“You gotta take this job serious. This is the future of our nation,” says Duncanville High sophomore Jeff Bliss
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105-Year-Old Woman Says Bacon Keeps Her Alive
Should the adage be “a bit of bacon every day, keeps the doctor away”?
The Meaning of ‘Squish’ and Other Fun-To-Say Political Slights
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz called some of his Republican colleagues “squishes.” Here’s hoping he busts out “snollygosters” next.
PHOTOS: George H.W. Bush Has the Best Socks
Just saying.
10 Good Things that Happened This Week
And after this week, we really need ’em.
Reading While Eating for April 18: Run For Cover
Let’s… be careful out there.
WATCH: Dramatic Footage of Fertilizer Plant Explosion Near Waco Texas
The massive blast at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas sent a pillar of smoke and flame hundreds of feet in the air and registered 2.1 on the Richter scale.
Love At the Border: U.S. Citizen Marries Mexican Fiancé in Unique Rio Grande Ceremony
The young couple got married on a raft that carried them on the swirling currents of border river Rio Grande to U.S. territory. The marriage is completely legal because of a 165-year-old treaty that allow both U.S. and Mexican …
8 Things to Do on St. Patrick’s Day
Guinness pizza, Las Vegas going green, and everything you need to know about St. Patrick, Missouri.
New Study Uses Tweets To Rank America’s Happiest Cities, States
Better think twice about that next tweet. It could be used to determine how happy you are
Dating Website Offers $4.65 Million to Rename Texas City ‘SugarDaddie.com, U.S.A’
A city in Texas has been offered $4.65 million to be renamed after a dating website. SugarDaddie.com, a website that links rich older men with younger women, is celebrating a decade of intergenerational matchmaking by trying to …
America’s Most Expensive Home Listed for $135 Million
For a cool $135 million, you too could live on this historic 42,500-sq.-ft. estate in a ritzy Dallas subdivision