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SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. (TRP) –  A Florida woman was arrested and charged after admitting to police that she accidentally burned down a 3,500 year-old tree – the fifth oldest on the planet – while smoking meth with a friend. The historic cypress tree named The Senator located in Big Tree Park in Longwood, Fla., caught fire […]

In a bombshell study released this week, rich people are apparently more inclined to lie, cheat and break the law without feeling bad about it. [Cue the shocking revelation music] The study, which was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, used experimental and naturalistic methods – basically science – to reveal […]

Uh oh, who was in charge of invitations? That was most likely the question members of the Mitt Romney presidential election campaign asked about a recent rally at Ford Field in Michigan where a small crowd of a few hundred showed up to support their candidate. The crowd looks meager and pretty pathetic when compared […]

I think I can speak for everyone when I say that the best part of this year’s Academy Awards was Jimmy Kimmel’s post-Oscars special. It truly was the well-overdue night cap that made up for what was the most boring – and predictable – 4-hours EVER. Kimmel’s guest, media supernova Oprah Winfrey, made her first […]

TOKYO (TRP) – It’s an idea I’ve had since… like, forever: A high-tech elevator that would shoot passengers into space, delivering them to a station for the best weekend ever. Well now the crazy – yet super cool – concept may actually come to pass as a Tokyo-based company is now reportedly in talks to […]

Although he is described as “disabled,” 37-year-old Dergin Tokmak is far from it. The German-born performer lost all movement in his legs after suffering from polio as a child. The ailment, however, is not really holding him back. In this incredibly inspiring video, Tokmak, a current Cirque du Soleil performer, pulls off a dance routine […]

MARYLAND (TRP) — A 13-year-old Maryland boy who drank a can of the controversial alcoholic drink Four Loko, was killed this past weekend after getting struck by an SUV. According to authorities, Michael Thomas Truluck (pictured below) was hanging out with two friends Saturday evening when the teens got a hold of the party drink. […]

NEWARK, N.J. (TRP) – It was the place where it all started for a young Whitney Houston, and on Saturday New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, N.J. served as the venue where friends and family paid her a final tribute “What I knew about her, is that she loved the Lord,” filmmaker and friend Tyler […]

NEW YORK (TRP) – As the world prepares to say farewell to pop singing icon Whitney Houston, fans are taking this time to reflect on the star’s life which was filled with its fair share of ups and downs. In the first half of her career, Whitney was revered by many as having “the greatest […]

NEW YORK (TRP)— As fans – and members of the bandwagon community – continue to come to terms with the epidemic known as Lin-sanity, the nearly 2-week-old outbreak has now reached the White House. On Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney revealed that President Obama has been keeping tabs on the rise of New […]