Rick Taylor

It was a tickle in her throat that alerted a 37-year-old British woman that something was wrong.  Moments later she coughs up a mass.

I really didn’t want to cheat and look up exactly how they did it, so I thought of something I could do. I went and looked at a few “street level” views on Google to see if I could tell by looking at some of the images. At first, I just went from block to block looking at things caught on the obvious camera. But where was the camera? That question was answered with this photo:

It looks like Kate Gosselin will have lots more free time on her hands to date soon. TLC announced today that they are cancelling her latest reality show, “Kate Plus 8.”

With all the songs about the workday most of us experience, you may be a little surprised at the number one song about ‘work’ that AOL recently released.

Oh, reality TV stars, why are your lives such a mess? And why do I find it so hard to stop watching??? Kate Gosselin made an appearance on the Today show this morning to announce that, yes, she’s looking for love and ready to date again.

According to Discovery, this is the third worst drought on record for Texas.  In fact, Big Spring Texas has had less than 0.1 inches of rain in the last couple of months. In order to keep the town water supply from going dry, Big Spring will be… uh… Recycling their sewage water.

Jarrod McKinney’s iPhone 4 — a notoriously fragile device — cracked when his 2-year-old knocked it off a bathroom shelf. “I was like, ‘Man!  That’s all it takes to crack the glass?’ ” he said.

A plucky chihuahua went toe-to-toe with a pair of shotgun-wielding robbers trying to rob a California smoke shop — yipping furiously and chasing them out of the store.

Planking, we hardly knew you.   The bizarre social media phenomenon, in which adherents lay their bodies out flat like a plank, then pose for pictures in strange and sometimes dangerous places, is poised to be surpassed by Owling – yes, Owling.

Texas is still looking a little beefy these days. The latest stats on obesity in the states have just been released. Find out how much our bottom line and waist line has changed… right here.

At the University of Iowa, a good tweet is worth $37,000.  That's the price of a full scholarship, and that's exactly what a student hopeful can win in a contest the university has dreamed up that takes electronic communication to a new level.

Searing temperatures and a drought rivaling Texas' worst on record are taking a toll on lake levels statewide.  A June water report found levels in 109 lakes dropped by 4 percent, or more than 358 billion gallons.  Three lakes - all in West Texas - are effectively empty.