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Texas lawmakers put new gun rights laws in their sights "The bill is a proactive effort to prevent even the chance of a Texas student losing valuable instruction time due to an act of non-disruptive, non-threatening behavior by a child," said State Representative Ryan Guillen, a Democrat...

The Cincinnati Reds new Advanced Class A affiliate in Daytona, FL is the Turtugas, which, of course, is Spanish for turtle, or tortoise. You can vote for the name of the mascot. too! Click here to vote! I'm partial to Shelldon, but while the logo looks mean, the mascot looks a little...

Thanksgiving might be a good time to point out that the Congressional Cranberry Caucus is a thing. Thanks to the caucus, cranberries are exempt from school nutrition standards, and is now even an important part of the USDA's food and nutrition programs, including school lunches, despite...

Happened Wed morning, 11/19/14, Columbia, MO. The splint was big and bulky and heavy. Like wearing a concrete mitten. The cast is considerably lighter, and I have at least a very limited use of my fingers. Can't really make a fist yet because of the pain and the fingers are still swollen a bit...

In Caracas, Venezuela school children wear these blue uniforms until the children turn 15. So, these represent schoolgirls aged 14 or younger. The idea is to draw attention to an adolescent pregnancy rate that is one of the worst in South America, with one girl under-18 becoming pregnant every...

Former Beatles member and avid gardener George Harrison spent his last years living in Los Angeles, and died in 2001. In 2004 a tree was planted in his memory in Griffith park near the observatory. At the base of the tree a plaque was laid in stone. The plaque reads "In memory of a great...

An Iraq war veteran came back from the war with a back injury (and PTSD) and while the VA paid for his back surgery, they refuse to pay for the rehab recommended by his doctor, or for his mental health therapy. So back in March he got a bunch of ducks to use as therapy. They keep him active, not...

You might think this belongs in the Tech Shop, and it may very well should be. But I'm putting it here because of its comedic value. There is a new Chrome plugin that will play clown music every time you read about Toronto Mayor Rob Ford. It's absolutely hilarious that a military march...

A lot of people do. Sure, some of them are stupid, but many of them are not. People actually believe the above photo is of a real hunted and killed triceratops, with the hunter proudly posing with his kill. There are less obviously ridiculous things on the Internet that people believe at face...

For some of you diehard users who continue to drive while looking away from the road to read a laptop, this is gonna hurt. Microsoft will be discontinuing two of its mapping services, MapPoint, and Streets & Trips. Both produts have snagged their final updates, and are now headed towards their...

Between innings fans at the Miami Marlins games may find themselves on the Jumbotron. This kid made the most of it. But between this kid and Logan Ondrusek, watching baseball is losing its charm. :p

This is a recruiting video for the Springdale, Arkansas Armed Forces

For the first time since the fourth Super Bowl, no Roman numerals will be affixed to the 50th Super Bowl. Instead of Super Bowl L, it will be Super Bowl 50, using the Arabic numerals. Clearly, the NFL is a Muslim organization run under sharia law.

Unless we are already sitting right there at The Yard, there is no fathomable, comprehensible reason to require us to report to Safety in order to be informed that we have been selected for a Random and then to be told where to go to have the testing done. I delivered a load at the crack of...

Diving Turtle's other historic dives at the Players Championships

http://vimeo.com/94502406

Ooooh! Preeeeetttty! Got tired of the piece o' crap factory radio. The right speaker went out for an hour, then it came back on for half an hour, then went out forever. Then, the Fader, Balance, Treble, Bass controls, instead of going up or down a number when you turn the knob, would either...

The Samsung Galaxy S5's 16-megapixel camera is one of its best assets, but it's also turned into something of a liability for the company just weeks after launch. Complaints across internet forums have documented a major flaw with the camera on some devices, particularly the Verizon Wireless...

A wildly popular science teacher has been removed from the classroom after two of his science fair students turned in projects deemed dangerous by the administrators. Greg Schiller teaches Advanced Placement biology and psychology, and honors biology at Grand Arts High School in Los Angeles...

Thirty-eight million gallons of treated, ready-to-drink water will be flushed into the Columbia River after a teenager peed in a city reservoir. The city admits that there's no public health risk from a few drops of pee, but it's more of a service issue, says Water Bureau Administrator David...