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This Kid Invented A Special Cup So Her Grandpa With Parkinson's Can Drink...
One imaginative little girl observed her grandfather's struggles and was inspired to do something about it. Lily Born, an 11-year-old from Skokie, Illinois, first thought up the no-spill cup a few...
View ArticleThis Is Why We Call It 'Soccer,' Not 'Football'
As the FIFA World Cup kicks off in Brazil this week, fans of the globe's most popular sport have been tuning in to watch the greatest names in the game square off. But one question continues to crop...
View ArticleSocial Experiment Tests How Passersby React To Staged 'Rape' In India (VIDEO)
What would you do if you heard a woman screaming inside a van with the windows shuttered? Apparently, many passersby in India would continue on their way. YesNoMaybe, a group that creates short films...
View ArticleEgypt and Israel Are Linked
The equation is clear and simple to understand. The security of Egypt has an effect on the security of Israel. And the security of both Egypt and Israel has a huge impact of the stability of the entire...
View ArticleRobin Van Persie's Epic Goal Makes Him The World Cup's Flying Dutchman (VIDEO)
Robin Van Persie has set the bar high. He had to get pretty far off the ground to do it. Anyone who wants to score the most amazing goal of the 2014 World Cup is going to have to best the Dutch...
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Putin's Next Steps In Moldova and Georgia
Co-authored by William Witenberg a contemporary artist focused on abstract painting Moldova and Georgia are apparently ignoring Russian warnings not to sign an economic pact with the European Union....
View ArticleWho Lost Iraq? And What We Can Do About It
Eventually the question will be asked -- "Who lost Iraq?" In a way, it might be seen as an improper question to ask since it presumes that Iraq was ours to lose. The fact that it was not, however,...
View ArticleWORLDPRIDE 2014: How We Got Here
One Sunday in the summer of 1994, 21-year-old Kevin Beaulieu was rushing from his job in the suburbs to get his first taste of Toronto’s annual Pride celebration. “The parade was the thing,” he...
View Article2 Billion New Trees To Be Planted In India, Official Says
Money may not grow on trees, but India's government hopes jobs do. The country's Rural Development Ministry on Friday announced a new afforestation plan to plant 2 billion trees along the nation’s...
View ArticleDrug Traffickers Are Now Disguising Meth As A Liquid
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- Authorities say drug traffickers are disguising methamphetamine as a liquid to smuggle it into the United States from Mexico. It's sealed in tequila bottles or plastic detergent...
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Arabs, Bribes and World Cup Failures
Whilst unfortunate, it is certainly not surprising that this is the second consecutive World Cup where only one Arab football team -- Algeria -- managed to qualify. While most Arabs probably wish the...
View ArticleIsraeli Transgender Singer In Controversial Video
JERUSALEM (AP) — A video promoting Tel Aviv's Gay Pride Parade featuring Israeli transsexual star Dana International dancing suggestively in a synagogue in front of children has been taken offline...
View Article'Shark Girl' Madison Stewart Fighting To Save The Ocean's Top Predator
This story originally appeared on Mother Nature Network. In the hierarchy of the ocean, sharks are the apex predator, not the prey. But the fearsome fish face a powerful enemy in humans, who've...
View ArticlePope Francis Promises Not To Pray For Argentina In World Cup
VATICAN CITY (AP) — He recently renewed his Argentine passport and remains an official card-carrying member of his favorite Buenos Aires football club. But Pope Francis has pledged absolute neutrality...
View ArticleAfghans Want Peace, And Hope Their Next President Is Listening
Afghan citizens headed to the polls on Saturday, many of them hoping to elect a new president who will bring peace. The winner of Saturday's presidential runoff will lead Afghanistan into an uncertain...
View ArticleNetanyahu: 3 Teens Missing From West Bank Were Taken By Terror Group
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's prime minister has said that the three teens missing from the West Bank were taken by a terror group. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the comments Saturday night, two...
View ArticleColombia Dazzles And Dances In 3-0 Win Over Greece (VIDEOS)
After going 16 years without appearing in the World Cup, Colombia looks ready to stay in Brazil for a while. In its opening match in Group C, Colombia dispatched Greece, 3-0, with a dynamic display of...
View ArticleGianluigi Buffon Reportedly Out Against England (And Italy's Anthem Won't Be...
"No Buffon" was not the trending term that Italy fans wanted to see on Twitter just hours before their team played its first match of the 2014 World Cup. But there it was on Saturday, gaining traction...
View ArticleWe're Gonna Train 'Em: The Fallacy of American Total Make-Over in Iraq
As one of three U.S. Foreign Service officers who left his FSO posting at the State Department in order to express his dissent to the planned invasion of Iraq, I don't have much more to add to the...
View ArticleCrossing the Axis of Evil
I officially crossed from the neutral zone into the Axis of Evil when I walked up to an Iranian passport official in the Tehran airport on May 26, 2014. He asked where I was from and I meekly replied,...
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