Ten states have been given waivers from some No Child Left Behind education law requirements, which President Obama says gives them freedom coupled with accountability. Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oklahoma, and Tennessee no longer will have to meet the 2014 targets established by the law, Obama and other White House [...]

A school bus driver in North Carolina is being heralded as a hero after safely getting 6 elementary school students off her bus just seconds before it was engulfed in flames. After noticing smoke seeping inside, Lindora Richardson rushed the six children off her vehicle. The incident took place on Wednesday afternoon as Richardson was [...]

Sometimes it just seems like teenagers these days have things a little too easy.  They don’t want to have to do chores and they expect to be paid when they do have to do them. Well, Tommy Jordan is one dad who’s not going to take it any more. You see, Tommy’s 15-year-old daughter posted [...]

Here we go again.  New England Patriots wide receiver has revealed that he’s changing his name – again. He’s going to drop the “Ochocinco” surname and go back to just being Chad Johnson. You see, Ochocinco intends on marrying his Basketball Wives girlfriend Evelyn Lozada, and it seems she may not be to keen on [...]

Well, it looks like you should perhaps think twice before you “unfriend” someone on Facebook. A Tennessee couple who “unfriended” a woman were murdered in their home by the jilted woman’s father and another man, according to police. “It’s the worst thing I’ve ever seen,” said Johnson County Sheriff Mike Reece, adding that he’d never [...]

Electric car maker Tesla has unveiled its new, all-electric SUV, minivan hybrid – the Model X. The first thing you’re likely to notice about the Tesla Model X are its unique “falcon wing” rear doors. Instead of opening to the side, as regular minivan doors often do, these “falcon wing” doors open upwards instead, resembling [...]

It seems a new video has popped up online that has many folks worked up into a tizzy. The new video shows a live woolly mammoth, an animal the scientists say has been extinct for thousands of years, crossing a river. The “jaw-dropping” footage was allegedly filmed by a government-employed engineer last summer in the [...]

Here are your top stories for this Friday, February 10, 2012: – President Obama gives out education waivers to ten states – More violence erupts in Syria – Former aide running for Gabrielle Giffords’ seat – Mount Etna erupts

Here are your famous & celebrity birthdays for today: Never miss a celebrity birthday again with the Celebrity Birthday Directory 1994 Makenzie Vega (actress) 1991 Emma Roberts (actress) 1076 Lance Berkman (baseball player) 1974 Elizabeth Banks (actress) 1967 Laura Dern (actress) 1962 Cliff Burton (former bass player, Metallica) 1961 George Stephanopoulos (senior advisor) 1955 Greg Norman [...]

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It seems that the Steve Jobs FBI file has made its way to the internet, thanks to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. The Apple co-founder’s file is 191 pages long and contains a few things that just may surprise you, including a bomb threat on his home, and second-hand reports of drug use. [...]