Pool party season opens in Las Vegas with wave of celebrities
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- It's been a long, cold and financially uncertain winter but the summer pool party season arrived in Las Vegas this weekend and made quite the splash.
There was no sign of recession as sunbathers and celebrities packed the city's
Blount County storms destroy homes and poultry houses
A tornado that swept through Blount County on Sunday evening heavily damaged or destroyed three homes, eight poultry houses and killed 70,000 4-week-old chickens, authorities said today.
Emma Tannenbaum/Birmingham NewsEugene Jones, Nick Isbell,
Clip du jour: Batman lacks superpower, sense of humor.
The folks at College Humor achieved what Bryan Singer could not. They made Superman cool. Super-cool. Last October, they posted a hilarious cartoon of Supe meeting his harmless little Bat-bro.
Now, in a sequel, Supe goes on spring break, leaving
Its a hard knock life...
After an exhilarating and tiring four days in Egypt, Sarah and I spent a day back in Athens, mostly regrouping, and then headed out to Crete for the remainder of spring break!
We arrived in Crete around 6am and waited at a passenger's center (nice
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Downtime -- I stand accused of infrequent posting last week, and have to plead guilty. Likely to continue at least the first part of this week. Just spending some time with my kids on their spring break, and dealing with some minor real-life stuff.
Dollars and sense
Many students in the broadcasting department recently discovered that incoming students will be required to purchase laptops as early as next year. With this discovery came much debate about the expense of the software and the sudden decision to make
5 tips for avoiding the latest hotel scam
Jack Taras and his friends thought they would be checking in to the Occidental Grand hotel on the Dominican Republic?s postcard-perfect Eastern shore for Spring Break. But when Taras, a 19-year-old sophomore from Providence College, arrived at the
Analysis: Republicans still struggling in Congress
FILE - In this March 26, 2009 file photo, House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio unveils the House Republican's budget solution during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. So far this year, Congress has done what it does best _ spend a
Morning Bulletin - Monday, April 20, 2009
A roundup of news, schedules, and key stories from CBS News:
CABINET MEETING: President Obama will meet with his full cabinet for the first time in his administration at 11:30 a.m. ET. He is expected to ask the secretaries to cut a total of $100
Notes from Spring Break
I'm a 40ish happily married mom living in the suburbs of Southern California and trying my hardest to have a life more fun and interesting than that sounds! After college I went to work in the music industry which sounds exciting, but actually I was an
