Danny Gallagher
Study Shows Siri May Not Be As Smart As It Thinks It Is
Apple’s Siri app turned a lot of heads and ears when the iPhone 4S first hit the shelves. The voice controlled app looked and sounded like something from an Arthur C. Clarke novel.
However, it may not bring us any closer to having a real HAL 9000 computer (and considering what happened in ’2001: A Space Odyssey,’ maybe we should be thankful for that).
Walmart No Longer Tops Fortune 500 — What Company Does?
Fortune’s annual list of the 500 wealthiest companies didn’t contain many surprises. The biggest surprise, however, wasn’t who made the list but where they made it.
What Are the Most Improved Cars of the Year? [PHOTOS]
American car manufacturers haven’t had the most stellar service record. However, one company pulled off a wicked, tire-screeching “U-turn” with one of its signature vehicles.
Strange Woman Stumbles on Basketball Court During the NBA Playoffs [VIDEO]
Savannah McMillian-Christmas stumbled on to the court during Game 4 of the NBA Finals at the Pepsi Center in Denver between the Denver Nuggets and the Los Angeles Lakers. Her goal was reportedly to meet her athletic obsession, Nuggets forward Kenyon Martin.
Many Americans Expected to Be Too Broke to File for Bankruptcy — Dollars and Sense
Some major companies and corporations such as MF Global and AMR, the parent company of American Airlines, have filed for bankruptcy.
In the process, they may have, directly or not, caused some people to go bankrupt.
12 Outrageous Steps Congress Can Take to Improve Its Approval Rating
Recently, a poll of their Congressional approval rating found that only nine percent of the American people had a favorable rating of their senators and representatives. So the congressmen buckled down and got to work and got their rating up to…17 percent. If they want to keep up this white hot pace, they should try some of these ideas.
What Are the Most Dangerous US Cities for Women?
The population is skyrocketing and the economy is stagnant. These two factors can make a dangerous combination for all sorts of violent crimes.
DogTV Is the New Cable Channel Dogs (and Dog Lovers) Actually Want to Watch
It seems that television is only catering to younger demographics, but one cable channel hopes to tap into a new group of TV enthusiasts by becoming the first network to provide wall-to-wall programming for — wait for it — dogs.
Illinois Mayor Asks His Citizens to Attempt the Impossible – Boycott Gas Stations
It’s no secret that gas prices have reached astronomical levels, but one town’s gas prices have apparently gotten so high that its mayor has gotten fed up with pumping money into the pumps.
That mayor is Tim Baldermann of New Lenox, Illinois, and he’s called for a boycott of the gas stations in his suburban town.
What Is the The Most Peaceful State in the Country?
It seems like the US has decided to give peace a chance.
$1 Million Lottery Winner Also Wins Welfare Fraud Charges for Remaining on Food Stamps
Money may not buy happiness, but it just might buy you a whole heap of trouble.
One Michigan lotto winner discovered that firsthand after she was arraigned on two felony counts of welfare fraud.
Ever Wonder Why Dogs Stick Their Head Out of Car Windows? Well, Wonder No More
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It never fails. You load Fido into the car, head off to your destination and the little guy has his nose pressed up against the glass as he whimpers for freedom until you crack the window. Then he sticks his big dopey head out of it for the entire trip.
Why do they do that? Mental_Floss has the answer.
12 Ways You Can Tell That You Need a New Accountant
The deadline to pay for your taxes is just a couple of weeks away and if that’s a surprise to you, perhaps you should stop reading now and start looking in the phone book for an accountant who owns a calendar (or at least gives you a free one when you pay him).
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Easter
As far as holidays go, Easter might not be as popular as Christmas or Halloween, but it still has traditions and treats that can raise anyone’s spirit, mood or blood sugar level.
The most interesting part of this annual celebration of Spring and rebirth is the supposed difference in the ways they are celebrated.
Three Guys Try Taking a Shower Through a Car Wash
It always amazes us whenever someone gets caught trying to take a quick shower by running through a car wash. Its purpose is right there in the name: CAR wash.
That still didn’t stop three guys in Abbotsford, British Columbia from trying to grab a quick one at their local car wash.
10 Sketchy Easter Bunnies
They might seem cute, fuzzy and fake in the eyes of someone with a college education and an unpaid mortgage, but Easter terrors are clearly harboring some kind of evil that only children can smell. The blog, Sketchy Bunnies, has been compiling the worst wabbits ever to grace the pages of a family’s photo album. These are the sketchiest of the sketchy.
10 Things You Didn’t Know About April Fool’s Day
Every year on April 1st, office water coolers are spiked with white wine and computer mouses are glued to desks. Every year on college campuses, half empty buckets of water are placed on the top of dorm room doors and passed out bros are covered with marker ink. And throughout the world, the sound of chuckling and cackling can be heard echoing across its borders.
Strange Green Liquid in Dallas Waterway Isn’t for St. Patrick’s Day
Cities like Chicago dye their rivers green to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Dallas, however, isn’t trying to start their own green tradition, at least not intentionally.
A waterway just outside of the Medical City Dallas Hospital started to fill with a mysterious green goo last Wednesday.
Miss Seattle Complains About City on Twitter
Being the “Miss” of a city, state or meat product is a solemn responsibility. They’re not just standing on a stage in a pair of pumps and a string bikini so the world can shallowly judge them. They are also representing their hometown.
Who’s on the ‘Kiss Cam’? It’s Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson!
One of Hollywood’s few remaining loving couples were caught justifying their love on the Los Angeles Kings’ “Kiss Cam.”