On April 27, Army veteran Joe "Tiger" Patrick set forth on foot from San Diego, California, in order to honor the men and women who have lost their lives during the Afghanistan and Iraq wars thus far. Dubbed "Faces of Our Fallen" because Patrick carries Read More...

Perhaps a sign that the U.S. economy is indeed improving, the National Retail Federation (NRF) reported this week that adult consumers plan to spend more on gifts for Mother's Day 2013 versus last year.

According to a survey NRF conducted, those 18 years old and older will spend an average of Read More...

A total of five U.S. presidents gathered in Dallas, Texas, last week to attend the dedication of President George W. Bush's presidential library. In addition to Bush, President Barrack Obama joined former presidents Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, and Bill Clinton at the ceremony.

Now, that sounds like a lot of present/past commanders in chief, but the record for most living U.S. presidents at one time is actually Read More...

Last week, an article on Quartz, a tech- and business-news website, affirmed just how easily someone can fool most of the people most of the time, to paraphrase Abraham Lincoln. In his article "How to become internet famous for $68," Kevin Ashton details the ridiculously easy and inexpensive steps he took to breathe virtual life into Santiago Swallow, a suave Mexican-born author, speaker and social media guru who also happened to be a product of Ashton's imagination.

Like Frankenstein working high atop Castle Cyberspace, Ashton pieced his monster together using Read More...