2016 Bounce Back Stocks

2016 Bounce Back Stocks: Bond, loan-based ETFs could surprise

Sipping Champagne on the Titanic

Sipping Champagne on the Titanic: Twenty Billionaires Own More Than the Bottom Half of Americans

2016: The Year of the Billionaire

2016: The Year of the Billionaire 

Mexico Mayor Slain A Day After Taking Office

Mexico Mayor Slain A Day After Taking Office

Brazilian city proposes levying fees on controversy-plagued rideshare service Uber

Brazilian city proposes levying fees on controversy-plagued rideshare service Uber

'Christian' Family Kills 41-Year-Old Mom During Attempted 'Exorcism'

A second victim, suffering from hypothermia and dehydration, was later found in a garage.

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Remembering Rosewood

Remembering Rosewood: The racist lie that set off the destruction of a black Florida community

On New Year’s Day 1923, a white woman told her husband “a nigger” assaulted her, a false claim that precipitated a week of mob violence that wiped the prosperous black hamlet off the map, and led to the near lynching of Aaron Carrier.

Top 10 Stories of the Year, According to You

Top 10 Stories of the Year, According to You

From alien megastructures to smart bees to female viagra, 2015 kept science on its toes.

The 15 Most Ridiculous Things Said About Climate Change In 2015

The 15 Most Ridiculous Things Said About Climate Change In 2015

In the parallel universe of wingnut media, media figures went to ridiculous lengths to deny climate science.

Police hope sketch will help identify man

Police in Charleston, South Carolina, have released a sketch of a suspect in an armed robbery. The victims were robbed at gunpoint of their wallets on Sunday by two assailants, police said The incident was reported at 11:18pm in front of the Carolina Yacht Club. A couple in their 50s and their 29-year-old son, all from Moore, were walking when a man and woman walked up behind them.
The man pulled out a gun and started yelling, “Give me your cash or I’ll kill you.” The woman also threatened to kill them but didn’t show a gun. The male suspect was described as black, about 6 feet tall, 180 lbs, wearing a bandanna on his head.
The female suspect was described as black, 5 feet 4 inches tall, with short hair, heavyset, and wearing a long-sleeved white shirt with dark writing on the sleeves. If you have information on the suspects, please contact police.

Investigation into whether shooting 'ding dong ditching' teenager multiple times was justified

A 14-year-old boy from Pryor, Oklahoma, is out of surgery after being shot several times by his neighbor who has not been arrested. Police said the teen and two of his friends were ringing doorbells and running off early on New Year's Day when the homeowner came out to his front yard and started firing. The case has been handed over to the district attorney who is looking into whether the shooting was justified.

Naked man wearing Ronald Reagan mask caught on camera

A couple from Vestavia Hills, Aabama, got quite a surprise on New Year's Eve when a nude man wearing a rubber mask was creeping about outside their home. The man, who was naked except for what appeared to be a Ronald Reagan mask covering his head and a sock covering his private parts, ran off when Danielle Yancey and her husband spotted him. The ordeal, however, was caught on their home security video.

"I got a chuckle from it later, but at the same time, it was  very concerning,'' Danielle Yancey said. "I don't know what he was planning on doing." Yancey's husband, Bart, had just taken out the trash and returned inside when he caught a glimpse of a shadow. The trespasser had already open the gate and entered when Bart Yancey yelled to him. He then followed him briefly while he called 911 from his cell phone. Vestavia Hills police responded to the scene, but weren't able to find the man.
"It was so cold outside,'' Yancey said. "The police said he wouldn't last long outside nude like that." She said multiple theories have been discussed, including that it was a dare, a lost bet, or teenage New Year's Eve party gone out of control. "He could have been messed up on drugs or alcohol, and in that mindset you don't what he would do to someone else," Yancey said. "I don't think he had a gun on him, but he could have potentially hurt us or we could have hurt him,'' she said.

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"Even if it was a prank, it could have become very scary and dangerous quickly." Vestavia Hills police Lt. Kevin York said they received another call at about 11pm about a teenager streaking through the neighborhood. They were unable to locate the streaker as well. Yancey said she just wants her neighbors and the community to be aware and safe, and hopes that the trespasser also is safe, if indeed he meant no harm. "I hope he never does it again because he could have been unlucky," she said. "Maybe we spooked him off enough not go to another house and not do it again."

