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If you raise your middle finger at a police officer in Kentucky, can you get into legal trouble?

A few months back, all we were hearing about was the 'Occupy Wall Street' movement which was a clash between the 'one-percent' and the '99-percent'. Things have died down a little over the last few weeks, but has been reignited thanks to a wealthy California banker and the insulting tip he recently left a server in Newport Beach, CA.

One of the biggest mysteries known to mankind, the origin of the Universe and everything in it, might be closer than ever to being solved. For years, scientists have been on the hunt for a particle, known as the 'God Particle' which they believe holds the key to the creation of the Universe or the 'Big Bang Theory'.

Dr. Conrad Murray was sentenced to four years in prison in today. The verdict comes three weeks after a jury convicted Murray of administering a lethal dose of Propofol To Michael Jackson on June 25, 2009.

Believe it or not, but the computer keyboard might just be a thing of the past. If you have read studies on the most bacteria-laced items you use everyday, the keyboard is one of the nastiest. If you don't believe me, just turn your keyboard upside down and give it a little shake and see what falls out.

As shocking as that headline might be, it's true even though I know how hard it is to believe. Goshen College in Northern Indiana has decided to replace the "Star Spangled Banner" with "America the Beautiful" because the lyrics are better suited to the pacifist ideals of this campus whose motto is "Healing the World, Peace by Peace".

You hear stories everyday about people who play video games for hours and hours without so much as a bathroom break. The games themselves have a very addictive element to them that can be very serious.

It remains one of the biggest and most baffling mysteries in U.S. history, whatever happened to the guy who jumped from a Northwest Orient 727 over the Pacific Northwest with $200,000 in cash on November 24, 1971?

Driving is hard enough anymore and there is nothing more irritating than dealing with things other drivers are doing that they should not be doing. The folks at cars.com and yahoo news put togther a list of the 10 most annoying things other drivers do.

So let's say you are on your way home from work on a pretty warm day and all you want to do is grab a cold drink and a burrito. You realize you do not have enought cash so you go to an ATM only to find a plastic bag containing $17,000 in cash!

Sometimes what you intend to do is not at all what happens. Such is the story for a few big inventions that came about completely by mistake. Most people know that Coca-Cola was intended to be a medicinal remedy and did you know that Charles Goodyear's process for vulcanized rubber was completely random?

Today's economy is tight and gas prices are through the roof so, any any opportunity to save money is welcome. Another school year is coming to a close and every parent knows how expensive a public education is these days, especially if your kids are in the EVSC.