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Operation Swill Catches New Jersey Liquor Scam

State officials raided 29 New Jersey bars and restaurants on Wednesday morning, all part of Operation Swill, a year-long operation that caught establishments pouring bottom-shelf liquor into top-shelf bottles and fooling customers to thinking and paying as if it’s the real deal. The establishments allegedly aimed to “fool the customer and increase their profits,” according to a statement... 

Target Launches Bridal Collection Featuring Wedding Dresses by Tevolio

You may think of Target when it comes to bridal registries, but Target has announced a bridal collection. You got it, Target will be selling an in-house collection of wedding dresses ranging from $99.99 to $129.99. With that kind of price tag, don’t expect anything fancy by all-means. With that all said though, Target’s design team really put some thought into each dress in trying to... 

Amphibians Seeing a Decline in Population at an Alarming Rate

According to a new U.S. Geological Survey, amphibians like frogs, toads and salamanders and disappearing at an alarming rate. Researchers found that overall, amphibians declined 3.7 percent annually from 2002 to 2011. If this rate continues, these species will disappear by half in the next 20 years. The more threatened species, considered “Red-Listed” in an assessment by the global organization... 

Teen Birth Rates Fall to New Record Low

Teens giving birth in the United States has dropped to a new low record, according to a federal report. The new rate, 31.3 births per 1,000 women ages 15-19, is about half the 1991 rate of 61.8 births per 1,000 teens, which was an all-time high, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. From 2007 to 2011, which is the most recent time period studied, rates fell 25 percent, from 41.5... 

RIP Zach Sobiech: Viral Clouds Songwriter Dies of Bone Cancer

Zach Sobiech, Clouds viral YouTube song creater, died on Monday from his bone cancer fight. Zach Sobiech, recently celebrated his 18th birthday, was diagnosed with osteosarcoma when he was 14. He underwent multiple surgeries and months of chemotherapy before being told that the cancer had spread to the point that the best that doctors could hope for was to slow the disease’s progression. He was... 

Pigs Fed Marijuana to Taste More Savory and Grow Bigger

If you are not a vegetarian, vegan or a person that does not eat pork, then parts of a Pig may seem pretty delicious to you. Bacon is by far the most popular meat consumed from the Pig, but Pork has a loyal following as well, but what if I told you some pigs are given Marijuana to make your meat taste juicer? A farmer named Susannah Gross who operates a farm in Seattle, WA is doing just that. Gross... 

First Person to Lose Google Glass, Luke Wroblewski

Not everyone is lucky to be the first in owning a pair of Google Glass and to be the first in losing the pair is just plain unlucky. Luke Wroblewski, a digital product design and strategy guy living in Silicon Valley has reported he lost his Google Glass while in an airport. Luke Wroblewski shared his embarrassing news by tweeting, “So according to @googleglass support, I have the dubious honor... 

Iodine Deficiency During Pregnancy Could Lower Child’s IQ

A recent study in the UK revealed that out of 1,000 pregnant women, those who consumed lower amounts of iodine were more likely to have children with lower IQs and reading abilities. Iodine is essential for producing hormones made by the thyroid gland, which has a direct effect on the development of the brain. A severe deficiency is the leading cause of preventable brain damage in the world. In many... 

Keller Pickler and Derek Hough DWTS Season 16 Freestyle Performance Gets Rare Standing Ovation

During the “Dancing with the Stars” 2013 performance finals, which aired May 20 on ABC, Kellie Pickler and Derek Hough’s freestyle received a rare standing ovation. “I just feel like I let all of my walls down and I just got out there and just did my little dance,” Pickler, 26, told PEOPLE backstage after her performance. “I just let myself go. There was a freedom,... 

Connecticut Foster Mother Pleads Guilty of Spanking 4-year old with Wooden Spoon

Foster parent, Jami M. Littlefield pleaded guilty on Monday in Superior Court in Norwich, Connecticut to spanking a 4-year-old girl on the buttocks with a wooden spoon. Littlefield was arrested after the child’s biological mother, Elisabeth Land noticed bruises on her daughter’s buttocks during a supervised visit on January 11. The mother said the 4-year old girl was wearing baggy pants,... 
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