ATLANTA (AP) — You may not be a disease detective, but now you can play one at home. The nation’s public health agency has released a free app for the iPad called “Solve the Outbreak.” It allows users to run through fictional outbreaks and make decisions: Do you quarantine the village? Talk to people who […]

DETROIT (AP) — A Chrysler spokesman says someone hacked into the Jeep brand’s twitter account Tuesday afternoon, making false Tweets for about an hour until the company that handles its social media regained control. The move was similar to a similar incident involving the Burger King restaurant chain on Monday, although it’s unclear if the […]

I have a serious thing for R&B diva Syleena Johnson. No, it wasn’t some sort of weird fan crush that developed because she looked right…

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Reeva Steenkamp‘s coffin was draped in a white cloth and carried by six pallbearers at a private funeral Tuesday, just a few hours before Oscar Pistorius said in a court affidavit that he mistakenly killed his girlfriend by shooting her through a bathroom door. Reeva’s uncle, Mike Steenkamp, broke down crying after […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Confidence among U.S. homebuilders slipped this month from the 6½ year high it reached in January, with many builders reporting less traffic by prospective customers before the critical spring home-buying season. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo builder sentiment index released Tuesday dipped to 46 from 47 in January. It […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Staking out his ground ahead of a fiscal deadline, President Barack Obama lashed out against Republicans, saying they are unwilling to raise taxes to reduce deficits and warning that the jobs of essential government workers, from teachers to emergency responders, are on the line. Obama spoke as a March 1 deadline for […]

SEATTLE (AP) — Teaching parents to switch channels from violent shows to educational TV can improve preschoolers’ behavior, even without getting them to watch less, a study found. The results were modest and faded over time, but may hold promise for finding ways to help young children avoid aggressive, violent behavior, the study authors and […]

TUSTIN, Calif. (AP) — A chaotic 25-minute shooting spree through Orange County early Tuesday left a trail of dead and injured victims before the shooter stopped and killed himself, police said. There were at least six crime scenes, Orange County sheriff’s spokesman Jim Amormino told KNBC-TV. The shootings started with an apparent carjacking just after […]

HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas woman has beaten long odds in delivering two sets of identical twin boys. The Houston Chronicle reports Tressa Montalvo delivered her sons on Thursday — Valentine’s Day — at The Woman’s Hospital of Texas. It says the odds of giving such a birth naturally are one in 70 million. The […]

Michael Jackson’s eldest son has officially entered the workforce – at the age of 16. “Entertainment Tonight” announced Monday that it has made Prince Michael Jackson an on-air correspondent. His first task for the show was last weekend’s press junket for “Disney’s “Oz: the Great and Powerful” in Pasadena. During his interview with director Sam […]

Clive Davis is officially out of the closet. The veteran record executive, who launched the careers of stars including Whitney Houston and Janis Joplin, has come out as bisexual in his new memoir, “The Soundtrack of My Life.” Davis, who has married and divorced twice, writes candidly about his first same-sex encounter with a man […]

When a woman describes an affair she is having to her girlfriend it’s always filled with TMI skin slapping narratives. The dude on the side allegedly does everything that the ole boyfriend doesn’t do and she cannot make up her mind, just heart wrenching. She may try to say no and fly right one week, but […]