A Rolls Royce carrying Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, was attacked by "wanton" demonstrators on Thursday during a student riot. Charles and Camilla were en route to the London Palladium Theater to attend a Royal Variety Performance when students protesting unfair university fees launched...
Thanksgiving is fast approaching. Here are some great Thanksgiving Quotes to feed your mind and whet your appetite (while you're waiting for the turkey to come out of the oven)! 1. "For each new morning with its light,For rest and shelter of the night,For health and food, for love and...
Vegetarianism is very popular amongst celebrities. If they are not vegetarians currently, they probably tried it at least once. Being a vegetarian means avoiding meat products. Anything that would have bled to be placed on to your plate for dinner is not a part of a vegetarian’s diet. Meat products...
Louisa May Alcott is best known for the classic children’s novel, Little Women. She lived from 1832 to 1888, in Concord, Massachusetts. She is considered one of America’s best female writers of the nineteenth century. Her father Amos Bronson Alcott was friends with famous writers Henry David...
Martha Stewart and Michelle Obama received a space in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington for the first time, MaxiNews.com reported.A new exhibit, "Americans Now," opened Friday, featuring famous names from science, business, government and the arts in the museum.President Barack Obama and...
Saint Valentine's Day, better known as simply Valentine's Day, is the annual commemoration of love celebrated on February 14. Valentine's Day was created by Pope Gelasius I in 500 AD to honor the Christian martyrs named Valentine. The religious observance of the day was deleted by Pope Paul VI...
The Victorian period was a magical time. Telephones, electrical lighting, cameras and even the first automobiles all came into the public’s conscience during this era of prosperity and technological advancement. Indeed, the speed and frequency with which inventions and discoveries appeared prompted...
Who says all the fun is wasted on the dumb? That's no the case with these ten musicians, each of which was smart enough to earn a Ph.D. but fun enough to know how to rock out a good time. 1. Greg Graffin from Bad Religion2. Brian May from Queen 3. Brian Briggs from Stornoway4. Brian Cox from...
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico resulting from an offshore platform explosion on April 20, 2010 is worse than the Exxon Valdez oil spill. The Gulf of Mexico faces 210,000 gallons of crude oil furiously pouring out of the Deepwater Horizon site which claimed the lives of 11 workers. The only...
Only six months after a doctoral student beheaded a fellow undergrad on campus, Virginia Tech University has been struck with another murder. Two Virginia Tech students were found slain Thursday at a Jefferson National Forest campground that is a popular hangout for students, authorities said....
