theroux

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11-year-old girl married to 40-year-old man

Before their wedding ceremony begins in rural Afghanistan, a 40-year-old man sits to be photographed with his 11-year-old bride. The girl tells the photographer that she is sad to be engaged because she had hoped to become a teacher. Her favorite class was Dari, the local language, before she had...

Magnet experiment saves baby big surgery

 In late 2009, doctors placed a magnet on either side of Patrick's intestinal blockage. Though the procedure was experimental, Dr. Eric Scaife was successful at removing the membrane without extensive surgery.  The day after Nelly Divricean gave birth to twin sons Andrew and Patrick,...

Computer hacking for 8-year-olds

  The hacker who goes by the pseudonym CyFi won't share her real name and declines to be photographed without her signature aviator sunglasses. At the annual Def Con hacking conference here Friday, Gen. Keith Alexander, director of the National Security Agency and head of the U.S. Cyber Command,...

Meet the man who started #NBCFail

Steven Marx wasn't that mad. And with only 17 Twitter followers, the 48-year-old certainly wasn't popular when he reportedly created the #NBCFail hashtag. But that online conversation would become one of the dominant storylines of the London Olympics, particularly among people who like to mock...

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Cuban Man '24' Proud Of His 4 Extra Fingers, Toes

They call him "Twenty-Four." Yoandri Hernandez Garrido's nickname comes from the six perfectly formed fingers on each of his hands and the six impeccable toes on each foot. Hernandez is proud of his extra digits and...

Is the government doing enough to protect us online?

More than 400 million people trust Google with their e-mail, and 50 million store files in the cloud using the Dropbox service. People manage their bank accounts, pay bills, trade stocks and generally transfer or store huge volumes of personal data online. Who is ultimately in charge of making...

Aurora heroes: Three who gave their lives

Great evil often brings out the best in good men, men like Todd Beamer on Flight 93, Medal of Honor recipient Michael Murphy in Afghanistan and now the Aurora three -- the three young men, each in different parts of theater nine, who gave their lives to protect their girlfriends.Twenty-five-year-old...

Why men fall asleep after having sex

Here’s some news from the world of science that could settle some old disputes in the battleground of the marital boudoir. Throughout history, unsatisfied wives and girlfriends have wondered why their otherwise-perfect male partners roll over and fall straight to sleep after sex instead of engaging...