World News/Event

Earlier this week, the Pentagon declared the end of the Iraq War, an almost nine-year conflict which claimed 4,487 American lives and removed Saddam Hussein from power. Now, Americans are are conflicted over whether the entire endeavor was worth it.

Country singer Mindy McCready is missing and believed to be with her 5-year-old son, Xander. According to WINK television in Fort Myers, Fla., McCready took the boy from her father’s house within the last several days and has until Thursday at 5PM to return him or she’ll be arrested.

State health officials in Iowa have discovered a new strain of the flu virus they are calling "A/H3N2". The variation was discovered in a couple school-aged children and has popped up in a few other places around the country. Symptoms for this strain are similar to that of the regular flu virus, and health officials suggest there appears to be nothing out of the ordinary about this strai

Proving that Hillary Clinton isn't always serious.  Here's a video that shows she can take the element of surprise with a grain of salt and a deep belly laugh. Not so sure about Hong Kong's Chief Executive.

When I was pregnant with Kylee almost 18 years ago the main thing they told me to be careful of, was eating fish from the St. Louis Bay.  They were concerned with the mercury content I might be ingesting. Fast forward to the year 2011 and the concern now  is that of eating peanuts...

It's kinda interesting that Halloween this year is also when we are celebrating the rough estimate of 7 billion people on this planet.  The UN has designated certain babies to represent the 7 billionth babies born. Is this something to celebrate...

A social worker in a group home for the disabled almost lost his life trying to save residents when a tornado decimated much of Joplin, Missouri this spring. Now, his company’s insurance provider is denying him workman’s compensation.

Former Libyan dictator Muammar Gadhafi, who’s been in hiding since August when a NATO-backed rebel force seized his headquarters in Tripoli, was killed on Thursday after rebels stormed his hometown of Sirte, where the last remnants of troops loyal to him were hiding. He was 69 years old.

Sad news today.  What an impact Steve had on the world during his time here. Steve Jobs, the visionary in the black turtleneck who co-founded Apple in a Silicon Valley garage, built it into the world's leading tech company and led a mobile-computing revolution with wildly popular devices such as the iPhone, died Wednesday. He was 56.

With her family at her side, Amanda Knox has left Italy.   After Italian prisoners gave her a boisterous send-off, Amanda Knox made her way home to America on Tuesday, holing up with family on the upper deck of a jetliner to Seattle as she enjoyed her first full day of freedom since her murder conviction was reversed.

Amanda Knox, the young lady from Seattle has been acquitted!  She and two others were named suspects in the murder of her roommate, Meredith Kercher.  She has spent the last four years living in an Italian prison, proclaiming her innocence.  According to MSNCB.com, in an Italian Courtroom this morning, it was learned, she is free.  Watch the verdict as it's read.

I've always loved dinosaurs, but what guy didn't grow up like that?  I even took a class at UMD called 'The Life And Death Of Dinosaurs'.  At the time taking that class also meant I never had to take another science class, like the ones with labs (they since have closed that loophole).   It's pretty much accepted that a asteroid was a primary culprit in their demise, but from where?