(CNN) — This weekend “The Avengers” hit the $1 billion mark worldwide. But long before the film’s astronomical success, the 3-D glasses, the action figures and the sponsorship deals, there was the the imagination of one man — Stan Lee. At 89, the legendary creator of some of the world’s mostContinue Reading
Rev. Sheila Sholes-Ross has a big vision! She envisions multicultural churches with women and men sharing equally in leadership and with multicultural Divine Feminine imagery included. Sunday morning at 11:00 continues to be the “most segregated time of the week,” many years after this indictment by Dr. Martin Luther King. Rev.Continue Reading
No matter how serious athletes may appear on screen, they always have a soft spot for their mothers :). Awwwwww. Sports Illustrated created a nice collection of sports figures with their mothers. Check it out: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/1105/athletes-and-their-mothers/content.1.html?xid=cnnbin Peace & Love, The Good World News TeamContinue Reading
Environment officials from Costa Rica and Honduras on Thursday proposed protections for scalloped hammerhead sharks under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). “The time has come to regulate international trade of endangered hammerhead sharks,” said Ana Lorena Guevara, Costa Rica’s environment viceContinue Reading
For years, Gac Filipaj mopped floors, cleaned toilets and took out trash at Columbia University. A refugee from war-torn Yugoslavia, he eked out a living working for the Ivy League school. But Sunday was payback time: The 52-year-old janitor donned a cap and gown to graduate with a bachelor’s degreeContinue Reading
The golden poison dart frog, which is arguably the world’s most poisonous animal, is now residing in the first ever sanctuary established to save the deadly, yet endangered, amphibian. The poison of this frog is so toxic that even coming into contact with a paper towel that has touched the frog canContinue Reading
Today’s proposals aren’t like the old days. So it should be no surprise that when a boy wants to propose to his best girl, he might want to pop the question with a little pizzazz. Enter Albert Smith and his flash mob marriage proposal. A beautiful young girlContinue Reading
Anthropologists working in southern France have determined that a 1.5 metric ton block of engraved limestone constitutes the earliest evidence of wall art. Their research, reported in the most recent edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows the piece to be approximately 37,000 years old and offersContinue Reading
Jay-Z revealed that he is a proponent of gay marriage during an interview with CNN yesterday. When asked what he thought about President Obama’s recent endorsementof same-sex marriages, the hip-hop superstar said: “I’ve always thought it as something that was still holding the country back. What people do in their ownContinue Reading
For the 16th year in a row, the Mid-Hudson Bridge is home to newly hatched Peregrine falcons. The chicks, known as eyas, are the 42nd, 43rd and 44th birds fledged from the nesting box on the bridge. “It’s an annual tradition,” said Joseph Ruggiero, executive director of theContinue Reading