Sen. Bill Nelson is going python hunting

Sen. Bill Nelson has taken some ribbing for his focus on Pythons in the Everglades. But the problem is real. So little surprise the 70-year-old Democrat will participate in Florida’s first snake hunt, which begins Saturday and offers cash prizes.Nelson will go out Thursday with a rancher in Davie.“He’s had a hand in drawing attention to the problem and it has, in fact, proven...

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Jimmy Dushku: The 25-year-old who is North Korea’s one true Twitter friend

Mother Jones takes a look at a globetrotting young investor who’s the only American — and the only human being — Pyongyang followsGoogle Chairman Eric Schmidt capped a controversial four-day visit to North Korea on Thursday with a call for the country’s censorship-happy communist government to give its people access to the internet, or face further economic decline due to the country’s global isolation....

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Shanola Hampton Talks Shameless Season Three

Shameless secured a spot on my Best of 2012 list thanks to a startlingly fresh combination of honesty, heartache and humor -- and the third season doesn't stray from that fantastic formula.All the characters get exhilarating new story arcs beginning January 13, particularly Veronica and Kevin, who board the baby train and, according to Shanola Hampton, take fans to uncharted territory. ETonline caught...

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Goat-loving oddball accused of sexually assaulting drunk teen

A goat-loving oddball, known for dining in Manhattan with his livestock in tow, is accused of sexually assaulting a teen who was too drunk to consent, prosecutors said. Cyrus Fakroddin, 51, picked up a 19-year-old girl who had partied with friends at a Manhattan nightclub and was physically and mentally incapacitated when she encountered the eccentric early...

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Cellphone use hits a record during BCS snoozer

How boring was the BCS game? Fans were turning to their cellphones in record numbers.AT&T announced Thursday it had never seen so much cellphone use at a sporting event than it did for the Monday night game at Sun Life Stadium, when the Alabama Crimson Tide quickly dominated the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. In fact, data traffic was 150 percent more than the 2012 Super...

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Wounded Iraq, Afghanistan vets cycling to Keys

Army Staff Sgt. Russell Dennison and Spc. Calvin Todd, both 24, served together and lost legs together, just three months ago in Afghanistan.Now, they’re on their first outing together from Walter Reed Hospital — among dozens of U.S. military veterans taking part in a Soldier Ride from Miami through the Florida Keys.“I haven’t been on a bike since I got blown up,” said Todd,...

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Men and Women of (Limited) Letters: Must-Follow Twitter Accounts of 2013

Scientific American editors voted in recent weeks on the 20 most informative Twitter accounts to stay abreast of the latest ideas, issues and developments in science and technology. We weeded through hundreds of lists and feeds to select the most brilliant and engaging, as well as the quirkiest of the bunch.Our picks are often witty, sometimes eccentric and occasionally silly, but each brings valuable...

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Five Things You Don't Know About Damian Lewis

Fredrick M. Brown/ Getty ImagesHe's already picked up an Emmy and is nominated for a Golden Globe for his portrayal of tortured U.S. Marine Nicholas Brody on the Showtime series Homeland. Here are five things you probably don't know about Damian Lewis. 1. Born February 11, 1971 in London, England -- his father was an insurance broker and his mother served on the board of Britain's prestigious Royal...

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90-year-old grandma hurt in B'klyn drive-by shooting

A 90-year-old grandma was grazed by a single stray bullet today in Brooklyn in a drive-by shooting, cop sources said.The woman was walking with a shopping cart and a home health aid when a silver car pulled up to a group of kids at Blake and Miller avenues around 4:30 p.m., cops said. Several shots were fired into the group, with one bullet grazing the...

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Florida company provides electrical power for the world

More than 4,000 miles from its home base in Doral, Energy International is helping keep the lights on and the power grid humming in Gibraltar, the British territory on the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula.Energy International, a global provider of power plants and energy solutions, sent a temporary plant that will provide power for at least the next two years while a...

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