New way to measure gravity’s pull at surface of distant stars

New way to measure gravity’s pull at surface of distant stars

Researchers have found a new way to measure the pull of gravity at the surface of a star. For distant stars with planets orbiting them, this information is key in determining whether any of those planets can harbor life. The new method is described in a study...

Heartbreaking Cries From An Abused Puppy As She Is Shown Love For The First Time

If we treated all creatures in this manner, including each other, one can only imagine how wonderful the world would be.

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Today in History

1681		The Treaty of Radzin ends a five year war between the Turks and the allied countries of Russia and Poland.
1745		England, Austria, Saxony and the Netherlands form an alliance against Russia.
1815		A rag-tag army under Andrew Jackson defeats the British on the fields of Chalmette in the Battle of New Orleans.
1871		Prussian troops begin to bombard Paris during the Franco-Prussian War.
1892		A coal mine explosion kills 100 in McAlister, Oklahoma.
1900		The Boers attack the British in Ladysmith, South Africa, but are turned back.
1908		A subway line opens linking the New York boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan.
1940		Great Britain begins rationing sugar, meat and butter.
1946		President Harry S. Truman vows to stand by the Yalta accord on self-determination for the Balkans.
1954		President Dwight Eisenhower proposes stripping convicted Communists of their U.S. citizenship.
1963		President John F. Kennedy attends the unveiling of the Mona Lisa.
1975		Ella T. Grasso becomes Governor of Connecticut, the first female governor in the US who did not come into office by succeeding her husband.
1979		The United States advises the Shah to leave Iran.
1982		AT&T agrees to divest 22 subdivisions as part of an antitrust agreement.
1994		Valeri Polyakov, a Russian cosmonaut leaves earth, bound for the Mir space station; he will spend a record 437 days in space.
2002		The shrub signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act, intended to improve America’s educational system.
2004		The largest passenger ship in history, the RMS Queen Mary 2, is christened by Queen Elizabeth II, granddaughter of Queen Mary.
2011		An attempted assassination of Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords is part of a shooting spree in which Jared Lee Loughner kills 6 and wounds 13.

Non Sequitur

How the "Just So" stories got their name

The Just So Stories began as bedtime stories told to ‘Effie’; when the first three were published in a children’s magazine, a year before her death, Kipling explained:

. . . in the evening there were stories meant to put Effie to sleep, and you were not allowed to alter those by one single little word. They had to be told just so; or Effie would wake up and put back the missing sentence. So at last they came to be like charms, all three of them,—the whale tale, the camel tale, and the rhinoceros tale. 

These are stories of origins: ‘How the Whale got his Throat’, ‘How the Camel got his Hump’, ‘How the Rhinoceros got his Skin’—stories that answer the kinds of question children ask, in ways that satisfy their taste for primitive and poetic justice. After Effie’s death, Kipling added nine others, so the number published in the first edition was twelve—a magic number, as everyone knows.  More at the Oxford University Press Blog.

Mermaids and mermen banned from public swimming pools

Mermaids and mermen have just become an endangered species in parts of Victoria, Australia. The YMCA has banned mermaid tails at more than 50 of its pools throughout the state. In a statement, the community organization said the ban had been made for safety reasons. "Mermaid tails create unnecessary risk to our patrons by restricting swimming ability, especially for weak swimmers and children," the statement read. "It's possible parents have purchased the product without realizing the safety risk." The water toys have become increasingly popular with children in recent years, despite a number of safety warnings. But the mermaid tails are used by some adults who are annoyed they have been banned from swimming using the fins. Daniel Hayward called it to "a bad day to be a Merman" after he was barred from swimming at Brunswick Baths before Christmas while using his mermaid tail.
In a post on the YMCA pool's Facebook page, Mr Hayward said staff at the pool acknowledged he was a strong swimmer but would not let him swim using the tail in case children wanted to follow suit. "So I get punished and held back from doing something that I truly enjoy, that is great exercise and is causing no harm to anyone because a parent might buy their child a mermaid tail without care or responsibility?" he wrote. Consumer advocacy group Choice have put out a warning urging parents not to buy the swimsuits.
Choice's head of media Tom Godfrey said children needed to be supervised if they were splashing around with the tails and that very young children or poor swimmers should not wear the suits. "Even if your child is a strong swimmer, they may get into difficulty underwater when wearing one of these toys," Mr Godfrey said. The tails affect a child's ability to move their legs while swimming. Government consumer affairs bodies in Victoria, New South Wales and Western Australia have also expressed concern about the mermaid tails.