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Snooker Championship
Paul Newman made pool cool in the movie ‘The Hustler’ but there’s a game that’s more challenging than pool. The game of snooker has been around since the 19th century, but has recently been gaining in...
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80-year-old Japanese man scales Mt. Everest
KATHMANDU, NEPAL – It will take more than a busted pelvis, open heart surgery, and eighty candles on a cake to stop a Japanese man from conquering Mount Everest. Eighty-year-old Yuichiro Miura became...
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Study: Kids of married couples less likely to be obese
HOUSTON, TX – Hey single people! Here’s some added pressure for you. If you get married, your children will be less likely to be obese. That’s right. Researchers at Rice University and the University...
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Class Acts: Grant Manier
There is a perfect word to describe this week’s class act and that would be – special. “Don’t be afraid to tell us that we have autism. It’s not a bad thing. To me it’s a good thing in a way because,...
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National Cemetery Flag Laying
Memorial Day. It’s not just a three-day weekend for fun and bar-b-q, it’s a time to honor the men and women who served our nation. Those fallen heroes who are laid to rest at the Houston National...
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San Antonio flooding kills 2; more than 200 rescued
Search efforts continue and the clean-up has begun after nearly ten inches of rain fell in San Antonio on Saturday causing flash flooding throughout the city. One woman trapped in her car got on the...
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Landslide near coal mine kills 7 in China; flooding kills 9
San Antonio wasn’t the only place dealing with deadly flooding this weekend. Nine people were killed when water inundated an illegal coal mine in an Eastern China province, while another person remains...
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Houston: Second fastest growing big city in the U.S.
HOUSTON, TX – The Bayou City’s booming. The US census bureau says Houston is the second fastest growing big city in the US. Taking the top spot? No surprise, there. It’s the Big Apple. Last year,...
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The science behind the cinnamon challenge
HOUSTON, TX – Do you know what the Cinnamon Challenge is? If you don’t know, it’s a dangerous dare to swallow a tablespoon of cinnamon, in 60 seconds, with no water. For most people it doesn’t work and...
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Who uses social media the most: Men or women?
HOUSTON, TX – There’s no doubt about it, social media is taking over the world. What’s interesting is how people are using it. Particularly how men and women use it differently. Researchers took a look...
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E-cigarettes snuffing out traditional cigarettes
HOUSTON, TX – Mostly an internet based product, e-cigs are making their way into brick and mortar store fronts. We found create e-cigs in southwest Houston and couldn’t help but take a look inside. Of...
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Celeb Says Kissing is NOT Cheating
Does kissing count as infidelity? Comedian and actress Mindy Kaling doesn’t think so. In fact she has a modest proposal: couples should be allowed to kiss other people after they’re married. She wrote...
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3D printer saves baby’s life
COLUMBUS, OH – Doctors in Michigan combined science and technology for an amazing end result – a life saved and a medical first. An Ohio baby, Kaiba Gionfriddo, was born with a birth defect that caused...
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Reporter hit by foul ball
A baseball hit the mic of Fox Sports Wisconsin’s Sophia Minnaert while she was reporting from the Pirates-Brewers game. Like a pro she continued on with her live shot. Talk about passing the test with...
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Amanda Bynes claims NYPD officers groped her during arrest
NEW YORK, NY – Amanda Bynes claims NYPD officers groped her during a recent arrest for pot charges and allegedly tossing a bong out of 37th floor hotel room. NYPD Internal Affairs denies that anyone...
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500-million-year-old fossil named after Johnny Depp
LONDON, ENGLAND – What do Johnny Depp and a 500-million-year-old fossil have in common? Here’s a hint, it’s not his newest movie role. The actor is the inspiration behind the Kooteninchela Deppi, the...
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Couple Makes Splash with Dolphin-Assisted Birth
Swimming with the dolphins is one thing, but giving birth with them?! A “tree hugging” couple from North Carolina has traveled to Hawaii to not only have a water birth; but to have birth in the middle...
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New York Times writer criticizes Reliant Stadium
NEW YORK, NY – Houston is under attack again, this time by one sourpuss New York Times writer. Jeré Longman, wrote an article in the times about the Astrodome, talking about the 8th wonder’s past,...
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Space flight with Leonardo DiCaprio sells for $1.5M
CANNES, FRANCE – What would you do with one and a half million bucks? One lucky fan of Leonardo Dicaprio is getting the chance to fly to the edge of space with the actor for that price. The trip on...
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Skydiver killed in mid-air collision
WAYNESVILLE, OH – Sure, it’s a death-defying sport. But when someone actually dies, it comes as a shock. 58-year-old Clifford Schmucker was killed after a mid-air collision with another skydiver in...
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