Venezuela Fast Facts
Population: 28,868,486 (July 2014 est.) Median age: 26.9 years old Capital: Caracas Ethnic Groups: Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Arab, German, African and indigenous groups Religion: Roman Catholic 96%, Protestant 2%, other…
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Sheldon Silver Out As New York Assembly Speaker By Next Week
New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver will vacate his post by next week, Democratic lawmakers said in a Tuesday press conference. It is not clear whether Silver will step down…
Michelle Obama Forgoes Headscarf In Saudi Arabia
For first lady Michelle Obama, just a few hours in Saudi Arabia were enough to illustrate the stark limitations under which Saudi women live. – Saudi Arabia imposes many restrictions…
Sarah Palin Just Gave A Pro-Hillary Group A Big Boost
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) has helped raise so much money for a pro-Hillary Clinton super PAC that she qualifies to co-chair the group’s national finance council. – After…
Wrong but right about winter storm
First of all, taking a look at the big picture, this storm was forecast pretty well. The forecast was that a big storm would develop rapidly and cause heavy snow…
40 Dogs Vanish From Small Texas County
Man’s best friend just became man’s biggest mystery. At least 40 dogs have vanished from Wise County, Texas since November, and authorities say they have few leads for the missing…
First lady Michelle Obama shakes hands with Saudi king. So?
The White House notes that representatives of the United States, including former Secretaries of State Hillary Clinton and Madeleine Albright, along with German Chancellor Angela Merkel have all visited the…
Amazon tribe under threat
“I wanted to show the daily life in the world’s most endangered tribe,” he said. The Awa-Guaja’s way of life is being threatened by relentless loggers who are illegally encroaching…
Yahoo to Spin Off Its Stake in Alibaba
Marissa Mayer, Yahoo’s chief executive, unveiled a plan to spin off Yahoo’s 15 percent stake in the Chinese e-commerce giant into a separate company in order to avoid a large…
What East Coast Attitude? A Blizzard Brought The Selfless Side Out Of New Yorkers
The Big Apple often gets a bad rap for being a town of chilly attitudes. But during Winter Storm Juno, New Yorkers showed us that they’re warm-hearted people who’ve got…
Tom DeLonge Shares Lengthy Facebook Note Detailing Blink-182 Drama
Monday was a rough day for the members of Blink-182 as well the group’s fans. It all started when a press statement emerged stating that guitarist/vocalist Tom DeLonge had “indefinitely”…
Dear Future Partner: Please Don’t Scare The Hell Out Of Me With Your Marriage Proposal
Dear Future Partner, What’s up? It’s cool that you’re thinking about marrying me. Good call.
‘Ace Of Cakes’ Star Duff Goldman’s #1 Question To Ask When Shopping For A Wedding Cake
For those looking to ensure that their wedding cake tastes as good as it looks, “Ace Of Cakes” star Duff Goldman has some words of advice. “You’ll see a pretty…
Obama Dropping Plan To Tax 529 College Savings Plans
WASHINGTON, Jan 27 (Reuters) – President Barack Obama has dropped a controversial proposal to tax “529” college savings plans, a White House official said on Tuesday, calling it a “distraction”…
Keystone, Meet The Grouse Wars
WASHINGTON –- The fight over the Keystone XL pipeline is about to become a fight over the lesser prairie chicken as well. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kansas) is seeking to attach…
Florida woman in ‘stand your ground’ case released
Marissa Alexander served a total of three years. She will spend the next two years under house arrest, wearing an ankle bracelet. – CNN’s Ralph Ellis contributed to this report.
Steve Scalise To Meet With Civil Rights Leader
WASHINGTON — House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) has agreed to meet with the head of a civil rights organization who criticized the congressman for speaking to a white supremacist…
Mom Finds Pot Stash In Van 13 Years Later
ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico woman drove a van for more than 13 years without realizing there was marijuana hidden inside. – Police say the marijuana is so…
Death Penalty Opponents Make Last-Minute Plea To Save Richard Glossip’s Life
OKLAHOMA CITY — Dozens of death penalty opponents gathered in the Oklahoma state Capitol building Tuesday as part of a last-ditch effort to save the life of Richard Glossip, who…
Teens Take To Twitter In Response To Underwhelming #Snowmageddon
After hunkering down for what became known as the “snowpocalypse” and “snowmageddon,” many cities awoke to disappointment and a few inches of snow on the ground. Underwhelming? More like snow-verated….
Obamas Honor Work Of 12-Year-Old Child Slave Turned Activist During India Trip
Promoting gender equality was vital in President Obama’s message to India, so it made sense that a 12-year-old female activist who has overcome incredible odds was there to draw attention…
6 healthy Super Bowl snacks
Whether the Super Bowl’s draw is the halftime show, the commercials or the game itself doesn’t really matter: Party snacks are the true common denominator. The problem for would-be healthy…
Why the alleged Russian spy ring matters
In an affidavit unsealed in federal court on Monday, the Justice Department accused Evgeny Buryakov, also known as “Zhenya,” of posing as a Russian banker in Manhattan to funnel economic…
It’s Washington Beer vs. Massachusetts Beer In The Super Bowl Of Taste Tests
Beer and the Super Bowl go together better than Bill Belichick and controversy. Americans reportedly drink 50 million cases of beer the day of the big game — which translates…
Badass Woman Marries Herself To Celebrate Her 40th Birthday
Yasmin Eleby hadn’t met anyone she wanted to marry on her 40th birthday — so she just did the damn thing by herself. – H/T Cosmpolitan
White House drops 529 college savings proposal
READ: Obama proposes scaling back benefits of 529 college savings plans “Given it has become such a distraction, we’re not going to ask Congress to pass the 529 provision so…
‘Fantastic Four’ reboot: What do we think?
20th Century Fox’s new take on the foursomelast seen in 2007’s “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer”looks quite different from what we’re used to. For starters, some of the…
2 Vanderbilt Football Players Found Guilty Of Rape Charges
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A jury has convicted two ex-Vanderbilt football players of raping a former student inside a dorm room. The jury deliberated for about three hours before finding…
How To Ruin A Wedding In 5 Words
On Monday night, TV host Chris Hardwick and his @Midnight team got the hashtag #RuinAWeddingIn5Words trending on Twitter. There were many thousands of responses (and way too many involving the…
Scholars To Fox News: Writing About White People Doesn’t Make You Racist
A Fox News host raised alarm bells Friday over a university course that studies whiteness, saying that the titles of the books used in the class make it clear that…