497. North Korea, cont.

(PYONGYANG, North Korea) — North Korea was poised Thursday to send a rocket into space as the nation's young leader ascended to new top political posts strengthening his hold on power. There was no word early Thursday morning on the timing of the launch, which the North has said will take place sometime between Thursday and Monday. The launch, which the North says is for peaceful purposes, has raised international concern. more: http://alturl.com/nbnop

496. Mike Wallace, RIP

Myron Leon "Mike" Wallace (May 9, 1918 – April 7, 2012) was an American journalist, game show host, actor, and media personality. During his career, which spanned over sixty years, he interviewed a wide range of prominent newsmakers.
He was one of the original correspondents for CBS' 60 Minutes which debuted in 1968. Wallace retired as a regular full-time correspondent in 2006, but still appeared occasionally on the series until 2008. Here, he interviews Jesus.
(tags: Obituary Series, News, Journalism, Entertainment Series, Mike Wallace, Jesus,  Interview, 60 Minutes)

495. Easter Sunday

(tags: Holiday, easter, Jesus, Generic Series, Religion, Kilroy, cartoon,)

494. Peep Show

(tags: Holiday, easter, peep, peep show, Generic Series)

493. Good Friday

(tags: Holiday, easter, good friday, Jesus, Religion Christianity, Catholic, Easter Bunny)

492. Operation Enduring Freedom

(tags: Political Series, War, US Army, Afghanistan, Operation Enduring Freedom, gwot, Terrorism)

491. NFL Bounty Hunters, cont.

Before his final game as Saints defensive coordinator, Gregg Williams offered cash to the man who struck 49ers QB Alex Smith in the head during the 2011 NFC playoffs. (more http://alturl.com/eiqk3)
(tags: Football, Sport Series, Sports, NFL, New Orleans Saints, Gregg Williams, Bounty)

490. Tobacco Warnings, cont.

update 4/2/12 Louisville, Ky.— A federal law requiring cigarette packages to carry graphic warnings about the dangers of smoking and restricting how tobacco products may be marketed and advertised passes constitutional muster, a federal appeals court ruled. (more: http://alturl.com/842fb)
(tags: Cigarette, Tobacco, Smoking, warning, danger, Freedom, Economics, Barack Obama, President)

489. Octomom Poses Nude

Nayda Suelman (aka Octomom) admitted to Anderson Cooper that she received $8,000 for her revealing photo shoot with a British magazine. (more: http://alturl.com/pbqjj)
(tags: Entertainment Series, Octomom, Nude, Nadya Suleman, Porn)

488. Mega Millions

Three people won the record-setting Mega Millions jackpot and will receive an equal share of the $656 million jackpot, which amounts to about $218 million each, before taxes, under the annuity option.
Lottery players have dished out a cumulative $1,491,082,267 since the game's last big winner in late January. (more: http://alturl.com/tj7rc)

487. HR Meets Social Media

(tags: General, HR, Social Media, Human Resources, Facebook,  Employment, Privacy, Law,  Legal)

486. Deepsea Challenger

Film director and explorer James Cameron became the first human to travel on his own to the world’s deepest abyss, the Challenger Deep, which lies 62 miles southwest of Guam in the Pacific Ocean in the Mariana Trench. Mr. Cameron found a bleak terrain that was all but barren of life.
Mr. Cameron’s achievement is a triumph of engineering. At 35,756 feet below the surface — two leagues under the sea — where his sub, the Deepsea Challenger, hit bottom.
The dive had been attempted only once before, in 1960, when Don Walsh, a retired United States Navy captain, and Jacques Piccard, a Swiss engineer, reached the spot in the Navy submersible Trieste, but their view was obscured by vast diatomaceous ooze. Here's what they didn't see.

(tags: Politics, Ecology, Earth, Alien, Challenger, ooze, Alien, Mariana Trench)

485. Kim Kardashian Flour Bombed

Hollywood, CA, Kim Kardashian was "flour bombed" Thursday night -- as she arrived on the red carpet to market the launch of her new fragrance, True Reflection. The perpetrator is PETA Activist Christina Cho whose younger sister, Michelle Cho, is one of the top PETA officials in L.A.
PETA has offered to fund Cho's defense, if asked.
(tags: Entertainment Series, Kim Kardashian, Clown,  Flour Bomb, PETA, Animal rights, Cho)

484. The Medical Referral

(tags: Doctor, Economy, Health, Insurance, Patient, Politics, Election, fogies)

483. Obama Goes to Florida

Police in Sanford, Fla., have become the target of anger and protest around the country for failing to arrest George Zimmerman after he shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
But Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law may have given them little choice.
That law grants immunity to anyone who uses deadly force, inside or outside his home, if he can reasonably claim he was defending himself.
According to 911 telephone records, 28-year-old George Zimmerman described Trayvon as a suspicious-looking black male wearing a hooded sweat shirt.

(tags: Political Series, Politics, Barack Obama, Florida, Murder, Crime, Hoodie, Trayvon, Zimmerman)