Video games are always a popular target/failsafe to pass the buck and accountability for a crime committed. But a Mortal Kombat murder just seems odd.

A Johnstown teenager has been ordered to stand trial after a 7-year-old girl in his care died in what police said was a beating that imitated the “Mortal Kombat” video […]

I’m not a fan of rooting for the success of people who aren’t me. So you can imagine how annoyed I am seeing a story about a 10 year-old who’s in college.

With the end of another school year approaching, college sophomore Moshe Kai Cavalin is cramming for final exams in classes such as advanced […]

Today’s sign that the world is broke and depressing: one in 10 old people need to borrow money for everyday expenses.

The economic downturn is hitting roughly one in 10 middle-aged and older Americans especially hard, compelling them to borrow money for everyday living expenses and to seek help from family, friends or charities, according to […]

Hey, do you not have enough to worry about in life? Well, here’s another things…Burmese pythons are going to end you.

As if killer bees and kudzu weren’t enough, the southern United States may soon have another invasive species to contend with — giant Burmese pythons capable of swallowing deer and alligators whole.
Approximately 30,000 of […]

After my little personal post this morning, conveniently enough, CNN.com posted an article about people using blogs as therapy. Some of these blogs are a little, uh, less whimsical than my tales.

For Stacey Kim, a 36-year-old book editor who lives in the Boston suburb of Arlington, Massachusetts, emotional blogging has become a reflex. On […]