Calico lobster on display

May 17, 2012

Half of Americans think Facebook is a fad Half of Americans think Facebook is a passing fad, according to the results of a new Associated Press-CNBC poll. And, in the run-up to the social network's initial public offering of stock, half of Americans also say the social network's expected asking price is too high. The company Mark ... - Posted on May 15, 2012
Boy wins right to play on girls hockey team The biggest goal of Keeling Pilaro's field hockey career happened far from an athletic field on Tuesday. An athletics committee determined the 13-year-old boy can keep playing on the girls' varsity team at Southampton High School, at least for one more season. The decision at an appeals he... - Posted on May 15, 2012
Have you ever missed school? These kids haven't Neither bad weather nor car accident nor even feeling bad could stop Gennesaret Sealy from attending school every single day, nor could they stop her brother before her. Sealy is set to graduate June 5 from Loveless Academic Magnet Program High School in Montgomery with a perfect attendanc... - Posted on May 15, 2012
Obama keeps up with pop culture President Barack Obama can hold his own when it comes to pop culture: He's up on "The Avengers" superheroes, has a handle on the Kardashians and says he catches up with TV hits during long flights on Air Force One. Obama did well with TV and celebrity trivia. He knew which Kardashi... - Posted on May 15, 2012
Movie in the works about Steve Jobs Aaron Sorkin is going from Facebook to Apple. Sony Pictures officials say the Oscar-winning writer will write a screenplay based on the Steve Jobs biography. Sony Pictures co-chairman Amy Pascal says Sorkin will make the film about the late Apple founder "everything that Jobs himsel... - Posted on May 15, 2012
Should Lady Gaga be banned in Indonesia? Lady Gaga will have to cancel her sold-out show in Indonesia following protests by Islamic hard-liners and conservative lawmakers, who said her sexy clothes and dance moves will corrupt the youth. Indonesia, a nation of 240 million people, has more Muslims than any other. Although it is se... - Posted on May 15, 2012
Teen's body spray sets off school fire alarm Officials say a fire alarm that went off at a Connecticut high school was activated by a student's "overabundance" of body spray in a locker room. Firefighters were called to Middletown High School shortly after 3 p.m. Thursday. Officials say that the student used an excessive amoun... - Posted on May 13, 2012
Cats and squirrel living together! A baby squirrel is finding a home of sorts alongside a cat and her kittens in Michigan. Eight-year-old Bailee Schultz heard the squirrel whimpering a few weeks ago in a wooded area of his grandparents' property in Bay County's Bangor Township. Stephanie Box says Bailee brought her to the s... - Posted on May 13, 2012
Young adults ignore skin cancer warnings The warnings about skin cancer from too much sun don't seem to be getting through. Half of U.S. adults under 30 say they have had a sunburn at least once in the previous year — about the same as a decade ago, according to a government survey released Thursday. In fact, the modest progres... - Posted on May 10, 2012
Calico lobster on display So you think blue lobsters are rare? The New England Aquarium is holding a lobster that's way rarer than that. The aquarium in Boston says it has a calico lobster that could be a 1-in-30 million find. The lobster is dark with bright orange and yellow spots. It was caught off Winter ... - Posted on May 10, 2012