Archive for: February, 2012

Legendary Singer Whitney Houston Found Dead, Drug Overdose Possible Cause

Legendary Singer Whitney Houston Found Dead, Drug Overdose Possible Cause

Celebrated singer and performer Whitney Houston, whose voice soared high and brought her to the peak heights of the pop music industry, but whose personal decline related primarily to drug issues, died on Saturday afternoon.  She was 48. Based on CNN report, Houston was declared dead at 3:55 p.m. at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, the […]

“American Idol” Quickly Losing Mass Appeal?

“American Idol” Quickly Losing Mass Appeal?

American Idol’s Group Night on Thursday was transformed into a “drama streak” instead of the expected “singing competition.” The whole episode just focused on the drama of personality clashes, infighting, late night crying and more sorts of drama sensations. Fortunately, the show’s director was just creative enough to offer enough “not-so-related” yet interesting distractions to […]

Murray State’s First Loss Blamed on “T-shirt Jinx”

Murray State’s First Loss Blamed on “T-shirt Jinx”

Could tees really carry some sort of a “jinx”?  Perhaps a lot of people would say, “That bulls—!”  But hey, Murray State players believe otherwise. Syracuse first experience the “jinx” when they began selling “victory shirts” that shout their 20-0 start and lost. Murray State had the same fate three weeks later when they released […]

Reconstructing Speech from Human Auditory Cortex

Reconstructing Speech from Human Auditory Cortex

It is really unknown to almost everyone, especially the non-scientists, how the Direct brain recordings from neurosurgical patients listening to speech reveal that the acoustic speech signals can be reconstructed from neural activity in auditory cortex. Scientists used intracranial recordings from nonprimary auditory cortex in the human superior temporal gyrus to determine what acoustic information […]

TV Series “House” Airing its Final Season

TV Series “House” Airing its Final Season

One of the most sought-after medical drama series on TV “House” ends in April after its eighth season, producers announced on Wednesday. “House”, which stars the British actor Hugh Laurie as the weirdest but the most brilliant doctor named Gregory House in the TV series, commenced in 2004 and will have shown 175 episodes (eight […]

Tigers Woods: Star among Stars in Pebble Beach Event

Tigers Woods: Star among Stars in Pebble Beach Event

Though it is highly expected that celebrated actors like Bill Murray and well-respected musician Kenny G will definitely catch a lot of attention at Pebble Beach National Pro-Am this week, the golfing spotlight will eventually focus on Tiger Woods, the former world’s number one in the sports. Woods is eager to be back for the […]

Gay Marriage Bill Finally Approved

Gay Marriage Bill Finally Approved

A bill legalizing same-sex marriage in Washington has finally won the final legislative approval last Wednesday that makes the state the seventh in the country to allow gay marriages. Despite the disapproval of certain opponents, led by some religious conservatives who vowed to revoke it in November polls, Christine Gregoire, Washington’s Democratic Governor, announced that […]

How to Stay Healthy while Cruising

How to Stay Healthy while Cruising

Most people would love to go on a cruise.  But traveling, be it on a cruise ship or anywhere else, might make the travelers become susceptible to all sorts of troubles. Among the list would be unhealthy food and water, seasickness, and dehydration. Cruise ship travelers are easy targets to a number of sicknesses. It […]

Tiger Carcasses Found in Bangkok’s Taxidermists’ Premises

Tiger Carcasses Found in Bangkok’s Taxidermists’ Premises

In Bangkok Thailand, when police spotted a man with blood-spattered hands walking to a store in a Bangkok suburb on Saturday night, they knew something was wrong, but they did not expect that it would lead them to a house filled with animal carcasses including two dead tigers. Thai Police stopped and questioned the man, […]

“Amazing Spider-Man” Teaser Footages Wow Fans

“Amazing Spider-Man” Teaser Footages Wow Fans

Sony Pictures gave fans the teaser on the latest sequel of the web-slinging superhero, which won’t be shown in U.S. theaters until July 3 of this year, at preview events held on Monday at various movie theaters in different cities including Berlin, Paris, Rome, Mexico City and Moscow, with the filmmakers and leading cast appearing […]

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