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In 99.9% of cases dogs way rule over cats. The other little percentage involves two things; feline videos totally dominate on these here interwebs and if you toss both in the air Fido will probably break something while Kitty will land on her feet and then walk away and ignore you because you just interrupted her 8th nap. So why do cats always land on their feet? Here is a video put together by Smarter Every Day that uses slow motion and science to explore and explain.

Kids stuff anything they can in their noses and mouths and ears and… I know this to be true because I’ve told my 4-year-old, “Don’t stick (insert random plastic toy item) into (ear, nose, mouth…) so many times I can’t begin to keep count. As a parent sometimes you just want to give up but the following story of 6-year-old Isaak Lasson and a LEGO tire from Salt Lake City is a keen reminder to stay on top of those kiddies! It also highlights the importance of the need for doctors to be attentive to their patients.

We all know it’s dangerous to text-and-drive, but it’s one of those things where people think that a horrible outcome won’t happen to them, just other people. Here’s one of those other people:

Although he did have a car accident, thankfully he didn’t die. He did sustain brain injuries, broke nearly every bone in his body, and had to brought back to life several times.

2 young girls got lost in the woods near their home in Newnan, GA on Monday. They were missing for 2 hours as police and firefighters searched for them. They weren’t located until neighbor Carvin Young let his little Chihuahua, Bell, go on the search. See a great local news report on a story reminding us all that dogs rule and there’s nothing quite like a good neighbor.

Last week the Jim Henson Company announced they were severing ties with fast food chain Chick-fil-A and would no longer be providing toys for their kids’ meals after the restaurant’s president Dan Cathy recently officially confirmed the company’s anti-gay marriage stance. Beloved childhood book characters The Berenstain Bears also have an upcoming promotion with Chick-fil-A, so will they be following in the furry footsteps of the muppets in opposition? Sort of, but not really.

Keep reading for the letter from the Bears posted on their official website and read the slightly more condemning statement posted by publisher HarperCollins that has since been removed!

America’s favorite found-footage horror franchise is back! (Sorry Blair Witch, you done’ got left behind.) Picking up where Paranormal Activity 2 left off (the third installment was a prequel – and a disappointing one at that), PA4 is directed by PA3 vets Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman and bears the tagline “All of the activity has led to this.” After a good bit of teasing, Paramount Pictures finally released the first official trailer today, and it looks to be a teen-centric take on the usual Paranormal Activity formula – which has not been a bad thing 66% of the time so far! PLUS, find out about Paramount’s special Facebook promotion in which you can help your hometown get an early screening of the flick!

Google had themselves a science fair and the grand prize winned is 17-year-old Brittany Wenger from Lakewood Ranch, Florida. When I was 17 I was sleeping through math class, Brittany on the other (and much smarter) hand, was creating a breast cancer diagnosis app! Read on to see Brittany explain her work and to find out how her neural network will potentially save lives and provide detection that will be non-invasive.

Bars and restaurants in Minnesota will soon be offering dispensers in the ladies’ rooms that provide $3 pregnancy tests in an effort to prevent who think they may be pregnant from consuming alcohol.

Patricia Legarreta and Jamie Rohrs were in attendance at the midnight showing of Batman: The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Colorado early Friday morning when a gunman opened fire, killing 12. The couple caught the attention of the media after it was revealed they were at the movie with their 4-month-old son and Legarreta’s 4-year-old daughter. Patricia suffered a minor bullet wound, but both children and Jamie were unharmed – Jamie due in part to the fact that he bolted from the theater, leaving Patricia to tend to the safety of the two children. Keep reading to watch an interview with the couple on Piers Morgan Tonight in which an emotional Rohrs recounts what was going through his mind as he ran from the theater. Plus, it’s revealed he proposed to Legarreta at the hospital where she was being treated for her bullet wound, and she accepted.

In the wake of the massacre in Aurora, Colorado an ill-timed tweet from an NRA (National Rifle Association) account this morning has received a tidal wave of criticism. See the tweet in question from American Rifleman and read what the NRA’s response was to the incident.

DIRECTV and Viacom have reached a settlement which means my kid can watch Bubble Guppies again! Read on for the deets.

“I’m not a hero — anybody would have done it. I did it out of normal instincts.” That was the statement from 52-year-old MTA bus driver Steve St. Bernard after he made a probable life-saving catch when a 7-year-old autistic girl named Keyla fell from her 3rd-story window. Find out how Keyla ended up in the dangerous situation and see the amazing footage that directly contradicts St. Bernards’ statement. This man is indeed a hero.

17 years ago farmer Winston Howes lost his wife Janet to sudden heart failure. As a tribute, he and his son had 6,000 oak saplings planted in the outline of a heart. Only recently thanks to a hot-air balloon enthusiast was his breathtaking tribute discovered by the outside world. See the awe-inspiring images of one man’s lasting dedication to the woman he will always love.

The showdown continues between media giants Viacom and DirecTV as the the two sides continue to be unable to reach a new contract agreement, resulting in all of Viacom’s networks (including MTV, VH1, Comedy Central, and Nickelodeon) to be unavailable to DirecTV subscribers since Tuesday night at midnight. In reaction to their subscribers outrage over not being able to see certain programs, DirecTV posted a list of “Other ways to watch” Viacom programming that included links to the programs that offered full episodes streaming on network sites. In an apparent reaction to those links, Viacom has since removed recent full-episode streaming content for some of its shows, including Teen Mom, The Daily Show, and The Colbert Report. Keep reading for all the latest in the showdown that appears to be getting more and more serious by the hour!

That didn’t last long! Only 29 weeks after their first issue at the very end of December, 2011, tabloid publication Reality Weekly is shutting down their printing presses. Keep reading for the full announcement, including the magazine’s plans to return later this summer as an all-digital app for iPad and Kindle Fire.

Forget the fight to legalize gay marriage, the LGBT movement won the real battle this weekend when Facebook unveiled same sex marriage timeline icons for gay married couples! One of the first to implement the dual grooms icon was none other than Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, who married his longtime partner, Sean Eldridge, on Saturday.