We had no idea he was in the closet, but apparently, he was. Yes, Ricky Martin – that hip-shaking, Puerto Rican piece of man meat is finally admitting to the world that he is gay. Martin posted the following message on his official website: “I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual [...]

At least eight tornadoes ripped across parts of central North Carolina on Sunday night, injured at least twelve people, displaced seventy others and caused major property damage and power outages. The tornadoes were accompanied by rain, huge chunks of hail and 70-mph winds, and they caused the most damage in the Triad region in the [...]

Pizza for breakfast was how it started for Jamie Oliver on his show Food Revolution. “It’s that kind of food that’s killing America,” Oliver told the cooks of an elementary school in Huntington, West Virginia – the most obese city in the United States. Oliver also visited a family in the town who were all [...]

Celebrity chef Rocco DiSpirito visited The Doctors TV show today to talk about how to get your kids to eat healthier meals. DiSpirito shares his top five must-have ingredients for your kitchen and five foods that could put your health at risk. Here are some meals from DiSpirito’s recipe book that are lower-calorie treats that were highlighted on the [...]

At a recent conference of The Home Affairs Select Committee in the UK, representatives said that the legendary party drug was devastating Colombian rainforests because trees are knocked down to grow coca plants. Group chairman Keith Vaz said: “We were horrified to learn for every few lines of cocaine snorted in a London club, four [...]

 At a press conference today, Twentieth Century Fox and director James Cameron announced a partnership with the Earth Day Network to plant one million trees in honor of Avatar by the end of 2010. “I am pleased to have the opportunity to share the environmental messages from Avatar through the efforts during the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day and [...]

In 2009 hundreds of millions of people around the world showed their support by turning off their lights for one hour. Earth Hour 2010 will continue to be a global call to action to every individual, every business and every community. A call to stand up, to show leadership and be responsible for our future. [...]

A proposal to ban international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna has been rejected by a UN wildlife meeting. Today’s decision occurred after Japan, Canada and many poor nations opposed the measure on the grounds it would devastate fishing economies. Countries at the meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) in Qatar [...]

State officials said Monday hikers found the 28-pound female over the weekend outside Minden, about 90 miles north of Detroit. Department of Natural Resources and Environment spokeswoman Mary Dettloff says natural causes are the likely cause of death. Hikers first saw the wolverine out in the wild 6 years ago. Teacher Jeff Ford tracked the [...]

Starting this month (just in time for Spring), Google has started providing bicycle directions as part of its Google Maps service. The new feature comes with directions for cyclists in 150 cities in the United States. Google already incorporates public-transit and walking directions in addition to automobile driving directions, and the cycling community has been [...]