Black plague, it would seem, is alive and well in Oregon. According to CBS News, authorities believe that a man contracted the infamously deadly plague from a stray cat while attempting to dislodge a mouse from its mouth. During the …

The residents of Washington D.C. started blowing up Twitter last night over what they thought was a UFO being hauled by an 18 wheeler. Turns out he people were freaking out on Twitter over nothing. What they actually saw was …

Yesterday we brought you news that the public jailbreak of iOS 6 may be a long time in coming, thanks to Apple’s efforts to close holes in the software that have been exploited by jailbreak devs to jailbreak previous versions …

The San Francisco Giants have a long and illustrious past. They were the first franchise to get to 10,000 wins. They were once so good they refused to play in the World Series because they “considered the new American League …

It’s been a good year for watching the sky so far; just in the past couple of months, we’ve been treated to a super moon, the transit of Venus, and an annular solar eclipse. And tonight, for some lucky people, …

Bethenny Frankel has had her share of press lately after using her “Real Housewives Of New York” fame to land two reality shows on Bravo–”Bethenny Getting Married” and “Bethenny Ever After”–and landing her own morning talk show on Fox. Although …

Kanye West may be on tour in England, but his possessions are scattered all over L.A. That’s the report given by someone in his camp, as the person or persons responsible for the upkeep of his home while he’s away …

Don Rickles, the insult comedian who was a frequent guest on “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson”, dropped an Obama joke during TV Land’s American Film Institute tribute to Shirley MacLaine that won’t make it into the broadcast. Rickles made …

Actor Corey Feldman has his share of weird stories; at least, I assume he does, considering he used to dress/act just like Michael Jackson and lived with best friend and fellow actor Corey Haim while they filmed the reality show …

If you stopped by Bing’s homepage today, you probably noticed that their image changed from yesterday. That’s not really a significant change because Bing changes their image every day. However, one particular visitor to Bing’s homepage today couldn’t help but …

Verizon’s shift to tiered data plans and its killing off of its unlimited data plans has upset many subscribers, but it wasn’t unexpected. The major wireless providers in the U.S. have been shifting away from the unlimited data plans of …

Casey Anthony, a woman who clearly needs no introduction, recently sat down with CNN’s Piers Morgan for a short, 10-minute off-camera interview, during which she stated that she did not murder her 2 year-old daughter, Caylee. Anthony also used the …

Oliver Stone is plugging his new movie Savages, which features pot growers facing off against the Mexican drug cartels. What better plug for a movie like that, than the cover of High Times magazine. Stone does an interview in which …

Rovio is enjoying some incredible success, due, in large part, to their immensely popular Angry Birds mobile game. In the past, the company has partnered with outside entertainment entities before, like 20th Century Fox for the version of Angry Birds …

Here in the U.S. past legal battles have pretty much established that search rankings are a matter of free speech. Otherwise, we’d have probably seen a lot more search rankings-related lawsuits by now (though it hasn’t stopped complaints about how …

Jim Rome is fond of Jim Rome. This much is obvious. If you don’t see it, take a look at his head shots, like the one leading this article, and other straight-from-the-media-packet pictures that show up in a “Jim Rome” …

Imagine being homeless, walking miles and miles on sore and exhausted feet, and then stopping to wash said feet in the river. Then, imagine accidentally kicking a discarded bag on your way to do so and hearing the familiar clink …

Google’s Matt Cutts gave a keynote “You and A” presentation at SMX Advanced this week, and mentioned that Google is considering offering a tool that would let webmasters disavow certain links. Would you find such a tool useful? Let us …

In the sports world, nothing quite gets a crowd riled up like a good boxing match, especially when the fight has been advertised and built up for weeks beforehand, with one opponent boasting about his certain win. The Pacquiao/Bradley match …

Klan highway: That’s the predicament transportation officials are facing in Georgia, where a chapter of the Klu Klux Klan has applied for the “adopt a highway” program. The whole scenario is particularly touchy in a legal sense, leaving officials to …

With all the talk about Google being a monopoly, the company is probably glad (at least partially) to see Apple make some search-related announcements during its WWDC keynote, which could help the argument in Google’s favor (even if hurting its …

The Wall Street Journal ran an opinion piece from Nextag CEO Jeffrey Katz, calling Google a monopoly and slamming the company’s business practices. This is nothing new, of course. We see these types of complaints all the time, and various …

Searchmetrics released a new study finding that the volume of Facebook shares a web page receives is closely correlated with how high it ranks in Google searches. “At the same time, too many Google AdSense ads on a page are …

Carrie Underwood, American Idol winner and country music darling, has come out in support of gay marriage. She unveiled her sure-to-be controversial stance during a recent interview with the Independent. When asked if she thought this decision would ultimately tarnish …