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Super Moon 2012, which occurred Saturday night, was not a sight to be missed, even if you were too busy drinking your Cinco de Mayo margaritas. This natural phenomenon is the one time a year when the moon is closer to the earth than ever, making it appear 30 percent brighter and 14 percent bigger. It also makes us stare off into space and go, “Whoah!?”

Adam "MCA" Yauch passed away on Friday after his battle with cancer, and I don't remember being this sad about losing a music star in a long, long time.

A replica of the Titanic is being built, complete with modern technology so that history doesn’t repeat itself. An Australian billionaire is paying a Chinese shipyard to recreate the famed, doomed ship for the modern era.

Contrary to what you see in the movies, on TV and what you read on the Internet, not everyone is watching what you do online. Here are some myths about who's watching what you're doing on the web.

We diet and we diet and we diet. We exercise until we can't breathe. We are hungry. We are tired. We are still overweight. Why? Here are five weird things that are making us fat.

Texting while driving isn’t the only way to endanger your life with a smartphone. It turns out that texting while flying is spectacularly dangerous, too.

I was just heartbroken when I heard the news of Dick Clark's passing yesterday. He was a huge part of my childhood and I, along with countless others owe him a debt of gratitude.

Forget those that say "Kids" can't change the world.  I read a heart warming story about a six-year old boy in East Texas who raised money to help his dad fight cancer.  Drew Cox of Gladewater, Texas put up a lemonade stand outside his house this past Saturday and raised over $10,000...

According to a new study you need a household income of at least $50,000 to be happy.  People making that amount or more were more likely to say they're happy, be optimistic about life, have an active sex life and feel younger.  The study also found people making $50,000 or more were four times less likely to have trouble paying medical bills, mortgage or rent (duh)...

It's tax day today and the chances of you being audited are pretty low, but you never know. The total of unpaid taxes has jumped to 30 percent in the last five years, so you may be paying your taxes, but one third of tax payers aren't so the IRS has to go after somebody. Here's how to make sure it's not you.

It's National Kiss Day :) Do you remember your first kiss?  Who was it with?  Was it awkward?  I hope everyone takes the time to celebrate this day by finding someone special in your life to share it with!  If you’re a single parent, give those kids a big smooch, if you’re in a committed relationship; give that person the most passionate wet one they’ve ever received...