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Bill Gates on gay ban, The Boy Scouts gay ban has been a hot topic lately, and it seems many think it's time for the organization to change its stance on having gay leaders and members. As it turns out, Bill Gates' gay ban thoughts caught the attention of many during his March 14 chat in Politico's Playbook Cocktails video. Gates was a Boy Scout during his youth, and he says he learned a lot from his time in the organization. However, “Because it's 2013” Bill Gates says the gay ban should be lifted. He had no qualms about saying he thinks it is time for a change, as when asked if the ban should be lifted he said, “Absolutely.” The Boy Scouts have put off making a change or having an in-depth discussion on this issue again and again. While they do still have a lot of support for the ban, they are seeing increased pressure from many to make a change. Whether the Boy Scouts organization will lift the gay ban remains to be seen, but there are many who agree with Bill Gates

Kmart shark, The white-tipped shark died March 6 after being shipped from New York to Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Times said. The shark was injected with adrenaline and received oxygen after it showed signs of stress. It was later removed from the pool and died that afternoon. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said it had sent a letter to Kmart asking it to stop using wild animals in ads, and a letter to the American Humane Association detailing an unnamed whistleblower's account of the death. The whistleblower worked on the commercial, PETA said. The signs of stress were observed when actors jumped in and out of the pool with the shark, said Lisa Lange, PETA senior vice president. The humane association, which is in charge of protecting animals during filming, shut down production an hour after the distress signs were seen. Messages left by The Associated Press for the association and Kmart, which is owned by Sears Holdings Corp., were not immediately returned. A Kmart

Ed Schultz leaving, MSNBC's Ed Schultz announced on his Wednesday show that he would be leaving his 8 p.m. weeknight time slot. Schultz will move "The Ed Show" to the weekends, where it will air from 5 to 7 PM on Saturdays and Sundays. Thursday night's show will be his last. His weekend show will begin in April. Schultz's announcement came just after his exclusive interview with Scott Prouty, the filmmaker behind the infamous 47 percent video of Mitt Romney. "The Ed Show" debuted in the 6 p.m. hour on April 6, 2009. It has moved twice since then, first to 10 p.m. in January 2011 and then to its most recent spot in October of the same year. Schultz presented the move as one he volunteered for, though previous reports have suggested that MSNBC was looking to replace him. “I raised my hand for this assignment for a number of personal and professional reasons," he said. "My fight on 'The Ed Show' has been for the workers and the middle cla

Jack Curran dies, Jack Curran, who spent more than a half century at Archbishop Molloy High School and was among the nation's winningest prep coaches in basketball and baseball, has died. He was 83. His death was confirmed Thursday by the Queens school. The family has yet to release further information, the school said. Curran had been weakened by lung and kidney problems. He broke his kneecap last month when he slipped on ice while on his way to church. The mishap did not prevent him from attending church that day. Curran coached 55 years at the school. In 1958, he became the basketball coach at what was then St. Ann's Academy. He succeeded Lou Carnesecca, who left to coach St. John's. NBA players Brian Winters, Kevin Joyce, Kenny Smith and Kenny Anderson played under Curran at Archbishop Malloy. Curran was the winningest coach in New York state, with 972 victories in basketball and 1,708 in baseball. "Those marks will never be broken," Archbishop Molloy Preside

Big Bang Theory four years, Anniversary news of the 'Big Bang Theory' four year run at the PaleyFest have TV buffs talking today. The cast members are happily celebrating their "Big Bang Theory" love, and success, according to Thursday, March 14 reports on The Huffington Post. Hash tags such as, “#bigbangtheoryfouryears have Twitter users searching, and chatting up about all the news about their favorite television comedy. The "Big Bang Theory's" four year anniversary celebration marks over 20 million fans and viewers for recent and reruns of the funny TV show that has taken the viewers by storm. "Big Bang Theory" star, Simon Helberg, stated on Wednesday evening during the PaleyFest,"We're shoving it down people's throats, and then they're learning that they actually love that." “The Big Bang Theory” four years running news reports reveal that the show, which first debuted on CBS on September 24, 2007, and is written and

M.I.A. restraining order, Rapper M.I.A. will not be missing in action any time soon. The performer has been banned from leaving the borough of Brooklyn with her son Ikhyd, courtesy of a court order. After reportedly threatening to take her four-year-old son Ikhyd to her native London,M.I.A.’s ex-boyfriend, Benjamin Bronfman, obtained a temporary restraining order against the rapper to prevent her from taking their son to the U.K.against his wishes. A King’s County court granted the order earlier this week. M.I.A. responded by taking to her Twitter account. On Wednesday she published a series of tweets accusing Bronfman and his family of attempting to separate her from her son. The rapper tweeted about her relationship with her mother, who raised her as a single parent, saying, “Every child needs the MOTHER, I GREW UP WITHOUT A DAD. If grew up without my mother I wouldn’t be here.” While the tweets were deleted from M.I.A.’s account minutes after being posted, the rapper has retweeted

Higgs boson found, Physicists who last summer triumphantly announced the discovery of a new particle but held back from saying what it was, declared on Thursday there was now little doubt it was the long-sought Higgs boson. Latest analysis of data from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) particle accelerator, where the boson was spotted as a bump on a graph early in 2012, "strongly indicates" it is the Higgs, said CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research. Physicists believe the boson and its linked energy field were vital in the formation of the universe after the Big Bang 13.7 billion years ago by bringing flying particles together to make stars, planets and eventually humans - giving mass to matter, in the scientific jargon. The particle and the field, named for British physicist Peter Higgs who predicted their existence 50 years ago, are also the last major missing elements in what scientists call the Standard Model of how the cosmos works at the very basic level.