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Truthfully, we missed most of Hurricane Sandy, the storm that rocked most of the East Coast, yesterday. Because we were inside ... away from the windows, with our curtains closed ... like we were supposed to be. These people weren't, however, so now we can see what was going on outside while we were playing board games with our fingers crossed. Here is some crazy video from yesterday's storm. Read

Last Wednesday, a 10-year-old boy with Down syndrome was found alive in the woods after he went missing from his home the previous day. But here's the part that the internet will love -- he survived by huddling with a pack of puppies for warmth. Sadly, no cats or corgis were involved as far as we know.

Twelve-year-old Olivia Manning (not pictured) is a freaking genius. With an IQ of 162, this pre-teen savant is proving to be one of the greatest minds since Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. Manning recently scored two points higher on her I.Q. test than the father of the atomic age, Albert Einstein, and black-hole theorist Stephen Hawking, ranking her intelligence in the top 1 percent in the w

The new iPhone 5 was unveiled by Apple yesterday. Here's what's new and improved and what's exactly the same.

You've heard the last voice mails and answering machine messages from those that were trapped or on the hijacked airplanes on September 11, but a hand written note from a man who was stuck inside the World Trade Center fell out of the sky that day, and ten years later, it was turned over to his wife.

I love coffee. I love the color. I love the smell. I love the taste. I love research. I love facts. Here, worlds collide. I did some research and dug up some facts about that precious brown liquid that begins so many days for us.

Many people think that children and airplanes do not mix and parents traveling with children often times have to deal with scoffs, nasty looks and heavy sighs. One couple on a recent flight knew what they may have to deal with and apologized in advance to their fellow passengers and gave them a little treat to help them cope with their babies.

The usual headlines surrounding the NFL is that this player wants more money, this player has a hang nail and can't play for a month or this player got into trouble. Here's a good piece of news about a football player who paid for everyone to play sports.

It's Labor Day. A day to honor those that bust their butts every day of the year by giving them a day off to do yard work, close up the cabin and get the kids ready for back to school. Here are a few random facts about Labor Day.

I’m writing this now because you’re not supposed to be looking at the Internet on September 2. Believe it or not, there is a lot of cool stuff to do when you’re not staring at a screen.

Reporters over seas may not be as observant as the ones here in the U.S.

The Mindset List, which was conceptualized at Beloit College in 1998, is an annual list that has served for over a decade as a source of entertainment for millions of people interested in the reading through the youthful and naive eyes of first year college students.